Teacher Librarian Links 09/01/2011

• Learn how to draw Mind Maps - MindMapping Training MindTools.com

  Tags: libraries, informationliteracy, infoskills sites, mindmaps

• All Schools Project - Home

  quite similar to the ideas of the british entrepreneur who made OpenIdeo, but this section of the Values Exchange is designed for schools - to be an opportunity for students to discuss and refine and exchange their ethics and values in discussion on line based on chosen case studies

  Tags: schools, values, ethics, cool tools

• QUT | Library | Pilot | Online Information Literacy Tutorial

  Queensland University of Technology "This online information literacy tutorial provides undergraduates with the skills and tools to find and manage information effectively. Choose one module to suit your needs or complete all six. Pass the test for your Pilot licence."

  Tags: libraries, informationliteracy, infoskills sites, salford, scope, identify, plan

• Gimme Bar | Home

  New curation and bookmarking tool - drag and drop images, text, video, web page into your collection and then share and publish online. Delivers content in a highly visual format.  Join up during testing phase!

  Tags: gimmebar, bookmarking

• InfoSkills - Information Literacy and Academic Integrity Tutorial

  University of Newcastle Library - Australia

  Tags: libraries, informationliteracy, infoskills sites, salford, scope, identify, plan

• 7 Must-Read Books on Education | Brain Pickings

  Tags: professional development, education, teaching

• OpenIDEO - Home

  From the Brisbane festival - idea of a British Entrepreneur, a fantastic forum for information exchange - follow through the refinement of a problem - information process based- then using crowd sourcing, try to suggest a way forward.  Cases posted regularly

  Tags: social, innovation, crowdsourcing, openideo, cool tools

• Escape your search engine Filter Bubble!

  Tags: duckduckgo, searchengines, RED, etl501

• New: “Google Related” Toolbar Shows Google Content As You Surf

  Tags: google

• Education Week: E-Learning for Special Populations

  Tags: E-Learning, special populations, ell, special education online, at risk online

• University of Texas Plagiarism

  Citation game chalenging students to decide whether the incident is plagiarism.

  Tags: plagiarism, citation

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/31/2011

• Skills4Study.com - palgrave macmillan

  "This free resource is full of practical advice to help you study more effectively at university."

  Tags: libraries, informationliteracy, salford, infoskills sites, studyskills, resources

• QR Codes Part 3 – 9 Real Life QR Code Examples

  Tags: qr codes, examples, marketing, advertising

• Facebook for Kansas Libraries

  Using Facebook as a marketing tool for libraries.

  Tags: facebook, marketing, libraries

• Flow of information - UCLA library - How-to Guides

  A look at linear time and information: from the occurrence of an event, era, social movement or discovery, ...to the documentation of evidence relating to this event, era, social movement, etc.to how the evidence is disseminatedand how researchers (and term paper writers) can find this documentation

  Tags: libraries, informationliteracy, salford, UCLA, infoskills sites, flow

• QR Codes in an Academic Setting

  Tags: qr codes, university, libraries

• It’s official: Google wants to own your online identity — Tech News and Analysis

  The Google+ strategy is for Google to become an "identity service". Important ramifications to privacy and dissent. Include this in lessons on privacy and digital footprint.

  Tags: identity, privacy, identity service, real name, google, digital footprint

• The Flipped Classroom Infographic #flippedclassroom #blendedlearning #edtech

  I'm going to apply this next term with one of my Year 11 classes.  I've generated videos using iShowU app (only for Mac, I think it was around $10) from app store.

  Tags: infographic, flipped classroom, blendedlearning, technology

• Information-Fluency-Newsletter

  The most recent issue of the 21cif Information Fluency newsletter.
  
  Feel free to join! Low volume news letter dedicated to searching, evaluating and ethical use of digital information.
  
  Includes an invitation for free access to our new 3 hour self paced training course and online assessment: Information Fluency Investigator 3.1.

