All Blog Posts Tagged 'school' (6)

I am sure that all you Kindle-philes were delighted to see that Amazon has responded to just about every objection educators have ever voiced about trying to manage multiple devices with its WhisperCast release.

In short, WhisperCast is a free management tool for schools and organizations who want to distribute content across multiple devices, and who want to exercise more control over the operation of those devices. You can get the details from Amazon right…

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A few days ago, I checked out the first 3 Nooks for literature circles/book clubs!!!  The students were SO excited and I'm so happy to have the program up and running!  I wish I had taken pictures, but it was in the middle of another class, so I just didn't have the time.  You can read the full post on my Wordpress blog, A Wrinkle in Tech.  I hope to have some more reflections and thoughts after I teach the rest of 4th and 5th…

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This is the record I modified from ACCESS PA for use at my school.  Feel free to download it and upload to your library's OPAC.  It already has 6 copies/Nooks listed, so you can change the barcode numbers as needed.

MARC title record for Nook Simple Touch Ereaders (Right-click on the link and "Save Link As" to download…

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Inspired by Buffy Hamilton's The Unquiet Library, I posted my first video on A Wrinkle in Tech, my blog where I'm documenting all of the adventures in starting a Nook lending program.  The link is http://awrinkleintech.wordpress.com if anyone is interested in subscribing or using my resources.  I borrowed a lot from Buffy Hamilton and Kathy Parker, and feel free to use and modify… Continue

Thought I'd share my recent post on the view from my school library http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/09/17/celebrating-the-ebook-mess/

I was just awarded a $3600 grant to buy 12 kindles for our middle school. The grant requested 6 Kindles for library use and 6 for classroom use.



The Library Kindles would have popular materials and some music as well as a few audible books. The classroom Kindles would have subject specific trade novels to be used in small groups. I would also load magazine and/or newspaper subscriptions to the Teacher Kindle.



I requested that 12 teachers would be chosen to test the Kindle in… Continue