In which the Federal Way Public Schools librarians post information that is interesting, informative, entertaining, or otherwise enlightening.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Website Evaluation
One of the most valuable information literacy skills that we teach in library is how to evaluate a website. Check out the linked glog for a form to help you do it!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Free ebooks Livebinder
I've been playing around with Livebinder, trying my hand at a better-for-students form of web curation. Check out this Livebinder I just made about free kids' ebooks:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
sqworl | Library Skills - Dewey Decimal System
I've been thinking about starting a sqworl account for my website collecting, but am not sure how well it will get used. This is a sample of one that is publicly available. What do you think? Should I do it or not?
sqworl Library Skills - Dewey Decimal System
sqworl Library Skills - Dewey Decimal System
Monday, October 24, 2011
School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come
Hot off the metaphorical presses! The completely crowd-sourced book School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come is now available as a FREE ebook, available in .mobi, .epub, and .pdf formats. Check it out!
Friday, October 21, 2011
It's ok to be Beta...
At our WLMA conference, Joyce Valenza said something that resonated as I struggle to figure out how to best use web tools in my instruction. She said, "It's okay to be Beta. You don't have to be perfect out of the box." Wow. How awesome is that? I can figure it out as I go and it's perfectly ok. If it's good enough for Google, it's good enough for me.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
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