Mar 29th, 2010
by pollyalida.
If you haven’t considered using Netvibes as a tool to help student’s organize their research resources, take a look at these examples created by 10th grade students working on Veterans’ issues research projects. Alex’s page & Jovi’s page are both terrific examples of how Netvibes can help students bring together a wealth of research materials, [...]
Feb 4th, 2010
by pollyalida.
From findingEducation New York State Educators:If you are teacher, librarian or school administrator at a New York public, private or independent school, WE WANT YOU! We are conducting a survey of middle school and high school students’ online research habits, and we’d love for you to participate. The online surveys are short, painless (we don’t [...]
Nov 7th, 2009
by pollyalida.
I’m having a great time playing with my new Verizon Droid phone and learning how to interact with a phone that is way smarter than me. My old phone was 6 years old, hip for it’s day, but that day is long gone! My favorite app so far is Google Sky Map. My local astronomer [...]
Sep 25th, 2008
by pollyalida.
Judi Repman of Georgia Southern University wrote a great post a few days ago on the Georgia Library Media Association blog on starting conversations with educators about “21st century skills”. She’s gathered a wonderful list of videos to get those conversations started. One of these (shown below) builds on the Kansas State video A Vision [...]