So many ideas...

Today I looked at countless school library Weebly websites.  It was fun to look at them through a more critical eye.  I found lots of things I liked and lots of things I didn’t like.  Below are some of the things that I liked so much I want to remember to do this on my own library sight one day…

http://bhslibrary.weebly.com/   I love that this school library sight has a direct link to their library catalog and the Public Library catalog…a great way to extend into the community.  This would be a great resource for older students doing research AND parents!

 http://lowelibrary.weebly.com/   There was a lot that I liked at this school website.  First of all, I enjoyed that they had an online reading log that engaged summer student participation.   They also had some great resources under the student tab: databases, reading challenges, tools for projects, student showcase, kid’s search engines.

http://elementarylibrarian.weebly.com/1st.html  Here there was a clear lesson plan for the year with expectations of what each class would learn about in library throughout the year and activities to do at home.  I LOVE the parent link here as it gives all the information parents need to know to read with their child.  What a great resource to have for teachers to send parents to.

http://neslibrary.weebly.com/  Love the Shelfari widget.  Would like to learn how to add this to my own website.  I played around with it a little bit and haven’t figured it out yet.  I think it would be great to showcase each teacher throughout the school year.  They could build a shelf with their favorite books (no matter what grade or audience).  Here is the link to get your own shelf… http://www.shelfari.com/widget?WidgetId=237297

http://deslibrary.weebly.com/  This website seemed to have winning books selected by students.  That would be so much fun.  It is much like the Caldecott project we just finished up in our Children’s Literature class.

SO MANY FUN IDEAS!!!