ABCD.....etc.
Musings, educational activities and a great little video featuring letters of the alphabet.
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13.3.13
Re-Imagine Your Library with iPads
iPads make a difference
[PDF version] for mobile devices
In many classrooms around the world, students have begun using iPads to research, collaborate, and create. But could iPads make a difference in how students learn in their school libraries as well? Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) librarians embarked on a yearlong experiment with the mobile devices that inspired them to completely reinvent the way they teach.
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Ipad Today - podcast
Tools, coolest tricks, and essential news
"Tech geeks Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane love their iPads so much, they've created "iPad Today," the TWiT network's first show highlighting the best apps, most helpful tools, coolest tricks, and essential news surrounding the iPad revolution."
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"Litographs" - Books on T-shirts and Posters
Book text as Art
"Litographs" are prints that are created from the text of classic books. For most titles, they will print the entire book on a single 24x36" poster. (Designs are available in both color and black & white, and in two sizes.) In all cases, the text is sharp and fully legible. Make a T-shirt too. (This idea could be adapted for a class art project.)
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Vancouver Public Schools on the Changing Role of Teacher Librarians
Learning Coaches and more
2m30 video revisiting the role of teacher-librarians. Nothing new for those of us in the field, but a nice refresher for parents, teachers and the general public!
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67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids:
Books for all kids (Not just Geeks!)
Back in March, GeekDad posted a list of favorite books to read aloud to our kids before the age of ten. The post turned out to be a bit of a crowd-pleaser. Many educators and parents asked us to put together a printed version of "67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10."
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Audiolingua -authentic mp3 audio resources in 10 languages
Authentic audio resources for language learning
"Audiolingua is a collaborative bank of authentic audio resources, recorded by native speakers, for pedagogical or personal use. Its aim is to train oral comprehension for anyone who would like to improve this language skill and to provide language teachers with authentic resources.
"The mp3 files are classified according to the reference levels defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Audiolingua contains recordings in 10 languages.
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Reading Fiction Whole -
Build stamina, confidence, critical thinking
Ariel Sacks is a 7th grade English teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y. She writes about her experience of using "Whole Novel Study" rather than chopping books into bite-sized pieces...
"Leading a whole-novel study is like throwing a boomerang. If the boomerang is carved well, and I aim it properly, it will take a journey and come back to me. If the literary work is artfully written and meaningful to students, and I support the class well, they will arrive at all the learning objectives I am responsible for teaching and then some. What's more is that they build stamina, confidence, critical thinking, and the habit of reading whole books by themselves.
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iPads in the Primary Classroom - iTunes U course
Integrate iPad apps into the Primary Classroom
"iPads in the Primary Classroom: This course is intended to introduce primary teachers to a range of free iPad apps and to suggest ways these apps can be integrated into instruction."
Just a handful of lessons at the moment, but subscribe and watch it grow.
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George Couros Feb.16 2013 Keynote -LearnNow DL conference
2013 Digital Learning Spring Conference - Closing Keynote
http://www.slideshare.net/gcouros/create-innovate-voice (slides from keynote)
George Couros - Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning, Parkland School Division Stony Plain, Alberta - Audio is somewhat compressed (screencast of Collaborate session.)
"With teaching and learning we often focus on what is best for "teaching" as opposed to "learning", yet as we continue to move forward in our world we hear that organizations are looking for different qualities from our students. As schools continue to progress how do we give students opportunities to create meaningful content, become innovative in their work, empower them to have a voice in our world and provide opportunities to become leaders in both our communities and within the world? "
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12.3.13
8 Beautiful Bookstores in Residential Spaces
Beautiful, quirky bookstores in people's homes
This morning, we discovered the way we'd like to spend our golden years — turning our home into a neighborhood bookstore and café, and bringing the culture to us. Inspired by the Japanese couple that did just that, we've collected a few beautiful, quirky bookstores built in people's homes. Some of these are still functioning as domiciles, the owners sleeping above (or among!) the books; some are tiny hotels; and others are simply repurposed residences, but all of them are places we'd like to visit. ...browse through a few beautiful bookstores built in residential spaces...
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7.3.13
Save from them from extinction!
Non-circulating Books in your collection?
