Buffy Hamilton (The Unquiet Librarian) posted some great examples today of how elementary schools are using social media to communicate with faculty, parents & students. Read her post! I wanted to highlight two of her […]
Category: web 2.0
How to Embed Almost Anything in your Website
digitalinspiration has a great post today listing ways to add all sorts of content to your web pages – videos, audio, calendars, presentations, and more. Learn how to embed almost anything in your HTML web […]
School Library Workshop
This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of teaching a workshop for school librarians in the Dutchess & Ulster BOCES School Library Systems. 14 librarians gave up the weekend to be locked away in […]
Wordia – a video dictionary
This is way more fun than the vocabulary flash cards we used back in 3rd grade. Wordia is a collection of short videos submitted that explain the meaning of a word. Anyone can submit a […]
2.0 in the Classroom & PBS Election Curriculum
Earlier tonight I received a note about a live webcast discussing the PBS multimedia Election 2008 curriculum and the Web 2.0 tools and resources that are part of the curriculum. Wow, I’m so glad I […]
A Dozen Back to School Uses for Big Huge Labs Trading Card Generator
In a class last week, someone suggested using the the free trading cards generator at bighugelabs.com as a ‘get to know you’ sort of exercise at the beginning of the school year. That got me […]
Free Mini READ Poster Generator from ALA
Head on over to the ALA READ Mini Poster Generator and have some fun! Fun project for everyone on the staff, kids, patrons, trustees, students…. Make posters, buttons, badges and more. Get creative and have […]
Free Learning Opportunity
It’s not too late to join in the All Together Now Learning 2.0 program that started this week. It’s being led by Michael Stephens of Tame The Web. Free, fun, you’ll learn a lot, you’ll […]
What are you doing? Twitter what?
I have to admit to a love-hate relationship with Twitter, the microblogging “what are you doing?” tool that many people are, shall we say, twittering about. Some days I love being tuned into all the […]
Zoho Creator for simple, free, online signup
In something for nothing Aaron Schmidt explains how his library is using Zoho Creator for a handy and effective summer reading program sign up form that is embedded on the library’s web site. After the […]
Social Software Showcase 2008 – ALA
Not heading to Anaheim for ALA? That doesn’t mean you have to miss out on everything. LITA’s BIGWIG Social Software Showcase web page already has a number of videos and screencasts of presentations posted to […]
A Baker’s Dozen – 13 Web 2.0 Technologies
This is terrific – an online learning opportunity for library customers modeled after Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0 projects. A Baker’s Dozen – 13 Web 2.0 Technologies from Arlington Heights (IL) Memorial Library You may have […]