Copied and shared from Buffy Hamilton, The Unquiet Librarian‘s original post over at her blog: “School Libraries: What Next?” Ebook Project 12JUL We are delighted to accept submissions for a collection of crowdsourced short essays on the future of school libraries from multiple perspectives, to bepublished in e-book format to coincide with Treasure Mountain and AASL in October 2011. We believe [...]
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Posted in Learning, Networking on Jul 6th, 2011
First impressions: I’ve been playing around in Google Plus for several days. I don’t know if someone invited me in (I never really saw an invite, but just noticed the day Google Plus was released my Google Toolbar changed.) I had the “different” toolbar for days before I even realized what it was and why [...]
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Posted in Learning, Library, research on Jul 3rd, 2011
Thank you Mark Moran for piquing my interest at the Sweet Search Booth in the Exhibit Hall at ISTE.
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Since the hour was pushed back, we have a new problem fourth block in the library. Cathedral ceilings that include glass panes provide a beautiful view of Carolina blue skies, but now that sunset is earlier, the bright afternoon sun shining through those high western windows wreaks havoc with the monitors on the eastern side [...]
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A long time ago when I first became a school library media specialist, I volunteered to create the school a web presence. At the time the district was hosting their school websites at the local university (University of South Carolina – Aiken.) My assignment was to create the files, take them on floppy disk to [...]
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This week will prove quite challenging for me. Wednesday through Friday we have our annual South Carolina Association of School Librarians Conference in Greenville, SC. There is much buzz about this conference, but I’m most excited that Doug Johnson is coming for a keynote and a few sessions! I must give kudos to our president-elect, [...]
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Posted in Learning on Jan 24th, 2009
I sat with a 7th grade teacher yesterday who has suddenly had the realization that her class web page can serve a purpose for more than who she is, what she teaches, and how to contact her. She has been utilizing the calendar feature posting assignments and quizzes since its inception back in late September. [...]
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I guess I should rephrase that question–is uploading/downloading “copyrighted” music through p2p file sharing legal? I’ve had this conversation with kids (even my own) frequently, and generally it winds up being an argument that is pointless. The kids tell me it is so easy, will never end, and can’t be stopped, and not only that [...]
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Wow we have so many choices or professional development this week, I feel like my head is SPINNING. David Loertscher David Loertscher will be in Second Life Tuesday at 8PM. Read about it here! Not comfy with Second Life? Me either, but I will be there as Bentley Noel, trying desperately to appear normal and [...]
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It’s just around the corner! The 3rd annual K12 Online Conference. I just saw this tonight from my reader. I hope to put a few fliers out at school. The preconference keynote is scheduled for October 13, and then over the next two weeks there will be 40 downloadable sessions, either in video or podcast [...]
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