  Tags: information fluency, information literacy, information fluency assessment

• eclection - Program Planning

  Tags: library program

• Virtual School Meanderings By Michael Barbour K-12 Certificate Series: University of Wisconsin-Stout «

  Tags: Wisconsin-Stout, graduate certificate series, e-learning graduate certificate, e-learning and online teaching, K-12 online teaching

• A day in the digital life [infographic] - Holy Kaw!

  Tags: digital citizenship, infographic

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/30/2011

• If Facebook Were A Country, It Would Be The 3rd Most Populated | Tech Xav

  Tags: facebook, country, statistics, population

• iPad Programme Portal - Redlands College

  Tags: portal, ipads, redlandscollege

• Talkwheel

  The claim:
  
  Talkwheel creates a visual roundtable collaboration platform to allow groups in enterprises, e-learning and social networks to interact more effectively than anywhere else online.

  Tags: collaboration

• Lyn Hay on building an iCentre

  Sign up for the second webinar - 31 August 8.00pm-9.00pm
  The link to the first webinar presentation is provided.

  Tags: professional development, iCentre, building

• How Businesses Use Social Media for Recruiting [INFOGRAPHIC]

  Tags: recruiting, INFOGRAPHIC, socialmedia

• Booktrack Introduces E-Books With Soundtracks - NYTimes.com

  Tags: NYTimes.com, ebooks, soundtracks, reading

• Connect with other schools that use iPads

  Tags: iPads

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/29/2011

• Learning Games For Kids

  Free educational games and songs games for kids

  Tags: interactive, elementary, resources

• Content Creation vs. Content Curation - YouTube

  YouTube clip pitched to real estate agents. Hang on! They're only referred to a few times! The material is highly relevant to TLs.
  
  Both content creation and content curation can help you position yourself as a trusted resource online. But before acting on either, consider formulating a content strategy. This way, whether you are creating or curating you can be sure that the content you share is valuable and useful to your intended audience. So what's the difference [...]

  Tags: content, creation, curation

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/28/2011

• Text a Librarian: Text Messaging Reference Software | SMS Mobile Reference Technology | SMS Text Messaging in Libraries | Mobile Software for Public | Academic | Medical | Corporate | Law and Special Libraries | Mobile Lib | Mosio | Answers

  Tags: Reference, libraries, sms, mobile, text, mosio, mobile_technologies

• Jane McGonigal to Find the Future at the New York Public Library | Fast Company

  "Libraries aren't just about collecting knowledge from the past, they're also a place to inspire big ideas and world-changing dreams for the future."

  Tags: NYPL, games, mobile_technologies, app, cool tools

• There's a librarian in my pocket: mobile information literacy at UTS Library by Sophie McDonald on Prezi

  Tags: mlib11, UTS_Library, mobile_technologies, cool tools

• greatglobalreadsforkids - home

  Tags: books, reading

• Find the Future at NYPL: The Game for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G on the iTunes App Store

  Tags: iPhone, iPad, iTunes, NYPL, game, app, mobile_technologies, future

• Google Plus vs. Facebook… What’s the Difference? | Social Media Today

  Tags: google, plus, facebook, difference, social media

• Library Grits: E-Books - the decision has been made

  Tags: overdrive, ebooks, wheelers

• Animated Sheet Music: "So What" by Miles Davis - YouTube

  Animated Sheet Music :)

  Tags: music, youtube

• Assessment in the Digital Age: Fair Measures?

  This presentation was delivered by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of learning technology at the University of Plymouth, during his keynote address at the eAssessment Scotland Conference.  Well worth a watch!

  Tags: assessment, digital, eAssessment, e-learning

• Digital Birth: Welcome to the Online World| The Committed Sardine

  Tags: IanJukes, 21stCenturyFluencyProject, baby, mobile_phone, digital_birth

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Digital Citizenship 08/27/2011

• The Importance of Digital Citizenship in Social Media | Edutopia

  Blogger Andrew Marcinek reflects on social and digital media integration into the lives of teachers and students.

  Tags: digital access, digital communication, digital responsibilities, cybersafety, netiquette, best practices, professional development, edutopia, socialmedia

• Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup | Edutopia

  Check out Edutopia's collection of articles, videos, and resources on cyberbullying, netiquette, and internet safety.

