It's September. Time to start thinking about digital literacy and citizenship again. If you thought sending texts was magic, think again. How many people actually have access to your texts? This Video Explains How Your Texts Are Sent From One Phone to Another What you want and how to Google it. Click on the image to go to the poster. Image credit: Google, London, United Kingdom, Degw. Photograph.Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 8 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/104_188384 Welcome to Semester 2: Note-Taking Tips, Licensed Images and the impact of Google on Memory24/1/2014
Taking NotesFor awhile I've been thinking about the importance of note-taking. In fact, I created a Smore lesson about it. Many teachers insist that their students still take notes by hand. Why? Here's an interesting infographic on the importance of note-taking: Note-taking Tips for the 21st Century. It's very important. Read all about it! You should also consider The Impact of Writing on the Brain. Image credit: Illustration. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 24 Jan 2014.http://quest.eb.com/images/118_812421 Copyright: Using Google ImagesAre you a conscientious researcher who wants to make sure you have permission to use an image before you copy and paste it from Google Images? Here's a quick way to organize image results by license: Google Now Makes It Easier to Search for License Images. Also take a look at the 12 Must Have Resources for Free Public Domain Images to Use in Class. Oh, if you don't consider yourself a conscientious researcher, you may want to use Creative Commons images anyway: Image credit: Digital Man. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 24 Jan 2014.http://quest.eb.com/images/139_1969141 Google & MemoryLastly, ever wonder how people survived without Google? Check out this infographic: The Impact of Google on Our Memory. Image credit: Memory Loss. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 24 Jan 2014.http://quest.eb.com/images/132_1264747 Click on the image to find out MORE! Google Logo. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Oct 2013. http://quest.eb.com/images/158_2456205
"Think of yourself as Sherlock Holmes and you need to search for clues and you have a feeling whodunit." -Alison Head providing the metaphor for research Works Cited:
Head, Alison. "What Is It Like to be a College Student in the Digital Age?." OLA SuperConference. Ontario Library Association. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto. 31 Jan. 2013. Address. Jones, David. "Sherlock Holmes". N.d. Photograph. Haiku Deck. Flickr. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. During the first week, we've been exploring what it means to be a BYOD school. One class told me where they struggle with their learning. My response each time was: "There's an app for that." For example, I had a group of girls who were afraid of making presentations. Together, they learned how to use: instead of making stand-up-in-front-of-the-class presentations. Other possible tools include: For additional ideas, check out: "Six Visual Learning Tools". There was a gaggle of boys who said that they hated reading. I asked them: "Do you like being read to?" They said: "YES!" They learned that if they changed their iPad/iPod/iPhone's accessibility settings, they could get their device to read to them: First, go to "Settings" and select "General". Click on "Accessibility". Next, go to "Speak Selection". Turn on "Speak Selection". You can choose a dialects (accent) and adjust the speaking rate (speed). Appy Hour Students were given a chance to explore and experiment with these (and other) apps, features, and online tools. We were amazed at how focused they were on the task. We were equally impressed with their mini-presentations afterwards: They shared what they had discovered with their classmates. In fact, each student became the "expert" for other students to go to to learn about his or her particular tool.
Cool. Image credits: Class Presentation. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Sep 2013.http://quest.eb.com/images/139_1918369 Two Apple IPad 2 Tablet Computers Desktop And App Store On Their Displays. Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Sep 2013.http://quest.eb.com/images/167_4036507 For back to school advice, click on: Keep Calm and Ask a Librarian Can you believe Lego used me as their model for their librarian mini-figure? Is this plagiarism or flattery?
Librarian bio on Lego site. Image credit: Müller, Joachim S. Librarian. Taken on July 30, 2013. Flickr. Web. 20 Aug. 2013. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/joachim_s_mueller/9399833506/>. |
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