SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE POST
Everyone is talking apps, but . .
At ISTE11 everyone is talking about powerful apps for learning.
Apps for creating art and music and for publishing. Remarkable apps for special education. And apps for research.
Educators here are discussing the powerful role mobile devices and apps can play in student research. But no one is talking about library apps. No one is talking about apps for the databases school and public libraries subscribe to.
We have not done our job sharing our apps with this large group of educators. Likely most educators. These apps do not appear to be on anyone’s radars, much less their screens.
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
I just showed my Gale resources to the educators sitting at my small group table and THEIR JAWS DROPPED! Right now, they are all finding their own school and public libraries.
Vendors, how can you help us get the word out? And, vendors, if you haven’t yet developed an app, it’s time. I want to carry all my favorite databases on my lovely, new iPad. And I need help creating apps for my library.
Here’s iLibrarian’s three-part list of library-ish apps. Perhaps we can update it in comments.
About Joyce Valenza
Joyce is an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers University School of Information and Communication, a technology writer, speaker, blogger and learner. Follow her on Twitter: @joycevalenza
ADVERTISEMENT
SLJ Blog Network
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers: A Fall 2024 Preview
Archie Goes to Outer Space | Preview
Take Five: Middle Grade Nonfiction
The Classroom Bookshelf is Moving
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT