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2015 AASL Best Apps and Best Websites revealed!
Need a little something to do this summer? There’s plenty for you to explore. You may have missed the actual reveal live yesterday, but please don’t miss the big announcements made by your AASL colleagues at Annual in San Francisco. I was honored to serve on the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning Committee this […]
New from AASL: Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
I am in San Diego for ISTE and I missed the live excitement, but for the fourth year, AASL just announced its Top 25 Websites for Teacher and Learning. These sites were selected because they foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and […]
Great Web Sites for Kids Redesigned
Earlier this week, members of ALSC (ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children) announced the redesign of the Great Web Sites for Kids site via the #alscgws hashtag. For as long as I can remember (actually since 1997) this hard-working committee has been evaluating and compiling its list of exemplary sites for children from birth […]
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9/11 Resources
The members of our incoming freshman class would have been around four on September 11, 2001. They might not remember what they were doing on that sunny Tuesday morning, a morning that changed most of us in ways I am not sure we yet understand. In two weeks we’ll face the 10th anniversary of that […]
Embedit.in
Every once in a while you discover an app that simply and quietly makes your life just a little easier. An app that ought to be on your virtual Swiss Army knife of apps. Aviary, Zamzar, Picnik come easily to mind. I could gush about them all day long. Recently I added Embedit.in to that […]
SnagLearning (Snag quality films and instructional content)
I’ve been a fan of SnagFilms for a couple of years now. The site offers convenient and free access to more than 2100 award-winning documentaries. It has been among the most popular sites on our documentary film pathfinder. I recently discovered Snag Learning, a version of the site designed for middle and high school use. […]
More on ISTE: the Feud, the Forum, the Final Keynote (updated with slides)
Who says panel discussions can’t be fun? After the seriousness and pressure of preparing for my TEDxPhillyed talk on Saturday (more on that in a future post), several good friends and I presented the Learning Tools Family Feud at ISTE. Click on the Unlocking Potential image below to view the hour-long session. Perhaps we did […]
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