I find myself really frustrated with the blogs today. I am blocked from connecting to any of the blogs from school. I can’t help but think how useful will these actually be to me—if I will have trouble letting my students connect to them.
I am unable to go to http://www.bloglines.com at school so I have spent more time linking directly to the three blogs I chose.
I find it really interesting who About.com list as the 10 best novels. I have been teaching high school English since 1996 and have never taught any of them. I need to do some reading this summer!
The Librarian’s Internet Index is amazing. I found so many wonderful resources for units in my English classroom. I can’t believe I have never used this site before.
I am unable to get anywhere with The Shifted Librarians—everything is BLOCKED! YUCK!!
O.K.—back at home—much more productive
http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html
I found this site today on The Librarians’ Internet Index it is great. It is called School Librarian’s Online sponsored by the International Association of School Librarianship . . . lots of cool information about conferences, happenings, publications, awards, research etc.
The Shifted Librarian is very random, but I will definitely do some more searching on her recommended reading list. I always read the most in the summer. . . . more later . . .
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Have you ever asked why those items are blocked from your school's server?
Yes, it is based on content. The system picks up words that are usually inappropriate etc. I can request for a site to be unblocked.
Ahh, so it's a computerized filter not a hand-picked list by the school?
I remember when our Library System out in California was trying to do that. All the people that actually used the library hated the idea, but the politicians, who had never stepped foot in our branch thought it was a FANTASTIC idea. We got it vetoed. Hah. (We could see all the monitors anyway, so not much got by us.)
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