1. Teching It Through the Library By Lisa Cartwright Library Media Specialist Crockett Middle School Irving, Texas lcartwright@irvingisd.net

2. look at the Realities of What Students Are About TODAY

3. Meet them where they are. UseTECHNOLOGY and Web 2.0

4. Technology is a PRIME tool for REAL LEARNING! Raise the ladder with learning USE to synthesize not just retell Require AUTHENTIC product Use a rubric (rubistar.com)

5. Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/? http://www.schooltube.com/user/Glogster --------------HOW TO’S A multimedia global platform that empowers the learner to use the creative expression Librarian example (Newsletter at beginning of year) http://readingrocksatcms.edu.glogster.com/newsletterexample/ Student example: http:crockettlib.edu.glogster.com/tarik/? Student example: http://coucline.edu.glogster.com/false/

6. BLOGS http://www.blogger.com A way to communicate online Accessible 24/7 Stored online http://readingrocksatcms.blogspot.com/

7. voki http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, email messages, newsletters, in powerpoints and so many other places http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=4199920&height=267&width=200

8. PREZI web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides Prezi.com http://prezi.com/learn/getting-started/ http://prezi.com/q4bjtijiykhk/present/?auth_key=3ec8f3i&follow=lcartwright@irvingisd.net

9. Blabberize http://blabberize.com/ online web 2.0 communication tool Students and teachers can take any image and add a mouth to the image along with a message for the image to speak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodrCTzi44Q

10. EDMODO.com A free Web 2.0 educational safe environment Private for educational use A place to assign and turn in work A calendar to help students keep up with important dates

11. A digital library A place to post messages A parent connection Supports collaboration for groups No student email address needed Works with smart phones

12. Collaboration through EDMODO Groups for classes, parents, study groups, connecting with distant classrooms Create your edmodo profile www.edmodo.com Join the edmodo group for this session Library Summit ---2011 access code -----

13. ANIMOTO EDU video creator which takes still pictures and video clips and make professional quality videos http://animoto.com/education Intro to library Book trailer (Educators can share the same account)

14. 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools Provide STAFF DEVELOPMENT with technology Mobile technology stretches a long way The new “F” word is FEAR TECH TOOLS are not just passing fads Don’t trap technology in a room Money is not the problem Invite every stake holder to the table (students, teachers, parents……..)

15. By Adam S. Bellow, author of The Tech Commandments, and founder of eduTecher. Taken from his speech to a roomful of receptive teachers at the recent ISTE 2011 conference, and demonstrated some of the ironies and contradictions of the education system, And he had some advice.