MindShift

JULY 31, 2016

New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she learned, how her space changed and how it affected students along the way. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

One of the most popular and easy to use tools in the wiki – a shared website which anyone can edit. We quickly discovered that wikis are so open as to cause problems if some form of scaffolding or structure is not created for students. We therefore designed a number of activities for the wiki. wiki YouTube' and Purdon, M.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 14, 2014

The woman does not sleep, I know. :) Best twitter hashtag or twitter chat I voted for #edchatHi , of course! Yes, I did indeed vote in the Library/Librarian blog category, but I am refraining from publicly mentioning my choices in this blog. Yes, it''s in my Must Read category of my Feedly reader. Shake Up Learning.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 2, 2010

but they DO have a Netflix Helps Twitter account! Twitter Rants: @ billprady @ Netflixhelps I wanted to ask when you would have hi-def streaming on PCs. How this relates to School Libraries: When people want to find something they want to find it and fast! Have your library collection catalog available online!

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 27, 2011

Presentations can be embedded directly into a blog or wiki page. Wikispaces is a easy to use wiki interface that allows you to create a website on which you can post videos, handouts, links, and files. Here is the wiki site that I setup for my Anatomy & Physiology class. Follow them here. Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

On Twitter I came across an exploratory discussion of Minecraft’s potential for school use. You can also visit the online world library and download as many as you wish. The ultimate resource is the Official Minecraft Wiki. Simply boot up the game and select an available world—it will load automatically. Ready to dive deeper?

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It provides answers to the administrator who feels just a bit lost when someone starts talking about blogs, wikis, or Twitter, or who isn’t quite sure about all this talk about 1:1 initiatives, open source software, or using mobile phones in the classroom.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 3, 2012

Mirrored & adapted from my MHMS Daring School Library Blog Keep Reading: Summer Reading for Kids, Librarians, & GAMERS! I love loaning my adorable kids (my students) over to my local public library for the summer. The HoCo library also supports us by making sure to order extra copies for all the books on the list.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference - October 3 - 5 "The virtual Library 2.012 conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Attendance is free; sign up at Library 2012 to attend or to be kept informed." -- from the #Lib20102 site!

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2015

My resources to work with consisted of a textbook and the address to our district’s professional library. The professional library contained reel-to-reel movies, slide carousels, workbooks with reproducible worksheets – and a few other resources that weren’t much help. Follow him on Twitter @newteacherhelp.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2015

With the advent of lightning-quick computers and gorgeous digital media tools, students are now dreaming up PowerPoint presentations, Prezis, websites, wikis, Photo Stories, and more—things limited only by their imaginations. To say our students today have many more options available to them would be the understatement of the 21st century.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system (or similar). have a class Twitter feed. This can be on a blog, a wiki, or a class website. Here are some topics I have used that have been popular: show how to log onto and use the school website. show how to log into the school online grade reports.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Last year this blog was nominated in several categories and I won Twitterer of The Year and #Edchat won for Best Series of Tweets. The awards are a great way to find new blogs to follow, twitterers to follow and resources to discover. But I want to highlight are the best blogs, wikis and people from the past year.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

My own students create a lot of their own content during their study, usually in the form of podcasts, videos, wiki and blog content, and are encouraged to share these publicly online to gain additional feedback. Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. Health Informatics and Libraries Journal, 24(1), 2-23.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 16, 2011

Last year around this time I blogged about using Google forms to create community conversations and decorating your library media center & classroom. can supercharge the library program & classroom throughout the school year. Embrace Creative Commons, Flickr, Slideshare, Wikis, & Twitter and share your AWEsome stuff!

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Video/Podcasts - Karen Mensing Best Educational Wiki - WebTools4U2Use by Aunty Tech Best Open PD - TLVirtual Cafe Social Network - LevelUpBookClub Mobile App - Dropbox and. Follow #Eddies12 on Twitter to keep up on the noms & stay tuned for when it''s YOUR t urn to be a part and V OTE! Free Web Tool - PicMonkey - Made of Win!

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

It’s hard to make sense of the current climate for school libraries. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. April 29, 2016.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Best library / librarian blog: Bulldog Readers Blog by Julie Hembree Bulldog Readers Blog I absolutely love this librarian''s blog. I enjoy visiting her blog , and see her almost every time I''m on Twitter. Best free web tool: Twitter Twitter is the best free resource I''ve been introduced to. Thanks William Chamberlain

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

I started blogging in 2006, a few months after I saw the amazing (& now retired TL) Francey Harris’s present her landmark blog, Gargoyles Loose in the Library at my first AASL05 in Pittsburgh. Why struggle with a static library web page when I can have an ongoing conversation with my students, parents, & community with a blog?!

