The Interesting Stuff That’s Out There: Online conference, free kids’ news source and more!

By |2019-05-17T10:04:42-04:00October 22nd, 2015|Articles, Blog Posts, Books, Cool Tools, Digital Citizenship, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences|

Over the summer and at the beginning of the school year, many of us just can't walk away from the library world when we're on vacation. As we sit down to morning coffee, we might see websites, articles and blog posts that we think might be of interest to others.  Here are a few from

Using Flipboard as a Curation Tool

By |2016-11-07T10:57:44-05:00May 11th, 2015|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, Howtos|

If your students have access to mobile devices, this article - 15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard - has suggestions on how to use the app, Flipboard as a curation tool either in the classroom or the school library. A curation tool is a way to gather resources into one place and on an iPad,

Looking for New Ed Tech? Check Out edtechteacher.org

By |2016-11-09T09:40:09-05:00February 10th, 2015|Blog Posts, Cool Tools|

App Recommendations for Mobile Devices is a convenient way to find apps for various devices and learning activities.  As you can see from the photo on the right, the website gives you a choice of searching either by device type or by learning activity. The app evaluation is done by experts in educational technology, (check

Inquiry Based Learning and a Tour of theinquiryprocess.ca – Information Literacy All the Way

By |2016-11-07T10:57:46-05:00February 3rd, 2015|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, Howtos, Videos|

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

Digital Badging for Learning New Skills

By |2016-11-07T10:57:46-05:00January 26th, 2015|Blog Posts, Cool Tools|

Sandra Bebbington, Julian Taylor and I are very excited to be working on a digital badging program for libraries and library personnel based on the Standards of Practice for Library Learning Commons in Canada...but we're not the only ones thinking of digital badging! Meg Sinclair shared this article with us about digital badging in the

Who’s Afraid of the Library Learning Commons?

By |2016-11-07T10:57:46-05:00December 17th, 2014|Blog Posts, School Libraries|

If I were a library volunteer or doc-tech or an older librarian who had never been comfortable with new technology, the video displayed here might scare me a bit.  It's a great promotional video for the Library Learning Commons in that it suggests exciting possibilities of what students might achieve in this revised library space, but

Harnessing Social Media for the Classroom

By |2016-11-07T10:57:51-05:00February 15th, 2013|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, QSLiN Updates|

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

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