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Posters tell stories economically. And there is no longer a need to share them with thumbtacks. I fell in love with Smore last spring (see Postering with new tools). We now use it to promote library...
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This week I attended the PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, where I connected with school and academic librarians and discussed evolving visions of literacy. (More on that coming!) At the Pattee...
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Bloomz is a game changer, a kind of Swiss Army knife for school communication that does the job of multiple single purpose apps. It’s free and it works across platforms and devices and it’s got the...
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You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016...
View ArticleCheckthis! and other postery stuff
Posters tell stories economically. And there is no longer a need to share them with thumbtacks. I fell in love with Smore last spring (see Postering with new tools). We now use it to promote library...
View ArticleMicrosoft demoes Skype Translator
Imagine in the very near future, technology allowing humans to bridge geographic and language boundaries to connect mind to mind and heart to heart in ways never before possible. Gurdeep Pall This...
View ArticleAdobe Voice: Elegant, easy(!) storytelling
Okay, this may be the easiest way yet to tell a professional looking story on your iPad. I can see this app used with kiddos of nearly any age. I can see it becoming a classroom staple. (Especially...
View ArticleSimplifying production, with a one-button lab
This week I attended the PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, where I connected with school and academic librarians and discussed evolving visions of literacy. (More on that coming!) At the Pattee...
View ArticleBloomz: a powerful tool for home/school communication
Bloomz is a game changer, a kind of Swiss Army knife for school communication that does the job of multiple single purpose apps. It’s free and it works across platforms and devices and it’s got the...
View ArticleA true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for...
You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016...
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