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Children's Librarian

Category Archives: Technology

Image Editing for Kids

on June 5, 2012

I’m gear­ing up for the Kids Tech Camp in a cou­ple of weeks. That means it’s time to sort through my book­marks and favourite sites like Free Tech­nol­ogy for Teach­ers and SMS Tech Club decide what new tools to incor­po­rate into this ses­sion. The focus is on free, no-registration-required tools. Not because my library doesn’t […]

Youth Librarians Group on Diigo

on May 21, 2012

Keep­ing track of web­sites I want to return to from any com­puter or device has impor­tant to me for a long time. I loved and used Deli­cious for many years, but I moved my book­marks over to Diigo when it seemed that Deli­cous might dis­ap­pear. There are more oppor­tu­ni­ties for social net­work­ing on Diigo, but […]

Summer Switch: From Tech Club to Tech Camp

on April 5, 2012

Dur­ing the school year, Kids Tech Club met once a week for six weeks. Knowl­edge builds from one week to the next week so it works best for the kids that don’t miss many weeks. Dur­ing the sum­mer that doesn’t seem pos­si­ble with vaca­tions and camps so we are hold­ing it all dur­ing one week […]

Kids Tech Club Winter Session

on March 15, 2012

The sec­ond ses­sion of Kids Tech Club fin­ished last week. Based on what I saw as well as feed­back from both the kids and their par­ents, the kids had fun and learned a lot. Yay! Here’s what this ses­sion looked like includ­ing links to the tools we used. Week 1: Online Safety, Image Edit­ing (using Compfight […]

Weekly Roundup: Kids Tech Sites, March 5

on March 6, 2012

Want to see your face on a dol­lar bill? or Chi­nese yuan? or Nor­we­gian kro­ner? Fes­tisite Money makes it easy. I thought chain­mail (from a Magic Thief pro­gram) was a good accom­pa­ni­ment to Nor­we­gian money. This is the kind of easy-to-learn tool Kids Tech Club loves play­ing with if they arrive early. Kids are more […]