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Joyce Valenza at http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=424
December 7, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Conference is underway now! Joyce Valenza's and Konrad Glogowski's keynotes go live on Monday 12/7 with live Fireside Chat on Saturday, 12/12 at 1:30 Eastern. Details on this free, global conference at K12Online.ning.com http://k12online.ning.com/…
Hi Heather,
I'm glad you are still interested. I would like to pursue this in collaboration with you. At the same time, I will put feelers out to find some teachers who might be interested. One project comes immediately to mind i.e. the 2nd grade re…
I would love to Skype with your library. I'm librarian at a K-4 division of a K-12 school in Richmond, VA. This summer I arranged a Skype visit with author Marsha Diane Arnold for our school's "Hooked on Books" program. I got her name on a website f…
We have what we call "Basket Books" which are the series we buy in paperback (A-Z mysteries, Secrets of Droon, Nancy Drew Notebooks, Magic TreeHouse etc.) The baskets fill 2 bookcases. All the books are fully catalogued. The baskets are arranged alp…
I have a "baby" made with a paperback book for its torso with a newborn diaper wrapped around it. The head is a photo of an infant's face. I use this with kindergarteners to discuss "babying" their books. We talk about how to take care of a baby--be…
Just work with teachers to add a Web 2.0 twist to some assignment they already do in a more traditional way. Make a social studies project into a vlog post or podcast. Help videotape a science experiment. Post the video to a blog page and have stude…
You are certainly right. The classroom teachers look to me to initiate innovative projects. I just find it so darn frustrating that so many great projects need multiple sessions in the classroom while I am far away in the library in a separate build…
You just have to find some time to meet and join the party with the other teachers. Another option is to find out what they are doing and build off of that with the time you have with the kids. The key is to communicate. Don't try and work in isolat…
I posed this question on Twitter and got no response. Here's hoping this group will come to my aid. I want this year to get off to a great start.
How do you implement great web 2.0 resources with kids when school already has great tech team doing ju…
This groups is for librarians who teach in elementary schools.
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- About Me:
- K-4 Librarian, Collegiate School in Richmond, VA
535 students
30,000 volumes
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 3:01pm on August 5, 2009,
Emily Northcutt said…
- In response to your question posted in the Elementary group, aren't you a part of your school's "tech team"? I need more info to try and provide some feedback.
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Events
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Joyce Valenza
December 7, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=424
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Margriet Ruurs
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ALA Midwinter
January 15, 2010 at 6pm to January 19, 2010 at 7pm – Boston, MA
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Educon 2.2
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4th Congress for Information and Library
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Texas Library Association Annual Conference
April 14, 2010 to April 17, 2010 – San Antonio Convention Center
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