New York State’s School Library Systems are taking quite a financial hit in the current economic crisis. There will be cuts to many of the important support and training services they provide to school library […]
Tag: Schools
Games @ Lunch Break
Our lunch break today was too short to get any game playing going – school librarians know how to eat quick and network at the same time! But I did get a few games out […]
Glogster: taking posters to a whole new level
Glogster for Education lets you create online posters with graphics, photos, text, video and audio. Wow, what a great tool for student projects. I can see lots of other fun uses for this in public […]
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 […]
Growing Into Inquiry workshops for School Library Media Specialists
I sent out a plea for help today to my school library buddies, asking for some curriculum links for an upcoming workshop. Mary Ratzer, a former School Library Media Specialist, now a consultant (Learning Curve […]
21st Century Skills Conversation Starters
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 […]
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 […]
Wikispaces: 100,000 Free K-12 Wikis – and 250,000 More!
2 1/2 years ago, Wikispaces committed to giving away 100,000 ad-free, private, unlimited use wikis to K-12 educators. They reached that number this weekend. And are ready to start on the next 250,000! Wow. 250,000 […]
Games in Education Symposium – Aug 19-20
This looks really interesting. Wish I could attend. The second annual Games in Education Symposium, free to middle and high school teachers, is scheduled for Tuesday & Wednesday, August 19-20th and will take place at […]
The PBwiki Back to School Challenge
Seems that PBwiki is giving away premium accounts to librarians and educators. Sign up now at the PBwiki Back to School Challenge Announcing a new way to make PBwiki a part of your classroom this […]
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 […]
School Library Journal – Learning 2.0 Program
Hey there, all you school librarians!! Don’t miss this chance to participate in the School Library Journal’s 2.0Â learning program and explore the world of 2.0 tools and learning. The program, All Together Now: A […]