No Future Left Behind

"This film was created as the Keynote for Net Generation Education Project:

http://netgened.wikispaces.com

When kids at the Suffern Middle School were asked to talk about education and their future, they gave Peggy Sheehy, the SMS media specialist, an earful. Listen and learn the bits of wisdom that can be gleaned from the students, if we only dare to ask them."

Check Out These Links -- Diigo 3/1/09

• PicLits.com - Create a PicLit

  Choose a photo, then drag and drop descriptive words to your photo.

  tags: writing, photos, web2.0, piclit

• ARKive - A unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species

  "Welcome to ARKive, a unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species." The pictures and videos on this site are amazing.

  tags: science, animals, resources, images, reference

• anchoractivities » home

  Tons of games and activities for students.

  tags: anchoractivities, activities, games

• Capzles

  tags: timeline, slideshow, photos, multimedia, web2.0, capzles

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

I miss living by a lake...

Check Out These Links -- Diigo 2/22/09

• Weblogg-ed » Those Who Publish Set the Agenda

  Interesting post by Will Richardson about correlation between family structure, access to technology, and contributions to online community.

  tags: access, education, shifts, technology

• David Merrill demos Siftables, the smart blocks | Video on TED.com

  So cool! I WANT THESE!

  tags: siftables, technology, blocks, future, education, ted

• Odyssey Online: Greece

  Awesome interactive site about ancient Greece -- learn about geography, architecture, government, etc.

  tags: Greece, history

• Index of /smart

  This directory of SMARTBoard files has a TON of resources for primary grades.

  tags: smart, smartboard, primary

• ABCya! The Leader in Kids Educational Computer Games & Activities

  ABCya! is a new and exciting way for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational games and activities were created by teachers for kids! Activites are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. Below you will find links to interactive games separated by grade level. The lessons incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills.

  tags: math, reading, elementary, abcya, interactive, education, smartboard

• Flowgram

  AWESOME new web presentation tool -- "Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more with your voice, notes, and highlights. Viewers can control the pages, scroll, click on links, view videos and more."

  tags: presentation, web2.0, slideshow, tools, screencast, flowgram

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

New York Times Article

Check out this article about the role of library media specialists in the 21st century. For those people who ask "Do you just stamp books all day and shush people?" or "So you know the Dewey Decimal System, right?" this is a pretty accurate description of what my job really is!