Tuesday, March 12, 2013

*Coming Soon* Pinterest for the Library

Well, for anyone that has been in touch with tech lately (or since 2010), Pinterest has probably been on your radar.  This online way of collecting and pinning ideas, resources, crafts (anything really) has caught on and is now being used not just by individuals, but also by companies, schools, and even libraries!

As avid Pinterest fans, Lamoille's librarians are beginning to put together a Pinterest page for our students, teachers, and school community.  We hope that once we create it, you will check out our pinboards and see what is happening in the Library, as well as books we recommend, new books to the Library, good sites to use for research and citations, and so much more!  More information to come!
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Edutech Smackdown Open Mic

OpenMic_SimonScott_TLCafe12.jpgLast night, 12/3/12, I was excited to attend the Edutech Smackdown hosted by Joyce Valenza ()!  Moderators were The Daring Librarian (Gwyneth Jones ), Mighty Little Librarian (Tiffany Whitehead @librarian_tiff), with special guest The Nerdy Teacher (Nicholas Provenzano...)!  What a great time.  I'm not going to lie, I was sitting there in my Buffy "We Can Slay It" t-shirt, jumping up and down because I would be learning and communicating with some of the school library superstars that I have been following for years.  Yep, I may just be a librarian groupie (the non-creepy kind).  I logged in early (yep, 7:30 is my way to be on time for 8) and I sat in eager anticipation.  I even put down Finnikin of the Rock (although I was almost done with it and so deep into the world of Lumatere that it took me a while to shake it off).  

Blackboard Collaborate was a great interface for this to be done in.  The slideshow was viewed as the moderators chatted.  The open mic aspect of the presentation was great!  Not only did I hear from some of the great bloggers that I follow every day, I got to hear from people in the same situation (and not) as me.  

 First of all, I cannot wait for next year's open mic (a whole year?!?) but also, I am so excited to be kickstarted into the world of webinars and virtual discussions.  This is the first of many that I am excited for!  

 Takeaways from the night...(i.e. my notes, not yet put into tech integrationist/principal friendly format)
  • Infographics...Analyze, Deconstruct, Reconstruct
    • Deconstruct infographics as credibility checks
    • http://www.thinglink.com/
  • Smore...interactive posters, easily changed and updated, easy to use. 
  • MentorMob (p.s. I'm in love)...interactive, sequential playlist!  What a great tool for flipping the classroom!
  • MOOC (how is this new to me?)  Recorded lectures, informal learning opportunities, badges (!), real assessment...
  • Transcripts from the news?  TVNews My social studies teachers would love this! 
  • Pinterest...enough said.  
    • Here is my Library board...http://pinterest.com/meagantowle/libraries-are-amazing/
  • Picmonkey looks so good!  From the creators of Picnik (love and miss).
  • KeepVid (can also convert vid to Prezi-friendly format)
  • Common Sense Media...really well written lessons
    • Digital Citizenship curriculum for K-12
    • Any school going 1:1 should have something like this in place.
    • I also use to look up books, videos, etc reviews.
  • Geek Squad...how much do I think that Gilb and I should start a Geek Squad and a Library Club.  Techies and bookies unite!
    • Classtools.net
    • Have them help set up stuff...
    • Keeps Library in the forefront as a tech resource.
  • Nearpod
  • Glogster
  • Evernote 
    • I use Evernote all the time.  Take pics and sounds and put them right into your notes.  Have them available on all of your devices all the time. 
  • Subtext app
    • collaborative reading (students, teachers) with ePub books.  
I'm very excited about this stuff.  Let's see how we can start using it in the classrooms!

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