  Tags: digital access, digital communication, digital responsibilities, cybersafety, netiquette, best practices, professional development, edutopia, resource, roundup, cyberbullying

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/27/2011

• Screencast-O-Matic - Free online screen recorder for instant screen capture video sharing.

  Tags: tutorials, web 2.0

• Information Literacy - Home

  Tags: information_literacy, literacy, informationliteracy, library, tutorial, information literacy, Information fluency

• Purdue University Libraries - CORE - Tutorial on learning to research

  "Developed by a team of librarians and others at Purdue University to guide you through the process of developing an effective information strategy." Attractively designed tutorial covering all areas of information searching. http://goo.gl/4vG7C

  Tags: libraries, infoskills sites, informationliteracy, plan, salford, purdue

• University System of Georgia Library - The Flow of Information

  Shows how information appears in different types of sources over time. Includes the flow for 1953: Crick & Watson - Determine the Structure of DNA

  Tags: libraries, infoskills sites, informationliteracy, flow

• University System of Georgia - A Primer on Databases and Catalogs

  Includes guidance on Boolean, Proximity Operators, Truncation / Wildcards, Subject Headings, Keywords, Thesauruses and Indexes.

  Tags: libraries, infoskills sites, informationliteracy, plan, boolean, databases

• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/evalhigh.pdf

  Tags: website evaluation

• University System of Georgia - Starting Your Search

  A ten-step strategy for learning how to research 

  Tags: libraries, infoskills sites, informationliteracy, identify, scope, plan

• 13 breathtaking buildings of books - Holy Kaw!

  Tags: library design

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/26/2011

• What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More

  Tags: tools, web, ip

• Behold | Search High Quality Flickr Images

  Tags: CreativeCommons, photos, flickr, cc

• University of California Libraries - Begin Research - Tutorial

  Tutorial covers: identifying the information need, scope of resources and planning a search strategy with quizzes

  Tags: infoskills sites, libraries, informationliteracy, salford, identify, scope, plan, uoc

• Creative Commons images and you: a quick guide for image users

  Tags: creativecommons, copyright, creative commons, creative_commons, images, fair use

• Booktrack: Soundtracks for Books

  Tags: reading, digital storytelling, ebooks

• Umbrella 2011: B is for Building relationships with students | CPD, by George

  "partnership with the Student Union (SU) at Nottingham Trent University"

  Tags: libraries, students, cpd

• Basic Searching Tutorial - Leeds University

  Tags: libraries, salford, informationliteracy, leeds, identify, plan, infoskills sites

• University of Ulster Library - Information Skills - Finding the information you need tutorial

  Tags: infoskills sites, libraries, informationliteracy, salford, identify, scope, plan, uou

• University of California Libraries - Basic Search - Tutorial

  Boolean and truncation animations with quizzes

  Tags: infoskills sites, libraries, informationliteracy, salford, plan, uoc

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Digital Citizenship 08/25/2011

• http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/2011/08/conversation-starter-for-digital.html

  A useful video for children.

  Tags: digital citizenship, onlinesafety

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/25/2011

• http://www.yalit.com/

  Tags: new releases, books

• WordSift - Visualize Text

  Tags: research, library, web2.0, tools, wordsift, research 2.0

• Skills@Library : Finding & evaluating information

  Info Skills at Leeds University

  Tags: libraries, salford, informationliteracy, identify, plan, scope, leeds, evaluation

• Any New Books? A free new book notification service.

  Tags: new releases, books

• Visual.ly | Infographics & Visualizations. Create, Share, Explore

  Site contains it's own search engine for web based infographics, is a silo of data from govt agencies, non-profits and other research and data-focused entities and allows users to create their own infographics.

  Tags: infographic, visual, create, infographics, visualization

• High Quality Royalty-Free Stock Photography From $1 - Stock Photo | PhotoDune

  Tags: Royalty-Free, stock, photography, photos

• Unshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes

  Tags: cartoon, books, humour

• NYR reading themed crafts

  Looking for craft ideas on the theme of reading for Year of Reading? Find some here and add your own to this collaborative document.

