I went to a workshop Tuesday on creating media libraries using DE, the assignment builder, and other online resources to support curriculum. We were encouraged to find video, audio, articles, etc in DE that fit a particular subject, then add websites, gather them all in an assignment builder item, and post link. The libraries built this
What I did over my summer vacation ;-)
You know I don’t remember a teacher ever really assigning that subject as a writing prompt. Oh well…… So, what am I doing this summer – tech-wise? Well, one thing I am involved in is North Texas 23: a roundup of web 2.0 technology. It is sponsored by North Texas Library Partners, is free (always
The View From Up Here — DEN Conference
From Guest Blogger: Betsy Ruffin I write this post from the Southern Methodist University campus where a great group of folks have had a great time — and some information overload– from the Central Regional Conference sponsored by Discovery Education. Besides learning about what’s new on Discovery Streaming, all about the new Discovery Education Science for
TCEA — part 2 — the Vendor Floor
Better late than never for this post? Here are some of the interesting things I saw on the vendor floor at TCEA. >Make sure your schools have Ebsco and Britannica up and running. These are the state purchased databases. They are free to Texas schools. Britannica also has a enewsletter called Inside Britannica that has
TCEA Notes from Betsy Ruffin (librarian-technologist)
I got to spend some great time at the TCEA convention last week. So much to see and do, so many great sessions available. A few pages from my notebook: Linda Dickerson spoke on using Adobe Acrobe Pro 8 to create interactive pdfs and special tools available Patrick Crispen gave us his view of coming