Discovered Shelfari again through one of the blog search engines, and discovered Book Adventure- a free motivational reading site for kids that is sponsored by Sylvan Learning. Children can compile book lists based on reading level and interest (subject). Once they register there are quizzes they can take and prizes they can win based on points. I’d like to add these two resources to a blog for an online book club. Really think it will work and the kids will enjoy it – looking forward to getting started.
Google News gets an A+ from me. I thought the layout was clean, sleek and easy to use. Can see using it in the library. Liked the Yippy and Google blog search engines but probably won’t use them that much in the library. Good to know it’s there if I need it.
On Ixquick found a Yahoo directory of Children’s authors that I will use over and over again. It will be great for our author research project – so much information – so easy to use.
I confess; I love YouTube. Use it all the time – book trailers, videos to use in class super tool to have at your fingertips. Music, instructional videos on just about anything you can imagine.
Rediscovered Digital Librarian. So much that I can use and share with teachers: book lists, book reviews, even a link to 655 fables with their morals listed . I have added it to my favorites and know I’ll use it again and again.
Can see myself using blinkx again to find videos. It had a nice layout (not cluttered) and seemed like a quick way to locate videos. Don’t think I’ll use the podcast search engines just not a big fan of podcasts I always want video. Thought that some of the sites were just too advanced for my students for example INFOMINE.com, MYPORTAL.com, Resource Shelf and the legal sites – great info for the right user but not something my kids would need to use.
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