In order to find a blog related to my chosen topic, I explored several blog search engines and ultimately used GoogleBlog: http://blogsearch.google.com/. After much time spent searching for “the perfect match,” I realized I would need to refine my topic and focus more specifically on how technology is changing the role of the public school librarian.
Although the blog I chose for this post was written two years ago, I immediately recognized its relevance to the topic of my own blog.
http://schoollibraryblogs.blogspot.com/
School Library Blogs: What's the Scoop?
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Lessons Learned: Implementing a blog in a classroom
The blog article was written by a school librarian who stepped into the “driver’s seat” while implementing a classroom blog for a teacher who had tried and failed at her own attempts. The following is an excerpt from her blog.
Do a short "How to Blog" workshop for all staff
Be sure to have coffee, tea and cookies (as always) and invite staff to watch blogging in action. After a short presentation on the basics, give them a chance to try it. I wish I'd made time at the start of the year to do a Blogging workshop for all staff. After the busy start of school and parent-teacher conferences, the holidays were upon us. I plan on returning to the school to do a workshop in January, but it would have been much more effective to introduce Blogging to staff, and let projects grow organically, stemming from their interest. Doing a workshop for everyone gives staff a common base knowledge. Then they can learn from each other's blogging experiences. This is a way to get you, the librarian, out of the drivers seat and into the role of consultant.
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