Summer+Thinking

=** Summer Thinking **=

I'm going to use this page to list some of the things that I come across that want to revisit this summer--also keep a to do list! We'll see how that works...

** To Do **
1.Fix the teacher tools pages on the benfer wiki. Figure out a way to archive them so that tchrs can find them, but so that the title Teacher Tools is available for tools in the future.

2.Paper slides--from the PA Librarians Wiki. Send this to 4th/5th grade tchrs to promote flip use.

**"Doing" Research**
How about a bank of research questions that we could model @ beginning of each 3-5th grade class. Model questions that are best answered w/ google, w/ databases, w/ encyclopediae, w/ wikipedia.Just spend 5 min on this every other wk & see if it spurs kids/tchrs to using databases more efficiently, and accomplishing effective research. Here's a good ppt:
 * [|Teaching the Ten Steps to Better Web Research]**

**Great Stuff: definitely revisit these!**
5th graders come to library w/ their kinder buddies 1x per month to help them pick out books, read to them. Could this be worked out?
 * Think about this:**


 * To have cleared in KUTV:**
 * **Video Title** || **URL** || **Grade Levels** ||
 * Why Cite? || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cqC8nNSdU&feature=player_embedded || 6-12 ||
 * Social Media Revolution 2011 || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo || 8-12 + Faculty ||
 * QR Codes: Applications in Education || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNR64G72tU || Faculty ||
 * Desktop QR Code Tutorial || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMKBF3LKNak || Faculty maybe--might be tmi? ||

**[|Digital Tools Livebinder]**
This is a great roundup of online tools. I prob need to rework it though, b/c there are so many that are blocked at school Maybe make some tabs that are tchr only, some that are tchr & student? I don't know. Can kids get to livebinders?

Do a livebinder of **[|summer reading resources]** for web site. I'll have to link an image, since the embed code won't work on our stinkin web sites. Add tumblebooks, pebblego, HCPL activity schedule, Pizza Hut, etc.

**[|Elementary Research Resources]**
I love this site idea. Can kids get to it? Is it embeddable? I need to get something like this together--a general "places to look" in case we don't get our databases back. Also, maybe a good way to make my pathfinders more palatable.

**[|SpicyNodes]**
I LOVE THIS! Great for resources pathfinder, I think. How about an online how to use the flipcam tutorial?

**Explore these chats!**
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ruaz3GZveOsoXUOOt86B3AQ#gid=0

**[|QR Codes]**
Make a tshirt add them to tchr back to school newsletter to link to benferlibrarywiki if kids can use itouches, add them to the books to link to our podcasts use them in library newsletter next yr
 * [|Gwyneth's Explanation]**

Think about === **[|Audioboo] ** and see how we can work with that w/ the tech club. Maybe an interview format instead of the podcast format we've been using? Might be good for ST and KM next yr. They can chat and be natural, I think. ?===

**[|Wetoku]**
Webcasting made easy. Is there a way for our tech grp to use this? Thinking only if we succeed in getting tchrs in the wikis. Oh my.

**[|Free Tools Challenge]**
Most of these tools are not new, but I did find wetoku here, so it's worth a look. And this would be good to use to help create another teacher tools activity for tchrs. .

Go back and read my **[|recent Twitter links]** in Diigo

**QR IDEAS:**

 * Look up videos**
 * for some of the most popular books in the library, and make QR codes for them to put on card/pocket.**
 * use the millions of extra check out cards that we have left over to put a book's QR code to the video on it. That way we're using the old pockets, AND we're using up all those old cards!**


 * Do the same for author web sites, etc.**

LOVE this idea: QR codes on postit notes all over. Tchr contest @ beginning of yr. Each day's code links to a first line of a children's novel. They must email me the name of the novel. Give prizes. QR code by kid's picture to show their favorite book

This page, from ShamblesGuru, is about the most comprehensive list of QR Resources that I've found**.**
 * Got lost in these links for an entire morning!**



Change the author page of the benfer wiki to redirect to another wiki that is only for author info. Each author has own page w/ QR code at the top. That QR code will be for that particular page, but will be stored there so that we can print it out and use it to put on books, posters, etc to direct patrons to that page. Maybe the author wiki should be inside our walled garden. ? hate that idea though. OR Maybe don't use a wiki at all. Maybe use some tool like livebinders (if kids can get to that) to do an author on each page. Will that work? Or Glogster? Can kids get to that?
 * IDEA:**

= **Interesting Stuff** =

Think about this for tchr PD about using wikis/blogs: EdTechLive June 9, 2011 Because Digital Writing Matters--the **[|NWP book is here]** S Hargadon's **[|interview is here]**: the part that really resonated w/ me today is a bit before 29 min.

What is this? How can I use it? Would it be good to use to share stuff w/ tchrs, or too confusing? Is it workable?
 * [|Thinkery.me]**

I like this post. Thking abt it. Maybe blog abt it or comment?
 * [|Pam's Blog]**

This would be a good place to get ideas for another Tech Tips week.
 * [|77 Web Resources for Tchrs to Explore]**