Joyce Valenza winnows down the best of the best. The teacher librarian taps the sites she’ll be exploring this summer on her award-winning blog “NeverEndingSearch.”
What’s on My iPad: A few key apps let you hit the road laptop free
By on June 22, 2012
From Keynote to Penultimate, the must-have productivity apps SLJ columnist Christopher Harris puts to use while on the road.
Kindle for iPad Now Supports Children’s Books, Graphic Novels
By on June 18, 2012
Amazon’s iPad and Cloud Reader apps now support more than 1,000 children’s books, comic books, and graphic novels in full color. Titles include Ian Falconer’s Olivia (Atheneum, 2000), Donald Crews’s Freight Train (Greenwillow, 1993), the popular “Sesame Street” and “Curious George” series, Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” series, and comics featuring DC superheroes such as Batman, [...]
Next Year’s Model? Readers sound off on SLJ’s cover story
By on June 18, 2012
ALA/ISTE 2012: Conference Survival Guide | ALA Annual 2012
By on June 16, 2012
From hardware to fashion, some sources to help you pack, spec your tech, and survive airport hell.
ISTE 2012 or Bust
By on June 13, 2012
What are your top five picks for ISTE this year? SLJ asked Tiffany Whitehead, who adds that the annual ed tech show “is the most important thing I can do for myself each year as a library media specialist.”
Proposed ‘Digital Literacy Corps’ will not Usurp School Librarians’ Role, Explains FCC
By on June 12, 2012
A nationwide plan described in the New York Times has sparked an angry response among school librarians. But tech trainers in the $200 million program will teach computer skills after hours and in public libraries–not in school or directly to students, according to the FCC and ALA.
Fledgling Publisher Budding Reader Distributes Ebooks—Free of Charge
By on June 8, 2012
Ebook toolkit: Mackin VIA
By on June 4, 2012
Every Platform Tells a Story: Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal
By on June 1, 2012
Transmedia isn’t just a new buzzword that belongs to academics or high-priced media consultants. It’s an approach to storytelling that boasts a range of potential curricular applications that applies to literacy and the content areas.
