#98 Library Thing

If you haven’t come across Library Thing, you should have a look.
It can be used for pleasure, browsing and review purposes. It can also be used as a tool, as books are catalogued on the site. For sure, mostly by amateurs and using Library of Congress cataloguing, but still worth investigating.
You could also use it [...]

#97 Free Software

Cost of software is often cited as a reason for not getting involved in the creation of electronic materials for pupils and other members of staff in schools. Time and training are other reasons, but those are different issues.
With the advent of open source software, there is a plethora of free software out there, and [...]

#95 Theme Days

I have mixed feelings about theme days. I find large corporate ones like World Book Day to be a waste of everyone’s time. The £1 vouchers can be seen fluttering about in the corridors and playgrounds for weeks after the event.
On the other hand, a local or regional one can be quite effective if the [...]

#94 Flickr

Flickr is well known to most, it’s one of the better photo storage and sharing sites.
It has some very nifty features including the ability to create custom goods from your photos (promotion), create quality photo books and upload video clips.
One of the little touches is the ability to add notes to photos. These are not [...]

#93 Facebook

I’ve been on Facebook for a while, but haven’t really done much with it apart from keep in touch with a few friends I contact in other ways anyway.
However, the software has a lot of potential to network, and it may take over from mailing lists and newsgroups eventually. There are some relevant librarian groups, [...]

#88 Mapping & Labelling

There are thousands of useful web 2.0 tools out there, but some deserve special mention. One of those is Mapwing.
Mapwing lets you take a photo, or series of photos, and attach labels to them to create a one stop guide, or add photos to a ‘map’ to create a virtual guide. This can be used [...]

#83 Video Tutorials

Let’s be honest, pupils (or staff for that matter) don’t like big, hefty manuals or instruction sheets. They like to see lots of pictures and step by step instructions.
Or even better, a visual video guide. These are incredibly easy to create with free software such as Cam Studio. The software comes with its own detailed [...]

#82 Teacher Tube

Virtually everyone has heard of YouTube, (for better or worse), but less people appear to have heard of TeacherTube. As the name suggests, it’s YouTube for education professionals. It contains a vast amount of resources: instructional videos, presentations, lesson plans and much more.
It also contains a lot of high quality materials on the subjects of [...]

#81 Virtual Library

Your library catalogue is, in essence, a virtual library as anyone with access to a browser can see the titles you hold and what’s available in your space.
You can also make your actual library space available if you so choose. A nifty (and free) little tool like Mapwing enables you to upload pictures of your [...]

#73 School 2.0

As librarians are evaluating how they supply their clients’ needs, so some educators are evaluating how schools deliver a meaningful and modern education. School 2.0.net gives a short and neat overview of what this is all about.
In an ideal world, school 2.0 philosophy would encompass web 2.0, library 2.0 and information literacy issues. The danger [...]