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Now that I’ve been reading books on the iPad/iPhone for about two years, I’m taking stock of some evolving patterns in my reading preferences. A few trends I’ve noticed about mys...
Beeclip EDU is a fun and easy-to-use scrapbooking app that promotes student creativity, self-expression, and imagination.
Via Donna Browne
Do you think social media works for libraries? How would you use it?
Online gaming plays a major part in most of young people's lives.
Via Heath Sawyer
Intellectual freedom is the right to freedom of thought and of expression of thought. As define...
"... it is in this publicly visible, collaborative, online network and infrastructure that the Library should begin to see itself."
A look at a new ebook platform being offered to libraries in the near future.
"Unglue.it, the crowdfunding platform designed to encourage authors and publishers to make their ebooks available under a Creative Commonslicense, was officially launched on May 17..."
In today's internet cnetric world lessons on how to use it safe and responsibly are essential.
If you’re an educator at a university, college, or K-12 school, now you have an easy way to design and distribute complete courses featuring audio, video, books, and other content. And students and lifelong learners can experience your courses for free through a powerful new app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
Via Buffy J. Hamilton
"...library technologist Jessamyn West, has called on her peers in the profession to take action, for starters, by becoming informed."
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Back in 2010, we shared with you 100 awesome search engines and research resources in our post: 100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars. It’s been an incredible resource, but now, it’s time for an update. Some services have moved on, others have been created, and we’ve found some new discoveries, too. Many of our original 100 are still going strong, but we’ve updated where necessary and added some of our new favorites, too. Check out our new, up-to-date collection to discover the very best search engine for finding the academic results you’re looking for.
Via Donna Browne
But one of their most unusual initiatives, the Online Leadership Program, teaches teens to build online video games and virtual worlds that deal with domestic and global issues – everything from poverty to disaster relief – and ...
Via Matthew Michael, Susan Bainbridge
What does a school librarian do? It's lots more than just books!
Interpersonal learning , personalized learning, second life learning , 3d learning, collaborative learning and virtual learning , these are just some of the few buzz words you would be hearing so often in today’s educational literature.
Via Susan Bainbridge
Continuing from last week's post about “The Gamification of Education”, this week we bring you a guest post from Justin Marquis, who examines the why's and...
Via Susan Bainbridge
The Unquiet Librarian's thoughts on ALA's response to the FCC's digital task force.
A tool for a community (or classroom) to create a collaborative story.
BYOD = Bring Your Own Device
Highlights librarians who are finding new ways to use digital technology in the classroom.
Quote: "On Digital Learning Day, we are asking everyone, no matter your comfort with technology–teachers, librarians, school leaders, afterschool programs, community groups, parents–to sign up and be counted in this effort by doing the following:"
"If you would like to participate in this awareness campaign, Flickr is letting members darken their photos — or the photos of others — for a 24-hour period to deprive the web of the rich content that makes it thrive. Your symbolic act will help draw attention to this issue and let others know about the potential harmful impacts of these bills..."
Via Buffy J. Hamilton
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