A Succinct Big6

• What info? — What information do I need?
• Which sources? – Which sources might have the information?
• Where? — Where can I find those sources? (& Where will I look within the source?)
• Learn.
• Create.
• Evaluate.

(adapted from big6.com by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz)

What’s a Shelfari?

Want a great way to share book lists?

Carter showed me a site called Shelfari. It is similar to LibraryThing.com (another good service) but I think that the look-and-feel of Shelfari is a better fit when working with my elementary students.

I’ve used Shelfari a few different ways:

• to share book lists with other grown-ups,
• discussing literature through reviews and groups,
• I’ve even used an LCD projector to “display” books during a class discussion.

Take a look at one or more of these Shelfari pages and tell us what you think:

• The Sasquatch Book Award: shelfari.com/sasquatchaward
• YA Books Adults Should Read Group: shelfari.com/groups/10334/about
• IdeasAndInfo’s professional recommendations: shelfari.com/ideasandinfo
• My own shelf: shelfari.com/fullertones (which is a bit of a hodge-podge)

–Sean

Social/Professional Networking Tools for Teacher-Librarians

Collaboration is a hot topic among school librarians. Teachers and librarians never seem to have a enough time to meet.  But unless we meet how can we help each other effectively serve our students’ needs?

Well, maybe we don’t need to meet in person. What online tools can we think of that could allow librarians to collaborate with colleagues and patrons?

–Sean