Brand yourself
Brandyourself.com is a free tool to help you strengthen your personal "brand". Find out what steps you can take to make sure your content is easily found and ranked by search engines.
New Turnitin tool for students
Here's a great article about a new resource evaluation tool being developed by the folks at Turnitin for students to use. Given that googling has greatly overshadowed traditional methods of research with today's students, this tool is being developed so that students can analyze and evaluate the legitimacy and academic quality of online resources. It's
On a + note
http://kittysonapositivenote.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/what-makes-a-great-library-worker-53-2013/ I recommend this public library blog. The head librarian of Guelph Public Library shares a weekly theme which often applies to libraries in general. This example called, "What-makes-a-great-library-worker?" is a good example of thoughtful, positive ideas from her blog. Meg Sinclair, Librarian Lester B. Pearson School Board
German education minister resigns amidst plagiarism scandal
In my ongoing series of finding and posting examples of why teaching students to not plagiarize or on why doing proper research is important... I present to you a CBC article about the recent resignation of the education minister in Germany after news broke out that his Ph. D had plagiarized from other works... Take
Harnessing Social Media for the Classroom
I attended a very stimulating presentation by the consultants from LBPSB Digital Citizenship project during LCEEQ last week. The presenters adapted a presentation they give to high school students about establishing (and protecting) their "Social Media Identities". They had lots of simple, effective strategies and ideas. Here is the link to their content: http://storify.com/edtechsarecool/harnessing-social-media
Mind mapping
This is an interesting blog post by Iris Jastram, the Pegasus Librarian, on working with older students and the different ways that mind mapping can help them organize their research so that they can identify all the components, search terms and concepts that are applicable. http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2012/09/mindmapping-for-research.html
Graphic Organizers
As a teacher, I found myself going old-school, writing on a white board and I heard myself saying things like, "This is important." I believe that I was responding to the high school student that lived inside of me, the one who was concerned about what would appear on the test in a few weeks.
Keep Calm and Carry On
A great video about the saying “Keep Calm and Carry On”. You will get shivers at the first part of the video which explains the origin of the saying, and you will want to visit the bookstore showcased in the second part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrHkKXFRbCI
Vintage Library Posters – A little Fun
http://gottesman.pressible.org/olar/vintage-library-posters
Copyright Matters! 3rd edition
Thanks to Raphaella Dixon of the LBPSB for brining this to my attention. As you may be aware, the copyright law in Canada was amended this past November. Here is a link to an easy-to-read guide published for educators by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC). Written in a question and answer format,