ACLS- mapped on Google

Take a look at the ACLS-Branches map I created on Google. I tried to keep in generic and specific.

Telluride to Moab Photos loaded on to Flickr

I have loaded the a set of photos on to Flickr of my recent trip out west. Click the link.

Next I will play with google "my maps" and see if I can place the photos on the map in the right place.

But what are they doing?

According to the National School Boards Association study released recently, here is what teens are doing on the when they use social networking sites such as facebook or myspace. "The study also shows that students are engaging in creative activities on social networking internet sites; including writing, art, and contributing to collaborative online projects "whether or not these activities are related to schoolwork".

Everything bad is good for you?

see the article available at: Read/Write Web.
"96 percent of students with online access use social networking technologies - defined as as chatting, text messaging, blogging, and visiting online communities such as Facebook, MySpace, and Webkinz."

putting 23 things to the test

I will be creating a flickr show of my pictures from the trip out west. I will post the url as soon as I get to it. anyway, here is a photo from the first cabin we stayed in. we left telluride (at 8700 feet) and climbed to this hut at 10,800 feet. The last 300 feet were the worst. I want to add tags to my pictures on flickr so I can tell what day they were taken and at what hut.

Interesting ideas on the freakonomics blog. see

If Public Libraries Didn’t Exist, Could You Start One Today?

Tune in to Reading -almost ready

The Backpacks with iPods loaded with the audio books and student created author studies, illustrated story summaries, and book reviews are almost ready. We hope to have them out by the end of July. This project is an outgrowth of our circulating kits of paperbacks and the cd as well as a version of the strolling story hour backpacks for elementary school kids. To start we will circulate them from Washington Street. We have had a great partnership with Northeast Elementary and Mike Fiscus. Lisa and the staff are working out the circ rules and check in procedures. More details to follow.