The 2017-18 cohort of Cool Tools for School is well underway. With over 40 topics to choose from and a requirement that they pick either 5 or 10 topics to earn PD credit, there ends up being a lot of variety in how people approach the workshop.
We’re getting ready to launch the 2017-18 Cool Tools for School workshop. This is our 10th time running the workshop with over 850 participants in that time! This year’s workshop will launch at the end […]
The Connecticut State Library is offering the EXCITE Transformation for Libraries program to library teams from throughout the Northeast. An IMLS grant has fully funded the program. That means it’s free! Let’s hear it for the CT […]
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the school year has come to an end and we’re all looking forward to summer vacation. Bring it on! And our 2016-17 Cool Tools for School workshop […]
And as a p.s. to the previous post. The House of #EdTech podcast is offering a discount on the SummerPD.com online workshops. This is a series of 10 lessons covering Twitter, Google Classroom, Screencasting, Canva […]
OER (Open Educational resources) is the topic of one of this year’s new lessons in the Cool Tools for School workshop. Open Educational Resources are freely available educational materials, ideally put together by people who […]
We’re halfway through the 2016/17 Cool Tools for School online workshop. There are over 150 registrants this time round and about 110 active participants so far. A good turnout! If you’d like to read some […]
Social Media & Graphics is the topic for the 2nd session of the Social Media & Libraries series being held at SALS in Saratoga Springs, NY on Wednesday September 28, 206. The workshops are sponsored […]
And it’s a wrap on another year of the Cool Tools for School online workshop! This year we had 65 active participants from 15 regional School Library Systems. 45 participants completed the program and earned […]
This past weekend, 20+ school librarians from the Capital Region of NY gathered in Rensselaerville at the Carey Institute for Global Good in the beautiful Helderberg mountains, for a weekend of learning and lots of […]
Thanks to the Schenectady County Public Library for hosting last Friday’s Social Media & Marketing workshop This was part 1 of a 3 part workshop series being sponsored by: Capital District Library Council Mohawk Valley […]
I’m looking forward to leading two workshops on Teaching with Infographics on Friday March 11 at Rockland BOCES School Library System. The resources for our workshop can be found on the Teaching with Infographics Workshop […]