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Ten Chrome Extensions (and a Google Add-On) too good to miss
Over the course of the past couple of years, I’ve become particularly fond of a few Chrome tools that I consider too good to miss. These would be handy across the board, but especially in Google Classroom and Chromebook environments. Here’s a rundown of nine of my favorite discoveries in no particular order: 1. Google Keep is […]
On student scrutiny: two strategies
We’re focusing a lot of attention these days of helping students determine credibility. For many of us, this is not a hot new topic. I dug around a bit and dusted off a couple of tools that, I think, stand the test of time. You are welcome to make copies and retool them for you […]
Update: AASL’s Infographic on Standards and Guidelines Research
Earlier this week, Marcia Mardis, Chair of AASL’s Standards & Guidelines Editorial Board shared an update on their work on our Standards project. Our Standards for the 21st Century Learner debuted in 2007, followed in 2009 by Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs, what Marcia calls a cornerstone of many school librarians’ practice. The […]
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Meet CORA (the Community of Online Research Assignments)
Meet CORA, the Community of Online Research Assignments. My guess is, she’ll become a welcome new friend The open access, collaborative portal facilitates the sharing and adapting of research assignments for faculty and librarians. While the primary audience is undergraduate and graduate educators, CORA offers a wealth of reliable and reproducible projects–instruction, handouts, scaffolds, rubrics […]
Just released: A Common Sense Census
Common Sense Media just released a major study that will be of interest to any educator interested in understanding how kids actually use technology. The results make fabulous fodder for faculty discussion. It may help guide decision making in addressing instruction and issues of equity. The large scale study, Media Use by Teens and Tweens […]
On teens, their phones & shifting communications landscapes (new from Pew)
This week Pew Research Center released Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015, a report that should have relevance to all of us who work with young people. Unlike Pew’s previous surveys, which involved representative samples of teens interview by phone, this one was conducted online. These data are useful for us in deciding how […]
The database “thing” state-by-state
In my job teaching new librarians, mostly online, I get to meet new professionals from around the country, some from around the world, some who are utterly unsure where their first professional job will take them. Though I am very familiar with the state resources of PA, and I am getting to know those of […]
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