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All new students go through quite a lengthy induction process in the first three weeks at the University. The library is slotted into that - how much time we get with the students varies between departments - and so it's a good opportunity for us to make contact, promote our services, and try and embed ourselves in the academic culture, but also tricky because the students are overloaded with information as it is. I wanted to give each of my departments an interactive map with all the library info relevant to them specifically - the idea being that it's easier to navigate an actual map of the library than it is to just search for stuff on the library website. Because each department would have a bespoke map it would mean the students had all the info they needed in one place, and because I created the maps in Prezi they could also be used as a presentation tool (as well as a stand-alone web object, later; I give students the URL of the Prezi itself and tell them not to worry about writing down any of the other URLs it contains).

A website with video links explaining every element on the periodic table from TEDEd

"Tsundoku" From Open Culture, the best free cultural and educational media on the web. It's a great place to find free ebooks, videos, online learning resources.

Love this word! Had never heard it before.

Email marketing has become a vital tool for business ever since the introduction of the internet to the world. Email marketing helps to Send emails with the purpose of improving the relationship of abusiness owner with its current or previous customers and to encourage customer reliability and repeat business. Send emails with the objective of attaining new customers or compelling current customers to buy something instantly.

Free Public Domain Audiobooks and eBooks - Downloadable audiobooks for iPhone, Android, Kindle & mp3 players Available in several languages

Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and study - not to mention the wealth of carefully organized stories, articles, reference materials and other information for students to use whenever they need it. It's no secret that the library is essentially a campus warehouse for media products. Trouble is, media is changing....

I heard that a lot of school libraries closed recently. That's too bad. Maybe this could help school libraries alive.

Let me be right up front about this: I am primarily sharing the good ideas of other far smarter people that I could ever pretend to be. Some primary sources for this list include: ■Beaman, Anita and Amy Obert. Reading 2.0 website ■Ludwig, Sarah "Going Beyond the BookTalk: Breathing New Life Into Book Programming with Technology" ■Valenza, Joyce. Reading 2.0 slide show I only steal from the best. So here we go. Johnson's Top Ten...

CHOOSE YOUR READING MODE In keeping with its topic, this essay can either be read in a scrolling screen format or in a book-like format; it can also be listened to.

Upload a powerpoint to this site, using your webcam record your voice and vision and Knovio produces your video.  Still in beta.

Free animated video creator. Includes the cool handwriting/whiteboard technique that's popular today (like the Sir Ken Robinson Educational Paradigm video). Can connect to the app via Google Docs, which means students don't have to create their own accounts.

One thing was certain at the London Book Fair this year: books and e-books are attracting and competing for children's and publishers' attention. While digital publishers are translating thousands of classical stories to a digital format, book publishers are experimenting with the use of new digital tools to expand their business reach.

Reader's Advisory site for kids! Teachers can sign up a classroom. Kids can connect with each other and review & recommend books.