teacher-librarians

Recently debuted Building Level Toolkit for Implementing AASL's L4L that Kristin Fontichiaro and Melissa Johnston developed.

A hot linked list of resources from AASL for pre-service, new, or returning school librarians to use in developing implementation strategies for the AASL standards developed by the ALA Emerging Leaders Team A  which is at the bottom of the L4L Resources for Implementation page.

Some answers to copyright questions for Australian teachers and schools.

You may remember reading about Whitefriars College teacher librarian Tania Sheko's collaborative learning project using Flickr. The project has now concluded and a few of the students have shared their thoughts, reflections and ideas about what they loved most about the project.

By developing this wiki with reading lists, information on texts, study guides, rubrics, book trailers, book reviews, directions and general requirements, students in years 9-12 (and their parents) have a head start on the year's required reading for English classes. Well done to Joyce Valenza for supporting her students in this manner.

Buffy Hamilton's excellent guide on her Kindle roll out. Good links with how-to and advice.

What a terrific tool for creating timelines for and with your students!

Over four themed episodes that criss-cross the globe, journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski explores the meaning of a phenomenon that is transforming everything from how we learn to how we shop, vote and make friends. The series reveals astonishing facts about how the web is rewiring our society, our economy and - drawing on a unique experiment conducted specifically for the series - maybe even our brains.The series brings together everyone who's anyone on the web - from its inventor Tim Berners-Lee to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; from Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales to Amazon's Jeff Bezos; from web pioneers like Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to digital media barons like Arianna Huffington and Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams.

The Role of Teacher Librarians in Networked School Communities

The Learning Futures / Learning Spaces Forum focused on the changes to the physical and online learning spaces in Australian schools. 

Great Glogster by Marie Slim showcasing CSLA's School Library Learning 2.0.

Great Prezi by Marie Slim showcasing CSLA's Classroom Learning 2.0 Tutorial.