My aha monents have been realizing how easy these Web 2.0 applications are to use. I was not comfortable using wikis before taking this class and now I feel like I can use them with some degree of ease. Also, blogs are so much fun. I did set my home page to Google with news. I will set up some RSS feeds like WFAA for local news and weather later. I will be using blogs to give information to parents, students and other librarians. I can use the wiki that I set up for RC librarians to collaborate and create a database of resources that we can all use. I also plan to put the shelfari widget into my blog as well as into my library webpage so that I can put popular books on display.
As I have said before, my pragmatic philosophy has guided me in that I like things that I can use right now in my personal and work activities. I can use blogs, wikis, Google sites and applications, as well as eTools in education as well as my personal endeavors. I like that I have learned to use tools that can be used in the library and the classroom. I will be sharing these with teachers, students and other librarians. I will continue to use these Web 2.0 tools and applications in creating projects for students. Like I said before, I will use wikis to share knowledge among other librarians. This my also be a way of communicating with teachers as well, but I will probably use the blog for that and they can add comments for suggested books and resouces that I can buy. I will also use Jing and YouTube to create videos that I can use in the library/classroom for future lessons. The possibilities with Web 2.0 are endless. I think that my philosophy has mostly remained the same. I like to teach and learn things that will help me and my students to succeed in life.
