SLAVConnects

"Today's school library uses an increasing number of digital resources to supplement a print collection that is moving more toward fiction and literary non-fiction. Supplemental resources, including streaming video, online resources, subscription databases, audiobooks, e-books, and even games, round out the new collections. Despite the best efforts of even the hardest-working librarians in the best-funded libraries, there are many challenges to going digital." Links to free, full text and PDF versions

The Great Book Swap Challenge

Excellent quote about reading/literature.

""Vancouver has done is the opposite to most school districts. It's gone against the grain," Tomassini said. "Librarians are the perfect people to help schools transition into the information age. It made sense to highlight what Vancouver has done. We wanted to create a blueprint for other districts to follow.""

In this demo-filled talk MIT's Mitch Resnick, one of the main creators of the kids coding program called Scratch, outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just "read" new technologies - but also create them.

After reading John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, prepare for an exam or report by reviewing these study questions. Respond to the following study suggestions in detail with textual evidence and you'll be ready for whichever evaluation awaits you. Page numbers from the hardback copy are provided for the questions to verify the answers so you can explain in your own words. There's also a discussion of themes and characters from the novel.

From the ABC splash website. "For the first time, schools across Australia can now access contemporary Australian performances of Shakespearean works in a digital form. In partnership with Australia's national Shakespeare theatre company, Bell Shakespeare, we have released a new video series Shakespeare Unbound. "

"Social Media has been hailed as the silver bullet of grassroots marketing. Circumvent aging advertisement models and talk directly to your community? The only cost is your time? Fabulous! It can be like that, but it takes some very specific strategy to achieve that kind of success. At Transparent Language, we've built our Social Media following to nearly 3 million fans on Facebook alone. Our blogs receive over 200,000 visitors each month, and our YouTube videos have been viewed more than 2 million times. And we built most of it, not with a large team or budget, but with a single dedicated staff member. Truly grassroots. The lessons we've learned along the way can benefit our library clients, too. In this slide deck, a follow-up to Lorien Green's presentation at NELA 2014, we present our "secret sauce"."

Some simple rules about creating effective presentations. The world's experts give their advice.

Tweets from those at the conference

5 minute video, published on 4 Apr 2014, that has principals talking about the benefits of the school (teacher) librarian. Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School was crowdsourced by Dr. Judi Moreillon and Dr. Teresa Starrett using funds provided by the Texas Library Association, Demco, and the Dean's Research Funds (College of Professional Education, Texas Woman's University).

"Published on 22 Oct 2014 by Capstone Publishers. Support over 50,000 school librarians making a difference every day in our schools. #SchoolLibrariesMatter"

"The simple but effective infographic here helps you to to see how the characteristics of a good citizen parallel, and differ from, those of a good digital citizen."

A post that describes and then offers links to a lot of resources designed to help teachers educate their students about how to be smart digital citizens.

"According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, more than half of teens and adolescents have reported that they've been bullied online, and between 10 and 20 percent say it occurs regularly. The consequences can be devastating. Cyberbullying has become a widespread problem that affects students of all ages and backgrounds. What's worse is that many victims of cyberbullying don't reach out for help, and they may continue to suffer from the consequences of bullying - such as low self-esteem and heightened levels of stress - for years after they've finished school." This post discusses what can educators do to put an end to this often invisible, but virulent, issue? It offers some resources that may help to further education about cyberbullying and identify some methods to combat it.

The University of Melbourne page that has links to advice on study and research skills. Includes studying for exams.

"Streamed live on 22 Oct 2014. A ISTE Librarian Network Webinar with Librarian Diana Rendina on Transforming your library with a Makerspace. Learn how she did it in her library and how you can do it in yours"

Post with tips from Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher "We must mix head knowledge with action. In my classroom, I use two essential approaches in the digital citizenship curriculum that I teach: proactive knowledge and experiential knowledge."