[CALIBK12] library sign in calendar

[Megan Fuller]

I started using the calendar feature on pbwiki for scheduling the library at the beginning of this year, and it has worked great!  Even when I had the traditional calender on my desk anyone could change it, so that has not been a real problem for me with my staff.  They are pretty ethical people and don't arbitrarily go in to create havoc on the wiki.  The wiki is password protected, only the teachers have the password. I love being able to sign in at home, before I even leave for school, to see what my day will be like.  The teachers were a little gun shy at first, but now they really like it.  They tell me that the ability for them to see my calendar from their room has been very helpful. I get notified whenever someone makes a change.  I have all my deadlines posted, so no one can say they didn't know, which has helped me.  It really is as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich to edit, and as for my technophobes, I can easily edit it for them. I was shocked to find how many adults can't type.
 
I also have a project planning page on the wiki, where teachers can collaborate & let me know when they are planning a research project.  I have let the public library know about the page, so they can check to see when they will be innundated with requests for middle ages books.  I am still in the prodding phase of that one.  As with anything new there is a breaking in time.
 
I run three wikis, my library http://bibliocean.pbwiki.com, Pajaro Valley Reading is Fundamental http://pvrif.pbwiki.com and a reading motivation wiki at www.readervation.pbwiki.com. (the password is booklove and I invite you to add your ideas) Of all the things I learned on School Library Learning 2.0, the wikis have been the most useful in my daily world.  I am spreading the wiki way, thanks to Doug Achterman and the SLL 2.0 team.  If you haven't yet signed on for the Winter Fun I encourage you to go for it.
Megan Fuller Aptos Junior High http://www.aptosjr.pvusd.net/library/ Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. -- Wernher von Braun 


Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:20:10 -0800From: JHASBROU at ausd.netTo: calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu; eloomis at monterey.k12.ca.usSubject: Re: [CALIBK12] library sign in calendar





Hi Elena,
 
We can schedule the library on our GroupWise calendar, but we keep a notebook on the library counter and teachers have to come in and sign up, meanwhile talking with me too. My library assistant and I can then post the signups on the GroupWise calendar so anyone can check availability in GroupWise. We are the ones with the proxy to change it. I think it meets a lot of needs that way, yet encourages the teachers to collaborate with me and not just show up.
 
There is a calendar in pbwiki. I got the info from Megan Fuller and it works great, but everyone can change it if they can edit the wiki and you run into some of the other problems people have mentioned here on the list. Megan said, "The calendar is a plug-in feature on pbwiki, it’s found under productivity (I think).  On the toolbar you will see a green puzzle piece to get to the plug-in feature." I wouldn't have found this if she hadn't told me about it. I haven't explored the "puzzle pieces on the toolbar!
 
Good luck with this. Let us all know what happens.
Janet HasBrouck, Librarian
Arcadia High School, Arcadia CA>>> "Elena Loomis" <eloomis at monterey.k12.ca.us> 12/20/2007 3:51 PM >>>



Hi, I have had several requests from teachers to have an online sign in for scheduling classes in the library. I am wondering if anyone has figured out the best way to do this. I considered Google calendar but it seems hard to share and allow editing. I looked at Microsoft Outlook but can’t figure out how to use periods instead of time. I tried pbwiki and that may work but I am new to the program. I made a table and it didn’t fit on the page. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Elena Loomis
Carmel High

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