  Tags: reading, craft, libraries, poetry, art

• http://www.smithsystem.com/presentations/Grilling-Sacred-Cows-Peg-Sullivan.pdf

  Tags: library design

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/24/2011

• The Dewey Decimal Rap - YouTube

  Tags: dewey

• What Messages Do We Give Students with Our Classroom Library Design?

  Tags: library design

• The Elusive Big Idea - NYTimes.com

  Another aspect of the problem.

  Tags: InfoLit, information_literacy

• Which social network should I use as a librarian?

  Tags: libraries, education, socialnetworking, informationliteracy, facebook, twitter

• Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise – USATODAY.com

  Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise
  By Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed Updated 7h 29m ago
  

  Tags: USATODAY.com, college, librarians, futurelibraries

• Librarians are go: Running a "Human Library" event

  Tags: human library, living book

• Ypulse Essentials: ‘Monsters University,’ 3D Textbooks, Facebook & Twitter Reach Record Visitors | Ypulse

  Tags: social networking

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/23/2011

• QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator from classtools.net

  Tags: edtech, treasure_hunt, web2.0, qrcodes

• Rogue websites | School pupils warned against cut-and-paste

  Tags: website evaluation

• News: What Students Don't Know - Inside Higher Ed

  Tags: librarians, information literacy, research 2.0, databases

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/22/2011

• Contractions

  Tags: vocabulary, Contractions

• Cybersmart — Teens — Tagged

  Video and Resources coming Sept 2011.

  Tags: digital citizenship, tagged, teens

• 5 Self-Promotion Tips That Aren’t Sleazy

  Although pitched to web designers these tips can apply to anyone trying to promote themselves and what they do - including, of course, teacher librarians.

  Tags: promotion

• SLAV Wee Project

  Web Elements Engaged is a joint project of the School Library Association of Victoria and ITmadeSimple.‘Students of today should be creators of ideas, not consumers of information’.Based on this premise, the project, Web Elements Engaged has challenged ten school teams, consisting of a teacher-librarian, a teacher and 15 – 20 students, from Year 3 to Year 10 across Victoria.

  Tags: SLAV, Web 2.0

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/21/2011

• Deepbok

  Para elaborar letras con glitter.

  Tags: Letras, glitters

• Caught Cheating: New Ways Kids Are Breaking the Rules

  When is it cheating? When is it collaboration? This thoughtful article from Common Sense Media provides fine advice for parents (or teachers) on how to talk to kids about digital media and ethics.  

  Tags: cheating, digitalcitizenship, ethics, social-media, facebook, information literacy

• eduTecher: Mobile Apps

  Tags: eduTecher, mobile_phones, apps, education

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/20/2011

• Real-Time News Curation | Scoop.it

  "Understanding the emerging real-time news curation universe"

  Tags: curation, news, curator, tools, resources

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/19/2011

• Best Online Collaboration Tools 2011 Updated weekly - MindMeister Mind Map

  Robin Good - Communication Designer and New Media Explorer - has compiled this great summary of the top collaboration tools for 2011 that he updates ... weekly!
  

  Tags: collaboration, tools, web2.0, resources, socialmedia, software

• Social Networking for Information Professionals | Scoop.it

  Social networking and participatory library services - Judy O'Connell's great selection of social networking tools curated from blogs, tweets, videos etc etc. Wow!

