Saturday, October 31, 2009

K12 Online Conference

2009 K-12 Online Conference Overview
http://k12onlineconference.org/

The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 conference theme is "Bridging the Divide." This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote by classroom teacher and international educator Kim Cofino the week of November 30, 2009. The following two weeks, December 7-11 and December 14-17, over fifty presentations will be posted online to our conference blog and our conference Ning for participants to view, download, and discuss. Live Events in the form of three “Fireside Chats” are scheduled on our conference events page, and live events will continue in 2010 through twice-monthly "K-12 Online Echo" webcasts on EdTechTalk. Everyone is encouraged to participate in both live events during and after the conference as well as asynchronous conversations. Over 120 presentations from 2008, 2007, and 2006 are available, along with archived live events!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Manitoba School Library Association Conference

The conference occurs on Friday, October 23rd at Glenlawn Collegiate.
Visit the wiki for a presentation by Mike Friesen, Heather Eby, Jo-Anne Gibson and Rhonda Morrissette
http://thewiredlibrarian.pbworks.com/SAG-2009
and that of Margaret and Tom Stimson at http://schlib.pbworks.com/Web20



One presentation on Web 2.0 has been put online at Slideboom and on the Schlib wiki at http://schlib.pbworks.com/Web20

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Cooliris



http://www.cooliris.com

Cooliris is a 3-D wall for browsing video and images. You can use it to browse the images & video on your computer or those that are on the web. There is a search function that can access some of the most popular source of images. Install the toolbar for easier access. Cooliris Preview is another useful application from Cooliris.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

I'll Fight You for the Library

If you are in a school library, watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXgPfMGG8E


"I'll Fight You For The Library" performed by Taylor Mali as part of the Page Meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 29, 2009

Schlib on Twitter

The Twitterverse is full of people and organizations that will raise your awareness of resources and opportunities for learning.

Here are some directories of teacher-librarians and other educators who are active on Twitter
Twitter4Teachers
http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/Librarians
Connexions
http://c4lpt.co.uk/connexions/

Check to see who these people and groups are following for additional tweeters that may make a difference for you.

BTW, Schlib is also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/schlib