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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.  "

 tool that allows for quickly and easily designing posters, signs, fliers and more, allowing for a variety of customizations with backgrounds, clipart, and text, while also allowing users to upload and use their own pictures.  My own high school kids have used it to complete one page posters referred to as visual book reports.  Their end products were printed for display purposes in the library, and used for visuals for book-talks done by both the librarians and the students. We even use them in digital frames that loop through pictures at our circulation desk, and students have responded to the "book-reports" created in Poster My Wall by checking out those titles.   The site does not require an account though that is an option, and those opting to use the free version can create professional looking posters and download for printing in minutes.  My school secretary was so impressed with the site she has even used it to create fliers for events and activities at school.   The site is easy enough for even elementary school students.  Like Wordle, my collaborating teachers are finding some very interesting uses for Poster My Wall. Cons?  It is not a replacement to Glogster by any means, but a poster app none the less. (Rec by Cathy Jo Nelson)

Players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old slave in Kentucky.  As they navigate her escape and journey  to Ohio, they discover that life in the "free" North is dangerous and difficult. in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act brings disaster. Will Lucy ever truly be free? Free interactive game from WNET

Elements of the test to become a school librarian in indiana

Hargadon brings up some useful points in regards to the Kindle and possible use in education.

Website from Southern California Cooperative that lets you search for books in Spanish, books in English about Latinos, search by levels, for bilingual books, and more.

Nice, curated list of novels in verse. Good list to use to create a display!

Many basics (including security) for using virtual assistants in the classroom.

Allen County Public Library's list for 2012. You can participate in person on January 12

includes some examples and a video, esp for elementary

You can simply use this site to find books in a series, but if you register, you can also create a public profile, and be notified when new books in certain series become available.

Great list of different educational networks in many different formats, including diigo, Linked in, Facebook, nings, wikis, and more.  Some are by discipline

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.

John Schumacher's list for 2011.  One nice thing about the list is that he has the book trailers for many of the titles embedded in the list.  These books are more for elementary/middle

Several great ideas in Edutopia's summary of events.  includes integrating technology, online learning and blended classrooms, teaching with new tools, video games in classrooms, and more.

On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. CASL hope that these sample templates will be used by school librarians and school library advocates to inform their communities about the vital and irreplaceable role that school librarians play in teaching and learning.

"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."

Keynote address by Steve Denning at Library Leaders Summit in DC, 2015 as recorded in Forbes Magazine

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

These are wonderful, free webinars.  Generally, they are every Saturday at noon, and they include teachers who are using various technology tools.  The moderators are great, and Elluminate is my favorite platform for webinars.  The links are all collected (now in livebinder), and the archive is even available in iTunes as an mp4 or mp3 (some people listen weekly on their iPods).