Presentation to AISTL meeting November 2010

2. {
Google forms
Check understanding

3. Share information and learn
from others around the world

4. Librarian:
iGoogle page at Circulation desk

5. Personal
iGoogle as
home page
Multiple tabs

6. Plan – Defining the problem and asking the right questions
What are the major ideas? What do I already know? What synonyms, broader and
narrower terms will help the search?
•Inspiration, http://bubbl.us/ http://www.mywebspiration.com/
Find – Accessing information
Do I use all the available tools? Can I refine my searches effectively? Should I ask for help? Is
there a database that would be useful? Is there a pathfinder for my topic?
•Google - Related searches http://bit.ly/bUPaH3
•NoodleTools A guide to choosing the best search http://bit.ly/963rxB
•Trove - everything Australian http://trove.nla.gov.au/
•Wolfram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Organise – restructure information
What are some ways I can keep track of information that I use regularly? How can I record
useful sites so that I can see them at home, at school and on my mobile? Can I set up an
alert or RSS feed for my topic?
•iGoogle http://www.google.com.au/ig
•Symbaloo http://www.symbaloo.com/
•Delicious http://www.delicious.com/
Tool to suit purpose – Year 10

7. Record – select, evaluate and note
How should I record the useful sites and take notes related to my topic? What tools should I
use to ensure my work is up to date and accessible?
•Microsoft OneNote on the school’s computers and online
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
•Google docs through your Google account
•DropBox http://www.dropbox.com/
•Zotero http://www.zotero.org/
•iCyte http://www.icyte.com/
Bibliographic tools
•BibMe http://www.bibme.org/ EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/
Communicating – presentation methods and tools
Have you considered video, multimedia, image show, podcast, screencast?
•Animoto http://animoto.com/
•Masher http://www.masher.com/
•Prezi http://prezi.com/
Tool to suit purpose – Year 10

8. Only2Clicks

10. Shared work from TLs
https://sites.google.com/site/comicsineducation/

12. Wallwisherhttp://www.wallwisher.com

13. http://schoollibraryupdates.wikispaces.com/