CCLA Library Blog Training
On September 15, 2009 I held a blog training at the Clark County Librarians Association meeting. The objective of the training was to define what a blog is and how it can be utilized in the library setting. We explored the Edublogs site so that each librarian would be equipt with the tools to start their own free blog at a later date. It was my hope that we can build a community of CCSD librarians that will use blogs to communicate with their students, staff, community and other librarians. Below you will find some tools that were utilized during that meeting.
Video- Blogs in Plain English by Common Craft http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
Getting Started with Edublogs Tutorial http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/
Handout- CCLA- Creating a Library Blog
The best blogging site to use for your CCSD library is an
_Edublog_ because the school filters allow access.
To create your FREE Edublog goto __edublogs.org__.
Cindy Baca’s Blog address _http://bacace.edublogs.org_.
6 Ideas for a Blog Post (3 Mine/ 3 Neighbor)
1. Quizzes
2. Book Recommendations
3. Links
4. Highlight New Books
5. Publicity for Bookfairs, Special Events (i.e. Teen Read Week)
6. Rules/ Procedures
Fun Blog Widgets
FREE Online Polls/Quizzes- http://www.proprofs.com/polls/
Pollydaddy- http://www.polldaddy.com
Online Forms- http:/wufoo.com
Voki- http://voki.com/
Twitter Literature- http://www.kidderlit.com/
Library Thing- http://www.librarything.com/
Visit Tracker- http://www.clustrmaps.com/
Music Playlist- http://playlist.com
List of Library Blogs- http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/07/07/100-best-blogs-for-school-librarians/
If you attended the meeting what do you think about blogs? Edublogs? Are you going to create a blog for your library? If you have one, would you like to share it with us? What training would be beneficial in the future? Thanks for your time!
September 16th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Hey sounds really cool
I hope they use one at Northwest….that would be awesome!
Hope all is well…I know its no fun there without me
<3 Emily
September 17th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Emily- Northwest does not have a blog yet. Mrs. Nelson is very interested in starting one though. I called her and mentioned that you would make a perfect Blogmaster.
She said “send her in”. So head over to your library, introduce yourself and tell her I sent you.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
“send her in”….. ok
i’ll be in there for health class tomorrow
i’ll see her then. or i could just go in the morning 
thanks for the blogmaster recommendation!!!!!!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
BTW, you rock Mrs. Baca!
September 18th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I went today…and we’re going to start next week!!!!!!
I’m really excited