Technology integration isn’t confined to a single 24 hours, of course. To help inform your practice on Digital Learning Day and beyond, we offer related stories featured in SLJ and the Digital Shift, including the insight and expertise of Joyce Valenza, Richard Byrne, and other contributors.
Key topics of interest among our users? Research, apps, and the best Web-based tools.
Research/curation:
An Alternative Search Tool for Your Tablet
Wikivoyage launches Web Search: What’s Common Crawl All About?
Advanced Power Searching with Google
Model Library Curriculum shared on our PA DOE portal by Joyce Valenza
New from Pew: How Teens do Research in the Digital World
EasyBib’s New Extensions: two/too “easy buttons”?
My secret search/curating weapon
Crowdsourcing the Past – Georeferencing Website Puts Historic Maps in their Place | LJ INFOdocket
Why hair salons need to curate
Ebooks/reading:
Ebook toolkit: Easy-to-Use Applications for Creating Your Own
Ebook toolkit: Cool Tools for Multimedia Publishing
Kids’ Ebook Reading Nearly Doubled Since 2010, Scholastic Reading Survey Finds
School Library Thrives After Ditching Print Collection
Ebooks 2013: New leasing models, cheaper devices, more content
Libraries Use iPads and Apps to Ramp Up Storytime, but Concerns Remain
Boundless as a free text option
A Tale of Two Apps: Classic Picture Books into Digital
Ebook Toolkit: SLJ Reviews StarWalk Kids
Common Core:
Exploring Common Core’s Informational Text… with Violent Video Games
Tools:
Annotate the Web with Popcorn Maker | screencast tutorial
Make Your Own Infographics | Screencast Tutorial
Making the Most of Video in the Classroom
The Best Sites for Collaborative Online Studying
Master the Web with Browser Add-ons
The “Cheap and Cheerful” Librarian, Melissa Techman, Shares Tips on Pinterest
U.S. State Department Launches Online Game to Aid English Learners
Hot Topic at Midwinter: Library Maker Spaces, Ideas for Cheap, Hands-On Fun
Mobile Apps Make Student Assessment Easy and Interactive
How would you fill an Edcanvas?
Zeen for digital magazine creation
Four tools for determining web cred
Comics Generators and Literacy: Edtech and Nontech Insights from Bill Zimmerman
Please Take This, Copy It, Use It, Improve It: A Digital Fandom Checklist
Webliography: Online Tools for Learning Languages on the Web | LJ INFOdocket
Melissa Techman presenting at the SLJ Summit
Apps:
A (LONG) List of Recommended Apps
Global Issues, Digital Perspectives
On Stage with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra
BiblioBoard’s Curated Collections for the iPad
Big picture:
Media Literacy, Powerfully: A Model for School Librarian and Classroom Teacher Collaboration
About Kathy Ishizuka