Monthly Archives: November 2010

November 14, 2010

Stop telling me I’m wasting my time on Facebook

I’m a little tired of people telling me I’m wasting my time on Facebook. Yes, I do enjoy keeping an eye on what my friends and colleagues are up to, seeing photos of their weddings, new babies and celebrations, particularly … Continue reading →

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Filed under learning, reading, Social media, Teacher librarians

Tagged as Facebook, google reader, networking, personal learning network, Teacher librarians, Twitter

November 13, 2010

Making learning personal and social – Presentation at SLAV conference

Last Friday I had the privilege of sharing some of what I’ve been doing with blogging at my schools at the SLAV conference, Celebrations! An eye for literacy. I believe SLAV hosts the most informative and inspiring conferences, deepening our … Continue reading →

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Filed under Education, Presentations, Social learning, Social media, Teacher librarians, Uncategorized

Tagged as blogging, blogs, collaboration, engagement, global projects, peer audience, presentation, reading promotion, SLAV, slideshow, social media, student voice

November 10, 2010

As the world changes, how do we keep up with it?

Photo from Enokson on Flickr Books have been a source of information for some time now. But in libraries, the people have been important too. Librarians have been the personal link to information for some time too. As the … Continue reading →

Control your identity online

This has been cross-posted from I get to say what’s culture. Taken from Jenny Luca’s presentation Kids these days are connected and mobile. Wherever they are, they have access to information and can communicate with their friends online. Although I do … Continue reading →

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Filed under Digital citizenship, network literacy, technology

Tagged as cybersafety, digital citizenship, Facebook, online, privacy, settings, social media

November 4, 2010

Goodbye Fiction Focus blog – but why?

This morning I read a tweet that left me in shock: New FF blog post So long and thanks for all the fish: This is the 798th post to the Fiction Focus blog sinc… http://bit.ly/9eNNmK #FFblog Following the link I … Continue reading →

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Filed under blogging, Children's books, Teacher librarians, YA reviews

Tagged as books, CMIS, Fiction Focus, journal, Judi Ja, Teacher librarians, YA reviews

November 4, 2010

What George Siemens knows and is sick of asking.

George Siemens’ recent post is to the point. He says we should stop asking useless questions about learning and just get on with it. The following convictions explain the kind of learning he’s talking about. His second last question has … Continue reading →

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Thanks, Fiction Focus, you are always ahead of the latest news in fiction; my first stop for reading news and well written YA reviews. Sadly, due to funding issues, we will no longer have the pleasure of your blog posts. … Continue reading →