In Auckland for #Slanza11 Ready for learning and fun as well.

Sun shining in Auckland for #Slanza11

Hooray beautiful sunny weather for the start of the SLANZA conference! See you very soon #slanza11

@heyjudeonline Yay! See you very soon for the SLANZA conference #slanza11

Powhiri done, manuhiri welcomed, kai eaten, now keynote 1 John Carr #slanza11

Horror! The lights have gone off in the Hall and we can't turn the lights on as I don't know where the switch is hiding ... #slanza11

Never mind John Carr is very funny and We're laughing heaps! Now the lights are back maybe our laughter helped! #slanza11

John is now doing a rap about colostomy bags from Louis Vuitton #slanza11

Mangos rap and colostomy rap btw John Carr have schoollib peoplegiggling #Slanza11

Mobile tech. Twittering and co all fair game for John Carrs humor at #SLANZA11

Thanks to New Zealand Geographic for sponsoring John Carr as our first keynote speaker. Beautiful books published by them soon #slanza11

@FionaMackie introducing @heyjude for the opening address of #slanza11 Do you have the keys to tomorrow

#slanza11 @FionaMackie Introducing the organisers etc - what a great job they've done!

Karen Hirst giving most amusing houskeeping rules and regs #slanza11

Flock mates what a great concept so many here today #slanza11

#slanza11 Senga on now. Flock mates! People with shared interests and passions, gathered together.

Congratulations to all who received SLANZA Awards truly well deserved @bridgy_s @MiriamTuohy #slanza11

Literature is important but literacy is the key says Judy O'Connell @heyjudeonline #slanza11

How do we help kids create or manage a digital footprint if we don't know what they are doing with technology? #slanza11

Congratulations to #slanza11 award winners: working collaboratively to share resources & promote school libraries

#slanza11 harness kids creativity. We don't need to know it all they can teach us @heyjudeonline

Virtual worlds by Judy O'Connell and Dean Groom ISBN 9780864318848 #slanza11 @heyjudeonline

#slanza11 my question Why do we still expect kids to power down in school? @heyjudeonline

#slanza11 why do we still have classrooms and not communities? Connected ones.

#slanza11 the key is to be adaptable versatile confident @heyjudeonline

#slanza11 nearlynow? What we are if we are digital rather than hard copy people.

#slanza11 Are you in the nearly now? unlock your students future to find, solve and to get leverage. Experiencing the learning!

Are you in the nearly now? This is where our kids are #slanza11

http://t.co/lovQrZ8 matters Hot the Net changes everything #slanza11 book for iPad

The nearly now is an iPad only book I'm going to buy it today and share it with delegates who want to read it on my iPad #slanza11

#slanza11 social connections were always bad and good. social media no diff our job is to show how to use effectively

#slanza11 Biblion the Boundless Library http://t.co/YL72MRX

#slanza11 Biblion the boundless library new way of curating

Didn't think I was a nearly now person so didn't put my hand up and then Judy outs me as I'm tweeting #oops #slanza11

#slanza11 The commons collection on Flickr. Go check it out. Examples being shown

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline The commons on flickr NZ libraries contributing to this, tagging, adding value

National Library of New Zealand on the Commons on Flickr check it out #slanza11

#slanza2011 http://t.co/7BdGCMM get your students involved in contributing to the wonderful site Inside a dog.

www.insideadog.com.au for great book reviews and blogs from authors worldwide #slanza11

#slanza11 Kids need to be taught to climb the hill of inquiry - by you!

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline need to deliver across a range of media, allow kids 2connect

Kids need to know how to juxtapose text sound media and social connections in real time #slanza11

#slanza11 Jobs in the future are not about what you learnt at school

Information literacy action happens wherever they read and interpret the world #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline posing as John the Baptist for @joycevalenza Laughter ringing out!

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Making a blog can seem like hard work the first time! Even for Jude!

