Thing #11 Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/home/elholmes

Okay, I am realizing that my numbering on my "Things" is way off. Wow, Library Thing is pretty awesome, but to be honest, it is also a bit overwhelming. I liked the idea of of as an organizational tool for both my school and home library. I don't like the idea of having to set it up, even though it does most of the work for you. The real application that I can see for its use in my classroom stems from a semester long project that my students do in Psychology class. Over the years, I have created a data base of books that they can choose from to read for the project. I can now see that I could use Library Thing to list 200 of the books for the students to choose from and look more in-depth at. The list is longer but I can stand to weed out some of the older editions and some the more boring selections. To be honest, I would probably put a student aide on this project and then link it into my Blackboard site. Happy Thanksgiving my lovely classmates!