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Augmented Reality glasses will make sure you never get lost again Japan's NTT Docomo has unveiled its latest creation designed to allow travelers to access directions or tourist information via augmented reality. The glasses, called AR Walker, were developed by the company in concert with camera giant Olympus. The retinal display projects video into the user's peripheral vision facilitating data consumption while allowing the wearer to continue walking or driving to their destination. You can see the system being demonstrated recently in Tokyo in the video below. Co-Teaching Without Boxes or Boundaries A MiddleWeb Blog The metaphor “thinking outside of the box” has recently been brought to my attention in a number of situations as people have reached out to say, “We need your ‘out of the box’ thinking on this…” After hearing this statement a number of times over the last few weeks, it made me think about what we are actually saying when we use this fairly clichéd expression. Of course thinking and learning are contextual – and there are times when thinking inside the box may be appropriate. But overall, thinking out of the box has gained momentum as a valued way of creating solutions.

How to Create Fruitful Co-Teaching Partnerships A MiddleWeb Bog By Elizabeth Stein By now co-teachers around the nation have had a chance to get off on the right foot. I hope you had a flying start! Maybe even hit the ground running! The first goal for co-teachers is to pave the way for a successful year by establishing a learning environment that nurtures a sense of community. Future of Internet Search: Mobile version « petitinvention (Followed by a previous post “Future of Internet Search“) This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot. Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building.

Deep Learning Experiences within a Fixed Schedule – School Library Connection Blog Fixed schedule got you feeling trapped? This week, we’re featuring a few favorites from our archive, after Sue Kowalski put in a request from #ALAAC16 for some resources to support our many colleagues on fixed schedules. Today’s article from Julie Green and Laurie Olmsted focuses on creating deep learning experiences for second graders within a fixed schedule. Librarian Creates Site for Teachers to Earn Digital Badges for New Skills Even teachers need a little acknowledgment for learning new skills, according to Laura Fleming, a school library media specialist at New Milford High School in Bergen County, NJ. Through her site, Worlds of Learning, Fleming is offering teachers at her school and beyond the opportunity to earn digital badges—indicators of accomplishment that can be posted online—for mastering digital literacy in a number of areas, from QR codes to video editing. Fleming says that her site, launched in October, provides a fun way for educators to motivate themselves and be rewarded for their efforts. “This is supposed to be informal learning,” says Fleming, who joined New Milford this year but has been a school librarian for a decade.

Text-to-Speech:Let the Computers Talk Increasing access to the internet and different Web 2.0 tools have provided different, engaging and fun alternatives to teachers. Now, we can create our own web based activities easily with free and various tools that can be easily accessed by the learners. We can create our own videos, podcasts, upload them and share them with other teachers or our students, create digital stories using animations. Furthermore, there are many other websites that will help our learners to improve four essential skills; reading, speaking, listening and writing as well as grammar and vocabulary. Text-to-speech applications can be an alternative way to check the pronunciation of words and sentences or to create listening activities.

Seven Tips to Make Teacher Collaboration Time Productive Become a Teacher >> Browse Articles >> Hot Topics Featured Author: Mrs. Laura Owen Mrs. Brooklyn Public Library Offers Online PD Course on Information Literacy As the coordinator for school outreach at the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), Amy Mikel knows the value of professional development for teachers. However, a few years ago, she realized there was only so much she could teach educators in a 45-minute workshop. So in August 2014, she launched Teacher Lab, a course on information and research skills for K–12 educators. She soon became convinced that even that four-day summer course wasn’t enough.

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S.O.S. for Information Literacy Collaboration is an evolving process that does not happen overnight. Here are some of our tips for developing successful collaborative relationships. Develop a "collaborative mentality." Collaboration and reflection Proactivity and Reflection: Tools to Improve Collaborative ExperiencesMinnesota Media, 2004 Collaboration is the Holy Grail of librarianship. It’s how we become indispensable to others, but it is arguably the most challenging part of our jobs.

Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling The library program is fully integrated into the educational program so that students, teachers, and school librarians become partners in learning. This integration strengthens the teaching for learning process to ensure students are active learners who guide and continually assess their learning process. Open access to a quality school library program is essential for students to develop the vital skills necessary to analyze, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information and ideas in a variety of formats. Inquiry skills are taught and learned within the context of the curriculum and may occur in the classroom, the library, or at home with 24/7 accessibility to a wide range of resources, technologies, and services. The integrated library program philosophy requires an open schedule that includes flexible and equitable access to physical and virtual collections for staff and students.