teacher-librarians

"This space is for teacher-librarians to share their lesson plans and otherwise collaborate with each other. This space has been set up to follow the chapter headings from "Information Literacy for Life-Long Learning," the K-12 Library Scope and Sequence developed by the teacher-librarians of the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PA). (Please note that we begin here with Chapter 3, as chapters 1 & 2 do not require lesson plans.)"

"The significant increases in the usage, frequency and access to digital media in the classroom over the past several years, along with the research showing that integrating multimedia and technology into instruction can boost student achievement, is driving our strategy to produce the most effective media for learning,"

Online organisational tools for students

Concise yet thorough pulse of ebooks and the evolution of writing. Reference to Japanese cell phone novels was good, and a trend worth watching.

Useful article for an overview of ereaders and their potential impact on reading and writing.

"Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate."

resources and links provided - from a workshop to schol library media spcialists (and others) by Wesley Fryer

Great K23 Online Conference Presentation on copyright, fair use, & Creative Commons for teachers

whys and hows of using blogs in a school library media center - 1/1/2010 - School Library Journal

visual voicemail for Twitter

good ideas for ANY library!

Great ideas for anytime of the year! | Ozge Karaoglu's Blog

ntute offers a range of free resources to help students and staff in universities to develop Internet research skills that can support university work, and avoid some of the pitfalls of using the Internet for scholarly work. Also good web resources by subject area

"LoudLit.org is a good place to find free audio recordings of famous works of literature. Many websites do this, but what makes LoudLit unique and useful for teachers is the option of reading the text online while listening to the reading of the text."