Tightening budgets in many states and local school districts (including the one in which I live) remind me of the importance of having a focused advocacy message for library positions/technology budgets. Texas is facing a severe budget shortfall, as is my local city’s school district, and library and technology budgets are on the line with [...]
Entries from January 24th, 2011
iPads in the elementary library
January 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Web 2.0
One way to use iPads in the elementary library is as part of “stations.” The touch screen and variety of available apps make it a natural for learning stations. One of our elementary librarians and I spent time recently exploring apps for her students, and found some excellent apps that would work well for [...]
A paradigm shift–”Connection” development?
January 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Web 2.0
Recently, one of our teachers inquired about the copyright legality of using Netflix in the classroom. I queried my twitter network to see what the general librarian consensus was as well, because I suspected it was probably against Netflix terms of service (which it is) for reasons I couldn’t quite explain, so I turned to [...]
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