Last week when I wrote about The Dunderheads, I forgot to link to some of the other online reviews. One of my favorites is by 100 Scope Notes. Yes, he created a “Toon Review”! Once I got past my jealousy of not thinking of doing “Toon Reviews” first , I had to check out the [...]
Here are some things that I came across in my web perusing this last week that made me stop and click. Thought they might interest you, too. (No, no, not running out of things to say. Just everyone else says/does it so much better!) In a post rounding up some news articles about reading, one [...]
So, in trying to get back to my regularly scheduled blog posts (nothing like traveling across the world to throw you for a loop)…I’m still interested in trying out some of the websites that AASL deemed “the Best,”and seeing how I can put them to use in my writing and librarianing lives. My next up is Wordle. [...]
So what else can you do with Animoto, my new hobby? Authors–how about using it as a book trailer? Here’s one I pulled together for my Follow That Food Chain series from Lerner. Photos used under Flickr Creative Commons from dpape, Stephen Barnett, chem7, belgianchocolate, kento.ikeda, and antaean. Granted, it’s not as flashy as some [...]
First up from the AASL Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning (remember, I warned you about this?), Animoto. Do you know Animoto? I confess: I did not. But it’s been a lot of fun to play around with. Basically, Animoto is a web-based tool that allows you to plunk in your photos, add some [...]
I love lists. So last week when the American Association of School Librarians announced their 25 best sites for teaching and learning, I couldn’t wait to click over to it. And, while many of the sites are familiar, there were a couple I hadn’t used yet and a couple I hadn’t even heard of. For your [...]