Today there are countless educational technology blogs powered by WordPress. ISTEConnects is one these blogs, so I thought I'd attend WordPress camp this Saturday, May 16th at the University of Baltimore Thumel Business Center. The camp will be atten
ISTE would like your opinion on schools sacrificing class time for professional development. Experience in front of a classroom is obviously crucial to becoming an effective educator, but adopting emerging educational technologies and learning other
Read more…I heard on tv today about a kindergarten teacher who twitters the parents of her students. This way the parents can talk about the day with their children. I was sooo impressed. Are any of you twittering parents about what is happening in your librar
Read more…Hi all: Tried the search function for the forum but it didn't work: Does anybody know of an elementary school in the NE that has successfully implemented a flexible schedule? Thanks, Pam
Read more…Check out Wes Fryer's new Blog Post on ISTE Connects. Let us know what you think about the Library of The Future. Full Post with Video Found here
Read more…We are doing some planning for next year and need suggestions for good elementary books (other than those by Ryan and Soto) featuring Hispanic characters. Can you help us?
Read more…Hello everyone! This is my first discussion as I am new to this website. I have 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in the library for 30 minutes. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to do a successful book review in collaboration with the computer t
Read more…I just found out I have a media specialist job for next year. Yay!!! I've only been looking for four years! Anyways, I'm going to be in a brand new library (only one year old). The current librarian has done nothing with it (as far as decorations, et
Read more…I think writing a dissertation can be a challenging, frustrating, exhausting, and exhilarating experience of life for even the most knowledgeable and prepared student. First of all, you are going to have to do research that will support your particul
Read more…It occurred to me that so many of us have undiscovered blogs. Please share yours in this forum. Mine is at: joycevalenza.edublogs.org
Read more…Anyone have great things to say about this book. Today, I received a challenge on this book. Please give me some points to defend if you can. Thanks!
Read more…Hi all, I am looking for picture books from other countries that have been translated into English. I have read articles that talk about it but cannot seem to find a good list. I'd appreciate single book title recommendations too. Thanks for your hel
Read more…How about we share some of our best here? What were the standards-based lessons you were proudest of this school year?
Read more…Hello friends! I want to pursue teaching and I believe I can do better with teaching the English language. I'm planning to take a tefl course London. I'm wondering if there's a good apartment near Manchester area where I can rent my accommodation? I
Read more…Hi! We're new here and were hoping for a bit of advice. Our school library is looking at upgrading the library database/search software. Currently we're dithering between Mandarin Oasis, Kelowna Software's L4U, and Follet's Destiny. All three progra
Read more…Hope you are all having a good summer. I went to NECC and had a great time. Social Networking and Second Life were bit topics. I am just wondering how really useful they are at this point? I have been on this ning for several months, BUT, LM_NET sti
Read more…Hi. Feel free to use as you wish. I'm not advocating a particular candidate, but in this case, I wanted to let all ALA members know that Mr. Oliver is the only candidate who appears to be an advocate for us (based on his platform that appeared in "Am
Read more…My supervisor has asked me to find the requirements different school districts have for their Library Media Coordinators -- degrees, certifications, etc. Our district had 25 elementary school libraries staffed by paralibrarians and 13 secondary schoo
Read more…I am looking for ideas or examples of ways to proactively outreach to faculty and undergrads on what a special collections or rare books room has to offer as teaching or research tools. Any suggestions or sources?
Read more…I am presenting a workshop called the Shy Librarian at our state conference next week. The original impetus came from attending conferences and wanting so much to network and share ideas with colleagues but often being too shy to initiate contact. I
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