At the ISLMA Conference last week, Lisa Perez of Chicago Public Schools shared BrainPop’s election resources (free through Election Day) and its new GameUp features, that she has found valuable in gamifying professional development with the librarians in her district.
Although because of Sandy we are without power at home and school, the kind folks [...]
BrainPop Game(s)Up on the election
By on October 31, 2012
BrainPop Game(s)Up on the election
By on October 31, 2012
At the ISLMA Conference last week, Lisa Perez of Chicago Public Schools shared BrainPop’s election resources (free through Election Day) and its new GameUp features, that she has found valuable in gamifying professional development with the librarians in her district.
Although because of Sandy we are without power at home and school, the kind folks [...]
BrainPop Game(s)Up the election
By on October 31, 2012
At the ISLMA Conference last week, Lisa Perez of Chicago Public Schools shared BrainPop’s election resources (free through Election Day) and its new GameUp features, that she has found valuable in gamifying professional development with the librarians in her district.
Although because of Sandy we are without power at home and school, the kind folks [...]
The LC does CCSS
By on October 28, 2012
Earlier this week, the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog, announced that it has made its already fabulous teaching resources–designed to inspire analysis, critical thinking, and the value of working with primary sources–more findable for teachers by aligning them to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
It’s all free and available through a new search [...]
One million tweet map
By on October 28, 2012
Mommy, where do tweets come from?
Now, there’s an easy answer thanks to the one million tweet map.
Though this Mashable video ends with a Justin Bieber question, the map can be a media literacy tool, powerful for analyzing trends, how and where information flows, and perhaps, where and why it does not.
It may also be useful [...]
EasyBib’s New Extensions: two/too “easy buttons”?
By on October 23, 2012
This past week, in its Educator Blog, EasyBib announced its Chrome Toolbar Extension, available for free download in the Chrome Web Store.
Essentially, the tool allows users to do two things:
Automatically cite web sites with one click using the EasyBib Toolbar.
Receive advice on the credibility of the web site you’re citing.
The toolbar extension offers a drop-down [...]
Educational Twitter Hashtags, the infographic (updated)
By on October 21, 2012
Compiled By: OnlineCollegeCourses.com
So many of the teachers and teacher librarians I know continue as unconverted. They don’t yet see the value of Twitter as a tool for learning and keeping up. Beyond the walls of their own schools, they have yet to build a PLN.
This new infographic from OnlineCollegeCourses.com offers quick visual reference to the [...]
Infographics: Round 2
By on October 16, 2012
We just completed the second go-round of our global infographics project.
It’s an opportunity for students to visually represent their research in a way that makes an impact on an audience. It’s a way for them to practice media literacy, data crunching and communication skills. And, combined with their oral presentations, it’s a way for us [...]
UN History Project launched
By on October 11, 2012
Earlier this month, Harvard University’s Department of History announced the launch of the United Nations History Project.
Supported by the United Nations Foundation, in cooperation with the Harvard Asia Center and the Joint Center for History and Economics, the site aggregates a wealth of materials for researching and teaching the history of the United Nations and [...]
Rutgers’ RIOT & other infolit tutorials
By on October 9, 2012
Rutgers University’s RIOT (Research Information Online Tutorial) is a sweet suite of five animated and interactive information literacy modules.
Our friendly host Kate is just about to graduate from library school and needs to train you to take her tutoring position in the library. You’ll have to help some animated college students with a series of [...]
Library 2.012 archive posted
By on October 7, 2012
Don’t fret. In case you miss any part of the outstanding, free online Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference last week, the full archive is now available.
Thank you (and curse you!) School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University and Steve Hargadon, Dr. Sandra Hirsh, and the dedicated, generous group of speakers [...]
#tlchat live tomorrow
By on October 7, 2012
Boundless as a free text option
By on October 6, 2012
Boundless is a new, free open source textbook replacement or alternative service designed for university students.
But it may be a part of the solution for many of us in high schools unable to keep up with the rising cost of textbooks and the aging of our own limited print resources.
The service connects college students with [...]
My secret search/curating weapon
By on October 4, 2012
When it comes to search, your favorite search engine and your favorite databases may not necessarily be the right places to launch inquiry.
And when it comes to curating, I’ve recently discovered I don’t have to do it all myself. I do not have the knowledge, or power, or talents, or time.
Neither do you.
Lately, [...]
Library 2.012 starts today!
By on October 2, 2012
Library 2.012 begins today! The free, global event addresses the current and future unique state of libraries.
The full (seriously full!) hour-by-hour schedule is posted here, with instructions on connecting and participating, no matter where you are on the globe.
This year, the six major conference strands are: Libraries – Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces, Librarians & [...]
New York approves a new school librarian evaluation rubric
By on October 1, 2012
Sara Kelly Johns just shared this news from New York State. The New York State Department of Education (SED) recently approved a school library evaluation rubric.
Sara shares:
This rubric means that school librarians will be evaluated as school librarians, not classroom teachers and was the third submission in an effort [...]
My grad students’ questions
By on October 1, 2012
I launched a new online course for the Mansfield University’s SL&IT program this fall.
Information Fluency for Digital Landscapes is designed to provide school librarian candidates with opportunities to identify, evaluate, and thoughtfully integrate current and emerging information and communication technologies to promote inquiry and learning in the K12 environment.
While most of my 15 students are [...]
Election resources to share
By on September 26, 2012
Information is the currency of democracy. Thomas Jefferson
Presidential elections present ultimate, authentic teachable moments, opportunities for us to exploring a variety of literacies with learners at all levels
I recently pulled together an Election LibGuide for our students and teachers and I thought I’d share some of the most popular inclusions.
On issues
C-SPAN’s Candidates on the [...]
On teaching digital citizens
By on September 25, 2012
This We the Citizens Poster is just one element of the new Introduction To Digital Citizenship Starter Kit, a collaboration between Edmodo and Common Sense Media.
Though the activities are specifically designed for students interacting on the Edmodo social networking platform, lessons are easily adapted for other online communities. The kit includes five modules designed to [...]
TV News Search & Borrow brought to you by Internet Archive
By on September 19, 2012
Television news has always been ephemeral–hard to search, hard to access, hard to share.
The Internet Archive recently launched a tool that will be huge help to any teacher who would like to use television news in the classroom. It opens up some fabulous possibilities for student media research.
Inspired by the pioneering work of the Vanderbilt [...]
