OASL Libraries Resources

Fun idea, connected with the OASL Fall Conference! Not always buns and sensible shoes, librarians at various types of libraries have different styles (and dress codes). Check it out here or submit your own.

Welcome to the La Salle Prep Library Orientation - created at http://goanimate.com/ by Colette Cassinelli

Ginny receives a stack of 13 envelopes from her Aunt Peg with instructions that send her on an adventure through Europe. YA novel by Maureen Johnson. Book Trailer created by Colette Cassinelli. Directions: http://edtechvision.org/?p=976

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Time Search is a good general resource for history teachers and students. Simply enter a year, press "go" and you're shown a list of significant events that happened in that year. Scroll up or down the list to see events that happened early or late in that year. Time Search offers options for refining event lists by theme or region in addition to the obvious date refinement option.

Great science inquiry resource.

Plagiarism Interactive Tutorial.

While Plagiarism can be intentional, it is more often caused by misunderstanding.  Avoiding it means understanding the role of intellectual property and what makes plagiarism wrong.  This video teaches:

Why giving credit to others is necessary
A definition of plagiarism
Steps to avoiding plagiarism
Types of ideas and media that can be plagiarized

organized by NETS*S standard, this teacher-contributed wiki includes tons of successful classroom practices and ideas for embedding the tech standards into learning

Please join us in discussing how the NETS for Students are being implemented in classrooms around the world. Please feel free to comment on another's ideas, ask a question, and develop ideas together by selecting "Edit This Page." To be kept notified of the changes and updates to this page, use the Notify Me option.

I REALLY enjoyed this book!

Love this idea, great "action".

Excellent Resource with video from the Plimoth Plantation

Wow, this is a brilliant WIKI full of wonderful web2.0 resources! I like how the categories are sorted/organized.

Has everyone in OASL seen the new webpage? It is beautiful, useful, and easy to navigate!

Watch for those posters and bookmarks to be ready soon- David Weisner and Lane Smith. Celebrate Children's Book Week!

"Help!
I need somebody. Help!...You know I need someone. Help!" Resources, new ideas!

I think there is also a perception that if we don't have the paper books then we don't need the library or the librarians in schools. I think it's flawed logic. Information is changing its format; yes, it's online, it's an ebook, it's a book you can download onto an iPad, but it's still information. Kids need to know how to evaluate it even more so now than before because there is much more of it. Kids need to be able to determine whether it is useful or valid information. Librarians take the lead in helping educate students through the information jungle, and with even more sources and formats, the role of the librarian becomes even more critical. So even though paper books are becoming less prominent, the skills needed are even more advanced than what was needed before. School librarians are critical to helping students navigate through this information explosion.

collection of teacher-created tips, ideas, and resources on things from assessment to substitutes and everything in-between!

Anthony Horowitz-- includes blog/twitter area in addition to regular author blog info.