Keeping+Current+Gems

LJ Cox: June 25 for Monday June 28th 1. [] Finding a place for Twitter in Higher Education. Tthis article emphasizes the uses Twitter has in the classroom as a collaborative, Web 2.0 tool. Half the educators polled did not believe that there was a spot for Twitter in the classroom but the author highly disagrees and gives examples.

2. [] Two North Carolina Counties Roll Out Online Gaming for Mastery of State Standards. This on-line gaming has engaged the students interests in preparing for state tests. Self assessment feedback is immediate and reinforcement rewards keeps the students motivated. Will have to see the results on the next state exam!

3. [] Gay Teen Blogger Blasts School, Public Librarians. Teen realizes he was gay and couldn't find any books with a gay theme. The School Librarian told him that //"those books were inappropriate" !!!// The public library only had one book.... This took place in Kentucky.....

LJ Cox 6/20 for 6/21 1. [] Vector images are high quality images that don't distort when they are sized. Graphic designers use them often. These sites are free images that can be used. Good for various projects.

2. [] Web tools applied to teaching. Some of these tools we are familiar with, but some are worth looking at!

3.[] This Oregon school is going to Google Apps as google apps for education is free, it motivates students and better preperation for the real world. This is a cloud based computer set ups and I think more schools will be heading this way. Google is the one to watch! _ [|"Web Sites on Literacy for 21st Century Learning"] from School Library Monthly online, published in School Library Monthly Volume XXVI, Number 9/May 2010. This article contains various links to help educators teach their students about Information Literacy, Media Literacy and Information and Communication Technologies literacy. Exploring these web-sites gives an idea of what students should be taught and be able to comprehend in the digital age.
 * 21st Century teaching**

. 'New iPhone Ap Lets Kids Access School Library Databases" from School Library Journal, May 19, 2010. Add this to the growing list of popular iPhone apps for kids—AccessMyLibrary School Edition, which makes remote searches of media center databases just a click away.

[] Ten no-nos for teaching with white boards and projectors.

[] __This is the Digital Bloom Taxonomy that we were talking about in class. Thought it was interesting...__ [] __OK, I wasted time w/this site, so I figured I would post it. For every word correctly identified, 10 grains of rice are donated. Great for SAT studiers...__ [] __This site contains many Web 2.0 tools, many I have not heard of and had fun exploring.__
 * LJ Cox 6/6 for 6/7**

1. [] This is a great site to obtain educational videos, audios and photos for lesson plans. 2. [] A teacher shares her experience of web conferencing with 3rd grade students in each of the fifty states. 3. [] __This site lists resources for school librarians, ranging from information literacy to job hunting skills__
 * LJ Cox 6/13/10 for Monday 6/14/10**

[|**http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/collectiondevelopment/856653-343/letaposs_get_this_party_started.html.csp**] "Let's Get This Party Started: Pump up the volume. Streaming music is a great way to connect with older kids." by Kate pritchard, School Library Journal, 3/1/10 This article details a high school librarian's quest to bring studnts back into the library. She decided to find out what THEY wanted from the library, and the answer was music. She began using streaming music sites like pandora and had theme literature discussions and song lists...summer songs for their summer reading list, the sountrack from New Moon for the Twilight book club, etc.