tech tools
My Favorite Craft Sites
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/
www.craftbits.com
http://gimp.org/
http://www.irfanview.com/
The first two offer an abundance of preschool and elementary school aged children’s crafts. Gimp and irfanview deliver free photoshop / open source software. And, everyone’s favorite free photo software: http://picasa.google.com/download/
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Catalog Your Personal Reading
I discovered this site while reading through material for gifted middle schoolers. Use it to get book recommendations, make or comment on book reviews and keep track of all those titles you read for work and pleasure. At the end of the year, you may not recall the individual books you’ve read but a search in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Video: Twitter in Plain English
Here’s the best short explanation of Twitter’s appeal with the YA audience I’ve heard yet!
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Playaway
Recently I visited the Roseville Public Library and discovered Playaway digital audio books, becoming an instant fan. I’m talking this new format up with those in my own library system where we enjoy NetLibrary and audiobooks that must be downloaded to an MP3 player that the user provides. Note (and this is a big one): that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Beta Bookbump is the next LibraryThing
This just in from School Library Journal (SLJ)! Check it out : )
Lauren Barack — School Library Journal, 11/20/2007 8:59:00 AM
Is there room for another online personal book management system? That’s what the folks at BookBump are hoping. A free service akin to LibraryThing, BookBump is a new Web-based book-indexing tool that launched in beta [...]
2.0 Tools Benefit Students and Educators
I ran across this wonderful article today by Steve Hargardon in School Library Journal from Oct 1, 2007 called A Little Help From My Friends. Here’s a neat summary of information from teachers and librarians ”in the trenches” who have integrated podcasts, blogs and other social networking tools into their curriculum with great success. Discussion includes Classroom [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Build your own WIKI
Have you always wanted to build your very own free wiki to share with your colleagues or friends? Collaborative authorship allows you to utilize the power of the collective brain and keep the site fresh. Here is a great place to get software:
http://pbwiki.com
Want to know more? Take a tour: http://pbwiki.com/tour/pbwiki.html. Note: If you click NEXT, [...]
Library Calculator
You value you your public library but do you know how much it actually saves you in dollars and cents? The Maine State Library knows. Use this easy form to total the dollar amount you library is worth to you! Your library card makes “sense!”
http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm
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Out on the Links..
Perhaps HungarianLibrarian was the last to know but, having NO code experience, she just discovered how easy and fun creating hyperlinks can be! If you are wondering how bloggers link words in their text (in text widgets, in Word docs, etc.), here is how:
Open a Word doc.
Type a test sentence: Every Good Bird Does Fly.
Lets [...]
Music Update
By popular (unpopular??) demand, the song Backyard Safari by Patricia Baker Presents has permenantly left the bulding. HL hopes that the new tune When You Come Over To My House (yes, that’s the name despite what Sonific suggests on the player below!) by Parachute Express is more soothing to the ears while your eyes explore [...]
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