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After being inspired by our fantastic day working with Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez at the Invent to Learn day hosted by Brisbane Catholic Education (which you can read about in the earlier post...

Inspiring story!!

It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about all the ways their libraries impact students' education.

"It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about all the ways their libraries impact students' education."

"On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing these taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. We hope that these sample templates will be used by school librarians and school library advocates to inform their communities about the vital and irreplaceable role that school librarians play in teaching and learning. Maybe you'll get inspired to create something for us that we can use, too. In the meantime, we hope you find this site helpful."

Teen mag for teens by fifteen year old - Great example of female empowerment (started by a teenage gril) and of teenagers using the Internet to reach the world instead of waiting for the world to come to them. 

"As a way to instill better research skills, a university librarian discusses innovative ways to move students--and faculty--beyond their reliance on Google."

Great article, quite inspirational...

If one of your New Year's Resolutions was the classic "read more books" and you haven't so much as opened a magazine, we're here to provide some inspiration. TED-Ed asked a few of our favorite educators to weigh in on the best books in their subject - for students, teachers and lifelong learners alike - to crack into during 2015. Here, find a list of their top 5 picks in literature, science, math and history.

Love the header: Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing. --richard branson

Jennifer LaGarde (Library Girl) on how and why to use QR codes in the library....EXCELLENT

Seth Godin's marketing model interpreted to libraries. Very good interview. Excellent post.

A free alternative to Inspiration

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration™ is the new online visual thinking tool that helps you: capture ideas organize information diagram processes create clear, concise written documents With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.

Debate on traditional vs. digital reading continues.

News article about texting in one district. Scores for those who texted and those who were taught the poem the "regular" way are compared - marked difference.

Available as a short film and as an iPad App. A story of people who devote their lives to books and the books that return the favor. Inspired by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, and the Wizard of Oz

A library of presentations on using technology in the classroom

This is awesome Cathy! Thanks for sharing - the whole mashup idea as a way to make library materials more accessible is definitely worth pursuing! I would love to see more of the "Flip Explorer" interface but I can't get the links to work... Thanks for any guidance around this... Rene

Making your own comic at the website is a simple matter of first choosing a layout. On the next screen, you are shown your layout and must add characters, objects, settings and bubbles to each frame. There are menu controls: flip, delete, make bigger/smaller, bring forward/back and rotate to help customise the pictures. The speech bubbles are easily edited for text. Kids can also see sample pages for inspiration. Once done, a child's creation can be printed out, or he can take a screen grab to save a digital copy.

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