Sunday, January 30, 2011

Digital Media Literacy 2011

Working with elementary-aged students, I find it imperative that school librarians and teachers communicate and demonstrate how to be digitally literate on the Internet. This Prezi below (made by Sandra Carswell) is a great step in opening up the conversation about what it means and how it can impact their lives. Just as we teach procedures for learning and working together in schools, students must also be taught how to act and understand on the World Wide Web.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Using Prezi in the Classroom

Keeping student attention in the classroom is a must for educators. For the last year I have been exploring and sharing my experiences with Prezi with fellow educators and am impressed by the improvements the team at Prezi has made in its ease of use of its product. The Prezi below, made by Paul Hill, succinctly demonstrates why the tool should be used more in schools.