It appears that much of the movement forward with web 2.0 tools in a district rely on cooperation with the technology department, particularly the ones that run the network, firewall, filter, etc. This post has some good ideas about YouTube and then some links at the bottom about the whole issue. Hopefully it will help [...]
The Texas Association of School Library Administrators (TASLA) had there annual June meeting with great success. Mary Woodard from Mesquite ISD (of Top Shelf fame) planned the program. Mary Christmas from Corpus Christi ISD chaired the event. As always, this event is more than worth the time. Below are the blog postings from many attendees:
Using [...]
TASLA is the Texas Association for School Library Administrators. We meet each June for 2 and half days in Austin. This year we have almost 120 attendees.
The first session was a very exciting one provided to us by Kim Cofino of Always Learning Blog. She presented to us over Skype. Her presentation, 21st Century Learner, [...]
The Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference held in Houston, March 31-April 3 was another success.
In addition to some good hall networking, I was able to learn from these sessions:
The Google-ization of the Universe – there was some information about how Google and the State databases work together.
Gaming for Instruction – a good presentation by [...]
Barry Bishop, director, Spring Branch ISD and Mary Woodard, director, Mesquite ISD presented 23 Things: New Technologies Training sponsored by Texas Association of School Librarians on the opening day of the Texas Library Association Annual conference held in Houston March 31-April 3.
We had a packed crown of over 250 standing room only Librarians. Some had [...]
Abilene Christian University gave each incoming freshman an iPod Touch or an iPhone in the Fall Semester of 2008. The ConnectED Summit was to detail their implementation and to bring together educators who wanted to discuss mobile technology. There were 412 attendees from 144 organizations, representing 64 colleges and universities, 29 K-12 school districts. More [...]
Estie Cuellar, a business economics teacher at Spring Woods High School, got excited about 21st century learning and then inspired her students. The Spring Branch Library Department will take a small amount of credit by providing Estie with the opportunity to do some innovative staff development in the summer of 2008. We conducted our version [...]
I believe web 2.0/social networking technology engages students and makes their learning experience richer. However, I have not been directly responsible for a classroom or Library since before the web so I do not know first hand. I know teachers like Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) uses wikis, blogs, and a plethora of other technologies [...]
Presenters can be found by scrooling dowen to near the bottom of the SLJ Wiki.
Metaphors:
Joyce Valenza – Librarians are in the Idea business, connections, relationships, not about containers (see her fuller explanation at her blog posting).
Not the grocery store but the kitchen – want everyone to be a cook and a taster.
Family room were presentations [...]
Mary Burkey (Audiobooker) led the panel discussion “Exploring the Audio/Ebook Experience”. Again, from the SLJ break-out session wiki scroll down until you reach the “Can you Hear Me Now” section.
This was a very good panel discussion. Many new tools were introduced and there was a constant stimulating pull between the downloadable ebook/audio book vs. the [...]
