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Earlier this year I designed a template to introduce teachers to the usefulness of using Google Presentation as a tool for research. The purpose of the template is for use as a starting point to help teachers plan and implement technology driven learning experiences that are fueled by Essential Questions and aligned to Common Core Standards.
Via Susan Oxnevad
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June 17, 10:13 AM
...and did you know that in Chrome images can be added from a search page by dragging them to the presentation's tab and dropping them on the slide when it opens - superspeedy
Sandra Carswell's curator insight,
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I tried the link to get a copy of the Google Presentation Research Template that is in this blog post. It was not found. I sent Susan a message so hopefully she will get the link corrected.
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Today, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Digital Literacy Task Force (which is led by the Office for Information Technology Policy) releases its recommendations to advance and sustain library engagement in digital literacy initiatives nationwide. These recommendations build on the January 2013 Task Force report Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy and constitute a call to action on the part of the ALA, library education programs, front-line librarians, various funding bodies, and the diverse stakeholders who use and support library services.
Libraries of all types – school, academic, and public – play a vital role in ensuring all people have the skills and abilities to succeed in the Digital Age. These conclusions and recommendations culminate the Task Force’s work over 18 months and include comments from several public programs held at ALA conferences, as well as two online virtual public programs and task force meetings that included observers from different stakeholder groups.
One over-arching recommendation is that ALA should continue to have a member body that focuses on digital literacy and libraries. This group should consist of members with broad ALA representation. It would provide library leadership in digital literacy initiatives across and beyond the library community and track progress against these recommendations.
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Via Chuck Sherwood, Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
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An in-depth overview and review of content curation software Scoop.it for businesses and private users.
Via Ally Greer
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I've tried many content curation systems. I've settled on Scoop.it. It does all I want and more.
Ally Greer's curator insight,
June 11, 7:45 PM
Wow! What an amazing review of Scoop.it by J-P De Clerck (@conversionation) for the Content Marketing Experience. Thanks so much for the kind words and for creating an excellent resource on using Scoop.it for content marketing!
Reuven Werber's curator insight,
June 12, 4:17 AM
deep review and analysis of this great curation tool.
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Websites & mobile apps for digital storytelling, such as Toontastic, VoiceThread, StoryKit, Xtranormal, Puppet Pals, Pixton, Storybird, Comic Master, etc.
Via Susan Grigsby, Joyce Valenza
Patricia Stitson's comment,
June 11, 1:52 AM
Just for kids? Maybe not. We all have a story to share. Who is building the platform where we can upload stories from all these apps?
Patricia Stitson's curator insight,
June 11, 1:53 AM
Just for kids? Maybe not. We all have a story to share. Who is building the platform where we can upload stories from all these apps?
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Automatically generate bibliographies, references and title pages in APA, MLA and Chicago styles.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Bibliography generation just might be the killer app!
Dennis T OConnor's comment,
June 10, 7:34 PM
I use citation generators all the time. Indeed, my website has a number of them. Take a look at: http://21cif.com/tools/cite/
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Many educators are explicitly teaching such skills as how to evaluate a website's credibility, how to use precise keywords, and how to better mine search engines.
Via Susan Grigsby, Joyce Valenza
Linda Dougherty's curator insight,
June 12, 12:09 AM
Good article to share with your teachers who are looking to improve student research skills to meet standards.
Maria Persson's comment,
June 17, 11:00 PM
If this happens in the early years of learning it will not be such an issue at the tertiary level where plagiarism is still a real problem!
Maria Persson's curator insight,
June 17, 11:07 PM
A number of great points that are both practical and theoritical in terms of how to assist students' understanding of digital literacy skills, preparing them for the future, increasing their understanding of what the future might bring!
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Scholars Behaving Badly – Er, I Mean, Citing Wikipedia
Patheos (blog)
I've been discussing information literacy in general and Wikipedia in particular not only here, but on Facebook, quite a bit in recent days.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Thoughtful commentary: would you recommend Wikipedia as a starting place for gathering information on an idea?
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The resulting publication, The Future of Creative Commons (2.7 MB PDF), lays out priorities for each area in which we work. These overall priorities are already guiding staff in how they use their time and set targets for each program area. They also give us a good base to measure how well we are doing.
As a companion piece, we offer this annual report, Dispatches from the Commons. In it, we call out some of the big accomplishments of the past year and highlight organizations and people who are doing powerful and innovative things with our licenses.
Via Andreas Link, Lars-Göran Hedström
Carolyn Williams's curator insight,
June 6, 6:06 AM
For those of you who enjoy blogging and networking through social media
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"NoodleTools has created easy to use modules for the classroom and home.
Use a Show Me© module to enhance your teaching and guide students in information evaluation. What constitutes credible information? How does source type contribute to relevance, authority and point-of-view? How do I evaluate and cite born-digital images and online sources? All modules incorporate common core concepts."
