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Like I was saying…
“People share, read and generally engage more with any type of content when it’s surfaced through friends and people they know and trust.” -Malorie Lucich, Facebook Spokesperson “Creativity is just...
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Web 2.0 & the School Library Mash-up
Web 2.0 is a real time, media-rich, public, two-way, social, decentralized, mobile global community. In 2005, Tim Reilly said: “Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web...
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Book Reviews 2.0
Librarians use reviews to decide whether to purchase a book. When books are published, a paid professional reviewer reads it and then publishes an opinion based on the book’s merits. These reviews are...
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Interview with Latrice Ferguson, U-High Head Librarian
I interviewed Latrice Ferguson, head library media specialist at University High School in Normal, IL. (I work there; she is my boss.) The library has a website, a Facebook page, a Twitter feed, a blog...
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Keeping Up with the Kids
My friend posted this on Facebook this week: Now, I’m thinking to myself, “Great! I just figured out how Facebook works, gotten up to speed and am more engaged, and it’s already passé.” According to an...
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Share and Share a “Like”
According to WebHostingBuzz, 86% of internet users are bothered by the need to create accounts on different websites preferring to use social login as an alternative. Social login allows you to use...
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Basketball Twitter Diaries
I work at a super cool high school library that is fortunate enough to have a 70″ flat screen in its space. This last Thursday and Friday, we aired the NCAA Basketball tournament from 11 am to 4:30...
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Minecraft and Manners 2.0
So I’m at home working, and two of my sons are online playing Minecraft on computers in different rooms. Suddenly, one of them slams down his headphones, yells down the hall at his brother and stomps...
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