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Free Online Poster and Flyer Maker. AnswerGarden » ...- Plant a Question, Grow Answers! Generate a live word cloud with your audience. WriteOnline App Video. Voki - Home. Great Websites for Kids Selection Criteria. Established by the first ALSC Children and Technology Committee, 1997; revised by the ALSC Great Websites Committee/revisions approved by the ALSC Board of Directors, 2013 Introduction: The Web is a lot like a flea market: there’s a vast selection of sites to choose from but not a lot of order to it.

Great Websites for Kids Selection Criteria

Some sites are offered by reputable “dealers” and some from individuals who want to show off their personal favorite items. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s a hidden treasure, and what’s a waste of time. It’s not hard to find sites if you use a search engine like Google, or a subject directory like Yahoo (or YahooKids!) Children’s librarians evaluate many types of media for children including books, audio books, e-books, videos, apps and websites. Notes: A. B. C. D. Mashable. TechFifteen. Keeping Up with New Tools. There are hundreds and hundreds of web-based tools available!

Keeping Up with New Tools

There seem to be a dozen or more new tools online every day! Here are some of the newest ones that I'm exploring (from my Pinterest boards):Donna BaumbachWebTools-New 2 Me! Follow On Many of these have potential for increasing our own productivity, for enhancing our teaching, for organizing our information resources and/or for helping students learn. How to do keep on top of these new tools? Many teacher-librarians and other educators are curating webtools they find useful. Shannon Miller shared this post:These Teachers Will Give You Several Ideas On Where To Learn About New EdTech Tools! No one know for certain what the future holds, especially in the area of technology. Free Technology for Teachers. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (originally approved in 2000) were rescinded by the ACRL Board of Directors on June 25, 2016, at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, which means they are no longer in force.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

This document (and the PDF) will remain on the website until July 1, 2017 to allow for the transition to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. ACRL is developing resources to assist librarians in using the Framework. Introduction Information Literacy Defined Information Literacy and Information Technology Information Literacy and Higher Education Information Literacy and Pedagogy Use of the Standards. Skills Overview. The Big6™ Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely known and widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world.

Skills Overview

Used in thousands of K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporate and adult training programs, the Big6 information problem-solving model is applicable whenever people need and use information. The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks. Why Big6™? We all suffer from information overload. One solution to the information problem—the one that seems to be most often adopted in schools (as well as in business and society in general)—is to speed things up. The Big6™ Skills The Big6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem. 1. 1.1 Define the information problem 1.2 Identify information needed 2. 2.1 Determine all possible sources 3. 4.

Selecting the Right Number of Keywords. Best Apps for Teaching & Learning 2016. Comic Life 3 by plasq LLC Level: Upper Elementary, Middle, and High SchoolPlatform: iOS Website Now an app, Comic Life 3 is the ultimate tool for turning your images into a comic.

Best Apps for Teaching & Learning 2016

It has everything you need to make a stunning photo comic -- fonts, templates, panels, balloons, captions, photo filtering effects, and lettering art. It is easy to use - just add photos, some text, and quickly you’ll have a finished story. Tip: Writing and creating comics is not just for the Language Arts classroom.