  Tags: curation, librarians, socialnetworking, information

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/18/2011

• Information is Beautiful on the books everyone must read | Books | guardian.co.uk

  Tags: books

• Stop turning a blind eye! Media literacy in action. |

  Tags: copyright, google, images

• Join the Reading group revolution | Books | guardian.co.uk

  Tags: bookclub

• Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways Students Can Visually Explore the News

  Tags: news, newspaper

• I Read. You Read. We Read. - ateacherswonderings's posterous

  Tags: reading, library program

• Free Download: Plagiarism Checklist | Educated and Fabulous

  Tags: plagiarism

• Training Month: Download Discovery raffle prizes

  Tags: overdrive

• What are the deeper implications of the shift to ebooks – for us « Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, Kindle vs Nook

  Tags: digital reading, ebooks

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Digital Citizenship 08/17/2011

• Internet Safety » Kiwi Commons : Leaders in Youth Internet Safety Resources

  Tags: internetsafety, cybersafety, safety, resource, education, Media, resources

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/17/2011

• 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers | TeachHUB

  Tags: research 2.0, information literacy

• Wolfram Alpha adds powerful, interactive search results - TNW Apps

  Tags: 21cif, Information fluency

• BGS Library 2010 Snapshot

  Tags: reporting

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/16/2011

• Track your Fiction Book Series - FictFact

  This is a great site to help you keep up with books in a series and find out what book is next!

  Tags: books, reading, track, reference, fictfact, series

• Sexting, the conversation we need to have. | Lucacept – intercepting the Web

  Tags: sexting, cybersafety, digital citizenship

• ozbookweek2011 - Focus on Children

  Tags: children, teacher, libraran

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/15/2011

• Learn It In 5 - Home

  Video site dedicated to short instructional tutorials for the technology classroom.  

  Tags: tutorials, Web2.0, technology, howto

• Library Mobile Apps - University of Arkansas Libraries

  Tags: mobile_app, mobile_technologies, university

• Analogies

  Tags: analogies

• No Projector? Use QR Code & SlideShare to Share a Presentation on Smartphones - SocialTimes.com

  Tags: qr code, presentation, slideshare

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/14/2011

• Purple Planet Royalty Free Music

  Awesome site that lets you download part or all of a song. Songs are categorized by theme (mystery, calm, tense, dramatic, international, etc.).

  Tags: royalty_free, music, audio, mp3, resources, creative_commons

• How to Move Your Facebook Photos to Picasa & Google Plus

  Tags: how to, facebook, photos, picasa, google, plus

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/13/2011

• WebJunction - Conference - Trends in Library Training and Learning 2011

  Tags: professional learning, web 2.0

• Schools, beware the e-book bandwagon - KansasCity.com

  Tags: print v ebook, digital reading

• Lyn Hay's IASL2011 Closing Keynote

  Tags: library program

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/12/2011

• WebJunction - Conference - Trends in Library Training and Learning 2011

  Tags: professional learning

• Twitter for librarians, Twitter Search engines

  A resource guide for librarians about Twitter

  Tags: Twitter, librarians, professional development

• The Flip | Wright'sRoom

  An interesting post by Shelly Wright about 'flipping' the classroom, reversing instruction using video to reach students at home, then focusing on the inquiry learning once they are in the classroom....

  Tags: flip, education, Video

• Phil Bradley's weblog: 60+ Fake and spoof websites

  Tags: fake_websites, spoof, hoax_websites, information_literacy, website_evaluation

• Diving into Digital Fiction: first dip

  Tags: digital storytelling, ebooks

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/10/2011

• The Plagiarism Checker

  Tags: plagiarism

• Paper Rater: Free Online Grammar Checker, Proofreader, and More

  Tags: plagiarism

• Advanced Plagiarism Checker | Free Article Checker Online

  Tags: plagiarism

• On keeping up with search « NeverEndingSearch

  Tags: search, valenza

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/09/2011

• Best content in teacher-librarians | Diigo - Groups

  Tags: information literacy, Information fluency, cool tools, open source, professional development

• Smartphones 'to overtake desktops for internet'

  Tags: smartphones, desktops, internet, mobile trends

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Teacher Librarian Links 08/08/2011

• Smartphone danger

  Tags: cybersafety

• An Open Letter to Teens re: Social Media | Social Media Today

  Tags: digital citizenship

• Find an Answer - Australian Copyright Council

  Tags: copyright

• Back to School

  Great word list and free online games for the first week of school

  Tags: school

• Librarians are go: Librarians as event managers

  Tags: library program, school library

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