Culminating+Project+Paper



**__ ï»¿ __** **__ Culminating Project __**
 * __ This is my Wiki Website: __** http://stbartslibrary.wikispaces.com
 * __ Wordle __** : There are endless possibilities for the use of this tool. Just a few ideas would be to use Wordle for vocabulary words, classroom rules, 10 Commandments, 10 types of poetry, genres of books, Dewey Decimal categories.


 * __ Tagxedo __** : I would use tagxedo for a poetry unit, especially shape poetry, or Gifts of the Holy Spirit, famous speeches, prayers, etc. Again, endless possibilitiesâ€¦.


 * __ Website Addresses __** : I made a full page of websites that are awesome on my Wiki. The only problem is that I ran out of room on the page, however, I could have just added another page to my Wiki, and another, and anotherâ€¦..


 * __ Diigo __** : I am super psyched by this site. The ability to join groups, search information, collect information is amazing. I will be using this all year in library and I will be checking out everything there is to see and sharing it with my 5th-8th grade classes. Again, itâ€™s hard to select how this tool will be used because itâ€™s so huge.


 * __ You Tube __** : So many times this year I was unable to use You Tube in the classroom because of all the â€˜extraâ€™ You Tube videos surrounding the one I wanted to show. It would distract the class because of laughter or someone shouting out, â€œWow, letâ€™s look at THAT ONE instead!â€ (Unfortunately I was trying to show a specific Simpsonâ€™s episode that was perfect for our discussion, however, when You Tube came up right next to the one I wanted to show was Homerâ€™s rear end showingâ€¦you can imagine the comments from 8th gradersâ€¦) Ah, but now I have Safe Share and I will have control over what the children seeâ€¦THANK YOU!


 * __ Downloaded Video __** : The videos I downloaded have to do with beauty pageants for young girls, for or against? There are countless topics for students to research and give opinions on, this is just one idea.

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[] (Check out my cool Avatar that welcomes students back to library class in the fall!)

I plan to do an in-service for our teachers on Wiki and Diigo because these are such powerful tools for learning in all areas of curriculum and all grade levels. Not to mention, classroom organization, school wide coordination of duties, special events and meetings.