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Heather Moorefield-Lang is an associate professor at The University of South Carolina in the School of Library and Information Science. To see more of Heather’s work visit her website at www.techfifteen.com, email her at moorefield-lang@sc.edu, or follow her on Twitter @actinginthelib.

• mysimpleshow: More than Just a Simple Digital Show

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 09/21/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Wouldn’t it be great to have an online tool to help you explain key concepts and educational ideas to students and peer educators? Have you seen mysimpleshow? Have you tried it out? Because that is exactly what mysimpleshow does. Mysimpleshow,… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Jeopardy Rocks

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 11/30/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  By Bruce DuBoff Hello! Thank you for checking out this month’s post from the AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning Committee. This month we will put your brains to the test as we look at the very cool and… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Epic!

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 10/19/2016 • ( 0 )

  

      Can you imagine putting over 15,000 beautiful, high-quality and popular books into the hands of your students today? With Epic!, this month’s AASL Best Website shoutout, you can do just that! Epic! has brought together thousands of books… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Bunkr

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 09/23/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  With the new school back in session, it’s time to share some great ideas in using the AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. At the American Library Association Annual Conference in June 2016 new websites were presented by the… Read More ›

• AASL Best Websites at ALA Annual

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 06/14/2016 • ( 0 )

  On Saturday, June 25, the AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee will present their 2016 list of sites in the areas of instruction and education. There will actually be two different sessions to interact with these great sites. This… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Hstry

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 05/24/2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This month’s blog post on an AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning is focused on a favorite that won in 2015, Hstry (https://www.hstry.co/). This site is a multimedia timeline creation tool that will work on your laptop, Chromebook, iPad,… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: TouchCast

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 04/26/2016 • ( 0 )

  This month’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on TouchCast (http://www.touchcast.com/). The AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this exciting site as Media Sharing in 2015. TouchCast is an… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: DIY.Org

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 03/29/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on DIY.Org (https://diy.org/). The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this dynamic site in Social Networking & Communications in 2015. This site was… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: IFTTT

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 02/24/2016 • ( 0 )

  Today’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on IFTTT which stands for If This, Then That (https://ifttt.com/). The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this dynamic site as Social Networking… Read More ›

• Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Storyboard That

  By Heather Moorefield-Lang on 01/25/2016 • ( 0 )

  With 2016 starting and with a brand new Knowledge Quest released focusing on the topic of Digital Storytelling I decided to focus this month’s AASL Best Websites blog post on the site Storyboard That. This site is a storyboarding tool… Read More ›