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Clear and simple explanation reat for younger students. I like the idea of a 'digital tattoo'.

Jacqui Child's blog about incorporating makerspace activities into library lessons.

Beverly, Is wallwisher a program that can be put on my school library website? I am fuzzy about how to use it with students in my K-3 school library. Susan

These tools motivate students to learn, share, and develop presentation and collaboration skills needed in their future careers. Teaching them how to do this now means we are preparing them for their future effectively! Rarely will a student have to fill out a bubble test for their careers, but trust me many will have to prepare presentations, brainstorm ideas, be creative, and collaborate on teams through ICTs.

This website has been developed to showcase the work of school librarians in the UK. It includes examples of good practice and photos.

Overall an informative page with some good guidelines. I especially appreciate the comments about keeping the maintainance work load low. Creating a blog is a good idea, but it has not been practiclal here in China since free services like blogger and edublogs are blocked. Adding wordpress to the ISP is the best solution. I tried this at one point and the server lost the wordpress download. Time and frustration has not allowed me to try it again, but I know it will work. I'm surprised there is not a suggestion for wiki links. J. Valenza has shown that this is an easy and possibly effective collaborative process.

Thoughtful post about the benefits of gmail from Google.

"search engine for images, mostly ones that have a Creative Commons license. It's design is very attractive and easy to use. The key reason I like it, though, is because when you want to use one of their photos, it automatically shows whatever permissions are required."