A great guide for newbie social educators
Michael Zimmer (@MZimmer557), a Technology Integration Specialist in Western Kentucky, shares Tools for the 21st Century Teacher, a wonderful little e-guidebook offering a basic introduction to most...
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On LibGuides (and the dangers of relying on free lunch)
It’s a new semester here in Springfield and I’ve been reflecting again. (This post is kinda connected to the next, so please read on. It will be up soon.) I am a huge fan of free apps for creativity...
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Wikispaces goes to college, gets even better, and stays FREE!
At our state edtech conference last week (PETE&C), our favorite wiki guys, Adam Frey and James Byers, hinted about some exciting upcoming news. They followed up this evening with this email...
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INFOdocket and FullTextReports
Gary Price alerts me. I’ve been following his work as editor of ResourceShelf for more than ten years Now, he and his scouting and writing partner Shirl Kennedy, continue to feed me tasty information...
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More on ISTE: the Feud, the Forum, the Final Keynote (updated with slides)
Who says panel discussions can’t be fun? After the seriousness and pressure of preparing for my TEDxPhillyed talk on Saturday (more on that in a future post), several good friends and I presented the...
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SnagLearning (Snag quality films and instructional content)
I’ve been a fan of SnagFilms for a couple of years now. The site offers convenient and free access to more than 2100 award-winning documentaries. It has been among the most popular sites on our...
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Embedit.in
Every once in a while you discover an app that simply and quietly makes your life just a little easier. An app that ought to be on your virtual Swiss Army knife of apps. Aviary, Zamzar, Picnik come...
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9/11 Resources
The members of our incoming freshman class would have been around four on September 11, 2001. They might not remember what they were doing on that sunny Tuesday morning, a morning that changed most of...
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Great Web Sites for Kids Redesigned
Earlier this week, members of ALSC (ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children) announced the redesign of the Great Web Sites for Kids site via the #alscgws hashtag. For as long as I can...
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New from AASL: Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
I am in San Diego for ISTE and I missed the live excitement, but for the fourth year, AASL just announced its Top 25 Websites for Teacher and Learning. These sites were selected because they foster the...
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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...
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A Collection of Best-of-the-Year Lists (and a spotlight on one)
While I suspect some of you are quite sick of them, for me a truly fun part of the new year is stopping to look back at the bounty of the past year’s discoveries in the form of best lists. Many of our...
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ALA highlights: What I saw and what I missed (Banquets not included)
Wakelet recap This started as a post and got completely out of hand. It made far more sense to recap ALA 2019 Annual Conference using a social media approach. So here’s a Wakelet offering my personal...
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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis as Hyperdocs
Whether or not we are planning for a physical or a virtual school experience in September, it is clear that we need to translate our practice. We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the...
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More on ISTE: the Feud, the Forum, the Final Keynote (updated with slides)
Who says panel discussions can’t be fun? After the seriousness and pressure of preparing for my TEDxPhillyed talk on Saturday (more on that in a future post), several good friends and I presented the...
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SnagLearning (Snag quality films and instructional content)
I’ve been a fan of SnagFilms for a couple of years now. The site offers convenient and free access to more than 2100 award-winning documentaries. It has been among the most popular sites on our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Embedit.in
Every once in a while you discover an app that simply and quietly makes your life just a little easier. An app that ought to be on your virtual Swiss Army knife of apps. Aviary, Zamzar, Picnik come...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9/11 Resources
The members of our incoming freshman class would have been around four on September 11, 2001. They might not remember what they were doing on that sunny Tuesday morning, a morning that changed most of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Great Web Sites for Kids Redesigned
Earlier this week, members of ALSC (ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children) announced the redesign of the Great Web Sites for Kids site via the #alscgws hashtag. For as long as I can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New from AASL: Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
I am in San Diego for ISTE and I missed the live excitement, but for the fourth year, AASL just announced its Top 25 Websites for Teacher and Learning. These sites were selected because they foster the...
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