News & views

  I am keeping up with blogging and RSS, etc., because I’m committed to staying on task.  I don’t know if I would take the time to log in and check feeds.  I did train myself to use VALS 2x a week as required, so maybe.Today I read some great articles on Library Facility Design at WebJunction.  There are several ideas I’m going to try…and I wouldn’t have even known about them if it weren’t for one day’s worth of RSS feeds!  Now that’s impressive!  All that professional advice, hand-selected by me, where I can access it.   

I had a great time exploring color pickr, montagr, and spellr.  The retrievr was cool.  I think I got ONE drawing recognized for what I THOUGHT it was!

I’ve really enjoyed using Flickr.  I’ve searched for AASL, Rocky Mountains, and my college-and landed right inside my old dorm room–scary!  I’ve learned that you have to scurry around to figure out what you want to do and where to do it.  It doesn’t take too long, and “Help” is actually helpful.  

Here’s what I’m wondering today.  What does a good HS library blog look like?  Why does it exist? I’d like to have a couple of book discussion blogs,  one for middle school and one for HS.  It would be great to talk about books with students.  I should probably investigate some local blogs to see what’s being done.  Any leads? 

Someone asked if I had ever participated in the real “Penguin Plunge,” but no–it just looks cold.  When I worked on the islands (GISU), I’d see the die-hard ice fishermen sitting on those buckets at -15 or so.  Brrrrr!  Metaphoric plunging is conducted indoors! 

Snow delay, ski trip–school is pretty mellow today, so I can take time to post.  Fellow VT23 sojourners, click on “penguin plunge.”