And so ends another semester in my quest to becoming a librarian. Only one more semester to go, and by this time in December, I will be a fully certified school librarian. Oh the tools I will have, and the places I can go. It seems not so far off, but it’s hard to imagine this journey really being finished. This summer semester was a bit overwhelming for me, but so informative and I feel like I took the most away from this semester more than any before. Cataloging was a useful course, indeed, and I will surely use the information I learned there in many of my endeavors as a librarian. LIS 460 introduced me into a world of technology that I before I didn’t even consider to be useful in the educational world. I have so many tools now, so much more knowledge to impart in the classroom.
I used to use my webpage that I designed for my multimedia class as a tool that showcased my technology skills. I’m actually too embarrassed to even post that link here, and would much rather show off my innovation project, creating a wiki for a school. I’m sure in a year or so, I’ll be shocked that I thought this was something worth presenting to the world, as technology is so fast to change. Maybe this will look as juvenile to me in a year’s time as my multimedia project does now. Despite that, I hope to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and services like Twitter, and RSS feeds, and podcasts, and everything we studied to help students learn this semester, will help me to stay on the cutting edge of what technologies are available. Hopefully I will continue to consider how to use them in the classroom and to best benefit my students.
I wondered what the fate of this blog would become once this course was over, but I’m thinking I might continue to use it, as a professional blog. I have a blog that I keep for fun, and one that’s more of a weekly (sometimes monthly…) update of my life. This blog would serve me well professionally, and as it’s already begun with my thoughts on technology in the school media center, I can’t think of a better place to continue…
July 28, 2007 at 11:56 am |
Doesn’t really matter if the wiki, or web site, or even blog goes out of date or fashion as long as you/we move on to the next thing that is relevant and makes sense in the context of the work you/we do. Right?
In terms of keeping the blog up, could you see perhaps using Twitter as a way for quick informing of others and the blog as perhaps a summary of what you Tweeted about during the week?