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

This year we''ve flipped the script and are inviting YOU to step up to the mic and share your ideas, tips, tricks, and cool ways to get excited, energized, and to supercharge the library program or classroom throughout the school year. How to do it? Just add a slide! So make this year the year that you GIVE and then GIVE some more!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Write a post with your nominations on your blog , link to them and link to this site Use the form at the bottom of the Nominations Page to send a link to your nominations If you have any questions, you can put a comment on the announcement page or let them know using the contact form.'

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 19, 2013

This is a story about Sister Libraries, Twitter, Google+ Hangout, and connecting kids! She said she wanted a sister library & I was like I''m willing!! Our latest chat happened in our respective school libraries with the kiddos trading prepared book talks! Great for summer reading!

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

interactive Wikis, and school blogs, can supercharge the library program & classroom throughout the school year. A few years ago I facilitated a "library collection bookfair" or a lesson called Book Pass -The Power of Choice that I had heard about at the AASL Reno 07 conference. on Twitter! This year is no different!

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 27, 2011

Presentations can be embedded directly into a blog or wiki page. Wikispaces is a easy to use wiki interface that allows you to create a website on which you can post videos, handouts, links, and files. Here is the wiki site that I setup for my Anatomy & Physiology class. Follow them here. Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 5, 2013

and you should get the kids streaming into the high school library to check out books! Let''s face it, kids sneak their smart phones into the bathroom to check their text messages why not take advantage of that & get them into the school library! This is the code you use if you want to post the video on your blog or your wiki.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Follow #containercollapse on Twitter.

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The Electric Educator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford Take, for example, the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It is one of the world''s literary repositories and one of the largest libraries in the world. Organization is key for such a large library. Others were simply Google Docs presentations shared on my classroom wiki.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 23, 2010

If you''re an educator in Second Life you can experience the 21st Century Library Media Center Playground also on the grid! To learn more about all of the exciting SIGMS Events at ISTE10 visit our wiki For a slideshow of some of the highlights of this Second Life build, pray see below.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 22, 2017

The sharing of TAIs also provides a library of ideas and resources to any educator willing to tap into the blogs and wikis created by their fellow educators. This culture, in turn, helps to build trust within the system as teachers are more accountable and transparent in what they are doing and trying to achieve.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Now in its seventh year, this is one of the more enjoyable events of the year, and celebrates the achievements of edubloggers, twitterers, podcasters, video makers, online communities, wiki hosts and other web based users of educational technology. This year I''ll be helping to host the Edublog Awards again.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there were blogs, wikis, Twitter or Facebook. Twitter: @khmmc Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology specialist at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. Shannon also serves on the School Library Month advisory board.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 23, 2011

If you can''t make it to EduCon consider following it via the Twitter hashtag # EduCon ! Creating a 24/7 Library through blogging, wiki web resources, & Twittering Librarians can up their web presence and promote their practice to the community. Do you have an ISTE affiliate in your state or vicinity?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

community and free online course for "Best educational use of a social network" Library 2.0 interview series for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" Aula 2.0 community for "Best educational use of a social network" Teacher 2.0

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

See the Kick YouTube Wiki for the below graphic & MORE! See the Adding Widgets Wiki for the below graphic & More! Follow me on Twitter but note that i''m not on as much since my county blocked it (it used to be my lunchtime personal PD practice) find me in Second Life. was so excited & a little nervous!

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

She also is one of Cengage/Gale and SLJ''s 5 national new library leaders program! (me, Best librarian / library blog: Buffy J. Hamilton - The Unquiet Librarian Buffy is a cutting edge librarian and a fearless change agent.through her we learn so much and can implement innovations within our library practice. How do I Do it?

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Top Resource to Share: 25 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning The YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Asssociation) committee goes through a rigorous selection process every year, to pare the list down to a mere 25. Enlightenment (Sort Of) : What does the future hold for school libraries, in light of the coming of ebooks and ereaders?

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Libraries have changed.and librarians must change with them. Same thing with libraries and books.the technology has changed from etchings on cave wall, parchment scroll, wax tablet to Kindle but we''re still reading. The plaintive cry "I went to Library school not technology school" doesn''t fly anymore. The game has changed.

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