Daily Library Technology and Education Links (weekly)

• Why more schools aren’t teaching web literacy—and how they can start | eSchool News

  A very interesting read that discusses the need to evaluate web resources using critical thinking on URL endings.
  
  The article goes on to say that Diigo can be an invaluable source for organizing information (and I have used this with my students and it has worked so so well!). Furthermore, the author states "..., if Zack has classmates who are working on this paper with him, they can all agree to use a specific tag, known only to them, within each of their own accounts. From there, a simple search on Diigo for this tag would provide each student with the resources found by all." Ingenious! 

  tags: library Web_literacy digital_literacy literacy research

  • http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html, he assumed that the domain name “northwestern.edu” automatically meant it was a credible source. He did not understand that the “~” character, inserted after the domain name, should be read as a personal web page and not an official document of the university. As with any media, punctuation counts.
  • He had been taught to read paper, but he had not been taught to read the web. Zack was illiterate in what undoubtedly has become the dominant media of our society. At the time, Zack’s teachers also were illiterate about the web.

• AppMakr :: iPhone App Maker | Make your own iPhone App | Free iPhone App Maker

  Build your own smartphone app with ease - no coding required.

  tags: library apps development mobile Tools appmakr

• 10+ Best Apps For Your Dropbox

  A thorough listing of dropbox apps to make your life easier!

  tags: library dropbox web2.0 apps

• Pinterest and Academics…05.17.12 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog

  How libraries are using Pinterest | Slideshare by Joe Murphy

  tags: library pinterest academic education

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