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The document camera! A document camera is also know as a visual presenter. In simple terms a document camera is a combination of a digital camera, a microscope, and an overhead projector. It allows you display anything in the grand scheme of things. It has taken the place of and enhanced the over head projector, but you will still need a digital projector, and a computer to make it work. The R.A.T. Model As previously stated the document camera replaced the overhead projector and can be used in the same ways but, now teachers do not have to make a transparency sheet to display for students (Replacement). Teachers now have the ability to ensure each student can see the read aloud book from the grand display (Amplification). Teachers can even think out of the box with the document camera. Did you know you can use a document camera to record a lab that a student missed or even go global and skype with another classroom from across the world (Transformation)? The document camer

FlipGrid When searching around for a new-to-me concept, teaching with tech approach or tech tool from a library-related blog I came across a blog with  27 Tech Tools Teachers Can Use to Inspire Classroom Creativity  As I reviewed the list of tech tools one, FlipGrid kept popping out at me, and then I remembered why.  In April, I help host EdCamp Palmetto. It was there where I first heard about the tech tool  FlipGrid . I didn't think much of it then. As I browse twitter I continued to see #FlipGrid from some of the tech teachers I follow. So I thought, "let me see what teacher librarians are doing with this tech tool FlipGrid?" In my search, I came across the blog The Library Voice  by Shannon McClintock Miller. In the blog post Shannon explains how she learned about FlipGrid and how she implemented it into her library with her second graders in the way of book talks. What a great way to show a real life example of the tech tool to readers. She then list other ways to u

Information literacy, technology, and digital/media are like the cycle of life, ever changing and continuous. Too much of anything is not good for you. I feel information is just like food, "everything in moderation". I had a friend who recently had the doctor tell her to take a break from the news because she was an avid news watcher. She watched multiple news channels everyday and also larked on social media in her free time. Her stress levels were higher then normal. After a month of watching less news and fasting from social media her levels normalized. Listening to the podcast made it obvious why this helped her situation. So just like it is important to watch what you eat it is also important to watch what information read, watch, or listen to. The song was hilarious! It is important as professionals in library and information science that we understand how to dissect and digest information in order to help others.  I feel that Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz have

Intellectual Freedom and Library Standards A few years back my youngest child (age 6) came home with a book from the school library about parts of the body. The outside of the book looked just like any other student friendly picture book. We took it out to read at bedtime and I was shocked. It had colorful engaging pictures and told the story of how babies were made. As a parent I not only took the time to read the story with my child, but to also explain to her she was not to share it with anyone in her class or talk about it to other students. I felt it was not her place to introduce other six year olds to that type of material. The book was geared to her age and was written for her to understand the topic, but I was still concerned as to why it was in my child’s library for her to check out. At the time I informed the librarian and principal about the book and they agreed to take it off the shelf of the library and give it to the parent advocate as a parent resource for parents