Week #5 - Blogs

Blogs are like the Opinion Column and Letters to the Editor from a newspaper all rolled into one. Blogging is an opportunity to share your personal commentaries on whatever you'd like (opinion column) and it allows other people to make comments on your blog (letters to the editor).

One great advantage I see to blogs is that you can create a professional network. I am a Library Media Specialist (LMS, f.k.a. Librarian) and this could be a lonely job if I didn't search out other professionals in my field. Many schools only have one LMS. I meet once/month with other District LMSs and I'm on a ListServ for New Hampshire LMSs, but sometimes I want to read more about Library Media.

I can find a particularly knowledgeable and experienced LMS blogger and learn all sorts of new information by adding their blog to my RSS and reading updates as they appear.

A few interesting blogs I've found today are:

School Library Media Activities Monthly

ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children)

NH Media Makers

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