Friday, September 25, 2015

Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs

Exploring the world of Blogging has been an interesting experience. I really had no idea how popular or informative this web media could be. I have enjoyed peeking into various websites that offer free sign up to digital communities specially for bloggers. I would like to take this time to give my own critique on some of these sites.

First, I will start with those that just didn't do it for me. So lets start with Newsblur, very busy site. There is a lot going on here, which made it really hard for me to figure out how to navigate through it. I like things to be simple, no time in my life to spend trying to guess where everything is. Another site I was not to pleased with was Diggreader. I just recently began using Twitter and this website insisted on linking up with my Twitter or Facebook account. I don't want to link up blogging to my twitter or Facebook account, and I hated that I couldn't do much unless I did just that. Not pleased at all!

On the other hand, not all were a huge disappointment. For instance, Bloglovin seemed very easy to navigate through. With a simple layout, it made using this blog comfortable for me.However,
Tumblr, was my favorite though, very easy to use which made it quick to see that as a librarian I would really be able to utilize this blogging site. Some things I saw others doing was promote new books & ebooks, announce upcoming events, and showcase these special events. I have picked a few blogs that I am following that I would like to share.
  "The Common Librarian" found her blog interesting, I just loved how actively involved her library is on her blog. http://thecommonlibrarian.tumblr.com/
"Simon School Bus" I really liked what he had to offer. Lots of really neat information that we could share with our students of any age. http://simonschoolbus.tumblr.com/
"Do-It-Yourself Library School" great blog for librarians, filled with helpful how-to information and some library humor to ease the role of librarian for a bit. http://diylibraryschool.tumblr.com/
"Blurbs on Teaching" her blog is just random thoughts or articles on teaching, which I enjoyed reading out of sheer entertainment and the fact that I can relate to her strife. http://windycityteacher.tumblr.com/
"School Libraries Rock" not much activity on this blog, but what's there I want to share. http://nngreene.tumblr.com/
"The LibRAWRian" love her upbeat and modern day spin on libraries for the younger generation. Must check her blog out. http://librawrian.tumblr.com/

Last but not least I would like to add my Tumblr URL, to see other awesome blog finds that I will discover as I continue to make the most of my new blog discovery.https://www.tumblr.com/blog/luvnpurple4

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Mining Pew - Parents and Social Media

Duggan, M., & Lenhart, A. (2015, July 16). Parents and Social Media. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

In this article I learned that social media is a part of everyone's way of living. It does not matter what your race, income, male or, female social media is everywhere! However, what does change about some of these demographics is the time and reliability that is given to these social medias. This article is based off of a survey given to random people of the United States. From this research, they were able to come to the conclusion that parents do in fact rely on social media or advice in almost every area of life, more specific, parenting.

According to their results, mothers seem to be more involved with keeping in touch and relying on social media for approval, support, and seeking help in parenting. Some fathers admitted to doing the same, however the numbers are substantially lower than that of mothers.

I will admit, that I myself have sought out via Facebook support and approval of parenting skills. I have literally become a "Pinterestista" these days looking for ways to get my three pre-teen boys to do chores.
Is this bad? Because I look to social media for information on parenting, does that make me a bad mom? I don't feel that way. I have a very busy life. Work, school, family, the only things that matter the most to me. Seeking out information through these resources can make my life, and anyone else for that matter, easier. So, I say to the young and old log on and be all the parent you can be.

*This article has 37 pages
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Twitter, Yay or Nay?

 I say YAY! 

If used correctly this type of social media can be of so much help. Going through a few Tweets from some that I follow, I have learned so many new things. Learning tools to implement in the classroom that integrate technology in huge way. For instance, The Daring Librarian is exactly as she is described in her profile name, daring. My favorite would have to be the ability to learn straight form park rangers as mentioned in this tweet here.
Tony Vincent has a serious passion for learning, at least that's what I gather from his tweets. He really loves to share all his new experiences of technology learning tools. Useful info that might be used in the future or find a way to convince administrators for future purchases. This is one tweet I found useful.
Buffy J. Hamilton is very passionate about expressing her feelings about everything. Could be the weather or her frustrations of librarian woes. However, this allows us to learn about the things that work or don't work through her experiences. We can follow her to find tweets that work, such as this one.
Jim Lerman loves to tweet of the latest Google tool available to today's teachers. Tons of helpful technology info is what you will find when you become a follower of Lerman. Example of the type of tweets you will find helpful would be like this one.
Linda W. Braun is all for making sure educators know of the latest informative articles on new technology resources. Find articles like this when you follower her.
Kathy Schrock is sure to give us some personal insight of herself and also offers some educational resources to help any educator. Here is a tweet that I found interesting enough to share.

If you would like to know how I embedded these twitter posts is actually really simple.  Just watch this helpful video that I have embedded here just for you.





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