From stardust to remote galaxies, this month’s app standouts look toward the heavens.
Google Drive’s new very appy Create menu
By on February 12, 2013
It’s just a little easier to find your apps these days and to discover and connect to new ones. On Friday Google announced a new feature in its Drive interface. The Create menu now expands to list a lovely variety of third-party Drive-connected apps. These apps may now be conveniently added to your Create menu [...]
Best of Apps & Enhanced Books | January 2013
By on January 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Reviews in this column first appeared in SLJ’s column Touch and Go. Please note that later versions of some of these titles may now be available. Visit Touch and Go at slj.com under “Blogs & Columns” for additional reviews, commentary, and interviews with people in the field.
Get ready for the Smackdown!
By on November 26, 2012
On Monday, December 3rd at 8PM Eastern, TLCafé hosts our 2nd annual Smackdown/Open Mic night. Please plan on visiting or participating! You don’t have to be a librarian to play. We welcome classroom teachers, tech directors, administrators, enthusiastic partners of every persuasion! I’ll be sharing my trend list and some of my favorite discoveries and [...]
Get ready for the Smackdown!
By on November 26, 2012
On Monday, December 3rd at 8PM Eastern, TLCafé hosts our 2nd annual Smackdown/Open Mic night. Please plan on visiting or participating!
You don’t have to be a librarian to play. We welcome classroom teachers, tech directors, administrators, enthusiastic partners of every persuasion!
I’ll be sharing my trend list and some of my favorite discoveries and so will [...]
Global Education Conference: “Apps Galore”
By on November 19, 2012 1 Comment
The Global Education Conference, held around the clock November 12–16, offered a wide range of sessions by and for educators. In particular, “Appls Galore” emphasized a variety of ways to use this technology with young students.
The YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium Hones in on Social Reading and Classics vs. Contemporary
By on November 8, 2012 2 Comments
About 500 librarians gathered in St. Louis for YALSA’s Young Adult Literature Symposium to discuss social reading within Ereaders, apps such as Inkling, Kno, and Subtext, and which contemporary books teens will be reading in the 2057.
