June 29th, 2009 by Cathy Oxley
Big Universe is an amazing site which parents and teachers will love, because you can read whole picture books online – hundreds of fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from. Teachers or students can read books, create their own books and upload them, as well as creating a virtual bookshelf and finding other friends who [...]
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June 15th, 2009 by Cathy Oxley and tagged Judy O'Connell, Scribd, Web 2.0 Tools, week
Here is a link to an article written by Judy O’Connell, a very active and inspiring role-model who incorporates Web 2.0 and ICTs in her everyday professional life. Hmm – rather challenging, especially the sentence at the end where she says “Now it’s your turn to be a Web 2.0 Teacher Librarian!!” (Judy’s blog [...]
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June 5th, 2009 by Cathy Oxley and tagged BuffyHamilton, reading, teen literature, web2.0 tools
When I was at NECC last year I was challenged listening to Anita Beaman speak about using Web 2.0 tools to promote reading.
Buffy Hamilton – The Unquiet Librarian – has taken this further, and has put together an impressive and extensive list of links showing how YA literature publishers and authors are using Web 2.0 [...]
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