Friday, July 26, 2013

Technology – Distraction or Opportunity?





This article by Julie Tausend on the EdTech Magazine website – – asks the question as to whether classroom technology, or the BYOD mentality, can be harmful or an opportunity to learning.



via Pocket http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/distraction-or-opportunity/

Inspiration @BLC13

I am currently attending the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston and someone said the most uplifting thing to me today.  He said:

"I think you knocked the last scales from my eyes regarding the role of librarians in translating the needs of teachers to IT and vice versa. It’s been slowly dawning on me throughout this conference, but your story has finally made it clear – thanks!"

How awesome is that?  Score one for the teacher librarians.

Lead to the Normal

We need to normalize mistakes and bad hair days. Not knowing the answer to questions even though we are library workers. We need to normal...