Media+Center

=﻿Library Media Centers= This is a page for cutting edge practices that integrate library media/information literacy standards and practices with core curriculum. Place here resources and ideas that make students the navigators of their learning. Also add links for 'cool tools for schools' type resources.

Tech at Open House**
 * Hand out or make available cards with QR codes for school sites; information about school wikis etc.
 * Provide a continuously running intro to the school's websites; parents drop in when they can, between meetings with classroom teachers.

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FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING
Research on the impact of flexible library media scheduling on technology integration, curriculum integration, and classroom/library media collaboration. []

GREAT PLACES TO LOOK FOR TOOLS AND IDEAS
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home http://misdtechstars.wikispaces.com/Website+Links Technology in Education Box of Tricks - 2011 Education Blog Award - [] [|Tammy's Top 20]

Joyce Valenza's sites
Joyce is a cutting-edge, nationally renowned LMS. Here are some of her sites. Each offers links, examples of new web tools, and/or overview of those tools. Visiting her blog once each week is as great way to stay current with technology. [] [] [] [] []
 * AASL Top 25 Websites for ILI and Tech Integration**

Audio Tools
This seems to be the service of choice for teachers/LMS at ISTE. Allows students to record their stories, presentations, etc. More interactive options available. Cost: one teacher can create account for up to 100 students for $60/year. A school-level account offers more group & privacy options and costs $1 per student and teacher/year. UPDATE: July 7. Just saw mention of a free account level. See [] For a PDF How-TO on VoiceThread, see: [] For a video How-To on VoiceThread, see:
 * VoiceThread**

Embidit.in
From Joyce Valenza: "With [|Embedit.in] you can skip that second step of posting on a third party site–like Flickr, Slideshare, and Youtube– before embedding, that is, if you don’t really want to post. You (or your students and teachers) can embed a website, a slideshow, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images–files up to 20 MB, directly from a desktop or drive or URL."

IMAGE TOOLS -- COPYRIGHT FREE OR ALLOWED WITH ATTRIBUTION
WYLIO offers a service whereby every picture you find is free/legal to use, can be resized in one quick step, and comes with the embed code for attribution. A free account is limited to 5 pictures/month; a 'premium' account is limited to 125 pictures/month at a charge of $2.99/month; a 'pro' allows over 1,000 images/month at a charge of $9.99/month. You must log in with a google account to use the service. [|http://www.wylio.com]

Misc Tools
Wordle -- used Wordle Advanced to enter weighted words and avoid all the copying and pasting: []

Internet Safety Unit Resources
[] [|http://www.cybersmart.org] Federal Trade Commission FREE bulk order resources are listed here, including their NetCetera booklet for parents: [] FTC admondo site has a game to guide students to recognize and evaluate advertising. Age level??? Seems to staid for elementary but some of the characters are too young for middle school. ?? [] "**A Parent's Guide to Facebook**" by Anne Collier and Larry Magid. Available on their website: [] And Collier and Magid recommend these sites: safekids.com has "Guidelines for Parents of PreTeens" at this link: [] netfamilynews.org
 * Common Sense Media** offers a FREE database of lesson plans searchable by grade level and topic. Has acquired CyberSmart lesson plans as well. [] Curriculum materials are also found at this link:

Digital Citizenship Resources
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Portals for copyright-friendly images and other content: http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ Resources for teaching fair use: [] Videos and Songs teaching fair use -- high school or college: http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com/Videos

Bibliographic Tools bibme.org easybib

**Moving beyond PowerPoint**
Annette Lamb, PhD, offers ideas and resources for both teachers and students. Focus is on extending the learning rather than presenting results. Make presentations interactive in multiple modes. []

**MIT's Scratch**
[|http://scratch.mit.edu] Make it more than a link on the library's webpage. Interweave into lessons and active learning. []

**Information Age Inquiry**
Big6, FLIP-It, etc. But from the perspective of integrated technology. [] Great links to various Glogster tutorials here: []
 * Glogster**

**Wikis** - Using wikis for teachers and schools
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 * MacGyver an Interactive Whiteboard for less than $100**

Videos []