Via Beth Dichter
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Debbie Abilock's NoodleTools-- Great work from a seasoned veteran!
Maria Persson's comment,
June 12, 11:35 PM
I cannot believe what a brilliant resource this is to aid the learning of students at so many levels! I am very grateful that even the free version is useful. Wish I could afford the full version!
Maria Persson's curator insight,
June 12, 11:38 PM
Absolute must resource if you think teaching our students about academic integrity is important - espcially in the wake of the tsunami of information that we are experiencing! Thanks again Joy Rosario.
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Social media posts and videos are cropping up in academic publications more and more. This chart shows just how to cite social media with ease.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Here's a convenient chart that includes blog posts, youtube video, tweets, facebook posts and email.
SilviaArano's comment,
June 3, 6:35 AM
Hi IULA - UPF, You are right! I missed this post in your blackboard, it's a shame. The information overload is the culprit. I can't read updates with the frequency that I wish. Regards, :)
Kathy Lenard's curator insight,
June 10, 12:03 PM
I have had problems in the past with citing information from Social Media. I was so glad to see this article! It will certainly help me and I hope you find it useful in your writing projects.
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As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating—not just selecting art objects, but placing them in a setting where the public can learn their stories.
Via Robin Good
Nancy White's curator insight,
May 31, 3:50 PM
Many good ideas can be found here regarding what we need to teach students about curating digital content for learning. The importance of story - and to really look at something (or read it!). The importance of asking quesitons and seeking answers before adding it to your curated collection to determine if it is a good fit. There are many parallels to the world of digital curation.
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"linda McCarthy, the former Senior Director of Internet Safety at Symantec, wrote the first edition of Own Your Space. With 20+ years experience in the industry, Linda has been hired to test security on corporate networks around the world. For the 2010 edition, Linda’s expertise is backed up by a full team to provide the best security experience possible for teens and families online. That team includes security experts, design experts, anime artists, and parent reviewers, as well as a dedicated group of teen reviewers, web designers, and test readers."
Via Bonnie Bracey Sutton
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Here's a free download (pdf) of a book to help students develop digital citizenship awareness. You can download chapters or the whole book.
The book is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 license.
The table of contents will help you understand the scope of this book:
Table of Contents
Preface. . .. vii
Chapter 1: Protect Your Turf
Chapter 2: Know Your Villains
Chapter 3: Nasty “ware”
Chapter 4: Hackers and Crackers
Chapter 5: Taking SPAM Off the Menu
Chapter 6: Cyberbullies
Chapter 7: Phishing for Dollars
Chapter 8: Safe Cyber Shopping
Chapter 9: Browsers Bite Back
Chapter 10: Private Blogs and Public Places
Chapter 11: Going Social
Chapter 12: Friends, Creeps and Pirates
Chapter 13: Any Port in a Storm
Chapter 14: Look Pa, No Strings!
Chapter 15: Getting Help
Appendix A: A Note to Parents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Bonnie Bracey Sutton's curator insight,
May 28, 2:28 PM
This is a free download of a book to help students learn Digital Citizenship skills.
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Here's RebelMouse page dedicated to 21CIF. I've been experimenting with another aggregation system that assembles my finds regarding information fluency. Powered by RebelMouse
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The Internet provides us with an abundant amount of educational information, entertainment, and can connect us with people throughout the entire world. As wonderful as the Internet can be, it can also be a dangerous place for children and teens. When using the Internet, one must be careful about sharing any form of personal information because unfortunately the Internet can be a platform for cyber criminals to target kids, teens, and young adults. The most common types of criminals found on the web include (online predators), identity thieves, cyberbullies, and hackers. In order to protect your children and loved to the fullest extent one must take all the necessary precautions when using a computer.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Solid advice from writer Emma Kavanagh on Internet safety. Article includes an extensive list of references!!
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Fighting plagiarism is serious business. From brainchild-snatching to wholly quotables, plagiarists have plenty of wily ways to pass others' work off as their own -- and all of them are threats to original thinking. Melissa Huseman D’Annunzio imagines what would happen if a Department of Plagiarism Investigation were on the case.
Clare Treloar's curator insight,
June 14, 6:17 PM
A good video and thought provoking questions are the basis of a great lesson for students.
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Steve Rosenbaum:
Google Glass is hardly the question. Sure, it's a device. But the truth lurking behind Google Glass isn't a debate about whether it will succeed or fail. Google has had tough luck so far with hardware, as both Google TV and Google Nexus 1 were big bets that didn't quite meet up to the promise. But Google Glass is different. Because, if you look at the challenges and problems we face in our daily lives today, it's abundantly clear that we're moving rapidly toward A World Made of Glass, and the devices will hardly matter.
