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By: Andromeda Jazmon,
on 8/31/2009
A Digital Citizenship Handbook for Parents by Mike Ribble. HomePage Books, 2009. I am reading this book to prepare for the coming school year, where we will be focusing on Digital Citizenship for the entire year. Each month we are going to focus on another aspect of this complex subject in teacher, student and parent education. Ribble's book is an excellent introduction to the basic concepts.
By: Andromeda Jazmon,
on 5/15/2009
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly It started about noon. On top of Mount Batte, We were all exclaiming. Someone had a cardboard And a pin, and we all cried out when the sun Appeared in tiny form on the notebook cover. It was hard to believe. The high school teacher...Read the rest here at the Poetry Foundation.I was playing with a new tool I found this week
By: Andromeda Jazmon,
on 5/12/2009
The first thing I saw this morning in my Twitter stream was "carolinerocheCogDogRoo - 50 Ways to tell a digital story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces... via www.diigo.com."I had to check that out since I am always looking for new things to do in the computer lab with students. PowerPoint is so old. We need to revamp our curriculum for digital literacies. We want to use a wide variety of tools to help
By: Anastasia Goodstein,
on 3/23/2009
On Saturday, I had the privilege of hanging out with around 150 young people who participated in Do Something's leadership Boot Camp. I've known about Do Something forever — back in the early 90s I worked next to the Boston chapter when Teen... Read the rest of this post
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By: Stacey,
on 12/6/2008
I met with one of my colleagues after school yesterday to talk-tech with her. We did some URL swapping as well. Here are some of the amazing sites she informed me about, which I wanted to pass on to you. Common Craft is a small company that makes easy-to-understand videos about various aspects of [...]
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By: Stacey,
on 11/12/2008
Every now and then I try out a new technology and really like it. This morning that new technology is NETVIBES. In an instant i allowed me to create a personalized page with news, technology, travel, and style widgets. In fact, I liked it so much, that I’m considering making it my [...]
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By: Stacey,
on 6/15/2008
Most Sunday mornings, I can be found watching “Meet the Press.” This Sunday morning I watched “Meet the Press,” but not really, since Russert’s chair was empty. As I’m sure you know by now, Tim Russert, the host of “Meet the Press” died of a heart attack this past Friday afternoon. The [...]
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By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
on 1/1/2008
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By: Lizzy Burns,
on 2/12/2007
As I just posted over at Pop Goes the Library, The Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative has issued the CJRLC Tech Challenge for "anyone who works in a CJRLC member library". Full details are here.
I work for a CJRLC member library; and I'm taking the challenge! Let's see what I still have "to do."
The short version of the challenge:
1. Start a blog relating to your library interests; post once a month, including photos! Done!
2. Start a Flickr photo account. Done!
3. Subscribe to an aggregator like bloglines and set up RSS feeds from blogs or websites. I subscribe to Bloglines (and that's how I read most of my blogs.)
4. Read about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0; post some comments on your blog. I'm going to have to check over at Pop to see if I have ever posted on either of these topics; in the meanwhile, I have a great idea for a post about Web 2.0 for this site, so stay tuned!
5. Learn to use at least one of the following: LibraryThing, Google Maps; De.licio.us; or Squidoo.
Being an over achiever, I'd like to learn how to use all of them. In the meanwhile, I did start accounts with both De.licio.us and Squidoo, I just have to make better use of them both.
6. Teach someone else how to use one of the technologies described above! Done: I've done formal workshops for places like CJRLC and MPOW and also informal one on one sessions.
The deadline is May 24, 2007. How to enter, etc. is also all at the CJRLC website. To support its members, the CJRLC is offering training.*
Even if you aren't a member library of the CJRLC -- take the challenge!
By: Liz B,
on 2/12/2007
The Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative has issued the CJRLC Tech Challenge for "anyone who works in a CJRLC member library". Full details are here.
The short version of the challenge:
1. Start a blog relating to your library interests; post once a month, including photos!
2. Start a Flickr photo account.
3. Subscribe to an aggregator like bloglines and set up RSS feeds from blogs or websites.
4. Read about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0; post some comments on your blog.
5. Learn to use at least one of the following: LibraryThing, Google Maps; De.licio.us; or Squidoo.
6. Teach someone else how to use one of the technologies described above!
The deadline is May 24, 2007. How to enter, etc. is also all at the CJRLC website. To support its members, the CJRLC is offering training.*
Even if you aren't a member library of the CJRLC -- take the challenge!
*Full disclaimer: I work for a CJRLC member library, and I do workshops for the CJRLC.
Quite a concept. I think I, and most people, kind of think of kids as the leaders in this.
I know what you mean Lone Star Ma. They are leaders in the excitement of jumping right in and learning new tools. They are such great learners and adopters. But they need the grown ups to teach the citizenship parts and to think through the broader implications of community, civic responsibility, personal security, health and safety, and the like. This book does an excellent job of pointing out