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I hope everyone has been having a nice spring break and enjoying some well deserved time off. On to Thing 3: Online Communities & Personal Learning Network! I am familiar with Facebook and we do have a CHS Library Facebook page. Unfortunately, we have no access to the site in school. However, that may change at some point and I want to begin updating and posting on our library page. Another reason why social media is so important to me is that as a brand new high school librarian I don't get a whole lot of time to reach out to parents and community members. One of my goals is to use the library page to share what we are doing in the library. I do have to admit that most of my social media participation is in the Lurker zone, but I am hoping to gain confidence and start sharing.
Since I am familiar with Facebook, I wanted to expand my Twitter horizons. I chose to work on Option 2: Jump Right In. Since I have a twitter account that I created at our Technology Retreat I didn't need to set up a new account. I searched the hashtags tlchat, edchat and slscooltools . While exploring, I found that 10 Smart Tools for Digital Exit Slips was awesome and a great way to get quick summative assessments for library mini lessons. I also found the a link to Poetry Out Loud for great ideas for April's poetry month. We are planning a poetry slam, but I have been talking with an English teacher to perhaps do a poetry recital contest next year and this is a great resource.
I started following new people in the field in addition to I hope to use Twitter to stay up to date with cool new things going on with other libraries as well as to educate myself on issues facing libraries today in order to become a better advocate for my students and school district. My twitter username is @LibrarianKateIsend me a message and help me become less of a lurker!
Great post!
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