Here are the professional development opportunities for January 2016. I have provided partial descriptions of the webinars from each website. Please view each link for complete details. I hope you enjoy them. In the meantime, if you are hosting a… Read More ›
Technology
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: WhatwasThere
Last month I wrote about HistoryPin, a collective visual ethnography of images from around the world. A location online where anyone can add pictures and everyone can search by site to find amazing historic photos located just about anywhere. This… Read More ›
Storify: My Favorite Content Curation Tool
I created my November library report with Storify, a free content curation tool, and I just love it! Take a look! November Library Report for Colchester Elementary School Storify is really quite simple to use. After entering a search term… Read More ›
Librarians Point the Way on Digital Learning
Project Tomorrow‘s annual Speak Up surveys show that librarians are in a unique leadership position to develop new visions of learning at their schools. We see that administrators now have a well-articulated need and community backing to support digital integration, and… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: HistoryPin
This month’s blog post on an AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning is focused on a favorite that won in 2014, Historypin. The newly redesigned site is a great place to search for historic images from around the world… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Code.org
Today’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on Code.Org (https://code.org/). The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this dynamic site as Content Resources in 2015. Code is a non-profit educational… Read More ›
Library Serendipity. Part 1: Thank you Yale University and LOC
In my office at school, which sits in the middle of the library, there is a cardboard box filled to the brim with newspapers and magazines. Reader’s Digests from 1965, Look magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and local newspapers from… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Booktrack Classroom
The AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee members have chosen an excellent group of sites for you to peruse and try this year. This month I will continue sharing ideas in how to use Best Website… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: FlipQuiz
Now that school is starting back, it’s time to start sharing some great ideas for the AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. At the American Library Association Annual Conference in June, 2015 twenty-five new websites were presented by the… Read More ›
Library Reports are Fun with Digital Storytelling Tools
Library reports? Fun? I know, they are a real drag to compile, and not so much fun to read, but creating library reports to inform stakeholders of how effective your program is one of the most important things you can… Read More ›