Thing #9 -- Slideshare

I definitely think that slideshare and 280 Slides is an indispensable collaborative online tool for students to use to create multimedia platform presentations that can be shared and viewed globally or locally. These presentations can also be saved online rather than on the computer hardware.

Thing #7 - Video Resources

For your blog posting, select two videos from any of these sources and discuss how you would be able to use them in your library or classroom. Do you have any additional sources of videos that your have found on the web. Tell us about them!

As a librarian, I would definitely use the PBS video resources site to enhance what students are learning in the classroom. I watched an episode of NOVA Science Now on how dinosaurs became extinct and think it can be used in the library or classroom. I like the way each episode of Nova Science Now has links for only the part you would like to show to your students instead of having to watch the whole thing to get to the part you want. I also liked the Blinkx site for kids and would show the how to make puppets video to students in order for them to recreate the stories they hear in the library or in their classroom.

Thing #6- iTouch Apps

Wow! The question should be changed to what can't you do with iTouch Apps in the library. I would obviously recommend downloading Bookshelf, which allows students to use their iTouch for reading, Talking Phrasebooks to get commonly needed foreign language translations, Birthdays in History to learn about famous authors, inventors, artists, etc., WeDict to look up words, WordPress for blogging, and Brain Tuner to keep students' minds sharp.