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What is **one thing** you learned today? Perhaps it's a new way to locate or share ideas. a new tech tool, or something about yourself! Please share with others below by clicking "edit."I invite you to comment on each others' posts to continue the conversation. You can include links to your posts if you wish to point others to a site or upload files, etc. Remember to click SAVE when you're finished!

I learned if you are hungry enough to be a digital immigrant in a digital native world, you will find the technology Delicious!

I learned much more than ONE thing today! Wow, my head is spinning, but what I want to write about learning about today is the terminology I got some clarification on. Some of the terms we throw around all the time are taken for granted by me. I use them regularly, even use the actual technology a lot of the time, but I realized I actually had no idea what some of the terms means or what they are or do or how they are used or should be used or are designed to be used. I was confused about the differences between blogs, webpages, websites, wikis and then I got introduced to Delicious today! So my learning curve is steep but clearing up the different terms was a big help to me today to assist me in working my way through this information technology landscape. -Kristen

Learned a lot today. I have always wanted to do class surveys--looks like Zoomerang will be a great tool. Thanks to Annie for teaching me how to create a hyperlink. The readings look interesting. Looking forward to reading them tonight with a glass of wine in hand. Lots to take in today. Leslie (so tired I forgot to put my name!) Thanks Leslie!! :)

I learned that library websites can be an AMAZING resource when they are organized by curriculum content pathfinders. I also started playing around with Delicious.com to create my own pathfinder for the first assignment. I am excited to introduce this resource to my staff as a way to share great websites and resources to support student learning! -Annie

I learned a phrase to remember: "the spinning beachball of death." More hopefully, I am writing on a wiki for the first time ever! I also set up a delicious account, and started following a wiki on Youth Voices. I liked looking at other school's library's pages, and comparing them to what we have at BBHS. Lots of ideas! -Jodie Puts a whole new "spin" on the fun-loving beachball, doesn't it? T :)

I had no idea! I'm very excited to share the wiki with my department and use it in my leadership classes. I have a ton of ways I want to use it.-TuesD

I learned MANY things today! The most helpful tool I learned, and the one I think I will use frequently, is the concept of Pathfinders. It was helpful to see some examples and put a name to the strategy. We maintain grade-level Moodle sites at my school, and Pathfinders will be very helpful for both students and parents to access information and enrich what we are doing in class. -Lara

Today I learned that Google Docs really are pretty easy to use. During the past few years I have heard about Google Docs many times – and all teachers at my school have a Gmail account - but we never use it. Ever. Because we also have a second intranet e-mail account through Microsoft Outlook. So I wanted to practice using Google Docs by uploading copies of the course syllabus and my notes for the day to my Google Docs account. This made sense to me since we will be switching back and forth from the lab (mornings) to the classroom (afternoons). Using Google Docs means I can switch between the iMac and its bigger screen in the computer lab to my personal laptop without using a USB or syncing files - Google Docs does that for me. I did notice that editing the Google Docs version of the syllabus is slightly buggy (the highlighter sometimes selects the wrong text). During our in-class "key terms" assignment our group viewed and edited the same Google document page in real time without a problem. It seems like a very simple but useful way to share documents with others, and collaborate in real time. - Adam Excellent! Google Docs is great for collaborating. One document, multiple editors. T

FYI, I did post before I left the lab. Apparently, my comment was deleted in the mass first posting. I hope this will be acceptable. I am excited about learning to use wikis. I have joined wikis before and followed what was being posted. I have not posted to one or really been a part of one. I was also interested in the zoomerang. I want to try some surveys with my students, even if I'm not a librarian right away. The kids are so excited about anything that uses technology. I would like to learn more about moodles and how you maintain one. - Diana I haven't used moodle much, but it sounds like a few in our class have. T

I'm excited to jump in and learn new technology that will help in the classroom! Today I learned that a pathfinder is and the importance of annotating them. I find I need to annotate my own bookmarks because I often have to click on one to figure out why I saved it. --Gretchen Oates

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 * help on how to format text I learned that if Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the WORLD! That is an incredible little statistic, and even though I'm somewhat "anti-Facebook" it got me thinking about what this means for me, my students, and the staff at my school...it's a digital world we live in. Sometimes I think I take that for granted because I try not to overwhelm myself with media. I'm starting to realize that I need to be more connected if I'm going to stay current in this profession.--Brie ||  ||
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I needed a walk to clear my head and quiet the pirates shouting "Aargh!". . .so, even though I feel overwhelmed and frustrated, I did take something away from today. I learned what a wiki is, and I learned at least one use for it: this page. I am starting a collection of ideas to try out in my class next year and this could be a cool way to do a couple of "silent discussions" in which the kids write on a topic for a set amount of time and then move desks to write on another person's paper. I see that I could set up the wiki, maybe with multiple topics, and then have the kids do this activity with our mobile laptops in the room .--Beth And I found THIS--great video about "Digital Natives"!!! []

Today I learned about Google Docs. I signed up for a Google account and I am excited to explore all the capabilities of this site. I look forward to sharing ideas and information with colleagues via this tool. I have also learned how to create hyperlinks for Google Docs and in a Word document, which was forgotten learning from long ago. Glad to have the refresher!

-Suzanne