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Great presentation from Ellyssa Kroski.  Although many of these technologies have much broader use in the college world, many of them will be/are filtering down to K-12.

Great Websites for Kids (GWS) , the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media enhancements. Clear, bright icons display subject categories and appear on every page, while eye-catching thumbnail images provide a visual preview of each great site represented. Special sections highlight Sites of the Week and Month, Most Popular pages and Top Rated selections. Prompts for each site offer "more selections like this." Visitors can actively connect with the site and further their online experience by rating sites; sharing their favorites on social media sites such as Facebook; and emailing recommendations to friends.

Wikispaces names their best of 2011, including an IT blog and a history blog

Type in the name of a book, and get a visual web of related titles

Great examples of how to plan, execute, and assess using Skype as a learning tool.

Example of a google form you could use to have students validate they read YHBA, or some other type of thing you want to track. This particular one is from Texas, but you could easily adapt it.

What interested me the most about this post was the description of the summit: presentations by teams of principal, classroom teacher, librarian.

Hmm-- any of my friends read Viola in Reel Life?

Nice summary of event.  Lots of talking points and props for school librarians (what did you expect?)

Very comprehensive compilation of reading lists from ALA for all age groups.

Lots of implications. The eBook industry hasn't always impacted things as expected.

Nice example: she took tweets from #BFC530 and put them into a blog post.

Great list of titles of middle grades books with great friendships. Check the comments too

Presentation at nerdcamp- a middle school teacher starting each day with a read aloud. You might be interested in some of the books she read and her display, and to share with teachers.

Presentation at nerdcamp

Great post by Jane Lofton of California that lists many of the things that librarians are uniquely qualified to offer to a school.

Lists of books from the monthly titletalk chat (last Sunday of the month)  I find it easiest to follow the chat itself on tweetchat

Blog from the School Library Association of Victoria and State Library of Victoria

This is the Harry Potter project of a friend of mine-- he's only a third grader.

Library of Congress

John Schumaker's (Mr. Schu) blog.  Recently featured on the cover of SLJ, he's a Chicago area librarian.  This page shows the top 10 books in his library this year, complete with author/book videos for each title.  Great idea for reading promotion.