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FreshBrain

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:21 -0000

Fresh Brain provides the space, tools, and suggestions to help students and teachers create projects.

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Fresh Brain provides the space, tools, and suggestions to help students and teachers create projects. - Fran Bullington

Tags: technology, education, projects, resources, web2.0

by: Fran Bullington

Library Registration | Kay Cassidy

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:18:55 -0000

Great site that provides book trivia contests to promote reading.

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Great site that provides book trivia contests to promote reading. - Fran Bullington

Tags: library_registration, scavenger_hunt, reading promotion, resources, YAlit, books, web2.0, education

by: Fran Bullington

schoollibrarywebsites - High School Examples

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:19:05 -0000

Tags: wiki, tools, resources, school_library_websites

by: Fran Bullington

Using Tapped In for HS ELA: Member Perspectives: Meet Candy Carter

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:06:24 -0000

Meet Candy Carter
I'm an AP Language and Comp teacher at McQueen HS in Reno, NV. My students lead very busy lives: they're in sports, band, choir, journalism, debate...and on and on. They also do not necessarily live close to one another. In past years, I had had nonfiction book groups in which students chose books from a list and completed projects and presentations on their reading. Over the years, it seems to have become increasingly difficult to find time for them to confer, and the presentations in class took too long. I needed to come up with a way for them to share their ideas in a different way, and I needed to have a way to hold them accountable for their work. I also was aware of the increasing importance of social networking sites in my students' lives.
Candy's Perspective
I had been introduced to Tapped In at a teacher workshop two or three years ago but had never made the time to really explore it. I was also a bit concerned that some their parents would object to them being online so I wanted to come up with an anonymous way for them to participate so that parents would not worry that their children's names were "out there" online. I hit on the idea of using Class ID numbers (which my students already use for peer reviews to ensure writers' anonymity). I was able to get all three of my classes into the system. I set up a calendar so groups could discuss online without bumping into other groups.

Overall, this turned out to be a successful way for kids to share ideas about books. They enjoyed the novelty and talked about their reading in kid-speak, not just so they could impress their English teacher. Except for some technical snags (some kids are not as computer-savvy as others; they also needed to have Java on their computers, which turned out to be a problem for a few of them), this was relatively easy to monitor and manage. I loved reading what they said online--very authentic.

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Meet Candy Carter
I'm an AP Language and Comp teacher at McQueen HS in Reno, NV. My students lead very busy lives: they're in sports, band, choir, journalism, debate...and on and on. They also do not necessarily live close to one another. In past years, I had had nonfiction book groups in which students chose books from a list and completed projects and presentations on their reading. Over the years, it seems to have become increasingly difficult to find time for them to confer, and the presentations in class took too long. I needed to come up with a way for them to share their ideas in a different way, and I needed to have a way to hold them accountable for their work. I also was aware of the increasing importance of social networking sites in my students' lives.
Candy's Perspective
I had been introduced to Tapped In at a teacher workshop two or three years ago but had never made the time to really explore it. I was also a bit concerned that some their parents would object to them being online so I wanted to come up with an anonymous way for them to participate so that parents would not worry that their children's names were "out there" online. I hit on the idea of using Class ID numbers (which my students already use for peer reviews to ensure writers' anonymity). I was able to get all three of my classes into the system. I set up a calendar so groups could discuss online without bumping into other groups.

Overall, this turned out to be a successful way for kids to share ideas about books. They enjoyed the novelty and talked about their reading in kid-speak, not just so they could impress their English teacher. Except for some technical snags (some kids are not as computer-savvy as others; they also needed to have Java on their computers, which turned out to be a problem for a few of them), this was relatively easy to monitor and manage. I loved reading what they said online--very authentic. - Mansel Wells

Tags: ela

by: Mansel Wells

ETTC Wikis - Wikis by Discipline

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:57:37 -0000

Educational wikis by discipline links.

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Educational wikis by discipline links. - Fran Bullington

Tags: wikis, education, resources

by: Fran Bullington

Letterpop

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:45:51 -0000

Create online newsletters.

