Blogs and Blog Readers

In this blog I will talk about a blog reader I chose and why. I will also discuss 5 blogs I liked that will assist me as a librarian.

The blog reader I chose was Feedly. It was very easy to use. Creating an account was a breeze, once I logged in I was able to immediately begin creating and organizing my feeds. I just typed in keywords and plenty of feeds were presented. I was able to organize them into categories and then attach tags. Feedly offers suggestions for you category or you can make your own. This made organizing very easy. After I created a category I realized I wanted to change the name, renaming it was simple all I had to do was click the pencil next to the category and viola rename it, I could also delete it if I wanted to. Feedly was very user friendly, I like how simple it is to organize the feeds and even save articles to read later. I located great blogs that will be of help when I am a librarian.

5 blogs I chose

1.       http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/  I chose this blog because it helps parents find awesome books for their children ages 4-14. Here parents can find books that have won awards, I like how they are categorized by award as well as by age level. There are also reviews on different book genres. This is a fantastic resource that will help parents find amazing books to enjoy with their kids.

2.       http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/    The next blog is called kiss the book. I chose this blog because it contains book reviews that were conducted by school librarians as well as students. Their reviews will help you find great books for your classrooms from K-12. They have an abundance of reviews from different genres and bilingual as well.

3.       http://mrsnthebookbug.blogspot.com/ I chose this blog because it contains activities that can be used as a future librarian. She also has a list of wonderful blogs for both librarians and parents to use. It also contains links to social media such as Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.  It also has a link for teachers to view lessons and activities for the classroom. This blog contains great resources.

4.       http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/ I chose this blog because it contains book trailers. Kids love to see animation, if they can see their favorite book come to life it will get them more excited to read. I can see myself showing these to kids so they can see a summary of the book is about. Then they can decide if they want to read it or not. Some kids are visual and auditory learners, this blog utilizes those learning styles.

5.       http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/ I chose this blog because it contains an abundant amount of information for librarians. It has blog topics about leadership, collection development, teacher collaboration, makerspaces, professional development, STEM, and student engagement teaching models. As a librarian this information is crucial and to have it all under one site is perfect. I will definitely be referring to this blog as a future librarian.

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