Post #9 - Free Choice - Mango

An interesting media appliciation that I have discovered, and that students may enjoy, is one called Mango (available from http://mango.leetsoft.net/install.php). Created by a gentleman named Victor Barrancos, Mango is an android and blackberry app that consolidates fan translated manga from various free sites on the web and puts it into an easy to use format.  Any manga that are licensed in the United States are not available through the sites, but this helps avid manga fans find lots of titles that they would not necessarily find otherwise.  A librarian could mention this application to students that have a strong interest in Japanese or Korean culture (manwha, Korean comics, are also included).  The app allows people to download pages for offline reading as well.  Anything that can help spur a desire to read and interest in other cultures can be applied to Common Core standards, and I feel that this app might find itself useful down the line.

Post #8 - BlogShare - Daring Librarian

The blog of the Daring Librarian - located at http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com , has a lot of really interesting and almost essential facts about librarianship presented in an engaging and colloquial manner.  One of the blog entries that I especially enjoyed was that of making infographics and using fonts effectively.  She also mentions Speed Dating & Books, too, which is an interesting topic that several of my classmates have touched upon.  The entry that caught my attention was dated September 30, 2013 and talked about running the news from the school library - http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/2013/09/news-at-school-live.html .  This is something that had been done at my high school; in fact, I even attended the class! However, teaching that class and being on the opposite side of the student-teacher relationship is something that I had only vaguely thought about.

Post #7 - BlogShare - A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet

At A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet, Ms. Julie Greller talks about a large amount of information about libraries, and particular school libraries.  She talks about information that is good for students and great for librarians.  The particular blog that intrigued me is dated Wednesday, March 26th and it talks about how to raise money for your school library.  It includes options instead of large databases and some creative ways to gain these funds.  The one I liked in particular was the idea of a Birthday Book Club, where parents or students can buy a book in honor of a student and put a nameplate inside the book in order to keep the gift memorialized.
This site ties to technology because there are even more options available, and I never really put thought to the idea of library fundraising.  Kickstarter allows you to crowdsource particular projects, and I wish Ms. Greller had included that as well.