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Create online newsletters. - Fran Bullington

Tags: newsletter, web2.0, publishing, resources, education

by: Fran Bullington

movieclips.com home - movieclips

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:14:57 -0000

Searchable archive of movie clips.

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Searchable archive of movie clips. - Fran Bullington

Tags: movieclips.com, multimedia, resources

by: Fran Bullington

Search results

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:50:58 -0000

Browse inside book widgets.

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Browse inside book widgets. - Fran Bullington

Tags: harper_teen, widgets, books, resources, reading, Library

by: Fran Bullington

Learning and Leading - December 2009/January 2010

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:52:32 -0000

Doug's cloud computing article.

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Doug's cloud computing article. - Fran Bullington

Tags: doug_johnson, cloud_computing, resources, web2.0, tools

by: Fran Bullington

Grazing for Digital Natives - wikiworkshop

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:52:29 -0000

Jennifer Dorman's wikispaces workshop. Excellent resource for those just beginning with wikis.

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Jennifer Dorman's wikispaces workshop. Excellent resource for those just beginning with wikis. - Fran Bullington

Tags: wiki, professionaldevelopment, wikiworkshop, tutorials

by: Fran Bullington

Monroe Public Schools

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:10:04 -0000

Links to book trailers including both classics and YA.

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Links to book trailers including both classics and YA. - Fran Bullington

Tags: book_trailers

by: Fran Bullington

Learners Together » How to Use and Cite Creative Commons Resources

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:32 -0000

Tags: citation, copyright, creative_commons, education, resources, research

by: Fran Bullington

ePals Pllrojects Global Community

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:24:53 -0000

Varying projects that can be done between students worldwide using writing skills.

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Varying projects that can be done between students worldwide using writing skills. - Mansel Wells

Tags: epals

by: Mansel Wells

Issuu - You Publish

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:58:53 -0000

Issuu is the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, books, catalogs, reports, and more. In just a few seconds users can create beautiful digital editions simply by uploading their publications. It's our mission to empower individuals, companies, and institutions to publish their documents across all digital platforms.

Issuu is also a popular destination site visited by millions every month. It's a dynamic library where people are drawn to and engaged by great publications and where publishers find and build targeted audiences. Issuu is free to use though professional publishers opt for our Issuu Pro solution with enhanced customization.

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Issuu is the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, books, catalogs, reports, and more. In just a few seconds users can create beautiful digital editions simply by uploading their publications. It's our mission to empower individuals, companies, and institutions to publish their documents across all digital platforms.

Issuu is also a popular destination site visited by millions every month. It's a dynamic library where people are drawn to and engaged by great publications and where publishers find and build targeted audiences. Issuu is free to use though professional publishers opt for our Issuu Pro solution with enhanced customization.
- Mansel Wells

Tags: no_tag

by: Mansel Wells

Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution - 11/1/2008 - School Library Journal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:27:31 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

We’ve created and invested in library media centers—and, in recent years, their Web sites—with the expectation that our students will come to these places.

Sorry folks, but the old paradigm is broken. It’s time to become part of the Google generation. If we polled our students, we’d probably discover that they’re busy searching online, and maybe IMing or texting each other. Our school libraries and Web sites are the last things on most kids’ minds. At some point, we have to admit that our creations have become irrelevant to today’s students. There isn’t time for business as usual.

We don’t need a revision. We need a reinvention.

If we want to connect with the latest generation of learners and teachers, we have to totally redesign the library from the vantage point of our users—our thinking has to do a 180-degree flip.

What we’re proposing is bold. Gone are the days when we can afford to exist on the periphery. The new learning commons is at the very center of teaching and learning. No longer will the library be something that students and teachers need to remember to come to—instead it will be integrated into their lives. Finally, the library will become the hub of teaching and learning—a place that everyone owns and contributes to—one giant conversation that’s both a social and a learning network.

Face it, folks. We’re at a crossroads. Doing nothing, trying to shore up the status quo, or attempting to resuscitate a dead model aren’t feasible choices. It’s like mom saying, “Either eat your spinach or go to bed.” We may not like it, but let’s start eating.

Tags: libraries, DavidLoertscher, future, vision, paradigmshift

by: Cathy Oxley