Instagram and Vine

I had a little difficulty getting Instagram and Vine due to the model, amount of gb, age, and condition of my smartphone. I also had to have my teenage son assist with finding and downloading both of these sites. Due to the large amount of space that Vine requires, he even had to remove a few apps off my phone before Vine would properly download. I enjoyed both of these sites and look forward to exploring them further.

Instagram: Today when using Instagram, I toke pictures off of my smartbook. Is was easy to do. I was prompted to enter a caption, so I made each one of them short. This would be a good way to share pictures of assignments, project, and other things that happen in a classroom or library. I feel that students of many ages would be able to utilize this site and Vine.

Vine: As mentioned above, I had some difficulty downloading Vine. However, once I had the help of my teenage son I was able to get Vine downloaded. Be sure to download Vine when you have extra time because it took over an hour to download on my outdated smartphone. This site provides a variety of ways in which the user can share their 7 second video piece. Below you will find a link to both of the Vine videos that I created. I found both of these sites to be easy and fast to use. I look forward to having more time in the near future to explore both of these sites more so that I can become more familiar with them as an mother, educator, and future librarian.

https://vine.co/v/iWLYj1Fm1WM

https://vine.co/v/iWL22wWHK6v

Screencast-o-matic and Jing

I am not sure if these two sites are meant for me. I had much difficulty with both of them. However, I seemed to have more difficulty with Jing. When using Jing, I had to rerecord my Jing multiple times because I accidentlly clicked the X instead of the square. After the 12th time of recording, I finally got my Jing saved. However, I saved my Jing to my computer because it wouldn't let me post it on screen-o-matic or youtube. The site stated that there were no accounts for the email given. This I found odd because I had just created and used my screen-o-matic account the night before with the very same email I was trying to load the video to screen-o-matic with. The Jing video was not compatible with the programs that I presently had on my computer, so it would not let reopen it. I had to download two programs in order to open the Jing video. However, the Jing video had glitches so it had to be fixed. I had not saved the background image that I created to my computer before creating the video. Therefore,I had to open my saved recording and use the image to rerecorded Jing. Once I recompleted my second recording of my Jing over the same content, I was able to get a link which will not load on the blog (user must copy, cut, and paste link in Jing section of this blog). I will try both of these sites on another day when I am not so sick and tired from illness.

Screen-o-matic: I like how screen-o-matic is simple to use (until I had to save or publish) and doesn't have any icons that say in your way until they are closed like Jing did. Below you will see a screenshot of my screen-o-matic because I am unable to load it due to the video being saved in my documents.

Jing: The home page of this site includes a brief introduction video about Jing and how it can be used. I didn't have time to explore much before I started to create on Jing. However, when I started to create my image (I believe they called it a capture), I was unsure of what all was available or how to save. This site allowed me to create an image or video, so I used a screen clip from thinkcentral Go Math video and then used Jing to a three colored rectangles to type the steps into. Next I used the image and added my how to instructions as a video. Below is the link to my Jing video that I had to post (publish to) screencast. http://screencast.com/t/CeIk1YwAd Please copy, cut and paste link to view video. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The elementary school where I teacher is blessed with a large library which includes a computer lab, guided reading collection room, teacher workroom, technology storage, and whole group meeting area. I have created a floor plan and added typed in labels for each area of the main area of the library. I added the typed in labels because I was unable to load the images of the library that I took on my cell phone because my phone doesn't always work correctly (and it is wanting to misbehave). Therefore, I was unable to add Telligami's to my location spots on the floor plan. I am really looking forward to further explore thinglink.com to see what other wonderful things this site is capable of.

Final Reflection

When exploring and using all of the required technology assigned in my Library Science course this semester I encountered several that I would use in my classroom now or in a school library in the future. However, I found a few that I would not utilize at all due to my personal preference or experience with the technology. Technology that I explored and liked:

Facebook- I believe that it is very information to communicate about books, school or library or public events (related to school or library), and more. This is a great way to communicate with parents, older students, and public due to the large number of people who use this site. However, one must monitor others post to be sure that they are appropriate for all ages that my view the Library Facebook page.

Pixton (online comic maker)- This site contains colorful characters and background, multiple font types, easy to access unfinished comic, and is easy to use. This would be great to use in a classroom to help introduce a lesson, as writing prompt, and for student activities or projects. As a library, you could use this site as an advertisement, reminder, or brief note on library newsletter or website.

