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Participate: curating with communities
I’ve added a new platform to my list of curation favorites. The Participate Learning search engine offers access to thousands of educator-vetted K12 learning resources–apps, videos, and websites. Apps, for both iOS and Android, as well as other learning resources, are browsable and searchable by keyword, category, or standard. Searches may be filtered by whether […]
#getESEAright: Make some noise for school library funding on Thursday night
Using the hashtag #getESEAright, ALA joins forces with NEA’s planned Twitter storm on Thursday, April 9th from 7:00 till 8:00 PM Eastern. Please share this advocacy effort posted on District Dispatch by Lisa Lindle of ALA’s Washington Office: This Thursday, the American Library Association is joining a social media push in support of dedicated funding for […]
On Meerkat
Yesterday I wished my friends could see the beauty of my snowy backyard and I discovered the Meerkat app. It seems everyone is buzzing about the free app that allows you to connect your iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch camera to Twitter and live stream or schedule the video you shoot real-time to all […]
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Twitter adds group chat and a mobile video cam
No secret: I rely heavily on Twitter for keeping up with professional news and for messaging and for sharing discoveries. So, I was very happy to discover that Twitter’s Direct Message feature recently expanded to include group messaging. This enables the tweeter to easily set up groups and to privately message with up to 20 […]
Four nifty ways to display and curate Twitter
Our Twitter feeds and searches and Tweetdeck display panels are just fine for everyday purposes, but for special occasions–conferences, meetings, professional development, and, perhaps, classes, you may want to dress up your feeds. These four tools allow you to display @signs and hashtags in more attractive, perhaps more usable, ways. I’ll demonstrate with #tlchat Tagboard (https://tagboard.com/) […]
Vellum for flipping Twitter
This week, The New York Times publicly launched Vellum, an experiment that creates a reading layer over your Twitter feed and flips its focus. Vellum focuses on the shared content of a tweet, treating shared links, with their full titles and descriptions, as primary content and tweeted commentary as secondary content. Links are ranked by how […]
School Library Month in Chicago: Yes, a celebration!
Like the situation we witnessed in Philadelphia, the children of Chicago, ALA’s host city, now face a crisis. I post this on behalf of a new Library Advocacy Committee for Chicago Public School Librarians, who chose to celebrate School Library Month by sharing their accomplishments on behalf of Chicago’s kids. Please share their story. School […]
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