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Book recommendations for Gay Straight Alliance
This school year I have helped begin a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at my school. As the school’s librarian, I am challenged to find books that will appeal to all members of our diverse community. Finding books that are appropriate and appealing to my LGBT teens, that shows their role models in a positive light,…
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Inquiry Project Proposal
Rationale As a tech user, my greatest area of weakness is in audio and video podcasting. As a teacher-librarian, my greatest weakness is in creating a rich content for my website, Ning (2011) and other online projects. As a student, my greatest weakness is making headway in getting organized and becoming paperless. With these combined…
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The Authentic Self Online
The audience and author must critically view the core messages that we are sharing; regardless of the tool to ensure it is authentic. This week I’m focusing on some philosophy behind technology. Ben Hazzard (@benhazzard) is one of the founding creators of Unplugd, a cross-Canada summit of people passionate about Education. I joined him in…
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Autobiography of a Tech User
From 1972 to the present, here is a Prezi of how I’ve been affected by and immersed in media and technology. Autobiography of a Tech User on Prezi
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Find of the week
Mashapedia is an aggregator combined with a search engine. Mashpedia is an online encyclopedia comprised of “LiveDocs”, which are dynamic web documents displaying blocks of content related to the given topic, retrieved from multiple sources across the Internet in real-time. If a user types in a concept, it goes to the news, YouTube, blogs, Twitter, Facebook…
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