Via Howard Rheingold
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This article is written by Steve Rosenbaum
CEO, Magnify.net; author, 'Curation Nation'; NYC entrepreneur at large
Howard Rheingold's curator insight,
May 31, 2:10 PM
Google Glass and other augmented reality/wearable computing devices as infotention tools. The author, who wrote a book on curation, also notes the potential social collisions and trade-offs that will come with this emerging technology.
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We currently offer three Citation Styles: APA, CSE, formerly known as CBE, and MLA. All feature specific templates for citing online Journals, Web pages with and without authors, electronic Books and Databases. If you experience problems with any of the Wizards, please let us know.
CSE Citation Wizards(Flash only)
NEW Chicago Style Citation Wizards (includes formatting for notes and bibliography)
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This self-guided course is designed for students in middle school through college and profession development for teachers and librarians. The three-hour experience includes pre- and post- performance assessments and interactive tutorial challenges.
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We've been working on our self-paced tutorial / assessments for information fluency for five years. Interested in a Challenging Exeperience?
Give it a try: Free access to the FULL course.
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Say it ain't so, Rudyard. According to a recently discovered letter penned by the author himself, literary legend Kipling plagiarized portions of his iconic short story collection, "The Jungle Book." Yes, the "Jungle Book" that you grew up on. "In fact, it is extremely possible that I have helped myself promiscuously but at present cannot remember from whose stories I have stolen," writes Kipling in the letter, dated 1895
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trendspotter's curator insight,
Today, 7:23 AM
Other, maybe even better alternative is this service:
Robin Good's comment,
Today, 9:29 AM
No way. Mention is a great tool, and even better in some aspects, but it stops at 500 mentions of whatever you put it to search unless you pony up 19.99$/month.
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Currently, this first draft version of the Web Literacy standard comprises the competency-level grid and descriptors. Further iterations will include more granular levels of detail at the 'skill' level as well as at the meta-level 'literacies' level.
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Mozilla is working on something close to our heart: learning objectives and dispositions for web literacy.
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A Guide to Citing Images, a new infographic from our friends at NoodleTools, offers a MLA-aligned flow chart to guide researchers through a variety of image citation situations. But it is not just about image documentation.
It asks learners to ask themselves a few important questions before using and documenting images that were born digital.
NoodleTools labels an image born digital if: it was created in digital form, or if you do not know where the image itself is physically stored.
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What is content curation about? Diagram, charts and infographics to make sense of the curation conundrum
Via Robin Good
Steve Schildwachter's curator insight,
June 9, 8:44 PM
Even -- no, ESPECIALLY -- if terms like "content curation" really annoy or confuse you, then take a look at this resource.
Krysta Hammond's curator insight,
June 18, 11:46 AM
Excellent visuals - great for the classroom for our visual learners. Makes this process a lot easier to explain and facilitate.
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Think-know Tools dives into both the theoretical-historical background of intellect augmentation and the practical skills of personal knowledge management. Now that we have access to powerful mind-amplifying devices and self-evolving collective intelligence networks, we can benefit ourselves and improve the commons by learning how knowledge technologies work and how to work them:
- Modules on Roots & Visions of Augmentation and The Extended Mind establish a conceptual-theoretical-empirical basis for understanding and discussing both the origin and future of tools specifically devised to magnify thinking capabilities and group problem-solving capacity.
- Modules on Social Bookmarking, Concept Mapping, and Personal Knowledge Management introduce practical tools and practices for finding, storing, refining, sharing, exploring knowledge.
- Learning activities include group bookmarking as focused collective intelligence, concept map-making for understanding systems, construction of knowledge-plexes with Personal Brain.
Via Howard Rheingold
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Taking an online course from Howard will be a memorable experience:
Think-Know Tools
A six week course using asynchronous forums, blogs, wikis, mindmaps, social bookmarks, concept maps, Personal Brain, and synchronous audio, video, chat, and Twitter
Cost for individuals is 300 dollars US or 500 dollars if employer reimburses -- via Paypal. Class cohort limited to 30 learners. If you are interested in signing up, contact howard@rheingold.com
Howard Rheingold's curator insight,
May 28, 6:21 PM
I'm following up my infotention instruction that I presented in Introduction to Mind Amplifiers with a more advanced examination of both the ideas and the practices around intellectual augmentation and the extended mind -- concept mapping, social bookmarking, personal knowledge management with tools like Personal Brain. June 19 - July 16. Limited to 30 co-learners. The class is half-filled and registration closes June 12.
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The 6 Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, as demonstrated through various episodes of Seinfeld.
Via William Barry, Ph.D., Lars-Göran Hedström
Rick Moscatello's comment,
May 27, 6:34 PM
Awesome; Bloom's Taxonomy, after 50 years of no physical evidence, is appropriately placed in reference to a sitcom.
Vicki Butler's curator insight,
May 28, 2:06 PM
Enjoy!!! This made me giggle! What would Bloom think! I'd bet smiles all around.
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