SLAVConnects

"A post that looks at reading reflection prompts and forms. A few different ideas for assisting students to get "points" in any reading program. They are a student-centered approach it takes, and could be useful across content areas. " It's primarily about the craft of writing and elements of style, but 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and several others would work after reading almost anything."

A good range of resources for teaching digital citizenship education in the classroom.

" Regie Routman believes that sustained time for reading and writing meaningful text must be our first priority to turn students into readers, writers, and thinkers. In her latest ASCD book, Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success, Routman shares best practices that can lead to better engagement and achievement in reading and writing for all students, including second-language and struggling learners. One way to engage students in informational, complex text is to demonstrate close reading, also known as analytic reading.  In the following excerpt, Routman shares her thoughts on being a "reading role model" and why close reading is a necessity for students' understanding."

Asking straightforward, simply-worded questions can be just as effective as those intricate ones. Edutopia article by Rebecca Alber.

ThingLink is a web tool for creating interactive images now it offers a video option. ."Post offers a guide to using ThingLink.visu to create a video.

post that discusses how you might go about explaining copyright to your students.

"A post that celebrates some of the most creative children's libraries around the world:"

Many are askin "What's the best way promote the library's digital collection to patrons visiting the physical branch?   This post shares some ideas used by staff members at Sacramento Public Library who came up with a clever way to connect its physical and digital collections. " The Electronic resources librarian Amy Calhoun explains how Sacramento PL has improved discovery of eBook titles among patrons visiting the library branches"

Good Infographic on creating Book Trailers and the Common Core. Easily applied to Aust standards.

Useful advice

Sources for free images and organizing them in such a way as to help you find what you're looking for.

"These slimmed-down editors allow novice users to quickly become comfortable editing digital images, and are also excellent stepping stones for students who want to learn how to use more complex editors later on."

"The exploding popularity of YouTube videos to the infamous tweets that started a revolution, students are inundated with these new media formats. But do they know how to use and accurately cite social media?" Some downloadable sheets from EasyBib

A discussion about the implementation of e-books in the St. Andrew's College libraries. It follows the journey that they took to arrive at the solution that suited them.

"A number of classroom posters were requested that would help students and teachers discuss the concepts of Digital Citizenship and appropriate usage of devices in the classroom"

A good post in which Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) discusses the ways education can utilise the interest in, and strengths of, the maker movement. "A new generation of inventors is surfing the tide of the Maker movement. These classrooms emphasize making, inventing, and creativity. Let's look at the terminology and trends that will help educators understand the Maker movement."

An infographic that offers a good basic explanation about how to go about content curation.