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Kikutext is a service that aims at engaging parents and supporting students. It makes it easy for teachers to communicate with parents using text messaging so students perform better. Teachers can send individualized text message updates to every parent. Then, parents can instantly respond with questions by simply replying. This is a great free service to engage parents and help increase communication between the members of the class.

* It develops creativity and critical thinking * Students who are shy or afraid to talk in class get a chance to speak out their minds * It empowers students voice to deliver rich, deep message that is capable of conveying a powerful message. * It helps students explore the meaning of their own experience, give value to it, and communicate that experience with others. *It promotes the notions of life long learning and independent learning * It develops students communicative skills * It is a reflective process that helps students reflect upon their learning and find deep connections with the subject matter of a course or with an out-of-class experience. * It fosters students sense of individuality * It also gives students an opportunity to experiment with self-representation and establish their identity *Students creating digital stories develop proficiency with multimedia applications

The Information Literacy Section of the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions ( IFLA) has created this database to record information literacy materials from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO. Librarians, educators and information professionals are invited to participate. If you have developed information literacy materials and would like to share them with the world community, please submit the required data.

The following is a guest blog post by Dr. Greg Farley. Greg is the Director of Technology at Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and an Adjunct Professor and course developer at the Graduate Schools of Education at Monmouth University and Drew University. Greg also conducts workshops at K-12 schools and universities and mentors doctoral students and administrators in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Check out his blog Embrace, Adapt, Enhance. I visited Eric's High School on February 24th to observe Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and his implementation of a contemporary learning environment. I was impressed. I was most impressed at Eric's reflection that he was once part of the problem, banning devices from his school rather then embracing the use of the technology. That has changed and Eric trusts his students to interact responsibly with media and communication tools. These expectations are being met by staff and students.

Visual literacy can be incorporated into activities with students of nearly any age, from emergent readers to teens. Below are some ideas to spark your imagination, including a real sample program from Champaign Public Library, plus links to resources to guide you as you develop a program suited for your own community or library.

Objectives *Create a community of professional friends to share best practices in a relaxing and creative environment *Identify OPI and other information literacy resources *Access and use digital resources for personal and professional purposes *Integrate appropriate resources into standards-based instructional units and lessons to increase rigor and promote student engagement *Collaborate with colleagues to plan, present and evaluate units and lesson plans