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A short video piece that I did for my EDEL project. It was my attempt at spoofing the Common Craft In Plain English series. If you haven't seen any of their how to videos, I suggest checking them out!

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J.K. Rowling has an announcement for you! Sadly it doesn't mean anything new for school library Harry Potter Collections, but for you avid fans at home........ENJOY!Click HERE for a sneak peak at Pottermore!

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A few of you may already know that I am taking a half year hiatus from my studies and library to stay at home with my daughter Piper. Born July 16, 2010, she couldn't be sweeter! So, in saying that you won't mind if I shamelessly use this blog to share some of what seems to have overtaken my life at this moment. For instance, I have been using cloth diapers recently and am always on the hunt

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This iMovie was created for my final project for EDES 545. The topic of this final project was my vision of the future of school libraries. Please be kind. It was my first attempt with iMovie!This video was inspired by so much of my professional readings this term but none can compare to the fire that Joyce Valenza lit under me with her Manifesto For The 21st Century Librarian. In her

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EFFECTIVE IN ENCOURAGING TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY AND WEB 2.0 INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS! But is all professional development created equally? No! Today, teachers are inundated with requests to "jump on board" with many initiatives. The fact of the matter is that by now teachers have learned to be discerning as to what they agree to. The real question is WHAT

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Photographer: Motorpsykhos It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a district can't just throw money at this type of initiative to make it work. A lab full of the latest technology, internet access, and bandwidth will not automatically create ideal conditions for successful integration of technology in classrooms. What about 1:1 laptops you ask? Sorry to be a party-pooper. No.

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I must first start off by apologizing for my absenteeism on this blog for the last few weeks. To put it mildly, I've been busy, distracted,and plagued with what seems like the cold from "H, E, double hockey sticks", if you know what I mean............ The topic of this post is PRIVACY and how it relates to the school library. Privacy and School Library Media Centers: A Thin Line, A Fine

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O.P.P. Explained- Part II of Intellectual PropertyIf you didn't quite notice my repeated use of O.P.P. or my allusion to "naughty", let me begin this post with a bit of an explanation. I was a teen of the 1990's. It was (another) decade of rebellion, pushing the boundaries and fighting against censorship of "touchy" subjects. From the teens on 90210 having sex, getting addicted to drugs, and

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Authors Note:The topic of intellectual property is a broad and complex topic. To properly address a person's right to access AND use intellectual property, I will be creating a two-part blog this week. What is Intellectual Property?According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, "intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and

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I began this week thinking that the term "Digital Divide" referred to the chasm between digital natives and digital immigrants. In my mind, I pictured a digital native standing on the edge of a cliff staring out over a seemingly bottomless pit filled with streaming numbers (much like the Matrix) to a digital city lit up by thousands of computers in every window of every house.So, not

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This week's hot topic is filtering in school districts. If you are new to the filtering conversation, take a moment to visit the School Library Journal for a quick lesson on web filtering.While some schools are able to access valuable teaching resources, other schools are throwing up their hands in frustration as they find that they are being blocked from accessing Teacher Tube, Youtube, Flickr,

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Technology will be the death of the Library. You have got to be KIDDING! Opps, did that come across as too strong? Since becoming The Passionate Librarian, just a mere year and a half ago I have heard a variety of opinions about school libraries and librarians from fellow librarians, school colleagues, and my friends and family. They have ranged from playful comments about my horned rimmed

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Since beginning my exploration of Web 2.0 tools as it relates to education and school libraries, I have realized that there are MANY, MANY free online resources out there that I have yet to tap. Remembering a conversation that I had with my District Librarian a few months ago, I remembered that the Fraser Valley Regional Library has many online resources. I just happened to have a few minutes

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucious-I have to say that this quote sums up my experiences this term. I have used all three of these methods to make it through this journey into my first graduate studies course AND the study of Web 2.0 tools. Let me begin

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I don't know if anyone is feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment with report cards, final projects, Christmas concerts, and all the other Christmas-related stress that I am feeling this time of year, but I came across this video that made me smile. Enjoy!

