Making Tech Savvy Library Media Centers

These notes are really scattered and seem really random, but here are the notes from this session.

How do you make the connection between print and technology?

WeVideo
iMovie for book trailers

Story Board That website

Tellegami

Video book talks, loved by kids.

Library Media Specialist are so much more than just books and overhead projectors.

To encourage librarians, be specifics about where and what you want to do. Do they need to go to training? Where can you send them? Who can come in and help get them going? How many other hats are they wearing? Need to encourage them to be a champion for literacy and digital literacy.

Several blogs were mentioned, I know I missed some, but here are the names and I will update the link. Blogs and people to follow on twitter for ideas.

Blueskunkblog

Matt Gomez

Shannon Miller

Nerdy book club

Readkennedyread

Many ideas were shared from @glenwoodelemlib. She sees students thirty minutes a week for instruction.

Create a wiki for teachers to use. Media Specialist also leads Tech Tuesday for teachers. Library Media Specialist is a teacher, not a person there to shelve books and change bulbs in the overhead.

Tech projects led by librarian.

How do you get by without a budget?

Ebook and print.

Padcasters-students create and edit videos from the iPad. A club was created for students to do this. Students have used iMotion to create time lapse videos from classrooms. Librarian has YouTube Channel with videos "Thirty Minutes in the Classroom of Mrs. ..."

AnimationChefs

Utilize DonorsChoose for media specialist.

Target Grants

Look for other funding sources, corporations to seek grants for updating library

@tech4teachers

@42jwallen

@eshileman

@jbass2274

@edtechokie

@jennyregier

@wearewallerlib

@librarykittie

I am sure I didn't get everyone listed, but if you were in the session and have ideas, add them in the comments.

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