Friday, October 24, 2008

Google Reader How To

Common Craft is a great way to learn about stuff. Here is a video they produced for Google explaining how Google works.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Copyright and Media

Will Richardson has an interesting comment about copyright and how Web 2.0 has changed how we must approach new media. Are our children criminals or are they only doing what they think is normal? Interesting ideas with references to Lawrence Lessig and Creative commons. Check it out. http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/our-kids-as-criminals/

Neat way to create Posters

Want to create READ posters using your own image???

Try this url and tell me how it works.

http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/08/07/star-in-your-own-read-mini-poster.html

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Assessment is for Learning

Here is another treasure from Scotland....Assessment is for Learning. An online toolkit that is promoted in their school district. It looks pretty user friendly and chock a block with great ideas that promote learning through assessment and linking technology.

Graphic Novels & Literacy

I have been asked about using GN's in the classrooms again, so I have been reviewing my bookmarks in delicious to see what I have been tagging.

Here is an interesting site that I must have grabbed fro Ewan McGregors feed. It is beautifully laid out with great content supporting the use of GN's to support student literacy. Go figure! Books that are fun to read encourage you to read!!!

Literacy & Graphic Novels