Thing #8 -- Communication Sharing

This one doesn't seem to have practical applications for my life. I'll move on.

Thing #7 -- Web 2.0 Communication Tools

I'm going past this one, on to #8. We do NOT allow students to do the following:
*Use free email
*Instant Message
*text message
*chat
I see so many library uses for these tools. In fact, our CITS students have these ways to contact the librarian at UMD--from home, of course.

Thing #6 -- Online Image Generators

What timing! A teacher came in with her class to create trading cards of the Presidents, and I had just learned about Big Huge Labs trading cards. What serendipity. And another cool thing to add to my list of tools on the library web site.

Thing # 5 - More Fun with Flickr

See Thing #4--the filter won't allow anything Flickr. I talked with the tech director, and I do fully understand the need for stemming the tide of pornography. I wonder what our attitude will be in ten years, though. Will this type of site still be blocked?

Thing 3.5 -- RSS Again

I found that School Center (through which we create web pages) supports RSS Feed. I have a web page that links from the library page that serves six RSS Feeds. Now if I could just get the teachers to look at it!

Thing #4 - Flickr

This is getting discouraging. All of the new, exciting tools that I'm learning about are blocked by our filter, so students can't access them. I posted a link to the Library of Congress American Memory images on the library web page, but on the students' accounts the site comes up blocked. Good grief!