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Organizing Information Overload. Organizing Information Overload - Google Slides. Cheat Sheet: Twitter For Teachers. By Kimberly Tyson of learningunlimitedllc.com We’ve sung the praises of twitter in the classroom in the past–far and away our favorite social media tool of 2012.

Cheat Sheet: Twitter For Teachers

But while simple to use simply, it’s not the easiest tool to master. Thus this chart. Twitter for Educators Twitter, the popular social media platform, is continually picking up momentum in its number of users; however, I find many educators who are not tapping into the power of Twitter. For those just getting started, I’ll explain a few basic terms to help you easily and quickly navigate your way around Twitter.

Twitter: The Basics Twitter: According to Wikipedia, Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages, called “tweets.” Benefits for Educators Connections: Twitter, at its heart, is a place to build connections with other educators – those next door and those across the country and world. A Word to the Wise. Thedaringlibrarian - Avatar_Generators. PicMonkey: Free Online Photo Editing.

Linda Dougherty (ljdougherty) sur Twitter. Social Media Management Dashboard - HootSuite. Cybraryman Internet Catalogue. Top 50 School Library Blogs. One look at the titles of blogs narrated by school librarians reveals the evolution of a profession within an institution that is at a pivotal point.

Top 50 School Library Blogs

Charged with the vital duty of promoting digital literacy, today’s librarians are daring, unquiet, sassy and definitely e-literate. This list features the top school library blogs ordered by website popularity metrics and social media engagement including the number of websites that link to a blog and number of followers on Twitter. We commend these school librarians for taking the time to share their ideas, experiences, and advice with the school library community. If you would like to recommend a school library blog to add to this list, please contact us to help improve this resource.

Our list of top school library blogs is based on website popularity and social media engagement as measured by the number of sites linking to the blog, Google Page Rank, Moz’s Page Authority, MozRank, and number of Twitter followers. Want to be inspired? Paper.li – Be a publisher. The #tlchat Daily. Tutorials. Get Started on Flipboard Welcome to Flipboard, your personal magazine.

Tutorials

Here are tips on how to get started. You can watch our quick video tutorial, or read more below. 1. Download Flipboard Available for free in the App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Blackberry World, Amazon App Store and Nook App Store. 2. When you launch Flipboard for the first time, swipe past the “Welcome to Flipboard” screen. On the next page, tap to start following different topics from Tech and News to Style and Film. 3. After setting up your Flipboard, you will arrive at the Table of Contents—the “front page” that houses all your favorite content. 4. Explore the Content Guide for hundreds of recommendations for what to read, look at, or listen to. Follow what you love to customize your Flipboard. 5. Add your social networks to quickly browse newsfeeds from that network. 6.

It’s easy to share the amazing content you come across on Flipboard. Creating Your Own Magazines. #MOedchat. RebelMouse: Let Your Content Roar. Lindajdougherty. Storify · Make the web tell a story. Diigo - Better reading and research with annotation, highlighter, sticky notes, archiving, bookmarking & more. My Library. Organize your resources in an online binder - LiveBinders. Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps. Linda Dougherty on Pinterest. Symbaloo - Your Bookmarks and favorites in the cloud. Curation with Scoop.it, Pinterest, & Social Media.

Curation Tools. All clips - eduClipper. Design flyers to spread the word online. NHS Library Connection. Northwest High School - Cedar Hill, MO NHS Library - March Happenings March 12 - Girls Only "Appy Hour" March 28 - Author Visit - Mike Mullin, author of Ashfall series, sponsored by Barnes & Noble, Fenton, MO - MarchMarch 25 - April - Senior Advanced Composition Classes - Research "road trips" to St.

NHS Library Connection

Louis County Libraries Girls Only "Appy Hour" Eleven students attended the first "Appy Hour" in the NHS library. NHS Students Welcome Mike Mullin, Author of Ashfall Series On Friday, March 28th, Mike Mullin spoke with students about writing novels and the science of super volcanoes. Check out the Ashfall books from the NHS Library. NHS Library Author Visit - Friday - March 28th Mike Mullin - Awesome author splitting a cement block! Seniors Plan "Road Trips" for Researching Advanced Composition Papers Seniors enrolled in Advanced Composition are working on their last major research paper assigned by Mrs.

Northwest R-I Library Connections.