On February 27th, I attended Edcamp Cardigan Camp. Edcamp Cardigan Camp was the first virtual Edcamp for all school, public, higher ed, and special area librarians from all over the world.
I attended four sessions called App Smackdown, Marketing, Grants and Funding, and Data Collection and the School Library. Each session lasted approximately 40 minutes and had a link to a Wakelet with the resources discussed and shared by the librarians that participated in the session.
From the App Smackdown session, the most interesting I learned about was how to create your own search engine through Google which lets you limit what websites your students can search.
The Marketing session was very insightful overall. I learned about a website called Hootsuite that makes it easy to post and manage your different social media accounts for your library. One of the attendees shared different marketing materials she has made in Canva to help promote her library. Library podcasts and using TikTok to promote books were also some of the ideas shared.
The Grant and Funding session was probably my favorite session as I had absolutely no background knowledge of grants and funding outside of Donors Choose. Several grants and funding options were shared. I will be using the resources shared to help me with the grant assignment.
The Data Collection and the School Library session made me see the importance on reporting on more than just numbers. I should be reported what activities we had in the media center, about our programs, how many classes were seen etc. Data should be shared at regular intervals throughout the year.
I really enjoyed the sessions I was able to attend! I bookmarked the main page so I could access the Wakelets for the sessions I was not able to attend.
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