Blog Reader
After going through the list of feed readers and trying a few I settled on Feedly. I chose this one because it was simple to use. Some of the other choices had more bells and whistles but were a little more complicated to use. I chose Feedly because it was very easy for me to search for blogs to read and add them to my list. I like how all of my blogs are neatly ordered in the sidebar. I can clearly see what blogs I am following and I can even organize them into categories. Then, once I have read an article on the blog I can mark it read so it no longer shows in my feed. This makes it simple and clean and easy to see what is new. There is also a feature that gives you more suggestions of blogs based on what you are already reading.
The Book Wrangler
The Book Wrangler is written by Michael Rawls, an elementary school librarian. I chose to follow his blog because he gives practical and useful lesson plan ideas. He also shares many great diverse book ideas and activities to go with them. He shares ideas for library displays and different resources you can use in the library such as Epic. He also shares many resources that you can simply print and use. If you are looking for fun and creative ways to teach students in your library then you should give this blog a read.
The Library Voice
https://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/
The Library Voice is written by Shannon McClintock Miller, she is the director of Innovation of Instructional Technology and Library Media at Van Meter School in Iowa. She is a speaker and consultant for the Future Ready Librarians. She is also a 2016 ISTE Making IT Happen Recipient as well as the 2018 AASL Leadership Luminary Social Media Superstar. I chose to follow her blog because she posts frequently about reading events, lesson ideas, and technology tips. Her blog keeps you informed of current events in the world of school librarians. This blog is a great way to stay up to date on topics of interest in the field of library science.
Watch. Connect. Read
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/
Watch. Connect, Read is written by John Schu, he is a children’s book author, part time lecturer at Rutgers University and the children’s librarian for Bookelicious. On his blog Schu shares new books and book trailers. This blog is a great way to keep up with all the new releases and to see what books you might be interested in. He also has authors take over the blog and they talk about their books and why they wrote them. This is a great blog full of information for your collection development needs.
Great Kids Books
http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/
This blog is written by Mary Ann Scheuer, a high school librarian in Albany, C.A. She was also the co-chair of the 2017 AASL National Conference. This blog is mostly reviews of books. She also includes some professional resources such as links to ALA, digital media, and tech tools. This is a good source of information for books to buy and read.
The Daring Librarian
https://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/
This blog is written by Gwyneth A. Jones, she is the Future Ready Teacher Librarian at Murray Hill Middle school in Howard County, Maryland. She is also an international Keynote EdTech and Librarian speaker as well as a Google Certified Innovator. This blog gives you plenty of information about the everyday life of a librarian. She talks about weeding, collection development, and display ideas. Links to various presentations are also included on her site for you to read. This blog is full of good information for new and experienced librarians.
Check me out on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/runningmomlibrarian
I settled on Feedly as well. I've learned that the more user-friendly and ease to a site is what really matters when it comes to what I utilize. You found a few blogs that I found enjoyable as well. I love The Library Voice. Thank you for sharing The Daring Librarian. I'm going to add that to my list of blogs to follow. Love that she focuses on weeding and collection development. These are important topics to make your library program strong.
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot about the Book Wrangler. I follow him on Instagram and love all of his ideas and resources. I also like how some of the resources he shares are free to use. I used his book character posters to display above my library shelves and made a wall that states, "Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader" using some of those characters. I think his ideas/resources are very easy to implement right away in the library. He is definitely one of my top people I check daily for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThe blog The Library Voice' has wonderful content and resources. Being a Future ready librarian is the goal. Ms. Shannon Miller is a true inspiration to draw from. Now, I will now be able to reference this blog for more ideas and information! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI really liked The Book Wrangler blog. His information is to the point and the site is so easy to read because of the white background and overall organization.
ReplyDeleteFeedly was definitely better for me as well. It's better organized and more user friendly. Nice review.
I love Mr. Schu! I rode on an elevator with him at International Reading Association a few years ago. It's amazing how young he is! It's also impressive that he sends out a daily blog. That's something to aspire to one day!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of these choices in blogs! I know there are many different ones out there but I didn't find lots when I was looking.
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