Sunday, January 26, 2014

"Thing Eleven"
   Our school district doesn't have a district app for our library, so I chose Follets Destiny Quest app. The user can look-up the Top 10 books which have been checked out from the library recently. If they tap on the title, author, where the book can be found on the shelf and how many copies are available for check out. Under those details are three bars 1. a description of the book 2. additional info like accelerated reader information 3. reviews on the book. On the side are three additional bars 1. You can add or remove the book from your favorite list. 2. Add a book to the bookshelf 3. Hold the book when it is returned by an other patron. Underneath that are some suggestions of books you might also like to read. The site also shows new arrivals to the library. A public list where people have added what their favorite or recommended books are. There is also a my list tab where you can keep track of books you have read or book you want to read. There is also an account tab. This tab shows what books you have on hold, titles you have checked out, and what fines you may have.
   We put this app on all the cart iPads at school so if the student wanted to look up a book, see where in the library the book is located, or what the AR test number is, they can easily look it up using this app. The kids tell me they like the app because they don't have to come to the library get on a computer and look it up, they can look it up from the comfort of their classroom.

2 comments:

  1. Brenda you are cruising through 23 Mobile Things. Have you found any apps that you can implement in the library?

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  2. Orrin,
    I don't have access to iPads in the library. I have 60 computers in my library so I have been looking out for apps for the teachers to use in their classrooms. For Thing 13 I will talk about how one of the teachers used educreation in her room then the kids came to me and we did something in Google Drive to piggy back off of educreation. When everybody has iPads I'm thinking they will then think of having some in the library. Right now classroom teachers are more important.

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