School Library - Digital Research Tools
(aka Advanced Tech Camp - without the campfire!)
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Welcome to Tech Camp!
(Image courtesy of Michael Stephens -
The Hyperlinked School Library)
School Library Learning 2.0 Tech Camps are one and two day immersions in technology tools and and opportunities to explore ideas for integrating technology into the curriculum. These sessions offer school librarians an opportunity to explore a variety of online tools & services that will help them work more efficiently, improve their library's online presence and enhance student learning.
This Research 2.0 Workshop will give you a chance to explore web tools that will help you and your students take a new approach to research projects, one that involves collaborating and sharing.
Some background
Video to show:
Explore Student Portfolios
Student portfolios from the Media 21 Project run by Buffy Hamilton & Susan Lester - Creekview High School
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This is the best time in history to be a teacher-librarian. Major shifts in our information and communication landscapes present new opportunities for librarians to teach and lead in areas that were always considered part of their role, helping learners of all ages effectively use, manage, evaluate, organize and communicate information, and to love reading in its glorious new variety.
A school’s teacher-librarian is its chief information officer, but in a networked world, the position is more that of moderator or coach, the person who ensures that students and teachers can effectively interact with information and leverage it to create and share and make a difference in the community and beyond.
14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza
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THE TOOLS!
Backchannel
Tools
Resources
Writing & Reflecting
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Resources:
Mind Mapping & Brainstorming
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More Resources:
Helping Students Find Information
Search Tools
Create Collections of Resources
Managing the Information Flow
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Organizing Everything
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Getting Feedback & Connecting With Others
Collaborating, Writing, Portfolios
Curation Tools
These are a new-ish crop of tools designed to help you collect information from multiple sources and gather them into a single page that keeps track of the original source, allows you to comment on what you've gathered and can be shared. These tools that could be used in a variety of ways - to collect information from multiple sites for use in other presentaions, to create a story based on selected resources, to share a selection of "best of" resources on a topic.
- Scoop.it - http://scoop.it Create a topic "scoop", use browser bookmarklet to add pages, articles, etc. Share with others, follow their "scoop". The more you do, the more invites you get. I love Scoop.it, but really don't love the layout of the content, though not quite sure how I'd change it?
- Storify - http://storify.com/ - add content using browser bookmarklet, or via handy search panel on your story page.
- Curated.by http://www.curated.by Another tool to gather web resources and social media to create a story.
- Pinterest http://pinterest.com Photo oriented tool. Create a Pinterest board on any topic you're interested in and add photos with notes & descriptions. Boards can be edited collaboratively. Could be used to gather visual resources for a project.
Creating & Presenting
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Tools
Resources
More tips & tools
- Readability - Browser bookmarklet that turns a cluttered busy web page into an oasis of calm. Strips out all the busy junk and displays the text only in your own customized format.
- InstaPaper - Adds a Read Later bookmarklet to your toolbar. Find something you want to read, don't have time? Click Read Later and come back to it. Apps for iPhone. (I use the HardCopy app on my Android phone.)
- kwout - Handy way to clip a bit of a web page for display on another web page, wiki or blog. Takes a screen shot of the area you select and gives you code to embed that image on your page.
- PDFmyURL - Turns the current web page into a PDF file for sharing or printing.
- FireShot - Free addon for Firefox takes screenshots and lets you crop and do simple editing.
- CaptureFox - Free Firefox screencasting tool captures whatever is happening on your screen. Can also add audio.
Resources, Readings, Ideas, Tools
Where to look for more 2.0 tools - in no particular order:
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