Michael Zimmer (@MZimmer557), a Technology Integration Specialist in Western Kentucky, shares Tools for the 21st Century Teacher, a wonderful little e-guidebook offering a basic introduction to most things social media and discussion about how they may be effectively integrated into instruction. Among the many tools covered are Twitter, Diigo, Prezi, Evernote, Wallwisher, Skype. I am [...]
The Mac App Store launches
January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Mac App Store launched yesterday. As a staunch Mac girl, I am pretty excited. The Mac App Store is just like the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. So it’s as easy to find and download Mac apps as it is to add your favorite magazine to iPad or a new game [...]
Google launches Body Browser
December 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
On Thursday, Google previewed Google Body Browser, offering what PC Magazine calls a “Google Earth-like experience for the human body.” Now available in Google Labs, the kinda magical 3-D, layered, interactive, high resolution experience allows users to zoom, pan, rotate, the human body, and to visualize its organs, systems, bones, and muscles. And its searchable! [...]
On QR codes in the library and in our school newspaper
October 28, 2010 By 8 Comments
They’re popping up all over the place–in my magazines, on store fronts, on business cards. And I’ve been thinking about how we too might harness the power of QR codes to disseminate information, enhance resources, and promote activities in the library and around the school. I have lots of plans–I am thinking of embedding codes [...]
Thanks, Gale. And I want more of these.
October 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Thanks to a Cathy Oxley’s post on our TL Diigo group, I just discovered Gale Cengage’s new YouTube video promoting AccessMyLibrary School Edition. Here’s why this matters. It matters because the market for this little video is not librarians. The market is kids. The story is why kids need reliable information and how easy it [...]
Kindle for the Web (Beta)
September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kindle for the Web Beta launched today. The new feature allows folks to sample first chapters of Kindle books on web browsers, preferably Firefox 3.6, Safari 5, or Chrome 5. To sample titles: click the “Read first chapter FREE” button while shopping for selected books at Amazon.com to view the sample in your browser window. [...]
Stephanie love Pages
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When a student volunteer volunteers to write and share a review of her favorite piece of software, you gotta pay attention. This week, Stephanie shared with me her love of Pages for the iPad. And she wants to share that love: With the 2010-2011 school year now in session, the biggest problem facing students is [...]
Celebrating the ebook mess
September 17, 2010 By 12 Comments
I am leading a panel at the Library Journal Virtual Summit, ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point. Our panel description: School Library Without Walls: New Content, New Collections In the school environment, ebooks provide new opportunities for curriculum support, allowing content to be accessed from the library to the classroom to the home. This panel [...]
Touring: Museum and tour apps and what they may mean for learners
August 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
This morning my husband and I visited the Late Renoir exhibit at our Philadelphia Museum of Art. While enjoying the audio tour led by two distinguished curators, I wondered if the museum also had an app for that. I wondered, if beyond those temporary exhibits we regularly tour, if our museum offered tours of the [...]
Essential research apps? Creating a library
August 16, 2010 By 6 Comments
As iPhones and iPads and other mobile devices enter our classrooms and our learners’ backpacks and pockets, I’ve been wondering what types of little libraries they might be building to support their learning. And how we as librarians might help them select and build those libraries. This gathering of worthy apps may be especially timely [...]
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