Wikis

YA Lit Reviews Wiki http://yareviews.wikispaces.com/home Deanna Sylvia This is a great wiki for teachers, librarians and students alike. It offers user created reviews of some of the most popular YA titles and even a few graphic novels. There are features to each book that include: summaries, reviews, author info, and even video trailers. The wiki offers guidelines for users to create their own entries following the wiki's specific format. I would love to send my students to this wiki for help finding something to read so they don't just have to take my word for it. Just one more resource to get them reading! This would also be a great group assignment for middle or high school students. Assign groups their favorite novels to work together to create a new review for the novel of their choice. Could be used as a book club project for the library or as the new 'literature circle" project in an Englsih class.

ATN Reading Lists http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/ Laurie Darilek

This wiki offers many ideas for librarians and teachers to use books to teach different lessons. It includes different genres, read aloud books, different age-level books, author information, biography books, subject lists/themes, book awards listings, books online and many resources for teachers, students or librarians. Currently, you must request to gain access because others went onto the wiki and added inappropriate items, which the moderator is working to clean up now. Lots of great information and useable resources!

Librarians could use this to find great books to teach a particular skill or add a book that worked well to convey a specific concept. It's a great resource for locating a particular book to cover a holiday or theme.

LMNET http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ Cindy Pearson

A place to SHARE files, images, lessons, handouts and rubrics. The wiki was started several years ago and most of the available documents were placed on the wiki from 2004 to 2008, but it's all great stuff and very usable in today's school library. Some of my favorite things would be the birthday book clubs, Dewey decimal games and lessons, emergency sub plans for librarians, library permission slips, powerpoints, videos and other presentations. There is time management advise and survival techniques for a new librarians. The wiki is a great place to find ideas and documents, or to post your own ideas.

PBworks [] Jessica Byrd

PBworks is a WIKI that promotes and encourages online team collaboration. According to the website, PBworks is used by over 300,000 educators in university and grade school settings. This wiki encourages student centered learning, provides access to informational resources, promotes professional development and collaboration among staff members, and supports distance learning. There are multiple ways to include PBworks in the library setting. This particular wiki can benefit students by providing information such as book lists, posted library hours, and upcoming special events such as author visits and reading groups. PBworks can also provide practical assistance in issuing overdue notices and library cards to patrons. Since collaboration is such a large part of school campuses, PBworks is an incredible tool for linking together busy colleagues. Faculty and staff can easily be notified of meeting adjustments, agendas, and any upcoming events through this wiki. This is a user friendly, practical wiki to promote the school library, make daily procedures more organized, and encourage staff participation through technology.

Eleme ntary Library Routines http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/ Irene Richardson

Elementary Library Routines is a wiki space for elementary librarians to share their knowledge and their experiences. Examples of discussions taking place are: ideas on how to teach OPAC, ideas for library centers, and ideas on realiable library media sites. Among other things, it also offfers a list of other **must-see** library wikis. It is very easy to navigate through this wiki space and it has lots of great ideas by librarians for librarians!

Teacher Librarian Wiki [] Kiersten Kerr

Teacher Librarian Wiki is a great wiki with pages and files on many different resources for school librarians. Pages included ideas and resources for using Web 2.0, blogs and wikis in the classroom, information on books and booklists for all grades, audiobooks, professional development for teacher librarians, and information and literacy models for all grades. My favorite resources are Library Survival Strategies and For New Librarians. This is a closed wiki, and permission is needed to edit the information.