Oct 24th, 2008
by pollyalida.
Glogster for Education lets you create online posters with graphics, photos, text, video and audio. Wow, what a great tool for student projects. I can see lots of other fun uses for this in public libraries too. Though Glogster has been around for a while, I just heard about it today in a twitter post [...]
Sep 25th, 2008
by pollyalida.
I sent out a plea for help today to my school library buddies, asking for some curriculum links for an upcoming workshop. Mary Ratzer, a former School Library Media Specialist, now a consultant (Learning Curve Associates) sent me a wonderful list of Inquiry Lesson Plan Sites that she uses in her workshops. “We use these [...]
Sep 10th, 2008
by pollyalida.
Earlier tonight I received a note about a live webcast discussing the PBS multimedia Election 2008 curriculum and the Web 2.0 tools and resources that are part of the curriculum. Wow, I’m so glad I clicked through to it, even though I got there a bit late. The material they’ve created is just terrific! Access, [...]
Sep 9th, 2008
by pollyalida.
2 1/2 years ago, Wikispaces committed to giving away 100,000 ad-free, private, unlimited use wikis to K-12 educators. They reached that number this weekend. And are ready to start on the next 250,000! Wow. 250,000 More K-12 Wikis Like the first 100,000, all of our K-12 wikis feature all the benefits of our Plus service: [...]
Aug 17th, 2008
by pollyalida.
This looks really interesting. Wish I could attend. The second annual Games in Education Symposium, free to middle and high school teachers, is scheduled for Tuesday & Wednesday, August 19-20th and will take place at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium.
Aug 8th, 2008
by pollyalida.
Seems that PBwiki is giving away premium accounts to librarians and educators. Sign up now at the PBwiki Back to School Challenge Announcing a new way to make PBwiki a part of your classroom this year with: * A FREE Premium PBwiki ($250 value) * Tools to help spread the word * Support for using [...]