AISLE members

Page from Richard Byrne, whose site FreeTech4Teachers is one of the best out there.  This one details resources for teachers and PD.

Although this is California's site, there are resources that might be helpful to librarians in any state.

ISTE wikispace for SIGMS  (Special Interest Group Media Specialists)

This blog entry from SLJ describes a MAJOR booktalk.  Also includes some resources to find booktalks.

Former sites InternetPublicLibrary and Librarians' Index to the Internet have combined to form ipl2.  This link takes you to the Kids' section. There are a wealth of resources here (over 340 in the Reading Zone alone), and even an opportunity for students to ask for assistance via email.

Mike Fishers shows how to collaborate in creating a livebinder.

This is an example of a student book report using livebinder.  (The adult who helped was the student's mom)

Resources and Ideas for Using Skype in the Classroom

A livebinder on a classroom 2.0 Live presentation on Livebinders!  many great examples.

Anne Weaver's blog; librarian in Australia.  She posts a wealth of links almost daily.

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).

Spreadsheet of teachers with blogs on tumblr

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

This site contains research done by IU on the use of e-textbooks. It also contains links to other useful articles.

This blog for Edmodo includes dates and times for some free webinars.  edmodo is a great, secure, microblogging platform you can use with students.

If you can get this site unblocked at your school, you an convert any media file, including audio and video. For example, this is helpful if you have all windows media tools but need to use a quick time file at work.

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!

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 :-).

This site looks like a lot of fun for younger learners. On this site, kids, parents, teachers, librarians can create, share, and access reading logs, have access to a digital dictionary, and practice spelling and vocabulary. It appears like you can even use this tool for online or hybrid book clubs. Share this with your librarian.