Blingaz Tech Talk

https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png Teacher Librarians: Integrating Social Media in the Classroom A few years ago,  I learned of the SC Economics. When I clicked on their "About Us" link, it states that they have been around since 1975.  Who are they?  They have been providing decades of professional opportunities to teachers to help students establish sound economic principles for transitioning in the real world. I reflected on my time in my rural schools in Cades and Kingstree and NEVER remember any teachers EVER discussing economics other than the half-credit course in 12th grade—boring!  I would have remembered an emphasis on personal finances—it never happed!  Do you see Peppermint Patty? That is me!  I should have taken that act to Hollywood.  Unfortunately, it was not an act.  I did not understand what was really going on in a place called school.  I spent hours in one classroom all day in elementary school watching all th...

.      When the Internet launched back in 1995, I was just a budding new teacher.  I remember going to my media specialist about how to send an email.  She got so excited when she received Hotmail from someone.  Who remembers phonefree.com?  That was the tops in technology for me.  I called everyone in the world for FREE! Information became available quick, fast, and in a hurry.  We suddenly went from zero to 360° in minuscule time.  A computer, dial-up Internet, and time—pronto--information literacy was born, or was it?  The technology gave us the opportunity to develop information literacy, which we must use to interpret digital/media.      We the Digital Citizens (2nd Grade) ♦ Introductory Song Information literacy involves a more than a cell phone, iPad, or laptop computer and Internet browsing.  It conjures critical thinking and cognitive evaluation to interpret the credibility of information that is out the...

  At first glance, it might appear that the American Association of School Librarian (AASL) Standards and the International Society for Technology in Education Standards similarly provide a supportive framework for all things library—the learner, the librarian, the library—but let’s dive a little deeper.   The learners are the young people in K-12 schools, the seekers of knowledge who absorb information like a sea sponge.   The librarians are back drops for the entire school in support of all types of literacies, including digital literacies and tools.   Then, there’s the library, the place, the space, the hub.   All of these are interconnected and provide that overarching support for the vision of all information seekers—that includes all young people for this piece.   These standards do not address a particular age or grade level, but they do address the benchmarks and elements for immersing young people in the total library experience.   The young p...