COMPETENCY # 7

In this competency we were asked to find a reputable website dealing with our area of interest and providing a link. I chose the search engine Yahoo! and since I am interested in using technology in my role as a school librarian I searched for "school library" + "technology" + "book awards" ( I added this because it is a subject I need to learn more about, ie. past award winners). One of my hits provided by Yahoo! was ReadingRockets.org
This is a great site. It even provides podcasts and videos from various authors! That would be great to use in the school library. It also had a section for the award winners,which was what I was initially interested in. Here is the link: http://www.readingrockets.org/

Voki: 6 + 1 Writing (Organization)

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ANIMOTO: 6 + 1 Writing (VOICE)

ANIMOT: 6 + 1 Writing (Organization)

ANIMOTO: 6 +1 writing (Word Choice)

POLL EVERYWHERE: let students use their cell phones!

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XTRA NORMAL: 6 + 1 WRITING

Technology Conference

Today I attended the Region 6 ESC Technology Conference in Hunstville. Many great new and innovative topics were discussed. The best one of the day goes to a IT tech from Conroe ISD. We discussed using Animoto.com, Voki, Wordle, Blabberize, Glogster, Storybird, Scrapblog and Voicethread. The part about Prezi as a "new powerpoint" was very interesting as well! Check out these new innnovative tech tools for you and your teachers!