David Lee King: CDLC Emerging Tech Program – May 7
April 30th is the deadline to sign up for this great program: The Future is Not Out of Reach: Change, Emerging Trends, 2.0, and Libraries. The speaker is David Lee King, the Digital Branch &...
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View ArticleTechnology to the students!!
Originally uploaded by Extra Ketchup I have lots of school library media specialists in the technology classes I teach. They are often the ones in the forefront of using technology in their school...
View ArticleTechnology Competencies: Can Your Staff Do This Stuff?
Need to update your tech skills? Image via Wikipedia WebJunction has published a wonderful new document that details the basic skills that library staff should have – from management skills to tech...
View ArticleK-12 Hot Topic Technology Webinars
Check out these free webinars from Project Tomorrow® and T.H.E. Journal for those interested in K-12 IT issues: Aug 19 Mobile Devices within Instruction Sep 16 Digital Content Oct 14 Web 2.0...
View ArticleEmerging Mobile Technologies for K-12 Classrooms – Chat session, Sep. 3, 11 AM
This looks like it will be an interesting discussion of mobile technologies in schools. Join in the free chat session at the Education Week website. No special software required. Because of their low...
View ArticleLive session: RSS widgets and Personalised Home Pages – Sept 16, 2009
Classroom 2.0 Live has been sponsoring a great series of free on-line technology sessions for educators with Sue Waters. Called the Beginner Series, there’s lots of information for you even if you...
View ArticleTransliteracy
Transliteracy - a name for something we’ve all been working with for some time now. Perhaps not a new name, but new to me. I first heard it from Bobbi Newman’s blog post: Libraries need to focus on...
View ArticleMaking the Most of Teachable Moments
Some great tools and ideas highlighted in this presentation by Heidi Steiner of Norwich University. Adding a number of them to my list of things to check out. Making the Most of Teachable Moments View...
View ArticleTech Smackdown!
The 2011 Carol A. Kearney Leadership Retreat was held earlier this week at Cornell. What an amazing event. I had no idea this retreat had been going on for 20 years. The event, put on by the NYLA...
View ArticleLearning New Tech & Working with IT
A couple of really interesting blog posts from the last week. Just Do it! and Trust Yourself. Jennifer Carey offers encoruagement to anyone who’s a bit leary of diving into new tech tools in her post...
View Articleedshelf
Edshelf This directory of education oriented apps and tools includes ratings and reviews from the members of the Edshelf community. Many reviews include great tips on how to use the tools in...
View ArticleLITA Code Year Python Workshop at ALA
The LITA Code Year Interest Group is offering a pre-conference on learning to code with Python at ALA later this week. Though I won’t be able to be there, I’m happy to have the chance to help out,...
View ArticleMobile Apps & Public Libraries
Earlier today I asked the library twitterverse for examples of mobile apps related workshops, classes, hangouts, meetups, etc that they’re offering to their communities. Some great examples were...
View ArticleMobile Apps for Learning, Teaching and Productivity
Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed great tips and apps during our session on Mobile Apps for Learning, Teaching and Productivity on Friday at the NYLA Annual Conference. The session was...
View ArticleLearning with Innovative Technology: Call for Speakers
The 1st Annual Learning with Innovative Technology Conference will be held in Saratoga Springs on July 8, 2016. Speakers at this free conference will share innovative uses of technology in K-12,...
View ArticleTech Tools for the Love of Reading
This weekend I have the pleasure of spending time with a group of terrific school librarians at the Carey Institute for Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY. It’s a wonderful location to get away from...
View ArticleBest of 2017
Happy New Year! Looking back on 2017, these were my top 10 blog posts. And following that list are my top tweets from each month of 2017. Hope some of the links and resources mentioned […] The post...
View ArticleMaking the Most of Teachable Moments
Some great tools and ideas highlighted in this presentation by Heidi Steiner of Norwich University. Adding a number of them to my list of things to check out. Making the Most of Teachable Moments View...
View ArticleTech Smackdown!
The 2011 Carol A. Kearney Leadership Retreat was held earlier this week at Cornell. What an amazing event. I had no idea this retreat had been going on for 20 years. The event, put on […] The post Tech...
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