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Taking time this term to learn about Web 2.0 tools emboldened me to try out working online with my students. As much as I wanted to jump right in and show them Voice Threads, Wikis, Jumpcut, Go Animate and other such fabulous tools that I had come across in my journeys this term, I started off by using a Moodle. I posted an assignment for FSL that would require the students to use the internet

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This week's topic is Blogs & Blogging for Professional Development. How Web 2.0 tools have redefined the traditional model of Professional Development.Professional Development used to occur within a school, district, or within a province. Time, money, educational resources and travel limitations would restrict what a professional could do for professional development. With the introduction of

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Yes, the all-too favourite KNOW, WONDER, LEARN is finally making an appearance on my webspace! The amount of new information that is flooding my laptop (and mind) each week is really testing my ability to manage this information overload in different ways. This week, it is going to take the form of a quick and dirty KWL chart.KnowUnfortunately, this column is going to be quite brief. Here

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I do it, she does it, they do it, and even you do it! You don't have to be a social butterfly to have multiple social networks, even networks within networks.......OK, I'm getting a little ahead of myself now. I'll begin with the definition:What is social networking? Simply put, a network is a group of people that are linked in some way. Maybe the group of people went to the same highschool,

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SOCIAL BUTTERFLY: MEDIA SHARINGAlright, so this week's topic is, for lack of a better word, VERY BROAD! Social media sharing. This topic covers what I have been learning about for the past two months and then some. Here are some of my thoughts on Social Media Sharing:WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?According to Wikipedia (sorry, I know it is not the "be all, end all" of research databases, but I'm new to

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After a whirlwind weekend of TL pro-d in Victoria, my head is spinning with great new ideas! This has been a tiring, but very fruitful weekend. I hope to have time next week to blog about my amazing trip to Victoria for the BCTLA Mission: Literacy Conference. So, stay posted! Anyway, my Web 2.0 exploration led me to Wiki Spaces this week and I am sooooo pumped about Wikis!Please visit my wiki

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Virtual library? Yeah, sure, I'm going to put myself out of work!Never. I'll admit, there used to be a time when I had a limited view of librarians. I thought that their job descriptions were limited to certain tasks:* Checking out books* Checking in books* Library volume control, "Shuuuush!"* Customer service agent (aisle one for cookbooks, aisle 14 for Canadian History)* Book "doctors"*

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I invite you to find me on Delicious, the social bookmarking site or on Diigo. You will find me under the user name adhilland. Great Things About Social Bookmarking Sites1. On Delicious you can create networks with like-minded individuals and share bookmarks with one another.2. No more "check out this wicked site!!" in your work email inbox : ) With Delicious, you have your own inbox that

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Some things that I have learned about Video sharing sites:1. Not JUST for entertainment purposes.2. Although students knew about this site before I did, they still could use lessons on copyright infringement, You Tube netiquette, and what posting videos does for their online portfolio.3. Highly addictive. 4. Great source for instructional videos for free pro-d!5. Great source for videos to

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Yes, I'm a Teacher-Librarian...........but I'm also a Music teacher, a French teacher, a Literacy teacher. This is not at all uncommon in BC. For a school with 200 students I only have .203 allotted to me to be the librarian. So tonight, while I rather be reading, I am planning and prepping to teach my five French classes next week. So, being the techie that I am (hehe)I am online searching

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Stained Glass Roof Originally uploaded by April HillandAgain, this is not my first forage into photo sharing online. I have used Picassa in the past due to the fact that I have other friends using Picassa and we are able to share albums that way. Apparently, some time ago, I created an account with Flickr but never posted anything to it. Today was my first experience uploading, tagging,

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Although I am not new to setting up a blog, I am new to using a blog as something other than a glorified journal. None of the other two blogs that I have set up have amounted to anything beyond a three post site that have since faded into the vastness that is cyberspace. I chose blogger.com as my host for my blog because I am familiar with the layout and find that it is very user friendly. I

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Will Richardson reflected on William D. Winn's ideas on the changing nature of student's cognitive structures. Winn called it "hypertext minds"(pg.7 Winn, Richardson). Non-linear thinking, jumping around between ideas. Although this idea has major implications on how we organize and present data to today's students, is it truly an earth-shattering idea? Please correct me if I am

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