Blog and Blog Readers
Don’t you just love to read interesting ideas
that can help you with your career? Well I do too, but keeping up with multiple site can be a
tad never ending task. For example, I
truly enjoy reading library blogs because of the awesome innovative ideas I get
from them. Sometimes though some of the content on them is not what I was really
wanting to read. So, if you have not
tried a RRS Feed reader app you should definitely give it a try, or at least check
it out. After comparing three RRS Feed
reader apps I felt that Feedly was the best one that met my needs. I choose Feedly being that for me it was the
simplest and not too many steps to follow.
Feedly Cost: Free/$7 mo. According to Zapier, when Google Reader was being
discontinued, Feedly gained million new users in less than a month. I can see why Feedly is so popular, its simple
and easy to access interface is somewhat of a perfect solution for the
casual reader who wants to see all of their websites in one place.
- Feedbin Cost: $3.00 a month According to Zapier, once you’ve subscribed to your
favorite sites, Feedbin’s tagging system will make your content into
categories. Your reading content on Feedbin should be a breeze and the interface
is enticingly designed to allow you to not get distracted. Feedbin aso combines many popular Read
Later and Social Media Apps, which can be a great benefit to share your
tools too.
- Selfoss free a month According to Zapier, is one of the best
choices for today. It’s an open
source that you can also follow your favorite people too like for example
from Twitter. It just simplifies
the reading experience and organizes your feeds.
More information in regards to Zapier RRS
Reader Blog can be found here:
Top 5 Blogs to Follow:
Description: School Library Journal is
the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work
with children and teens. A source of quality journalism and reviews for more
than 60 years, SLJ produces award-winning features and news coverage
on: literacy, best practices, technology, education policy and other issues of
interest to the school library and greater educator community. We evaluate a
broad range of resources, from books and digital content to databases, in 6000+
reviews published annually.
Why did I follow it?
I follow School Library Journal since two year ago because they offer so many
great resources for librarians, but not only for us but for everyone else
too. This is a reliable resource that
covers best practices and innovative technology plus other interesting school
library ideas.
Description: Gwyneth A. Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a
Tweeter, an international Ed Tech speaker, trope and meme archivist, creator of
content, a citizen of advocacy, and a resident of social media. Gwyneth is a
Google Certified Teacher, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian
blog. Jones is also a Library Journal Mover & Shaker, a Gale/Cengage New
Leader, and was named the Best of the Best and a Visionary Leader by Teacher
Librarian Magazine. She was honored to have served on the 2011-2014 ISTE Board
of Directors representing PK-12 educators and school librarians. Her
work and writings have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington
Post, and the Huffington Post.
Why did I follow it?
I choose to follow the Daring Librarian first on Twitter so I knew about her
blog and I sincerely appreciate all her wonderful ideas and creditable
resources that she shares with all of us.
Her work and writings are very inspirable.
Description: Published
bimonthly September through June by the American Association of School
Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, Knowledge
Quest is devoted to offering substantive information to assist
building-level school librarians, supervisors, library educators, and other
decision makers concerned with the development of school library programs and
services. Articles address the integration of theory and practice in school
librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant
disciplines.
Why did I follow it?
I chose to follow AASL not only because the articles they publish are extremely
relevant to the library programs. This
site is truly a very informational tool for librarians that will be informed
with innovative programs and services that can help empower your career.
Description: Donalyn Miller
has taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade
language arts and social studies in the Fort Worth, TX area and was a finalist
for 2010 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year. In her popular book, The
Book Whisperer, Donalyn reflects on her journey to become a reading teacher
and describes how she inspires and motivates her middle school students to read
40 or more books a year. In her latest book, Reading in the Wild,
Donalyn collects responses from 900 adult readers and uses this information to
teach lifelong reading habits to her students. Donalyn is the founder of the
annual #bookaday event and co-host the monthly Twitter chat,
#titletalk. Her articles about teaching and reading have appeared in
publications such as Education Week Teacher, The Reading
Teacher, Educational Leadership and The Washington Post.
Why did I follow it?
I decided to follow Donalyn Miller because our library
coordinator brought her to start our school year this past year and she is an
extremely innovative reading teacher that inspires and motivates any person to
read.
Description: Jennifer LaGarde (aka library girl!) is the Lead School Library
Media Coordinator/Digital Teaching and Learning Specialist for New Hanover
County Schools in Wilmington, NC. With twenty years of experience in public
education, Jennifer has been a classroom teacher, school library media
coordinator, district level leader and educational consultant for the NC Dept
of Public Instruction. Jennifer is a past winner of the ALA, New York Times and
Carnegie Corporation’s "I Love My Librarian Award" and she was also
named a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker” for her efforts as a school
library advocate. Jennifer earned her bachelor's degree in Secondary Education
with a concentration in English/Language Arts from the University of NC at
Wilmington. And she earned her Master’s in Library Science from the Appalachian
State University.
Why did I follow it?
I love to follow The Adventures of Library Girl because her blog is definitely a
school library advocate. Her up-to-date
reviews and information she shares is innovative and fun to read about.
Tumbler
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website founded
by David Karp in 2007, and owned by Yahoo! since 2013. I had used tumbler
before for a course from Sam Houston and what I have learned from it is that it
allows users to post multimedia as well as various different content to a short-form
blog. I follow several other users' blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs
private. For bloggers, many of the website's features are accessed from a
"dashboard" interface which makes it very simple to use.
