Description: A discussion of information fluency, teaching, and learning in the 21st century. en-us http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html?nid=3714 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/50050405.html?nid=3714 AASL 2009 has come to a close and I thought I take the next few posts to share a little of what I am bringing back from Charlotte, for those who we... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1970050397.html?nid=3714 As Buffy and I (and the rest of the geek squad) get ready for our last day of AASL sessions, we want to begin a very open conversation about what w... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/980050298.html?nid=3714 My bag is packed and it is nearly time to run off to the airport. I am so looking forward to learning and sharing in Charlotte. Our... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/410050241.html?nid=3714 If you were out trick or treating yesterday afternoon, you likely missed Diigo's Maggie Tsai on Classroom 2.0 Live. Happily, the chat is arch... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/290050229.html?nid=3714 This week, Animoto went a little viral at our high school. The eighth graders completed music videos of their selected summer ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/770050077.html?nid=3714 I received my copy of ISTE's Learning & Leading with Technology in the mail this weekend and I found the editors' two selected answers to that ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1040050104.html?nid=3714 One of the latest tools to enter Google's beta area, Labs, is Google Social Search. Now, when you do a Google search, the same Show Options... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/490050049.html?nid=3714 Beyond Google - 15 Tools and Strategies for Improving Your Web Search Results - Don't miss Beyond Google: 15 Tools and Strategies ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1750049975.html?nid=3714 Okay, so I may not be feeling the NASCAR references as much as my fellow committee members, but I do REALLY have Charlotte on my mind and I hop... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/770049877.html?nid=3714 Here's a little preview of aasl2009. Please share and embed! http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/750049875.html?nid=3714 Most days this sleepy, little blog gets so few comments that I tend to forget that people might be reading, that the words I throw out are actually... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/620049862.html?nid=3714 From the emails and comments I am getting recently, it is really clear that folks in our field are in need of a professional development roadma... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1530049753.html?nid=3714 The one thing that I have seen over the years that hasn't changed is that when students come into the library media center today....just like 40 ye... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/720049672.html?nid=3714 Last March, I posted about findingDulcinea, a human-driven, and very useful tool for locating quality online resources for the cla... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/10049601.html?nid=3714 It's been over a week since the very wonderful SLJ Summit and I've had a little time to reflect on the panel I was charged to faci... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/740049474.html?nid=3714 I'm a huge fan of Glogster.edu. I regularly use their multimedia posters/collages to create the interfaces for my growing number of l... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1310049531.html?nid=3714 I don't travel or go to school without my own Flip camera. Over the past couple of years our PTA generously purchased five cameras... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/770049277.html?nid=3714 This week, Google Books announced that they were hosting Life Magazine's online archive, nearly 1900 scanned issues of rich print and photographi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/740049274.html?nid=3714 If you've got the bandwidth, you're going to love this one (so will your science and social studies teachers)! FreeDocumentaries.org... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/720049272.html?nid=3714 A couple of weeks back I posted about the upcoming Librarians and the Truth session, with author, professor, and geek thinker... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1080049108.html?nid=3714 Planning to attend AASL Charlotte? Have something amazing to share, but for whatever reason, you are not scheduled for a concurrent sessi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1710049171.html?nid=3714 Yesterday, my friend Jim Ulsh at ProQuest shared the new widgets for the ProQuest K12 products. At this point, you can grab search widgets fo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1630049163.html?nid=3714 I am thrilled to be participating and playing a larger role in the K12Online Conference this year. The free, online conference is open to... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1230049123.html?nid=3714 (I thought I'd share this article, just cross posted @TechLEARNING.com) This is the best time in history to be a teacher-librarian. Major shifts... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/230049023.html?nid=3714 A number of people asked exactly how I put together our new interface. Though I really resist sharing this site as a model--it is still very mu...