Blogs & Blog Readers

After blogging for a few weeks and kind of getting the hang of it, I decided to search through several Blog Readers.  I viewed Bloglovin', Feedly, Bloglines, NewsBlur, Digg Reader and Newsvibe.  Blog Readers allow you to keep blogs that you have read organized and in one place so that you don't have to revisit the individual websites to view them.  After registering, I searched all of  the Blog Readers, I decided on my two top choices.  My two favorites were Bloglovin' and Feedly.  I found both fairly easy to use.  It was easy to search, organize and save content.  The organization of information was impressive and extensive.  Bloglines, NewsBlur and Newsvibe were less appealing to me.   NewsBlur and Feedly charge for their premium accounts.  Feedly charges a $45 annual fee for the premium version so I decided to use Bloglovin' even though I found it easier to use Feedly.   I chose to follow the following blogs:

http://schoollibrarylady.com/

I chose this blog because of the book reviews, book trailers and listing of resources.  Among these, school library lady also shares links for avoiding plagiarism and for researching. 

 http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production

This blog has lots of useful information including information on awards, news and resources from the School Library Journal.  


http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/

This blog was created to share the love of reading.   They also announce winners of the Nerdy Book Club Award.  

 http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/

This blog shares award information, the use of physical space in the library, conference information and weekly book picks.  


http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/

The AASL blog shares discussions, interviews, videos, collaboration and literacy awards. 


 http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/

 This blog has some great resources including graphic organizers, lessons among other information.


All of the blogs above share large amounts of information pertaining to literacy and library science. 

I signed up for a Tumblr account and here is the link:

http://lizramirez150.tumblr.com/