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I like making displays of Best of books from late November until the book awards. ( usually end of January) Many of the books then fly off the display.

I have found a new favorite podcast "how to" site. I learned about this a few weeks ago and have been going through a lot of their videos. Common Craft take the old fashioned "paper doll" or puppet theater methodology and basically creates a podcast out of it. Instead of a children's story, they try to explain more difficult concepts. \n\nThe one on Twitter is still their most hit podcast, and it is really great too.\n\nI liked to the podcast on RSS feeds because of my webinar. I was looking for quick ways to get across the concept of RSS feeds and personal learning portals. This podcast helped me to do that. Enjoy!

Might be the granddaddy of all of the "best of" lists.

Great compilation of about any 2001 best of list you could think of!

"This paper explains the key role that school librarians and libraries should play in state- and districtwide efforts to transition to digital learning, or the effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning. The report calls for district and school leaders, policymakers, and boards of education to support, encourage, and fund the evolving role of librarians and libraries as facilitators of content creation, personalized learning, and professional development."

Homepage of Steve Hargadon.  His blog will include weekly updates, topics, and times of free webinars using Elluminate.  These are some of the easiest webinars to follow, and he is an excellent moderator.  You can even host some of your own webinars for free.

This is an example of an Only2Clicks page from Joyce Valenza.  You can investigate this particular page of eBook sources, or other areas of the site, which reminds me of livebinders

Have you tried Second Life yet? Are you afraid to do so? This link with a auto vide on the home page may either entice you to try it or scare the heck out of you. I am revising Second Life for my new role in ISTE. I ceated an avatar about a year ago (I am Maureen Mocha, they give you a list of sur name options and because of my coffee habit, well you get it...). Look me up if you try second life. I have been lurking around on the ISTE island. You should check that out too. There is a lot of free virtual professional development going on there. To participate in Second Life, you will need to download the viewer onto your computer. It is free. Go ahead and give it a try. I dare you :-).

Larry Ferlazzo is an ELL teacher in Sacramento.  Somehow he also manages to have one of the most comprehensive blogs/websites for collecting resources.  There is an over-abundance of information on just about every topic.  Scroll down to see many of the numerous categories.

I had never heard of "a mighty GIRL" before.  Many resources for books, toys, and more.  This particular page has read aloud chapter books.  There is also a longer list with all different types of books, a list of historical figures, and much more.

I've been on Richie's email list for years (and I've even met him), but never thought to look for a single  place that holds all of his reviews.  He writes some of the most complete reviews I know of, always connecting the books to other events, songs, or materials. I'm often jealous when he writes reviews for great books months before they are released.

The wiki is a project of the school library media faculty at the University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science. It is intended to provide background on the need for documenting the school library media program's impact on student learning as well as resources to support that effort.

Huge repository of videos and ideas for use in primary classrooms.  From the UK.  Here's the description: "The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that I have collected over my 10 year career as a primary school teacher.   I trawl youtube, vimeo and other sites looking for suitable resources to use in the sheds. The sheds are broadly thematic but sometimes a resource could go in 2 or more sheds, I slot it in where I think it works best. Most of the resources can be used in KS1 and KS2 but some do lend themselves to the upper age group and above. The aim is to provide high quality resources that can be used in stand alone literacy lessons, can form the basis for a whole literacy unit or can support literacy units that you already have in place.   With the many book based activities I would advocate using the book alongside the digital resource.  "

Interesting analysis of some of this year's "Best" lists

AASL's list of the best websites to use with students.  Be sure to check out the other years as well, including landmark websites, sort of a "Hall of Fame".

Excellent example of a livebinder used by a teacher. I may use some of her links for some of our webpages.

The teacher librarian smackdown at ISTE is always phenomenal. This year's will have the theme of Family Feud.  You can be part of the action by answering these survey questions.  We will be certain to share the results and all of the other great resources shared during this session in June. We have discusses having a Smackdown at ILF!

Great examples of posters that can be displayed, giving students suggestions on various tools to create different kinds of products.

Great examples of posters that can be displayed, giving students suggestions on various tools to create different kinds of products.

Great list that includes quite a bit of narrative nonfiction. Although this says 6th grade, many of these titles are of interest to middle school students.

Website that will remove the background of a video. You upload your footage and have a choice of backgrounds to replace yours. Takes the place of a green screen.