Podcast- This site can be used for listening center, to give lesson when you have a substitute, student activities or projects, and homework lessons or instructions.

Goodreads- I have used this site before to locate book reviews. I never really explored it until we had to this semester. Though it will work well for me as a teacher and library, but I feel it wouldn't be a good fit for most elementary students.

Biblionasium- As an teacher/educator, I like how I can use this with my students at school or home. I set up my students each with a login and password.

Technology that I explored and disliked and/or had issues with: SKITCH- I was not use to this site and didn't become familiar with it. I was unsure how to use SKITCH to draw, type, or point out things on my screenshots (even after exploring the site). Shelfari- I disliked this site from the beginning when it required the user to use an amazon.com account to login. Another disadvantage of this site is that is asks the user(s) to input much of the books information. The site didn't include much of the information about each book, but provided an area for information to be added by the user(s).

Technology that can be used in my personal classroom: 1. Pixton 2. Podcast

Technology that I can utilize in library: 1. Facebook 2. Youtube videos 3. Biblionasium 4. Podcast 5. Pixton

Note: All images included in this blog are from google.com

Online Book Communities

For this I was unsure how to use SKITCH to draw, type, or point out things on my screenshots. Therefore, I have included screenshots of parts of my book shelves on the following book community websites: Goodreads, LibraryThing, Shelfari, Booklist, and Biblionasium.

First, I enjoyed exploring and using Goodreads to create a book shelf. This website was basic and easy to use. The book title, short 1 to 3 sentence summary, book information (ISBN, number of pages, where to purchase, and more), other book titles related to subject/awards/author, and reviews. The home page of this website is kind of plain (maybe a little boring), but my books area made up for the background and site colors by including book cover, title, author, and more. The only disadvantage that I found with this site was that it needed to be made more children friendly so that it could be used in school classrooms or libraries to help students keep a log of what they have already read, are reading, or would like to read in the future.

Second, I explored and used the website LibraryThing. An advantage was that the site offered five different book shelf format styles. One disadvantage of this site is that the book cover shows during the search, but not when placed into the book shelf area. However, the book cover reappears when the user clicks on the your books area. When entering multiple book titles in a row this could become confusing to young or new users. Another disadvantage, for users who are required to have a certain number of books on their book shelf, is that the user must enter books and count or click on their book shelf area regularly to get the total number of books they have already entered.

Last, I explored and used Shelfari. I thought negatively of this site from the start due to being required to use amazon.com login. I don't mind creating login accounts for useful websites, but I don't have an amazon.com login so I have to use and edit my husband's amazon account to be able to use this site. Another disadvantage is that the site requests that the user input several pieces of information about the book that that they have selected to shelf. Like the other sites I have explored, this site asks if you have read the book yet. However, the user is also asked the date completed, personal book review, share on Facebook or Twitter, and add character description (or other information about the book). Shelfari has the following information areas available for each of the books: 1. simple synopsis 2. character synopsis 3. setting/location 4. first sentence 5. table of contents 6. glossary 7. series and lists 8. author and contributors 9. first edition 10. awards 11. classification 12. notes to parents. However, many of the books don't have this information completed. One of the advantages is that when the user checks I plan to read, reading now, or I've read Shelfari creates a basic reading timeline. Another advantage of Shelfari is that the user can create a reading goal for the year, "Your goal is to read ____ books in 2015."

Booklists was basic and contained a plain white background. This has been the trend with all of the online book communities that I have explored and used. Personally I would like to see more color on these sites while making them easier to use and include all necessary book information. On Booklists, I was unable to find the book Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell. I believe that an online book community should be up-to-date and contain a majority of the books available to general public. Like LibraryThing and Shelfari, I will most likely not be using Booklists again. However, the next online book community (Biblionasium) that I explored and used was wonderful.

After exploring Biblionasium I began to prepare using it in my classroom with my second graders. As a teacher, I believe that Biblionasium is the best of the online book communities that I explored in the past few days. This site is easy to use and children friendly. The site provides an area to create groups of readers/students which includes the child's reading level. A teacher can assign reading challenges, set up reading lists, and print the recorded reading progress. Students are able to log on at home to record any book titles read outside of school. Parents are also able to log on to check their child's reading records. This particular online book community still had the white background, but there was a touch more color added. One disadvantage is that the user is unable to find, read, and record a book on just one site. I think that Biblionasium would be one more step above the other online book communities if there was an area where the user could purchase and read the online copy of a book. However, this site is colorful, user friendly (even for children), and contains several wonderful book titles that can be placed on the user's shelf.

