September 2009
7 posts
Converting MELIC videos →
MELIC Blogspot →
Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for... →
June 2009
1 post
April 2009
3 posts
Thoughts
Despite doing all the “right” things - my position has been cut in half for next year. The financial climate could not accept an elementary librarian at the top step. It will be very difficult to give the teachers and students the library they deserve.
100 Web 20 tools →
February 2009
2 posts
Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners →
January 2009
1 post
November 2008
21 posts
Everything's Amazing (not for students, language) →
When we forget how amazing technology had changed our lives
Beyond Paper & Pencil: Bringing Literacy to Life...
This conference day was slightly outside my comfort zone - but it was an excellent experience. We first brainstormed the characteristics of a good literacy lesson. Julie Kabat and Susan Griss led us in literacy activities which included singing, poetry, expressive language, vocabulary development, choral reading and tableau. We participated in many different group activities to learn strategies...
last session
Ken Fujiuchi presented great program (also discovered my posts disappear if I pause too much before posting) I will look more at scriblio , wordpress .. Best part of attending nyla is interaction with all types of librarians & differing perspectives!
Saturday morning
It’s interesting as I try to catch up on reading and what others have said about the NYLA conference that there are very few blogs about it. One is from a library student who apparently drove 3 hours from NYC for just the day and had very odd experiences (including meeting the same bad/odd poetry guy in with vendors that I met - glad someone else agreed about the poetry) - wish she had had...
Google's cool new research & collaboration tools -...
Carol LaRow google certified teacher (used to teach at Nisky) ple= personal learning environment Well done overview.
Wiki
NY public librarian Matthew Sheehy discussed obstacles - funny, honest, well done. Some of same things that happened when I automated & I could have avoided had I heard his failures first! Paul Friedman discussed successful muswiki I am impressed with size & scope of NYlibrary. Information sharing committee to set up structure & get all to participate & get all onboard used...
Keeping up Keeping organized
what a turnout..out in the hall. Diane Campion, Organize This! Average executive wastes 6 weeks a year looking for stuff. Everything must have a home..or it’s clutter. Mike myers. “My brain is an airport without air traffic control.”. Facilator ran off more copies ..yea! If more tham one step / Make it a project - goal, outcome, timeline, needed resources.
“data become information when processed in a meaningful way -knowledge is...”
– Komi naeem
Multiple Intelligences Revisited
After vendors & lunch workshop at Marriott. Excellent Public librarian presenters - 8 intelligences summarized as nature, people, number, picture, self, body, music & word smart. Using info from Gardner As librarians we are interested in inforrmation & it’s relationship to these 9 (some are adding existential) intelligences. Presented ways to include these in library programs. ...
Literacy standards - digital learners
Description of committee process in formulating..common elements..using existing elements & standards..considered audience..standards. During the presentation participants talked & discussed sections of the document - (short on handouts) posted on NYLA website however. Broken down then into skills —dispositions / assessments. I would have prefered less “publicity” in...
New York State Library Association Conference
November 6 - 8, 2008 Saratoga, NY I’m excited to be going - I’ve been attending technology and reading conferences for the past several years and no general library conferences.
Teacher Training Videos →
October 2008
7 posts
Twelve things in Action →
Participating in Wiki with other librarians interested in presenting Web 2.0 information to teachers.
Reading and the School Library Media Specialist...
Liz Deskins, an elementary librarian from Ohio, presented this well attended, fantastic workshop. Librarians have a vital role in both reading advocacy and reading instruction. We received a large notebook full of ideas, research and links to added information about the librarian’s proven importance in reading success. It was a full productive day, which included an excellent power point by Liz...
WatchSchools 2.0
Inquiry Learning Workshop →
Attended this workshop - great stuff by local librarians!
Web Tools →
September 2008
3 posts
Wikis - Power of collaborative Learning →
K12 Online Conference →
The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2008 conference theme is “Amplifying Possibilities”. This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote the week of October 13, 2008. The following...
Wordle in the Classroom →
Try for foreshadowing
July 2008
14 posts
Free Web 2.0 Books →
A free projects book that can be downloaded.
8 (or so) Easy 2.0 Pieces to Piece Together →
A workshop wiki by Joce Valenza. “Please feel free to edit and beautify this one on books and reading: http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/ Also, here’s a link to a pdf of an article on 2.0 tools I recently published in LMC. A Few New Things: www.linworth.com/pdf/lmc/reviews_and_articles/featured_articles/Kasman%20Valenza_April_May2008.pdf ” as posted by Joyce Valenza on LM_NET
Web 2.0 Awards →
Web 2.0 awards - but they don’t seem to be all web 2.0 sites to me - and they are very mixed - Books includes sites that publish books as well as sites that house a collection.
Simple Spark →
An alternative to GoWed2.0 - “The SimpleSpark site tracks almost 10,000 Web 2.0 tools and services. It uses the application icon like “Go2Web20” but underneath each icon is a brief description about the app or service. I really like that. In addition, there is also a rudimentary rating scale based on user feedback. Hardly scientific but better then nothing. Apps are also...