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The Warning Label Generator is a fun way to generate your own warning labels!

OttoBib generates bibliographies automatically. OttoBib looks up all information by ISBN for you. It can generate a full bibliography and a permanent URL for future reference.

Dr. Lodge McCammon is a Specialist in Curriculum and Contemporary Media at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (www.fi.ncsu.edu). His work in education began in 2003 at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he taught Civics and AP Economics. He finished a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2008 where his work at The Friday Institute continues to bring innovative practices to students, teachers and schools. He developed a teaching and professional development process called FIZZ which encourages and models best practices in implementing user-generated video and online publishing in the classroom to enhance standards-based lessons. He is also a studio composer who writes standards-based songs, with supporting materials, about advanced curriculum for K-12 classrooms. More information, user-generated videos, and songs can be found at Lodge's website (www.iamlodge.com).

"We have compiled our own list of the the top 10 next-generation science apps for education. This is just a sampling of available science apps.

Site with a lot of fun image and text generators for websites and blogs

QuickRibbon website ribbon generator, free Web2.0 widget

"RedKid is dedicated to providing a free, entertaining, educational, and safe website for internet users of all ages." news, image generator, calendar, photos, kid_friendly

Awesome site - great image generator.

Beth Gourley of ASMSA reviews it: "... like many cite generators the citation generation is sloppy, and it needs a good deal of editing....when using citation generators, NoodleTools gets the citation format correct."

Understanding Millenials: The Next Normal by Kirsty Bloore, Director of Research (VIMN) - a real insight into what is important to high school students, how they communicate and what influences them.

Kirsty overturns some of the stereotypes we tend to believe of the Millennial Generation, and comes up with some interesting findings about how they see themselves.

"We exist to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world's most frequently visited websites, the "encyclopedia that anyone can edit.""

"We exist to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world's most frequently visited websites, the "encyclopedia that anyone can edit.""

Create a QR code for a URL, contact, phone, text, etc....

See http://www.shelfconsumed.com/2010/06/cool-tools-for-librariesqr-codes.html for some ideas on how to use the QR codes in your library!

very easy to use poll generator

Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.

Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.