The Bended Corner

  Image from: https://optinmonster.com/best-instagram-video-editing-tools/ YouTube - I find myself on YouTube daily.  It's filled with amazing tutorials, and I'm always able to find an answer to any of my questions.  Like blogs, they are easy to subscribe to, and many YouTubers fill their channel with helpful information and ideas.  For this post, I have linked several channels that are worth taking a look at. Linked are two videos from each channel that I believe to be most helpful to students and videos that students would enjoy best.  Norman High School Library Getting Started in the Library is a helpful video because it walks students through the steps to get logged in to the available resources.  Norman Public Schools Celebrate Your Freedom to Read  is a video students will enjoy because it highlights different schools in the district. The read-aloud from staff encourages students to read freely and enjoy the literature they want to. TheUnq...

Feed readers are available to help keep track of blogs and news feeds that you follow. The feed reader updates as the blog you follow updates. As someone who follows many blogs, I’m excited to learn more about feed readers and feel as though it will be a valuable resource. I get overwhelmed when I follow blogs because I end up with many emails that I end up deleting and never go back to the blog post.  What I look forward to the most is having an opportunity to follow library associations, authors, and of course, my favorite blogs to keep up with the most up to date information on release dates and reviews. Many free feed readers are available, but you may have to pay a fee for the service to specify further what you want to see.  In this post, I will highlight a few that were intriguing to me and then follow up with my favorite. Feedly - In 2018, Feedly was one of the top 10 feeders. It is clean, clutter-free, and known for having every feature available from a feed reader....