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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Doc and the Techno-Vat

Yes, as the title indicates, I somehow managed to fall into a techno-vat. You might ask, what on earth is a techno-vat? Well, visualize this: 1 large vat steaming with its very hot contents. Add one person [me] and there you have it. I've spent this afternoon exploring sites unknown to me before today, and I felt like I had fallen into a large vat chock full of red hot techno goodies - oops, web sites that are well worth exploring. I won't tell you a thing about them f or now as I want you to enjoy the same experience that I had this afternoon.

Doc's Techno-Vat Contents

  • Reading 2.0 - using technology to promote books site a la Joyce Valenza [Remember her name - she's a media specialist's virtual guru/mentor of all things techno-kind for school library media centers.]
    http://readingtech.wikispaces.com/
  • David Warlick's Son of Citation Machine [Remember David Warlick - similar guru/mentor type like Joyce.]
    http://citationmachine.net/
  • Where I fell into the techno-vat: Cathy Nelson's site - head end of today's Techno-Vat Adventure [Cathy is a techno guru/mentor who frequents similar venues as David and Joyce.] I started exploring, and the rest just happened! http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/
  • LlibraryThing: Virtual Library Catalog site - this one's dangerously fun. Enter at your own risk
    http://www.librarything.com/
  • VoiceThread: There's more to this one than meets the eye. Plan to hang out here for awhile.
    http://voicethread.com/
  • EdVoiceThread: Ditto the above but for k-12 kids and teachers that provides a safety net for this venue.
    http://ed.voicethread.com/

1 comment:

Martha M. Taylor said...

Great resource list! Best wishes as you start your new library media career!

Martha