Elementary School Libraries on Facebook

I find the use of technology, such as Facebook, to be a necessity in today's society. Therefore, when I looked at different elementary school libraries on Facebook, I saw more advantages than disadvantages.

The first school library that I looked at on Facebook was Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School Library. The last post entry was on August 26th. I am unsure to why the page is not up-to-date because I found many useful post entries and over 400 people follow this page. On Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School Library Facebook page I discovered posts related to school and library events (such as...PTO events, Open House, report card dates, library grants won, book pumpkin contest, book character sidewalk parade, and the school's library poet tree), article links, and inspiring images. The advantage of this site was that teachers, parents, students, and the community members have access to the school and library events. However, the disadvantages of this particular Facebook page were that many people didn't comment on the post entries and the page was not up-to-date.

The second page that I explored was created by the Lumberton Primary School Library. This Facebook page had the library's hours, address, email address of librarian, and website link posted to the left of the screen. The Lumberton Primary School Library Facebook page has been used regularly and is up-to-date for the 228 people who follow it. One of the advantages I noticed was that website recommendations were posted. While one disadvantage was that the post entries related to the school book fair were excessive. The book fair was mentioned in several post entries and in a variety of ways (from pictures of the teachers' wish lists to links and videos). The librarian even posted a copy of the book fair volunteer chart. I did like how the book fair was promoted, but thought it could have been done with several less post entries.

Like Lumberton Primary School Library, Moore Elementary School Library put their address, phone number, and web link to library catalog on the left side of the Facebook page. I really liked how the posts varied from school related to library related. The most recent post entry (posted yesterday) was about how the students at Moore Elementary were featured in the Cy-Fair magazine for collecting art supplies for pediatric cancer patients. Other post entries included: book fair reminders and pictures, librarians' notes, and fun library circulation facts. The disadvantage of this particular Facebook page was that not many of the post entries had comments from other users.

Becker Elementary Library Facebook page has 124 people following and 35 people that posted they have been to this particular library. The hours of operation are posted to the top left side of this Facebook page for the patrons to easily view. This page contained post entries related to the following: book fair, volunteering, donated items, school/library events, articles, and author/illustrator visit. However, this page also didn't have many comments to the post entries.

I feel that when I become a librarian I will use technology to connect with the teachers, parents, students, and community members. If Facebook is still popular, I will create a page for the school library in which I am the librarian. On the Facebook page or other type of technology communication, I will include the library's hours of operation, address, phone number, librarian's email, and link to library catalog system. I will include post entries on a variety of school, library, and community events. To inform the staff, parents, and community about the page, I will send home flyers or email or call.

Online Comic Strips - ToonDoo, Pixton, and MakeBeliefsComix

After exploring three different online comic makers - ToonDoo, Pixton, and MakeBeliefsComix - I answered the following question: Were the comics easy to create? Where the comics easy to save? Did you have enough variety to make and interesting comic? Would students be able to use it?

ToonDoo: ToonDoo contained a variety of different options to create, such as; ToonDoo Maker (comic strip maker), Book Marker (ToonBook creator), TraitR (character maker), ImagineR (upload), and DoodleR (add drawing touches). I had to complete a simple three step process to get to where I created my comic about nouns (1. One home page, click on ToonDoo Maker - 2. Select your layout size and direction - 3. Begin creating comic). It took me a little while to locate the area where I could click to save the comic that I created. However, once I figured out the location of save, I was able to quickly save the comic. This online comic marker provided a large variety of characters, backgrounds, and more. I was unable to use any characters besides the bears, but it was easy to add and move the characters as needed. I also had difficulty getting the backgrounds to function correctly, but somehow my comic still ended up with a background in the first panel even though I didn't add a background. I believe that with some further exploration of this online comic maker, I would be able to better navigate through the tools provided for creating an online comic. I know that I would not be able to have my current second graders use this, but students in higher grades and teachers of many grades would be able to use it. http://www.toondoo.com/View.toon?param=9419534

