http://infoteacher.edublogs.org I am a Librarian, a teacher of Information Literacy, technology, research and thinking skills. I teach my students (and their teachers) by working to integrate all things technical into the mainstream of all subjects at my school. I am working to be 21st Century literate. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:59:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out Spreeder -- "free online speed reading application." I'm not sure what it is, but there must be a way to use it (probably not with your Dylexia students; but then again maybe because they see only 1 word rather than lines and lines of words . . . . who knows?). ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/there-has-to-be-a-teaching-application-for-this/ Myna - a web based audio creation site. See the Myna Demo. It looks cool. It shows what can be done and how easy something that used to take specialty equipment can now be done. Ill admit, I haven't tried Myna. It was just something I noticed while perusing a new ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/its-not-garageband-but/ Here is the text of President Obama's speech to school children (provided by MSNBC).  Here is their story about his speech and conservative response (you want other links from a more centrist source?  Go find it yourself; it just ain't that hard!). I have to admit that I only skimmed the ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/09/07/the-speech/ One of the big complications in today's digital world, is passwords. As an educator, I hear it all the time how "teachers have to keep a password for everything." It's also true in any job you work.  Add multiple email accounts, blogs, online accounts, online banking, etc., and you have ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/30/password-security/ From Beloit College's Mindset List for the Class of 2013 Ok, I still claim to be one of the "young" teachers, but this list starts making me look older.  I don't like it.  Sometime we assume everyone thinks like we do. Maybe that's why those can't hear or understand what we're ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/24/why-are-kids-different/ I created a little flier to promote my role as a teacher.  Download and use it if you're a technology teacher. http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/why-technology-in-education/ The  New York Times writes more on digital textbooks.  They are coming; they are going to change what we do (probably more than we expect them to), and they are going to change other aspects of teaching and learning.  One open source philiosophy textbook already online for high school math ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/16/58/ Several universities -- Case Western, Reed, Princeton, University of VA, Pace, and Arizona State -- are going to issue Kindle's instead of textbooks.  Wall Street Journal article. Backpacks would get immediately lighter, and the used text book market would immediately die if (when) this goes widespread.  I'm sure there are lots ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/05/universities-going-kindle/ 21st Century Library minus the Technology Equals 15th Century Library minus all the monks This formula didn't come from me, see the link to its source, below. In the movie, I Robot, Will Smith's character resists the role robots (and all integrated technologies) have come to play in society. Another character accuses him of backward ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/07/31/technology-and-the-library/ I'm seriously considering migrating this whole blog over to Google Blogger with an @Blotgspot address. I've tried embedding media in a way that was EASY over there, and just can't seem to get it. I opened this when my district had all Blogger sites blocked -- not true anymore. I ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/07/28/25-tools/