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There are now over 900 "Best of" sites categorized and regularly updated by Larry Ferlazzo and they are all here. 
Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011. This, the 5th Annual Survey of Learning Tools, was finalised on 13 November 2011. This year’s list was compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of 531 learning professionals worldwide – from education, training and workplace learning. 
Interesting infographic to read and share. 
It disturbs me that we are not seriously thinking about the future of school libraries. This statement will receive incensed objections; teacher librarians are, after all, talking about changes in ... Via Tania Sheko 
Google has taken a complete "package" approach: sources, activities, Common Core
Differentiated - and useful - thank you Google! Keith Curry Lance slideshare presentation 'How Administrators & Teachers Benefit from Strong School Library Programs' based on results from recent school library impact studies conducted in Indiana, Idaho and Pennsylvania. (10 April 2012) Via lyn_hay 
"In a response to a well written and thoughtful post that I recently read by @jmcconville1000, "Why the iPad is bad for education", I felt compelled to respond from my personal experience of rolling out a cart of 30 iPads in a shared high school environment. Fundamentally I believe that an iPad can neither be good or bad. All it can ever be is an iPad. I argue instead, that when used effectively and with specific goals in mind, iPads can have a positive impact on education." A tour of some of the great iOS apps available out there for educators. 
Animated stories that help improve reading & language learning skills of children, subconsciously through a scientifically tested concept. |
Google looks as though it's returning to its roots of search with the introduction of the Knowledge Graph. 
The Research tool makes it easy to add information from the web to your documents. To access the tool: 
An effective school library impacts more than student achievement—it also lifts a school's entire educational climate, says a recent two-phase study by Rutgers University's Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) on behalf of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL). Via lyn_hay Diigo is a powerful information capturing, storing, recalling and sharing tool. Here are just a few of the possibilities with Diigo: Save important websites and access them on any computer. Categorize websites by titles, notes, keyword tags, lists and groups. Search through bookmarks to quickly find desired information. Save a screenshot of a website and see how it has changed over time. Annotate websites with highlighting or virtual "sticky notes." View any annotations made by others on any website visited. Share websites with groups or the entire Diigo social network. Comment on the bookmarks of others or solicit comments to your shared bookmarks.
Via Karen Bonanno, Tania Sheko 
Somewhere between paper-and-pencil quizzes and Accelerated Reader, there is a place for this web-based book quizzing program for the classroom or small group. Like paper-and-pencil, it's free. Like AR, it's a fun computerized quiz. Like paper-and-pencil, you may choose which questions and how many go on the quiz. Like AR, the computer randomizes the questions and answers, and does the grading for you. Like paper-and-pencil, the teaching methodology is up to you. Like AR, there is a database of tens of thousands of quizzes available for you to use. An educational resource booklet on getting started using iPads in the classroom. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
The new issue of School Library Journal features a cover story called, “Next Year’s Model: Sarah Ludwig left the library, became a tech coordinator, and forged a path to the future.” Unless I have misinterpreted the article, author Linda Braun wonders if school librarians have to leave the library and take on a completely different job title to do the work of a modern school librarian. The thesis seems to be that school librarians taking on job titles other than school librarian, like “technology coordinator”, might be the future of the profession. While I’ve had my own misgivings about the future of the profession, I respectfully disagree with Linda Braun and would argue that such a path will only lead to the demise, not the flowering, of our profession’s future. 
I woke this morning to a grey sky, and many pieces of writing about teacher librarianship that my students have submitted as their first dip into a new profession. The grey sky seems to symbolise the mental consternation that is expressed by those entering the profession, and by those responding to the extraordinary changes and cutbacks discussed by Buffy Hamilton and others at her post Do I Really have to Leave the Role of School Librarian to Work as a School Librarian? If you are going to use the web for research, don't be duped by what you find out there. Learn five criteria for evaluation information on the web. |
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