Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

ALA just shared AASL's the Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning.  Some great tools/toys in there like Google Reader (you know how I heart RSS!), wikis, Animoto and more!  It's a wonderful place to start learning about tools that can simplify your life, job and your patrons' lives and jobs!

21 Things for 21st Century Parents

First, if you missed Allegheny County's first run-through of our 23 Things-n'@ program, we're hoping to offer another one this fall!  But the crazy KidLibs up at Darien Library in CT, are working it from a different angle.  They're offering a 21 Things for 21st Century Parents.  So the same learning program, but one specifically tailored to parents.  VERY cool!  What's great about these programs, is that they're all created from Helene Blowers original 23 Things program, which means, they're all under the Creative Commons License and are free to copy and adapt and use!

So who's going to be the first library in Allegheny County to offer this?  Woohoo!

Everyone Loves to Doodle

I just learned that Google has an interesting scholarship offer going on: Doodle for Google where Google is asking kids k-12 to create a Google logo for college money!  I so would do that if I were a kid today!  Great thing to encourage kids to get involved in!

I'm loco for Doodle for Google!

Here's a video of last year's winners

SRC Training's Special Guest

This year, we're bringing in a very special guest for the 2010 Summer Reading Training at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.  We're going to be revealing exactly who that is in a series of clues.  Just for fun!

Here's the first clue:

Rachel's Book Review: The Girl Who Could Fly

Hello! As I explained in a previous post, Lindsey and I had a wonderful time creating some fun and useful book reviews over the winter break.  We took an exciting trip to the Waterfront, and filmed reviews of some of our favorite books.  The following is a review of a book that is dear to my heart: Victoria Forester's The Girl Who Could Fly. It's a truly moving YA novel, filled with terrific themes such as hope, frienship, compassion, and acceptance.  I hope you enjoy the video and decide to check out the book!  :)

More "Tweeting" Help!

A few months back, I blogged about an awesome article on Tweeting.  Since then, I have stumbled across The Twitter Book, which is a little book chock full of great insights and ideas on how to use Twitter by writers Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein.  Both have used Twitter to their advantage, and want to help you and your organization or business do the same!

This book is great for both beginning Tweeters and those more familiar with with social networking site.  It starts out with a basic explanation of Twitter, how to sign up, and then goes into detail of what different how to interact with people through the site and make your voice heard.  It offers clear examples and visual aids and reads like a quick and fun, yet informative, article.  Plus, it dedicates a whole section to using Twitter for your organization or business.  More and more libraries are turning to Twitter to spread the word about their great services and programs, so why not pick up this book and learn what the craze is all about? You are sure to be Tweeting with the best of them soon!

Graphic Novels Aren't Just for Teens

In case you missed SLJ's list of great graphic novels for little ones is online here.