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1. Link to Tool - https://www.blogger.com/home
2. Likes - There are many reasons to like this tool and I just met it. It is very user-friendly. I was able to set up a blog within just a few minutes. It helps that I am becoming more familiar with Google and what it has to offer. I like that you can add video and pictures. I also like that you can customize the template.
Dislikes - Honestly, it's my first attempt at blogging, so I can't compare it to any other blogging tools. I also really don't follow blogs, so it's hard for me to compare. Right now, I can't call out a dislike. Maybe I can add to my dislikes as I get to know it.
3. Experience with Blogger
Figuring It Out - Blogger guides you from the start, creating your title, a URL (if you want) and a format. I wasn't quite sure I was doing it correctly, so I did go to the Blogger Guide for additional direction. This was helpful for me to understand how to better customize my template and preview a few more features such as adding pics or video. Because it seemed pretty straightforward to create, I wanted to push myself a little by adding a picture that would connect to the journal subject. I found this on The Adventures of Library Girl and thought it applied to this assignment, this program and my new teaching position. Each one of them pushes me to be fearless, take control and learn to drive.
More to Explore - I'd like to use video to enhance some of my blogs. I would also like to understand how blogging works, the etiquette, etc. It would be interesting if one day we could be encouraged to comment on our classmates' blogs, similar to a forum discussion, but using the blog. I would also like to explore adding a new page and understand the reasons behind adding new pages.
Aspects to Excite - I love that it is so straight forward! I sincerely thought it would be more of a challenge to set up. I'm also excited to add photo or video to enhance my blogging.
Instructions - There doesn't appear to be any videos, but there is a Glogger Guide that was very clear with screenshots to guide the blogger. The Glogger Guide was very helpful and I believe it wiill continue to be a reference for me.
Use the Tool with Students to Help or Promote the Cybrary* - I could see many ways to help the cybrary. Examples could be surveying students about favorite tools they have used or books they have read to gauge whether our inventory is topical and popular and fill in the gaps where it is not. If there was a particular project or special event coming up, it would be a way to gauge student interest, recurit recruit their help or use their expertise. I can definitely see using this tool to promote the cybrary in many ways. Examples to promote might be communicating special events taking place there, new tools or technology being used, or new avenues of research. In either case, the blog could be used as a way to engage, connect and invest the students in the cybrary and build a community in which they feel they are important members.
I look forward to learning more.
*Cybrary - I will continue to use this term because I recently was hired to be an LRC (Learning Resource Center) teacher in my district. My role will be mainly in the computer lab, but I plan to partner with the library aide a great deal.
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