This short video explains how sites such as Youtube, Facebook, Google, and Twitter can recognize your password without actually having the password in their database. Yes, I know. That makes no sense, does it? Yet in three minutes, Tom Scott explains how this is possible and more importantly, why you should avoid any website that
This film shows the excitement of students, parents, teachers and the principal at the opening of their new library learning commons. It is apparent that project based learning is very much a part of the curriculum at Douglasdale Elementary School in Calgary. The principal in this film recognizes that students are using libraries very differently
This past week, I participated in a webinar on Makerspaces entitled Makerspaces: The Now Revolution in School Libraries with Leslie Preddy, school librarian in Indianapolis, Indiana. She's also the author of the book, School Library Makerspaces, Grades 6 - 12. If you are a member of edweb (anyone can register for free), here is the
Henry Jenkin's TED talk on participatory culture is an asset to how we think about the way that our students interact and learn online. The description to this video says, "As one of the first media scholars to chart the changing role of the audience in an environment of increasingly pervasive digital content, Jenkins has
I just finished this how-to-use theinquiryprocess.ca video today. I hope that you can find the time to share this with teachers and library staff. I've also made a video on what inquiry based learning is involves. There are so many video out there on this, but I thought that after viewing quite a few, something
We are always so quick to use Google, but there are other search engines (some of which are powered by Google) that may be more suitable for elementary school students. In this film, I demonstrate KidRex, Sweet Search 4 Me, KidsClick, KidzSearch.com, MyMunka, DuckDuckGo, and Searchy Pants. As I made the film, I discovered these
Putting together a Lego station in a school library may be one of the easiest ways to get your first makerspace up and running. The good news is that it can be done cheaply. I read a blog post by Heidi Neltner in which she describes how she created a Lego table/station and obtained a large
This week, I made a film that allowed me to answer a question that a teacher asked me a year ago. She asked if I could suggest any apps that would help disorganized students find their notes, remember when homework is due and in general, just be more organized. One of my colleagues read a
In this video, students read a book on an e-reader and discuss the experience. It's an interesting way to get students to express their own views on the print versus media debate! http://youtu.be/6PpFpeodFhU
These students have created a book club with a difference - they have found exciting ways to organize their reading, tweet about books that they've read, and vote for their favourite book. This is an interesting project that could be reproduced in other high schools.. https://animoto.com/play/7Oaf1BR103UVHaIxbBWjnA
