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Pam Moran on transformed school libraries
Once I believed that libraries were places where people went for books and reference materials. Now I believe that libraries are learning opportunities that promote pathways for people to “search, connect, communicate and make.” Please do not miss superintendent Pam Moran’s post today about the possibilities of 21st c school libraries. Please share her vision […]
FluentU for authentic language learning
In an increasingly flattened world, the need to develop fluency in more than one language becomes increasingly critical for collaboration and participation. I recently discovered the FluentU website, as well as the recently launched FluentU iPhone app, for language learning on the go. Language learning has long been a back-burner kinda goal for me, but […]
Lynda.com’s free offerings
I’ll admit it wasn’t on my K12 radar, but at the university one of the most popular resources for teaching and learning and catching up is Lynda.com. Designed to address the training needs of industry, government and education, the service offers professionally produced video with curricula and assessment. While the full curricular/training content for K12 […]
Dear ISTE (reprised)
This past week in Philadelphia I participated in a meeting that launched the year-long process of refreshing ISTE’s Standards for Students. The organization acknowledges the accelerated pace of change and is entering the process of seeing what works, what is still relevant, what is obsolete, what is still missing since the last refresh in 2007. […]
#ISTELIB
Greetings from my fair city. Tech educators and, of course, librarians convened in Philadelphia over the past three days to share and explore thoughtful integration of technology in learning. Of course, librarians had a major presence at this event. It’s so important that we be visible present. That we represent. That’s why so many of […]
2015 AASL Best Apps and Best Websites revealed!
Need a little something to do this summer? There’s plenty for you to explore. You may have missed the actual reveal live yesterday, but please don’t miss the big announcements made by your AASL colleagues at Annual in San Francisco. I was honored to serve on the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning Committee this […]
Font smashing (or pairing): it’s a thing too
I don’t know exactly how or when it happened, but I’ve become fussy about fonts. And I find the proliferation of free fonts both satisfying and confounding. It goes like this. I shop a font, usually through the options in Canva, Picmonkey and the frenzy of open source selections that pop up under More fonts […]
appoLearning Collections: a new tool for curating apps and resources
I had breakfast with a colleague from the Graduate School of Education yesterday and our conversation kept returning to how can classroom teachers possibly keep up with what looks like an educational app explosion? How can they carve out the time it takes to effectively integrate apps and other new resources into instruction? How can […]
My first Cardboard experience
I jut received my Google Cardboard. I ordered the virtual reality viewer from among the choices recommended for my iPhone. (A downloadable kit allows manufacturers to produce and sell Cardboards.) I folded the simple device together from its flat cardboard package. I matched together the strategically positioned slots, so that the magnets, velcro, little strap, […]
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