What's new, what's hot and what's not in Education Technology including Google Game, web based tools, wikis, blogs in schools and more from School Library Journal
Acer Aspire One Netbook By Jeff Hastings - 10/01/2008
It’s come to my attention that avid followers of my Test Drive column as well as pathologically obsessive numerologists—three people, in all (Hi, Mom!)—have detected an industry-driven trend in my superb reportage. On the even-numbered months of the last half of 2008, I’ve consistently reviewed little laptops, called netbooks, subnotebooks, or UMPCs.
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The Buzz 10/01/2008
TV Series iCarly Spawns Techno Line Who’s got a new line of consumer digital equipment? The number one live-action TV show among kids ages six to 11, that’s who. Nickelodeon is producing a webcam (pictured), camcorder, camera, and other electronics inspired by iCarly, its hit series for tweens.
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A Wiki Gives a Worthy Book New Life By Amy Bowllan - 09/01/2008
We teachers are so spoiled. Just about everything we need is available online, from lesson plans and printables to book reviews and quiz generators. Or so I thought. This summer, while working with a colleague, scouring the Web for a lesson plan on Meja Mwangi’s middle-grade novel, The Mzungu Boy (Groundwood, 2005), I encountered a rare black hole.
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The Buzz 09/01/2008
Logitech’s New Clip-on Mouse Most folks, your Buzz mistress included, prefer a mouse to a touchpad. But when you’re juggling a laptop, a beverage, and more than likely a snack, too, it’s easy to misplace that thing as you move from room to room. That prompted Logitech to produce this little goodie: the V550 Nano cordless mouse, which features a novel clip-on dock, giving you o...
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Beating Information Overload By Steve Hargadon - 08/01/2008
Given the veritable tidal wave of information out there, I find it difficult to track the many discussions taking place online. Aggregators, such as Google Reader, help me manage numerous RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, yet I always feel terribly behind, compelled, as I am, to read every piece of information just as I do with email.
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Keeping It Real: Youth Social Networking By Lauren Barack - 08/01/2008
While teens may appear to live their lives on social networking sites and in multiplayer games, their standing in the virtual world rarely trumps status in the real one, according to danah boyd, an expert on youth social networking (pictured above). Boyd’s theory stems from her recent response to author Clay Shirky’s July post on whether social positioning online has any impact offl...
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My Daughter Meets the XO By Lauren Barack - 08/01/2008
My daughter, Harper (below), has been playing with computers since she was old enough to cradle in my lap and clutch a mouse in her chubby hands. Now, at five years old, she surfs the Web, shoots email to her grandparents, and Skypes with friends after a day at kindergarten, exchanging emoticons and giggling at the images.
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Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
Gr 4-7–When their beloved Aunt Grace dies, Dan, 11, and Amy, 14–along with other Cahill descendants–are faced with an unusual choice: inherit one million dollars or participate in a perilous treasure hunt.
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