Librarian Manifesto

I need to remix this to suit multilayered learning.....

Still room for improvement?

Looks like our focus on literacy still needs some work....



This photo was taken at the OTF Technology Conference this weekend and shared on twitpics
you just gotta love the irony!

Hows this for Media Literacy??

The Librarian Song Rocks!

Playing with Voice Thread

I have played with voicethread before but today am exploring it from a curricular context. At the Learning Connections champions conference today we are exploring audio file creation through podcasting and the use of the web based tool Voice Threads. The educational package looks interesting and if Bessie can be convinced to not block it, has excellent potential. How cool would this be if we borrowed the ideas from Wordia and created our own video dictionaries in VoiceThread? A safe educational environment using Web 2.0 technology? Go figure!!!

Here is my latest kick at the can.

History of the Internet

Here is a neat video about the History of the Internet...thanks to the Common Craft website


History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

Wordia Online Visual Dictionary

Think of the fun your students can have creating definitions in this online enviroment! Wordia

Here is Quentin Blake's definition of Illustration

How great is this!!!

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.

Copyright Law and the Ethics of Sampling

Here is an interesting video clip about promoting an upcoming video release about Fair Use and Copyright law.

Experimenting with Embedded Clips

According to my aggregator I can now embed clips into my blog. So here goes...some neat blogs that I have starred in my aggregator....