Howard Rheingold isn’t too concerned about whether Google is making us stupid or if Facebook is making us lonely. Those kind of criticisms, Rheingold says, miscalculate the ability humans have to change their behavior, particularly when it comes to how we use social media and the Internet more broadly. Via Nik Peachey 
RT @NaNoWriMoYWP: New on the @sljournal "Connect the Pop" blog: #ScriptFrenzy, multimedia, and transliteracy. http://t.co/Q41uOqDq (Thanks, @Peter_Gutierrez! Via Sue Thomas 
This is a great site to help you with prepositions and sentence structure. Just type in the beginning of the sentence and it will offer you options for the next word in the sentence. Via Nik Peachey 
I always believe that the best sites and web tools are the simplest, and this is certainly the case with Phonetizer. It's a really easy to use tool that takes and text and adds the phonetic spelling below it. Via Nik Peachey 
In honor of School Library Month, check out the ways libraries are going to blossom in the coming years: * More technology * More social media savvy * Digital media labs * Electronic outposts * Crowdsourcing * More active librarians Via Doug Mirams 
http://dysartjones.com/2012/04/meet-lili-library-live-on-tour/
Revising a story from April 13th, a new video has been added showing the car's first debut.
"This is LiLi – Library Live and On Tour! A “mobile initiative’ LiLi is a 2012 Nissan Cube, designed to deliver the library to people by “shattering stereotypes and misconceptions about library services. LiLi is an adult literacy initiative “targeting folks aged 19+”, first by getting their attention, then prompting conversations, making friends and then offering services. LiLi, “the coolest little library car you’ll ever see” features: *undercarriage glow (oh yeah!!) *the back opens to reveal a mounted 40″ plasma digital display screen (used for online scavenger hunts & demos) *external sound system, with wireless mic *built-in bookshelf with giveaway books *2 laptop computers with 3G connectivity *2 Kobos & a Sony eReader *an iPad2 & a Blackberry Playbook *an Xbox Kinec *and, of course, the car horn that plays OOOGA!" "Congrats to Smitty, to Fraser Valley Regional Library [British Columbia], and to all those who have created LiLi. I hope she’s coming to a neighbourhood near you soon!" -Rebecca Jones Via Doug Mirams 
Think of adding Pinterest to your library's social media channels? Take a look at this resource from Ellyssa Kroski at iLibrarian Via Doug Mirams 
"In 2010-11, we used our Kindle eReaders for recreational reading; for the 2011-12, the library is looking to support classroom novel studies by purchasing sets of Nook Simple Touches to support literature circle..." 
The RSC South West has developed a new interactive Information Literacy tool, created by Matt Ewens and David Bevington. Our aim is to pool together information literacy resources from around the world in one place. Via Judy O'Connell, Donna Watt 
Welcome to my blogThis is an interactive series of lessons utilising educational technology resources in the cla... 
Full Day School Ltd at Port Louis is launching a free literacy course for women, starting end of August. Reshma Ramchurn, head of Full Day School, shared her thoughts with ... 
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The Guardian (blog)20 ways of thinking about digital literacy in higher educationThe Guardian (blog)Digital literacy as an important part of transliteracy: Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools... Via Joyce Valenza 
This is a great way to improve your essay and assignment writing. This tool will check your grammar, show you any areas where you may have plagiarised content and make suggestions for improving your writing style. Via Nik Peachey 
This is a great tool for developing storyboards based around scripts. Great for helping to visualise a text / script. Via Nik Peachey 
Great idea for business-library partnership, library card as local business discount card: "Its new program, called “Use Your Roselle Library Card, All Around Town!” will offer card holders free items, services or discounts at participating businesses when they present a library card during September." --Daily Herald Via Doug Mirams
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I just read an article at Edudemic entitiled "20 Must-Have Educational Resources For All Teachers". In this article, the author writes about the devices and web-resources that he feels are must have's for education. 
Despite the growing use of multimedia in classrooms, schools remain primarily text oriented. This is a major problem for significant numbers of learners who struggle with text. No matter how capable they may be in other respects, these students are not “academically” oriented in the ways that tend to matter most in the classroom. Via Nik Peachey 
There are some college libraries that are really doing creative things in social media. Via Judy O'Connell, Donna Watt 
"Since I last posted on Social Networks a year ago, a number of new ones have been introduced that can be a huge benefit to education. With that being said, I decided to list my favorite networks for education that targets technology literacy." Via Judy O'Connell, Donna Watt @OERCommons Check out our suggestions for the top 20 free online educational resources at http://t.co/BNX13Tk... More ideas on Premier Literacy's Talking Word Processor and PDF Equalizer. Check out the Summarization feature in PDF Equalizer! 
Open Educational Resources (OER) are free for use in non-profit educational context. They fall into one of three categories: 1) Content-based OER: subject-specific learning objects, lessons, activities, digital books and ... |
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