Pixton: Pixton is the online comic maker that I liked the best because it provided the user with colorful character and backgrounds, multiple font types, easy access to unfinished comic, and is easy to use. The comic was easy to create and I feel that students in second grade and up would be able to easily use this online comic maker to create their own comic(s). Though it was easy to use, the comic link would not link correctly when placed in this blog (and this may be an error on the blog). https://www.pixton.com/ca/comic/2bjimwu6 (sorry, but I am unable to get the link for this comic to embed in this blog post)

MakeBeliefsComix: This online comic marker was extremely easy to use, but I was unable to figure out how to save my completed comic. The options that I was able to find included: printing or emailing the comic. Therefore, I have placed a screen shot of my completed comic below. This online comic maker contained several different little window areas that contained a variety of options such as, cast of characters, words/objects/background, background colors, 8 talk balloons and 8 thought balloons, panel prompts, and panel format choices. However, the user doesn't have the choice of the number of panels that will be included in their comic. All users will use a comic template with three panels.

I could incorporate comics into my teaching by using them as a short lesson introduction, to check story comprehension, introduce or review vocabulary or concept previously taught, and more.

Podcasts

When checking out SOUNDCLOUD, audioBoom, and PodOmatic (podcast sites) I found that I prefer SOUNDCLOUD over the other choices. I didn't like the way that PodOmatic was set up, so I didn't explore this site as much as the other two sites. SOUNDCLOUD seemed to be the easiest of the three podcast sites to use. Another plus with that site was that my husband had previously used the site to create a few podcasts for his student teaching. Thought SOUNDCLOUD was easiest to use, I really liked how audioBoom had the larger pictures above each podcast. Teachers and librarians can use podcasts in a variety of ways with their students. 1.) Listening center 2.) To give lesson when you have a substitute. 3.) Student activities/projects 4.) Homework lesson or instructions When making a podcast on SOUNDCLOUD you need to take the following steps: login, click UPLOAD in the black strip on the top right of the screen/page, then choose file to upload OR Start new recording, save to your collection. I am unable to link or enable my podcast, but have included the link below so you can copy, cut, paste, and hear it. Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/nicole-morrissey-428674478/fables-the-tortoise-and-the

Videos and QR Codes in the Library

When searching different library youtube channels I found the following channel to be most helpful for students. https://www.youtube.com/user/theunquietlibrary/videos This library channel included many how to, tutorial, and mini-lesson videos for the students to use. Some of these videos include: How to Export a bibliographic data file from LRC to EasyBib, Sinco Tutorials, and mini-lessons on using EasyBib. Another video I found useful on this library channel for students and teachers would be the one titled The importance of choice for Igniting student passion & learning through research projects. This specific video can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZUTsyfY8m4

The video(s) that I found and believe the students would like the best can be found on the following library channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bbmsmedia/videos This specific library channel was fun to explore and even my own children enjoyed the different bring back your books songs and videos. I also found the episodes of Greene Guy to be of educational value. In Episode 1, the hero was trying to stop littering and gave several decomposing facts. While in Episode 2, the hero was stopping the evil villain by saving electricity. The librarian included several interesting and useful book reviews with recommendations. While I am a librarian I would like to have a library channel with a mixture of these two library channels videos.

I would also include book trailers and student video projects as well on my library channel to enhance my students library experience. My book trailer is on the book Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise.

About the book: As Charlie the Caterpillar meets one group of animals after another playing together and having fun, he asks if he can join in. But each time he's told not welcome -- because he's ugly. As winter approaches, Charlie spins himself a cocoon. When spring arrives, the cocoon opens and out comes Charlie -- now a beautiful butterfly. Everyone wants him to be part of their group. But Charlie puts these fair-weather friends properly in their place in this heartwarming story about the meaning of true friendship (retrieved from amazon.com on 10/2/15). Here is the link to the book read aloud on youtube.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_m_bmrCUeM This is a great book for students in the lower grades Pre-K through 3rd because it teaches children about bullying and being kind to one another. Below you will see my QR code to the book trailer that I created for Charlie the Caterpillar. Please feel free to check the book trailer out by scanning the QR code and even create your very own at animoto.com. https://animoto.com/play/pBjl9VZdkguR2B5kWQ3lAg How would you like to start using QR Codes in your library? One way that I would incorporate QR codes into my library would be by using them to provide the students with book related activities that they're able to complete in the library or at home. I would create at least one activity per book and place that particular books QR code inside the front or back cover. Second, I could create a book or library scavenger hunt using QR codes. Third, to provide students with quick and easy access to author information. I am not sure of other ways that I would use the QR code, but I am sure that there is many ideas online that would be beneficial for the students.

