Seattle Schools Librarians using Edublogs to promote their work
Posted by Harvey on November 9, 2009 in Libraries
On Tuesday November 3, 2009 a group of Seattle Schools librarians met at McClure Middle school to share ideas and work on setting up blogs for their building libraries. Eric Caldwell, Library Services Manager, purchased a campus pack of the popular blogging tool Edublogs based on Wordpress platform in order to provide all district librarians with a web presence. (more…)
StoryCorps Oral History Project
Posted by Harvey on February 12, 2008 in Content Areas, English Language Learners, Language Arts, Libraries, Podcasting, Social Studies
The StoryCorps project is focused on creating connections between Americans by creating the opportunity for them to speak and listen as they talk about the meaningful aspects of their lives. Featured on NPR, and archiving all recorded stories in partnership with the Library of Congress, StoryCorps is the largest oral history project of its kind. Educators can use StoryCorps directly in the classroom (more…)
Social Bookmarking – Made Easy
Posted by Gary on October 31, 2007 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Libraries, Math, Social Studies, Web 2.0
Del.icio.us is a practical social bookmarking tool teachers can utilize to make classroom use of the Internet more efficient. By using a Delicious account teachers can easily and simply share internet sites with students at multiple computers. Watch the video below (created by Commoncraft) to learn about Social Bookmarking with Delicious. If you have more questions or want to investigate and think about using a Delicious account contact the Instructional Technology Specialist assigned to your building.
Media Literacy – The Literacy of the 21st Century and Your Presentation Station
Posted by Janice on June 13, 2007 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Libraries, The Arts
We’re not in Kansas any more! We live at a time when all sorts of media is at our finger tips. It is constantly bombarding us through computers, TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, music, video, digital games, and movies. Perhaps the most powerful delivery is through our computers via the Web. Students need to learn to screen the images and sounds bombarding them for content and authenticity. According to the Center for Media Literacy, “If our children are to be able to navigate their lives through this multi-media culture, they need to be fluent in reading and writing the language of images and sounds just as we have always taught them to read and write the language of printed communication.” (more…)
Protecting Intellectual Property
Posted by Eric C. on May 15, 2007 in Blogging, Internet Research, Libraries
Increasingly, students are becoming not just consumers of content but creators as well. This poses interesting challenges for teachers and librarians as we try to navigate the waters of intellectual property rights. What can students and teachers fairly use without permission and how can we protect what we create? (more…)
Digital StoryTelling
Posted by Janice on March 16, 2007 in Language Arts, Libraries, Photo Story 3, Social Studies, Teacher Voices
Every culture has used storytelling as a powerful tool for imparting tradition, culture, wisdom, mystery and myth. We have all been enthralled by a good story whether told to us by our grandfather, read to us by our mother, or given to us in the movies. While listening, we conjure images and sounds to go with what we hear. While viewing we compare the images on the screen with those we have in our heads of a book or a hero. Digital Storytelling takes the two traditional skills of academic storytelling; writing and reading, and adds music and images to the mix. Students become powerful storytellers of their own ideas and experiences in this process as they use traditional literacy and media literacy skills to weave their tales.
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