My new library home page

I've started using Google Apps with my students, and switched my old Dreamweaver web page for an iGoogle personalized start page. I'm still trying it out, but I love that I can give students accounts so that they can customize their pages and access email and Google Docs. Of course, many students fill their pages with games, but I've also seen some adding dictionaries, calculators, notebooks, and other academic tools. I will probably be posting about how this works in the future, as I'm excited about Google Apps and how I can use it in a school library. Plus, it's free!

fd's Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your photos

If you've already got your photos and graphics in a Flickr account, here's a very cool site where you can play with them. Make Read posters out of book covers. Create name badges for your book club members. Make book-related trading cards, jigsaw puzzles, or mosaics. This is the perfect tool for creating bulletin boards! You can also make great widgets and photo galleries for your library web site. Now, if only my school could afford to buy me a color printer. . .sigh.