Archive for March, 2009

What “has computers, gives advice, and is free?”

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Bet readers of this blog can guess.

Article on New 2.0 Tools

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Looking for some new Web 2.0 tools to spark student interest? Are they tired of basic blogs and wikis and begging for a new spin on things?

Then you might enjoy this cover story from Multimedia and Internet@Schools: Cool Tools for Content Creation: More Than Blogs or Wikis,” by Karen J. Klapperstuck and Brian J. Lackie.

Congratulations, Karen and Brian, for snagging the lead story!

Lookybook.com: The End

Friday, March 20th, 2009

For the past year or so, I have been a big fan of Lookybook.com, which provided flippable, full-text, digital copies of children’s books from many popular publishers.  Tonight, I received an email that the Lookybook “adventure” has ended and, sure enough, this appears on the Lookybook site:

 

Image from lookybook.com

It sure was good while it lasted, so thanks to those who put the site together.  My students loved this site!