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"I know only one thing about the technologies that awaits us in the future:We will find ways to tell stories with them." Jason Ohlar

If properly developed, it can guide and empower them the rest of their lives. Its other pluses: # Comes universally pre-installed, free of charge # Has no socio-economic barriers to "adoption" # Is automatically customized in micro detail as it's used # Works at the "operating system" level # Not only doesn't conflict with, but supports and enhances, all other "applications" # Improves with use # Is the No. 1 online-safety tool.

"14 Ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza"

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But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.

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significant difference in attitude and behavior among the three groups, with 70 percent of media specialists, 62 percent of teachers, and 54 percent of administrators saying they've joined a social network. The survey also says school librarians are most positive about the value of social networking in education, but they're frustrated with their school districts blocking access to Web sites like YouTube and Facebook.

Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1277 journals and 6,131,218 full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,955,839 articles free . With our partner publishers we produce 71 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.

In This video, Microtosh64bit takes a look at Microsoft Office 2007's One Note.

Welcome to the Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 4422 journals in the directory. Currently 1690 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 323198 articles are included in the DOAJ service.

Si es que alguno aún no se decidido de lleno al uso de todas estas herramientas y aplicaciones, a continuación les comparto las diez razones y buenos argumentos para acercarnos a la tecnología:

Cuando pensamos en bibliotecas móviles, siempre las asociamos con los bibliobuses. Sin embargo, existen otros medios de transporte, que son usados en determinadas zonas, a las que no se puede llegar de otra forma: el agua, la selva o el desierto no son barreras para acceder a la lectura. BIBLIOLANCHA En Argentina: Una lancha de 8 m de eslora recorre las islas del Delta del Paraná en el noroeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Dotada de un fondo de 2.000 ejemplares, dispone de ordenadores con conexión a Internet y organiza talleres de promoción a la lectura. Es atendida por un "promotor cultural" ayudado por un bibliotecaria y una voluntaria de la zona que se atiende. El inconveniente para poder prestar sus servicio, radica en los elementos climáticos, como en este caso el tema de las crecidas del río.

Arranged visiits and virtual visits of authors and artists to schools and libraries

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Spearhead by Justice O'Connor, Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to reinvigorate civics learning inside and outside the classroom.

Use with annoying students who haven't a clue about real life outside high school for careers, money, expenses and education needs