Blogs and blog readers

I created a tumblr account and added several reading quotes. It was simple to use. https://www.tumblr.com/blog/nmorrisseyuniverse After looking at the following blog readers; Bloglovin’, Feedly, Bloglines, and Digg Reader; I feel that Bloglovin’ is the best for me. I found Bloglovin’ to be set up in a similar format as Pinterest. Since I am familiar with Pinterest this blog reader was the easiest for me to relate to and use. Whereas, Feedly had a welcome screen format and coloring that I didn’t care for. Therefore, I didn’t spend time signing up or further exploring Feedly. While Blogline was located within twitter, which I am a fairly new user of. Thus, causing me not to be comfortable with using this blog reader. I signed up and started to explore Digg Reader, but was unable to find an area where I could do a topic search. This resulted in me being unable to find what I needed in a timely manner. Though I selected Bloglovin’ which has a similar format to Pinterest, I feel I need to continue to explore this blog reader in order to best use it. Below I have included links to a few of the blog readers that I viewed and thought may be useful at a later date. https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/1001-childrens-books-6972583 https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/crazy-for-kids-books-5210773 https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/andis-kids-books-5142707 1. ) http://justinthelibrarian.com I liked how this librarian had a variety of library related topics included in his blog. My favorite was how the library’s video game arcade game changing policies changed in order to encourage the children (tweens/teens) to read at least 20 minutes per visit. In the beginning the librarians were feeling down because several children were coming into the library’s video game arcade, but not checking out or even looking at books. One of the librarians decided to introduce a book display related to video games to help encourage the children who came to play in the arcade to read as well. Though the book selection was changed at least every week and a half, very few books got checked out. 2.)http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com This blog not only can be helpful for librarians, but teachers too. I really loved how the blog began with pictures and short blogs about many things stressed out (or burnt out) teachers tend to do that you need to distance yourself from, such as: stay out of/change negative environment in the teacher’s lounge, collaborate, defend our kiddos, think before you comment, and more. The first blog post that came up on my computer screen referred to the negative environment in the teacher’s lounge. As a teacher, I know that the teacher’s lounge is not a very positive environment especially in school districts with excessive demands on their staff. Therefore, staying out of the teacher’s lounge will most likely be a smart choice and create one to hopefully be surrounded with a more positive environment. This blog continues by expressing the importance of collaborating with other within or outside of your school. Then there is another post that talks about how you do not know what the children are battling outside of school, so be sure to defend and not talk negatively about the students. Next, the post reminds the reader to thinking before you comment. After starting in a new district and grade level this school year, I feel that I have become more negative lately and this blog really helped me see this. Now I need to take that time to turn negativity into positivity and encouragement for myself, co-workers, and most of all students. 3.) http://www.librarygirl.net The first three posts on this blog related to reading to and with your students. These posts include how and why this is important. Students need to know that the teacher or librarian is interested not only in the books, but also in their (the student’s) love of books/stories. Reading aloud shows the students how reading should be done and strengthens their comprehension of books. While reading with your students can help you (the teacher) to better get to know your student(s). This may also help to instill the love of literature into student/students. 4.) http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com As a teacher and future librarian, I found this library blog to be extremely interesting. I enjoyed how this particular blogger has included several decoration ideas and more. I really loved the idea of word cloud quiz pictures with words (http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com/2015/09/word-cloud-quiz.html). I will be sure to follow and check out more of the posts on this blog in the near future. 5.) http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com/2015/09/word-cloud-quiz.html This blog contains several tabs related to book reviews, library ideas, and much more. The information on this blog was easy to locate and understand (book reviews are sorted by genre).

