Library+Professional+Development

Wikis and blogs both give people the freedom to post the content that they wish to share on the Internet. They also give teachers the ability to control the content that students post on the blogs and wikis by managing permission levels. They also give teachers the ability to share links and resources. Blogs are used more with RSS feeds to give constant updates and new information whereas wikis seem to be used more for repositories of resources and information about a particular topic. Blogs seem to be more conducive to interaction with commenting features for each post. Being a librarian I use my blogs and wikis mainly for information sharing purposes. When teachers have research projects I put together links of resources that are related to the topic they are having students study. I use my blog to share new links and information that I feel are relevant to what students are studying or that are seasonal. The main challenge I’ve found is in actually getting parents and students to read my blog and wiki. I have spent a lot of time over the years working on my wiki. My blog is more recent, but I think honestly the majority of people who have looked at it are other librarians when I’ve shared my blog or wiki with them during professional development classes or over listservs. I would love to find ways to market my wiki and blog to parents and students. We have started to have a link on our school site to teachers' websites, so I’m hoping that will be helpful.
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