Library/library media discussion

[Virginia L. Hearon]

This morning, the group began with a review of how to use the SmartBoard, especially the gallery to make their lessons interactive. Then, Diane gave us a list of multimedia resources. Her emphasis and skill set are in multi-media, library media, and library science. We talked about downloading, copyright issues, of course, and shared sites which we use often. Student-created productions were discussed. Vital, a free resource but not downloadable, was mentioned as a great site. Student-based research projects using interactive/digital/iDVD sections were mentioned and sites offered for resources. Diane suggested creating iDVDs and then using it on the SmartBoard for projection and discussion purposes. We spent a bit of the morning discussing libraries of the future ... how they should/will look like- not a SmartBoard topic but interesting, none-the-less.....Will we become paperless, just technology-driven? Then, we went to SmartBoard Marketplace to check out possible lessons we might use/adapt to library media literacy and skill development.

[Dianne Baasch]

This is my list of favorites educational media sites - take a look. I'd love to know your favorites.

Free (Not downloadable and useable for student productions)
American Museum of Natural History
Annenberg Media Learner.org Western Tradition “The Ancient Egyptians”
Archive.org
CI&IT E-Blast
Frontline
Global History & Geography
Liberty Mutual “The New Boy”
NASA
National Geographic
New York Public Library BookFlix “Earth and Sky,” “The Dot”
PBS Teachers
School 2.0
TeacherTube
the.News for Educators (PBS)
Thirteen.org “In the Footsteps of Marco Polo”
Thirteen EdOnline
YouTube Obama’s Speech in Cairo
VITAL
WGBH/NOVAWideAngle

Purchased Favorites
Amazon video and Kindle reader with ebooks
Britannica Illustrated Science Library 2009
Discovery Education
iMediaSource
Netflix
Visual Learning Digital Science
Soundzabound
Worldbook Online

[Dianne Baasch]

I added the Smart Board file we worked with in the Library Media group on June 9th.
It includes Smart Board Gallery interactive lessons.