I went to several sessions today which focused on how our students are changing and need more media rich lessons.  One good session was about audiobooks and e-books. One great site for audiobooks is www.librivox.org.  It is a volunteer project with readers contributing books by reading aloud books from the public domain.  Your students could even volunteer to be a reader!  It has poetry, short works, and novels, and many classics are there.  This is a great and free tool. Microsoft Reader which is a […]

We just finished the first workshop on blogs, wikis, RSS and podcasts.  I found out about a really cool website, www.Rollyo.com.  It lets you as a teacher or the librarian set up a “list” of recommended websites for a particular type of project.  Then you can put the link on your website so students use a selected group of sites for their research.   I haven’t had time to look at it yet, but it sounds really useful and easy! I also saw a really neat […]

I’m attending the Internet Librarian conference and am going to be blogging “live” from the conference!   That way I can share things as I go with any of you on the staff who are interested before I forget them!  Second, I will have a record of things that I learned that I can refer back to.  The third reason is it seems like a fun experiment (although geeky!)   Follow along if you are interested!   Some of the sessions I’m going to attend at the conference […]