This last weekend I (finally) went to see Zombieland, a hilarious movie set during the zombie Apocalypse, set around four main characters, only know by their hometowns, one sees the lengths they have to go to survive, and the rules they follow, in a mockingly serious way. With cameos by Bill Murry, and many pop culture references, the movie gives something to the older teens or 20 somethings watching. The movie continues the idea of zombies being able to sprint after humans, and evolution seen throughout the many zombie movies that have been released over many decades. The movie can be taken as pure entertainment to some, and a debate over the visualization of the zombies by the more serious, something for everyone.
keep watch through the movie for the zombie kill of the week
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
resouce blogs for YA materials
blog: YALSA
When first looking at the blog, there were many things I noticed right away, the majority of the page was taken up by the most recent articles and postings, and on the right hand side there was a tag cloud, other teen/YA materials blog links, twitter links, author and achieve list for fast access. All these links on the right hand side display that librarians accessing the blog want quick access to the areas/postings they are most interested in.
Looking at the tag cloud, it was clear that one of the main areas of interest is the ALA Annual, as well as virtual worlds and other teen oriented areas. The blog, although having a professional tone and theme, try’s to cover the two sides of what librarians are looking for, ALA news as well as teen news. This seems to be a common theme in YA professional resources.
I was surprised with the amount of audio postings, both talking about books, games and virtual worlds popular with YA’s. It was also interesting to see that YLASA provides some online courses librarians can take as well as the latest news of what talks are being held at the next ALA conference in YA materials. Although the blog does of have great deal of information, there are also some more light-hearted and humorous posts which are very nice to discover. With the high number or authors, as well as the possibility to comment on articles, this blog allows people from all areas to connect, and in looking at the information page I was very interested to find out that they allow postings by teens as well as librarians as long as they are approved by the blog members. The demographics of the blog are much larger then I had originally expected.
Although some of the postings, such as the blog looking for new authors/monitors and other job opportunities do not apply to me, at least now, the blog does offer some use and will be worth while looking at every so often, especially once in the job force.
When first looking at the blog, there were many things I noticed right away, the majority of the page was taken up by the most recent articles and postings, and on the right hand side there was a tag cloud, other teen/YA materials blog links, twitter links, author and achieve list for fast access. All these links on the right hand side display that librarians accessing the blog want quick access to the areas/postings they are most interested in.
Looking at the tag cloud, it was clear that one of the main areas of interest is the ALA Annual, as well as virtual worlds and other teen oriented areas. The blog, although having a professional tone and theme, try’s to cover the two sides of what librarians are looking for, ALA news as well as teen news. This seems to be a common theme in YA professional resources.
I was surprised with the amount of audio postings, both talking about books, games and virtual worlds popular with YA’s. It was also interesting to see that YLASA provides some online courses librarians can take as well as the latest news of what talks are being held at the next ALA conference in YA materials. Although the blog does of have great deal of information, there are also some more light-hearted and humorous posts which are very nice to discover. With the high number or authors, as well as the possibility to comment on articles, this blog allows people from all areas to connect, and in looking at the information page I was very interested to find out that they allow postings by teens as well as librarians as long as they are approved by the blog members. The demographics of the blog are much larger then I had originally expected.
Although some of the postings, such as the blog looking for new authors/monitors and other job opportunities do not apply to me, at least now, the blog does offer some use and will be worth while looking at every so often, especially once in the job force.
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