A What?

So, I had no idea what a wiki was until I watched the Wiki's in Plain English Video (which, by the way, I thought was kind of funny:). And I still don't know exactly what we are going to be doing with our wikis quite yet. But I am sure I will learn in time.

I did learn that a wiki seems like a much simpler way of communicating with hordes of people when compared to e-mail. I also learned that the information on wikis can be edited by anyone who happens to view the page and who wants to add comments or new information. I didn't know that you could essentially make your own "wikipedia". I knew that people could change information on Wikipedia, but I never had thought that I could do so with my own wiki.

I was suprised at how fast and easy it was to create my own wiki page. I thought for sure I had done something wrong because it was so fast and simple.

I don't really know what my feelings on wikis are, seeing as I haven't really played with it and used it. However, I do like Wikipedia. Hopefully it will be something new and fun to learn about and use.

Mashed Up!

So, I took the spiral staircase to the bead art section at http://bighugelabs.com/, and this is what happened....

Radical.

Spiral Staircase

I found this photostream on Flickr too. I thought it was cool because the library has a spiral staircase. This is the Carl A. Pescosolido Library at the Govenor's Academy in Massachusetts. I couldn't figure out how to get the slide show into a blog post, so the picture is linked.

The Reading Tent

When I saw this picture, I instantly fell in love with it! What a cute idea to have a reading tent in a library!

I think this is perfect for elementary school libraries. If there had been a reading tent in my elementary school, I would have wanted to go there and read all the time. It would be a good way to entice kids to come to the library in the first place, to show that it is a fun learning environment. A reading tent could even be used as an incentive for good behavior.

Love it!!

This picture was taken by KYD Advisor at Crofton Downs Primary School in New Zealand.