Do you have titles that just don't budge off the shelf? Maybe they need a higher profile.
Caren Long from Clinto NC has this great idea for books that don't circulate and are therefore in danger of being weeded. She used her OPAC to create a list of the top 100 endangered books (ones with ZERO circulations!). She plans to make a display to entice students to sign them out, with the idea that they are "endangered" and will be "extinct" if no one reads them.
Some other ideas to check out:
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National Video Competition -- "Canada as a Multi-Faith Society" -Mar31
Think! Film! Direct! Edit!
(Go to site for details)
Are you a youth between the ages of 16 and 25? Are you able to create a 30 second video sharing your thoughts on Canada as a Multi-Faith Society?
Eligibility... Youth 15-25 who are residents of Canada are eligible to participate.
All entrants and participants in the video must sign a release form authorizing the CRRF to use the entry as Public Service Announcements in any and all forms of media.
How to Participate...
Videos should be posted to YouTube under your own personal YouTube account. The link, registration form and release should be sent to the following email address: nvc@interfaith-belonging.ca. Deadline extended to by March 31, 2013.
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Jacob's Lessons - ABA Activities for Kindergarten and Special Needs
Sequencing, Matching, Reading and more!
While these are intended as ABA activities, all young students could benefit from these lessons. Great fun projected on a Smartboard for all to try!
"The lessons are an effective way to teach young children on the autism spectrum beginning computer skills and is useful as a complement to Applied Behavior Analysis programming. These are meant to be done with an adult during the lesson, not as an independent activity for the child."
Sample:
A sequencing lesson asking the student to drag pictures into the correct order on screen. (Flash)
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Minimalist Posters That Cleverly Showcase Famous Scientists
Posters that subtly highlight famous discoveries
Look at these clever images that point to scientists' contributions to the world. This would be a fun project for students to undertake - representing a discovery using only the researcher's name and an optional additional graphic element.
"For decades, that one poster of Einstein sticking his tongue out has been the go-to dorm-room decoration for eager science majors. Thankfully for the design-savvy future physicists of the world, Indian graphic designer Kapil Bhagat celebrated his home country's recent National Science Day by creating a series of attractive posters that subtly highlight famous scientists' most important discoveries. Darwin's theory of evolution plays out typographically; the "o" in Newton's name becomes his famous apple; and, yes, Einstein's famous equation gets a clever shout out."
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6.3.13
17 Cartoon Videos Explaining the Internet and Internet Safety to Kids
Internet safety for K-12 students
"Planet Nutshell produces short animated videos to explain products, services, and concepts. One of their series of videos is all about the Internet and Internet safety for K-12 students. The series is called NetSafe and it has 17 episodes that were produced for the Utah Education Network. The videos are labeled with grade levels so that students in high school don't watch videos designed for K-3 students. The first few videos in the series are in terms that K-3 students can understand."
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Building Academic Vocabulary
How to increase vocab mastery?
Students who have poor academic vocabulary run the risk of falling further and further behind their peers. Rote memorization, a common strategy, has been found to be largely ineffective - what else works better? Here's a quick video review of Marzano and Pickering's 6 strategies from the ASCD book "Building Academic Vocabulary" which seeks to help teachers build students' academic vocabulary in effective ways.
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5.3.13
Short videos - Science of Innovation
An eleven-part series of short Science clips
"This series, created by the NSF, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and NBC Learn, explores the science of innovation. Narrated by newscaster Ann Curry, each segment is approximately five minutes. The offerings include "What is Innovation?" "Biofuels," "3-D Printing," and "Electronic Tattoos." Inventors and inventions transform the way we communicate, travel and live our daily lives--thanks to the creative process of innovation.
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700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities | Open Culture
Want to learn something new?
There are now so many offerings in the realm of online courses, it's hard to keep up. OpenCulture has assembled a list of 700 free course materials from some of the world's leading universities. While the list is not exhaustive, you'll find something here for everyone!
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Ten Tips for Better Book Displays
658.8 – Practical Marketing for Public Libraries
Breath new life into your displays. Susan Brown offers lots of ideas on this blog and riffs on the intersection of marketing and advocacy in public libraries. Many blogposts are applicable to the school setting as well. Check out her suggestions on this and other posts.
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