NICE News!

The following "save the dates" were sent by the the NICE board (Northern Illinois Computing Educators):

Monthly meeting schedule for 2012-2013:

As always, we have a monthly meeting schedule filled with great opportunities. A new feature this year is the Bring a Buddymeeting. NICE members who bring a NICE 1st timer to these meetings will receive a special gift.

Another change is to our annual mini-conference, which will be hosted by District 219 at Niles North High School on Saturday, January 26th, so mark your calendar now!

Prior to each meeting we will send out an RSVP and more detail about the meeting.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012: Share-a-rama @ Caruso Middle School, Deerfield - Bring a Buddy! Meeting

Monday, October 22, 2012: Technology Integration for Formative Assessment Location TBD - Bring a Buddy! Meeting

Saturday, December 1, 2012: Tablets, iOS, Chromebooks, oh my! @ Oak Grove School, Libertyville

Saturday, January 26, 2013: NICE Mini-Conference @ Niles North High School

February 26-March 1, 2013: ICE Conference @ Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles

Thursday, March 14, 2013: IDEaS of March Location TBD

Monday, May 7, 2013: HOTS- Higher Order Thinking Skills with Technology - Common Core is Coming! Location TBD

These meetings are an essential part of my own professional development.  (Let me bring you as a buddy because gifts work for me!) I can forward your emails if you want to receive the newsletters.

Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries

Publisher: IFLA Acquisition & Collection Development SectionEdited by members of the Acquisition and Collection Development Committee

Take some time to read this updated Guide to key issues libraries encounter and must address as they expand their electronic holdings. This document attempts to update the current situation with e-holdings and is "simply a snapshot of best practices at this point in time".

It includes ongoing guidelines for a collection development policy, licensing consideration for e-resources,  evaluation and review. It leads me to realize that we are seriously lacking an e-resource collection development policy.  I think we in the library are mostly focused on content, pricing, and vendor support for each  resource and not so much on technical requirements.  That is something we depend on our IT support to figure out later. Probably not the best approach.

One question that comes up every year from faculty is whether they can use database articles freely as course readings.  This guide answers that query by suggesting a collection development policy that
requires purchases of e-resources which promotes the latest practices in 'fair use':

"Electronic copies of articles or a discrete portion of the information content from the e-resource should be permitted to be included in a library's course reserves (print or digital), as requested by an instructor for a restricted set of authorized users in conjunction with specific courses."

Another consideration is availability.  I would agree that vendors should recognize that:

"The electronic version of a serial e-resource should be available no later than the printed version."

Unfortunately, the databases are so large (e.g. ProQuest Central) that not all publications included adhere to the same standards of availability.

This collection development guide is a must read for all libraries and encompasses the most current thinking across the library profession.  It's time to get more systematic with purchasing decisions and demand that vendors stay current with up-to-date best practices.

Appendices include a helpful glossary and sources.

The IFLA is the global voice of the library and information profession.

Shared by Scott McCleod

An interesting discussion starter for the beginning of the school year.  Are we catching up to our students?

I just made a Readlist

What’s a Readlist? A group of web pages—articles, recipes, course materials, anything—bundled into an e-book you can send to your Kindle, iPad, or iPhone. No login necessary.
Quick and easy to do. The tools keep getting easier and the possibilities are endless.

Here are the options for exporting and sharing:

EXPORT

• Send to Kindle
• Send to iPhone/iPad
• Send to Readmill
• Email e-book
• Download e-book

SHARE

• Public edit link
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Facebook
• Embed

Qwiki - making exciting multimedia presentations quickly!

We'll be exploring the ideas of Herbert Kohl this year when we get back to school in August. I decided to experiment with Qwiki: "the best way to share anything"!

The Qwiki website offers a quick and free sign up, brief tutorials, and samples from other users.
It is so simple to use that students can easily figure it out on their own.

The best part is that videos you make are interactive and easily shared.
embed web links, flickr photos, instagram, tweets, video from Vimeo or YouTube, almost any file from your computer, any web page including maps.
Share out on Twitter, Facebook, email or embed the presentation in a blog with html code.

I can imagine that we can do short "how to" library tutorials using screenshots and voiceovers ( or webcam) to teach some basics on Noodletools or logins or even iPad help.  Then we can embed these into a LibGuide.  I am very excited about the possibilities.

Play the Qwiki: Growing Minds: On Becoming a Teacher

"Your E-Book Is Reading You"

Digital-book publishers and retailers now know more about their readers than ever before. How that's changing the experience of reading. Click here for the full text. 

This is an article from the Wall St. Journal 6-29-2012  which is a 'must read' because it's important that we know how much digital book publishers and retailers now know about our reading habits.  This is fascinating because it could change the way authors write their books.

edWeb.net Announces Webinars

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Register for a very special webinar with Kevin Honeycutt, and get ready to be inspired - and to laugh! 

   

Kevin Honeycutt is technology integration specialist at ESSDACK in Hutchinson, Kansas. Kevin brings his personal life experience and a sense of humor to the mission of helping prepare 21st century learners. Learn more about Kevin Honeycutt

This webinar is part of new series on edWeb.net, "Inspiring Teachers - Changing Lives."  This series is dedicated to the power of one teacher - how just ONE teacher can change a life.

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  Presented by Chris Dede, Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard's Graduate School of Education
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• Tuesday, May 15th, 4pm Eastern Time
  "Seeing Structure & Generalizing in the Practices"
  Presented by Sara Delano Moore, Ph. D., Director of Mathematics and Science at ETA hand2mind
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• Thursday, May 17th, 4pm Eastern Time
  "iPad: Tips, Tricks, and Apps"
  Presented by Gail Palumbo, former Director of Curriculum and Technology, Montgomery Township Schools, NJ
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• Thursday, May 18th, 5pm Eastern Time
  "SIS Around the Country: What are Some States Doing?"
  Presented by Gail Palumbo, former Director of Curriculum and Technology, Montgomery Township Schools, NJ
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