Technology
There's nothing like a book recommendation from a friend. Encourage students to share their opinions by creating a student-driven book review site. Richard Byrne shows you how in the accompanying screencasts.
A collaborative project of the Library of Congress, Brigham Young University and the Ad Council, “Readers to the Rescue” is a "visual mad-lib set" inside a library inhabited by a cast of storybook characters, including Pinocchio, Humpty-Dumpty and Sleeping Beauty.
Feedback this month ranges from the defense of librarians who embrace technology to support for Isabel Allende's novel The House of the Spirits, which is still being challenged by parents in a North Carolina school district.
A look at some of the recent infographics about libraries and librarians, including one, "Librarians in the Digital Age," produced by USC's Master of Library and Information Management program.
A new Harvard study examines US students’ attitudes towards technology in schools. Although 78 percent own cell phones, activating them in schools is restricted, which frustrates students. Students also express frustration with school's limited WiFi access, Internet filtering, monitoring, and the push to embrace tablet computers.
The President has an assignment for students in grades K-12: make a video for him highlighting the use of technology in your school and classroom. But hurry—the first ever White House Student Film Festival contest deadline is January 29!
It just got a lot easier for students to find copyright-friendly content using Google Image Search. Here’s how: After entering a search term, click on Search Tools. A pull-down menu appears offering a variety of options: not filtered by license, labeled for reuse, labeled for commercial reuse, labeled for reuse with modification, labeled for commercial [...]
As younger and younger children recognize and use electronic devices as sources of information and entertainment, what is the impact on their literacy skills? Largely a positive one, according to a study in the January edition of SAGE Open.
Thinking about you can inspire the young people you teach to think more deeply and communicate more powerfully? Wondering how you can provide kids space and time to pursue their passions and share their voices? Interested in sponsoring a club that will truly make a difference in children’s lives? That may encourage them to make [...]
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