Thing 1: Blogging

Welcome! I'm not new to blogging, but this is my first foray into using Blogger and into blogging as a school librarian.

I am starting my 15th year as a high school librarian in Oswego County (hence the "Snow Belt Librarian" title!). I'm taking part in the Cool Tools program because I feel I need to gain a better understanding of the resources that are available to us as teachers, and to figure out how I can use them in my career. I know that many of my students have already explored many of the online tools, so I want to know what they know, so that we can engage in many of the activities together. However, I struggle with how to implement some of the tools (e.g. blogs) with students at the high school level, either because I don't see them as much as an elementary librarian does, or maybe teachers are already doing activities and haven't included me, or just figuring out the logistics of allowing the student body to participate. I need ideas on how to do this!

I enjoyed reading the advice of the bloggers listed in the Introduction. In fact, I've been following Gwyneth Jones' blog for about a year. I'll be adding Joyce Valenza's blog to my list of "must reads" as well. The "7 Things..." resource is one I'll be visiting again as well.

So much information! Now, to find the time to peruse it all...