technology (7)

3D Printers and Maker Spaces

Hi, I'm looking to get a 3D printer for our high school library, and wanted to find out what makes and models other schools are using, have liked, or have concerns with. Of course, we don't have an unlimited budget, so something mid-range is what we'

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Catalog help!

I work at a very VERY small school.  Our collection is currently cataloged with Winnebago Spectrum and was purchased so long ago (before I began working here 12 years ago) that it came on 3 1/4 floppy discs.  A former tech resource person managed to

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Virtual Literature Festival

In February 2011, I presented the attached presentation at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education Conference. A virtual literature festival is an opportunity for 3-12 students to learn about AND COMMUNICATE WITH authors and illustrators using

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IPod touch in the library?

I discovered there are 40 Ipod Touch devices available for teachers to use in their classrooms. They have been sitting in boxes, unused for 8 months! I would like to learn how other libraries are using them with students to determine if I should use

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Learning Commons

I'm in the midst of researching learning commons for secondary schools. There are few schools doing this for a variety of reasons. They are obviously the thing on college campuses but after reading a compelling article in Teacher-Librarian (October 2

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