Teens, Technology, and Friendship

Teens, Technology, and Friendship Work cited: Lenhart, A., Smith, A., Anderson, M., Duggan, M., & Perrin, A. (2015, August 06). Teens, Technology and Friendships. Retrieved September 16, 2015, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/08/06/teens- technology-and-friendships/ Number of pages read: 69 pages This online data about teens, technology, and friendships was was surprising, yet not surprising. "One of the things discussed was the percent of teens who actually met their online friends in person. As a parent and teacher, I find 20% out of 57% to be a scary number. However, not all teens are using technology to make new friends online, many teens use technology in order to stay connected with friends that they already have. Around 55% of teens text their close friends on a daily basis. Things can get dramatic when 88% of teens believe that too much personal information is shared on social media, 53% have seen events in which they have not been invited to, 42% had negative things posted about them, and 21% say that they feel worse about their life. Social media is said to cause 40% of teens to become pressured and resulting in them posting content that only makes them look good. While 39% of teens tend to worry about posting content that will be of interest to others and result in lots of comments or likes. However, technology can be damaging to friendships and result in teens who unfriend or unfollow and block their ex-friend(s) (Lenhart, 2015)." I found it to be interesting that Caucasian teens are more likely to share their password(s) with their friends then African American or Hispanic teens. This can be an issue for various reasons. One reason is that your friend may become angry at you and post inappropriate things on your social media. The data was interesting and I hope that you take the time to look over my infogram below and possibly even read Teens, Technology, and Friendship for yourself.

Twitter (Tech Leaders)

I love how Kathy Schrock (@kathyschrock) tweeted an article that includes an overview of the Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, a set of Android apps and websites that can be used to suppose teaching and learning, and questions to identify if an app should/could be used for a particular level of Bloom's. As a teacher I find this information to be helpful. Before reading this tweeted article, I didn't know that there was something like this accessible.

Android Apps for the understanding level of Bloom's http://t.co/pcDFTjmdCV

— Kathy Schrock (@kathyschrock) July 26, 2015

_______________________________________________________________________________ After spending a few weeks with my new students, I have learned many things about them. When looking at the tweets on Linda Braum's twitter account @lbraun2000, I came across a neat writing idea to use with the students. For this, the students write about what they did during the summer. This is a great way not only to get to know them, but also to see how your new class of students write.

Love the what I learned this summer tweets from @tweetsbytwito gr8 stuff https://t.co/fKUfDTP2eJ

— Linda W Braun (@lbraun2000) August 27, 2015

________________________________________________________________________________ When reading over tweets by Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent), I can across a tweet on how to set up Apple TV so that it is classroom friendly. I feel that with the level of technology that children use today, technology should be used within the classroom setting. However, it is important that the technology used is safe for the students. Therefore, it is good to have the information available to help a teacher set up a safe Apple TV in their classroom.

Tweak Apple TV to make it more classroom friendly: http://t.co/Sg1p2XWQ87 #ipaded #adechat #edtechchat pic.twitter.com/VgYVkB4YbS

— Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) August 24, 2015

_________________________________________________________________________________ Buffy Hamilton (@buffyjhamilton) tweeted the following quote, "Important problems ... are the reason this work matters.They are the only way we will change the world." As a teacher who just started in a new district and grade I find this quote to touch home. Teachers are responsible for an excessive amount of duties, paperwork, etc. while having a small amount of time to teach certain subjects/topics to students who come with various academic levels, home backgrounds, etc. Thus, one must tackle the important problems in order to help students succeed.

"Important problems ... are the reason this work matters.They are the only way we will change the world." @ninaksimon http://t.co/5REStZ8hkK

— Buffy J. Hamilton (@buffyjhamilton) May 1, 2015

________________________________________________________________________________ On August 9th, The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones)tweeted about a summer reading program in Washington, D.C. where the company Jetblue donated over $1,250,000 in children's books. These books were placed in a few book vending machines for children to get free books to read over the summer months. I love this idea, especially for areas of the world where children are unable to purchase children's books.

Vending machines provide FREE BOOKS! Team @salvationarmy & @JetBlue via @WTOP http://t.co/0zoC5Z2sOa pic.twitter.com/niQ2LuIqJS

— The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) August 10, 2015

_________________________________________________________________________________ When looking at Jim Lerman's (@jimlerman) tweets, I came across one on TED-Ed. TED-Ed allows educators easy and free access to thousands of pre-made lessons over a variety of subjects and topics. Educators can also use TED-Ed to create their own lesson with web videos included. In today's day and age, I find this to be a beneficial because a majority of students use technology on a daily basis.

Lessons Worth Sharing | TED-Ed