It’s a shame more people are not aware of the wide array of free online libraries. Databases, books, videos, audio recordings and e-books are available, just waiting to be viewed and used.
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This month’s help desk author, Dr Jill Abell, talks about the practicalities and benefits of setting up a digital school library. Delete the scoop?
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If you are a watcher of ABC's Gruen Planet you'll be familiar with the segment called 'The Brief' where advertising agencies are asked to prepare a pitch to sell an unsellable topic. Last week they featured a campaign to convince us to abandon our e-book readers and only read books made of paper.
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Jenn Alevy's comment,
October 8, 2012 4:43 AM
I love the Gruen Transfer and Gruen Planet, wish they had it on US television. Have to have friends from Australia send me the DVDs when they come out. They are brilliant.
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I’ll admit it: I’m not a big Pinterest user. Until very recently I thought the social networking site was a bit twee—too much about cute clothes and crafts, not enough about ideas. Delete the scoop?
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Already equipped with inquiry-based skills, librarians are helping teachers acquire the instructional methods they need to adopt. Delete the scoop?
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Standard procedures to become part of my repetoire! Delete the scoop?
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What is Information? Teaching Information Skills to High School Students. So much to say...only one blog post. For now. For the past month, I have been settling into a new role as an information specialist at a local high school ... Via Joyce Valenza Delete the scoop?
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If you have sat through one too many bad PowerPoint presentations or seen too many posters thrown together at the last minute, it’s time to change how your students put together their presentations. With these 10 presentation tools for students, you will significantly reduce the amount of boring presentations you have to sit through. These tools will encourage your students to be creative and think critically when they plan their next presentations. Via Karen Bonanno Delete the scoop?
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This is another interesting, highly subjective annotated list. One day I'll get around to preparing my own lists but in the interim there's a couple of titles here that I'll pursue. Flavorwire: Cultural news and critique from Flavorpill... Delete the scoop?
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Clare Treloar's insight:
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I created this video as a tool to show how I would introduce and incorporate social media into my future classroom. This is a guideline for a junior high cla... Delete the scoop?
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"As educators we are faced with the challenge of teaching students to efficiently use the Internet to find and use information. Via Dorai Thodla, Tim Scholze, Cristina Reyes Delete the scoop?
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National Library of NZ showcases the library and its services at Ormiston Senior College in Auckland New Zealand. Rose Nisbit and Diana Patience as well as s... Via L2_S2S Delete the scoop?
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In the summer of 2010 I began a series of Posts on various elements of 21st Century Library Strategic Planning. I published posts on Mission, Vision, Values, Goals and Objectives, etc. As I have no... Delete the scoop?
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Some really interesting comments which draw literacies together and centre the library as both a knowledge access place and a creating knowledge space Prezi for Drew Whitworth's presentation at the EMTACL conference, Trondheim, 2nd October 2012 (RT @eksploratore: RT @eksploratore: RT @fredgarnett: Prezi by @DrewWhitworth1 on relationship btwn #info & #Digital literacy. Via Joyce Valenza Delete the scoop?
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An article from a master ... School librarians can use curation as a tool to position themselves as information and communication authorities and information professionals. Delete the scoop?
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A different list in a blog I will explore more