short interactive research modules from Rutgers University

"Share your main library websites: elementary, middle school and high school examples and please also share specific examples of effective practice in the following areas: * Reports * Book and Reading Promotion * Digital Storytelling * Inquiry/Information Fluency Instruction * Digital Citizenship * Pathfinders * Presentations/Speeches/Online Instruction Please also add your names to our lists of SchoolLibraryBloggers and SchoolLibraryTweeters and consider linking us to your best presentations "

"@omgfacts." possible for twitterfall or other twitter display/feed

myebook aims to revolutionise the way we create, publish and share ebook content online. Built on a feature-rich social platform, complete with powerful, browser-based, builder software, and a slick reader environment, there's never been an easier way for anyone and everyone to 'get it out there'. With myebook.com, we've made it possible for anyone to upload, or create from scratch, beautifully simple or adventurously complex page designs and covers online, in no time. What's more, you can publish your book with a single button and release it to the world before the (virtual) ink's dry! You can create as many publications as you want. And it's all free.

"PhotoFilmStrip creates movies out of your pictures in just 3 steps. First select your photos, customize the motion path and render the video. There are several output possibilities for VCD, SVCD, DVD up to FULL-HD. The effect of the slideshow is known as "Ken Burns". Comments of the pictures are generated into a subtitle file. Furthermore an audio file can be specified to setup the background musice for the slide show. In contrary to other projects i know so far, PhotoFilmStrip has the opportunity to render slide show in Full-HD (1920x1080) resolution. "

"The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. The Big Read answers a big need. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, a 2004 report by the National Endowment for the Arts, found that not only is literary reading in America declining rapidly among all groups, but that the rate of decline has accelerated, especially among the young. The concerned citizen in search of good news about American literary culture would study the pages of this report in vain. "

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United Kingdom - Logos and branding- download our logos and brand guidelines Projects - literacy programmes to provide inspiration and support for your work Wikireadia - a shared resource for professionals supporting reading, writing, speaking and listening. Reading ideas - practical ideas for different audiences including children and adults Reading garden - a toolkit to help you create outdoor reading spaces Teachers TV Reading Week - Information about programmes broadcast on the digital channel for everyone who works in schools

Prezi by Darren Walker Introduction to Web2.0 tools

How to make your school a Web 2.0 school of the present EXCELLENT

images right-sized for social networks

washington state university - , to highlight the importance of integrating ideas and perspectives across traditional boundaries of viewpoint, practice, and discipline.

"from FLIRTing with the Crowds, All things social in design, business & technology:"

"Ubidesk is an online workspace for team collaboration. It provides a web-based group space for file sharing, document collaboration, and project management. Offered as SaaS(Software as a Service), Ubidesk is accessible from any computer with a web browser. Ubidesk makes possible the real-time collaboration of your team."

"Here's an article written in 1944 by Stephan M. Cory (University of Chicago January 1944 edition of Childhood Education). It is a classic satire written in the first person of a seventh grade student discussing his experiences in elementary school. I think it's a great example of the contrast of learning in rigid formal environments and learning in the context of meaningful problems and authentic tasks. The focus is public education but it's not a stretch to extend to classroom training in the workplace."

The blog...good examples of awful books!

Librarins share Awful Library Books = Live // 11/11/2009 YouTube -

Guide from Shmoop Summary, themes, quotes, questions, characters, literary devices, trivia, weblinks

search engine for kids' questions Why is the sky blue....? etc.