This is a test of a web 2.0 tool I found which I think could be both fun and useful. It is called Answer Garden. I hope to embed the survey portion of it next and we'll see how it works!! I need to use you as guinea pigs here, I confess. You can help me by supplying some answers to my simple question. My hope is that we'll all see the answers displayed below as they come in. Repeats should make the word/phrase larger. Let's see how it works. Hope I have it set up right!!                         Katie

I ran across this page on the Services to Schools portion of the National Library of New Zealand website and liked their student centered approach to advocacy. Their point about being able to measure the effectiveness of the library program is well worth considering. Look at this info on finding out what the students want -

Surveying students on their attitudes toward reading at the beginning and end of a year / unit can be a useful way to:

• Measure the effectiveness of your library programmes
• Provide positive information for your library report and help you advocate for the library
• Give you and your teachers information about who to target for reading extension and intervention

When I started looking at what else they had to offer I decided I just had to share it with all of you. I hope you can find time to dig through and find the gems of useful info!