Comments on: Blogs for Professional Development – The Willow http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/23/blogs-for-professional-development-%e2%80%93-the-willow-in-my-backyard/ Learning About Web 2.0 for School Libraries Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:30:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Thing 7: Build Reading Habit | Media Bites http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/23/blogs-for-professional-development-%e2%80%93-the-willow-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Thing 7: Build Reading Habit | Media Bites Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:24:16 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=55#comment-45 [...] have enjoyed reading various blogs through google reader.  I have found blogs for professional development-the willow from teacher librarian to be very informative in implementing technology skills.  The article on [...] [...] have enjoyed reading various blogs through google reader.  I have found blogs for professional development-the willow from teacher librarian to be very informative in implementing technology skills.  The article on [...]

]]> By: Joanie Proske http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/23/blogs-for-professional-development-%e2%80%93-the-willow-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Joanie Proske Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:27:10 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=55#comment-31 Cynthia, First off, the picture of the willow tree is sensational and I really admire the way that you wove it into your opening paragraph. You obviously did a lot of reading about blogs, judging from all the links and comments you have posted. I am amazed that you subscribe to 40 blogposts - that's a lot of reading. I've heard of LM net and understand that it's an excellent TL site. It's probably one I should consider reading on a regular basis. What do you do with the information you learn from these blog posts? I sometimes bookmark sites but what do you do when you want to record the information you have learned? Joanie Cynthia,

First off, the picture of the willow tree is sensational and I really admire the way that you wove it into your opening paragraph.

You obviously did a lot of reading about blogs, judging from all the links and comments you have posted. I am amazed that you subscribe to 40 blogposts – that’s a lot of reading. I’ve heard of LM net and understand that it’s an excellent TL site. It’s probably one I should consider reading on a regular basis. What do you do with the information you learn from these blog posts? I sometimes bookmark sites but what do you do when you want to record the information you have learned?

Joanie

]]> By: Joanne de Groot http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/23/blogs-for-professional-development-%e2%80%93-the-willow-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Joanne de Groot Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:49:21 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=55#comment-30 Hi Cynthia, Thanks for the interesting post about blogs as PD and how to find blogs that are useful and interesting to teachers and teacher-librarians. You write: "Teacher-librarians must “Subscribe to, and follow the blogs of leading thinkers in the school library world and the wider library world to engage in the conversation about these issues." I think this is a really important point that those of us who work in or are interested in school libraries need to look beyond our own experiences and look at the work that is being done in other kinds of libraries to gain new ideas and different perspectives. I read Stephen Abrams' blog, for example, because he talks a lot about public and academic libraries and many of the things he writes about have implications for school libraries and teacher-librarians. Joanne Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for the interesting post about blogs as PD and how to find blogs that are useful and interesting to teachers and teacher-librarians.

You write:
“Teacher-librarians must “Subscribe to, and follow the blogs of leading thinkers in the school library world and the wider library world to engage in the conversation about these issues.”

I think this is a really important point that those of us who work in or are interested in school libraries need to look beyond our own experiences and look at the work that is being done in other kinds of libraries to gain new ideas and different perspectives. I read Stephen Abrams’ blog, for example, because he talks a lot about public and academic libraries and many of the things he writes about have implications for school libraries and teacher-librarians.

Joanne

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