The Wonderful World of Websites

I am a little late with this post. Between my "Website ADD" - you know, when you start looking at one thing and follow all sorts of links down the rabbit hole, until you realize 45 minutes later what you were supposed to be looking at/for is not actually what you are currently seeing on your screen? Between THAT and trying to get things ready for my son to come home on leave from the Army (it's been 6 months!), I lost track of time. 

I did enjoy looking at some great websites. I did check out some for middle and high schools, but felt the pull back to elementary. Here are a few of my favorites:

http://elementarylibrarian.weebly.com/ I really liked how things were organized on this site. There were some great things for kids and parents. The authors' links were a neat idea, yes I bookmarked it. I am not sure what the "Morning Calm Award" really means, but obviously kids are voting on books. I think this would be a good way to get involvement and traffic on your website. If you haven't checked out this website, or if you did but didn't watch the video at the bottom of the homepage, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, I highly recommend. This was my favorite "rabbit hole" of the week!

http://neslibrary.weebly.com/ This website it very attractive and inviting. I thought the links were easy for kids to use and follow. I really like the Shelfari widget and would be interested in using this on my webpage. I especially liked the link for class projects. I think this would be a great buy-in for classroom and resource teachers. Plus, it could really help parents find appropriate materials when helping kids with  project or homework. 

http://lowelibrary.weebly.com/whats-new.html My favorite of the sites I visited. I liked the homepage a lot. I thought the graphics along with the information were presented in a clear uncluttered way. I like the slideshow of kids and teachers in the library. I wish the librarian had used her own voice on Voki, instead of the robotic voice. All of the links showing ways to find books is very helpful to the students, teachers and parents. I loved lots of ideas from this website. The Dr. Seuss Cafe (borrowing that one in the future), book fair tie-ins with grandparents, Genre Wizard (probably borrowing that one, too), connections for teachers by grade level, and there was even a tab for the librarian. I think this website must be very useful for the community it serves. 

Now, on to work on my own...