"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."
"a collection of 140-character pearls of wisdom from educators using the social networking service, Twitter.
From behaviour management to interaction with colleagues, you will find practical advice and ideas contributed by classroom practitioners!"
2009 by Doug Belshaw
"WebClip lets you clip videos, photos, text and links that most interests you. Rather than bookmarking the web page (of course you can do that too), you save parts of pages that you like. Having all the clips in one location, able to play, view, read and share them with your friends via social networking channels, are some of the advantages of webclip. "
I hope this Blog assists teachers in recommending books with characters with whom our students can relate. I also hope this Blog assists in recommending books with multiple realities of the D/deaf human experience.
While my primary focus is adolescent and Young Adult chapter books, I will add information about children's literature and adult 'cross-over' texts from time to time.
Enjoy,
Sharon Pajka-West, Ph.D.
Renaissance Learning:
* The top 20 books most widely read in grades 1-12, overall and
by gender
* The top 20 books most widely read by low- and high-achieving students
* The top 10 nonfiction books and books for use across the curriculum
Downloadable report (pdf)
How to retool yourself--a roadmap of at least 15 FREE ways for school librarians (and their classroom teacher colleagues) to develop professionally by Joyce Valenza
Great ideas for all of us!
pdf document: + What is Web 2.0?
+ Why use Web 2.0?
+ Benefits of Web 2.0
+ Implementing Web 2.0 Services
+ Staffing Implications of Web 2.0
+ Legal Implications of Web 2.0
+ Integrating Web 2.0
+ Web 2.0 and Future-Proofing
+ Web 2.0 and Internal Systems
Technology timeline. "Edit stories to add detail (or correct a mistake). Add personal anecdotes about the effects convergent technologies have had on your life. Add a completely new entry. It could be a technology that isn't on here yet. It could be about a technology that hasn't been invented yet. Share it with us."
Gaiman discusses his own experiences with audio books and interviews others, including a representative from Audible.com and David Sedaris. You'll hear an affirmation of reading's impact on people, specifically the impact (and legitimacy) of audio books on people.
links for book Library Mashups by chapter. See also delicious.com/librarymashups
n Library Mashups, Nicole C. Engard and 25 contributors from all over the world walk readers through definitions, summaries, and practical uses of mashups in libraries. Examples range from ways to allow those without programming skills to make simple website updates, to modifying the library OPAC, to using popular sites like Flickr, Yahoo!, LibraryThing, Google Maps, and Delicious to share and combine digital content.
We are thrilled to announce that DailyLit is now 100% free. Starting now, any book, story or series featured on DailyLit is being made available for free.
DailyLit has always been about responding to our readers - any feature we've launched or change we've made has been in response to readers' requests. We're now listening to our readers once again, and it's clear that they most appreciate the wonderful books, stories and installments available for free.