#slanza11 it's not about tools its about choosing the best ones for you and your students

It's ok to be a slow digital learner give it a go and take the time you need to suss out what to do #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline need to balance use of books with digital

Your school library creates a partnership between the students teachers home and the global community #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline library the place of partnership kids tchrs community

#slanza11 Release the passion for learning, find the next step up in your passion. It's the thinking we encourage.

Challenge from Judy what will you change next term after you've listened to Joyce tomorrow? @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline crime scene unit using digital media huge engagement frm students

#slanza11 Real research is about putting the info together and working to get the right answer, it is about the process not the right answer

#slanza11 Get involved in the "information renaissance" - express your opinion!

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Tracking global events on twitter e.g. Revolutions political unrest

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline kids learning to comment at age 3 & 4. Are we continuing to let them comment at High school/primary school?

Digital literacy is less about tools and more about thinking #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Horizon report for advocacy

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline RSS feeds bring information to yourself. Feedly and Google Reader Read, tweet, FB takes 30 secs

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline next up Google+ man I want an invite!

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline using diigo to generate multiple cloud backups

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline cool toolkit using online tool Get your online toolkit together If you dont do this you will not have a future job

If you couldn't get back into your library without a toolkit of at least 5 digital tools, would you be allowed in the door? #slanza11

Judy's presentation available via Slideshare we will tweet the URL today #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline slideshare will be available with links. As many presentations as poss will be avail online watch these spaces

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline You don't have to know everything, you need to know how to find everything :-) And what are you sharing?

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline "Does everybody use Google all the time? Yes they do!" Gaaaaah, sad (kinda) but true.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline http://t.co/DagpGGN

Carrot cluster better than wonder wheel #slanza11 @heyjudeonline

Flickr and grease monkey for fast attribution #slanza11 @heyjudeonline

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Connect Google Scholar to databases, use as overlay to go the sources (otherwise paid sources)

Connect Google Scholar with databases as an overlay How to do it with EPIC? A question for EPIC #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline What success rate do your students have when they investigate. Show they how to empower their searching.

Head buzzing so much to think about locate investigate download wahoo! #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Interoperability and meaning. The semantic web is about metadata, working with search engines, early days yet tho

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Web 3 portable personal web,user engagement.the Socially powered web is exploding! Think YouTube stds uploading vid

Web 3.0 the socially powered web participatory and connected #slanza11

#slanza11 Make intelligent connections, using social media, with others who are here at conference for a start.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline digital citizen course run on slideshare, diigo, FB. Making it relevant for now and the future

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline "The cool thing about being a connected librarian, you don't have to start from scratch"

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline "You have a way of influencing everyone in this room."

Key message from Judy At last we have a way to influence everyone #slanza11

Wow! What a brilliant keynote from Judy @heyjudeonline

#slanza11 Morning tea done, first workshop: Donna Watt @donnarae9 It starts with you: A strategic approach to saving school libraries

#Slanza11 @donnarae9 saving school libraries one by one. Threats abound

Every school around you affects your 'brand' so how does yours reflect on others? #slanza11

#Slanza11 @donnrae9 branding. It can save you - or not

#slanza11 @donnarae9 What brand do you project? Are you the "shushing librarian" or are you the collaborative librarian, with time to help?

What 5 words describe you as a professional? #slanza11

#Slanza11 what are our libraries for? is ur branding just books? or are you so much more?

#slanza11 @donnarae9 My notes if you wanna read along: http://t.co/E3KJfeA

#Slanza11 ask staff which strand r they working in. Get our ur curriculum docs.

#Slanza11 college of ed admit that info lit and critical literary are underdone with new teachers

RT @Schoollibsnz: RT @FionaMackie: Donna Watt's blog halfpintofwisdom.wordpress.com #slanza11

@MiriamTuohy neat! Live notetaking via google docs - another tool on the live blogging conference @donnarae9 :) #slanza11

#Slanza11 gather data. Quick survey of skills. Show teachers your results. Work together with results

@heugumperNZ @L2_S2S Brand options: shushing librarian? collaborative librarian? enthusiast? helpful? or not?

#Slanza11 don't stand back and wait to be saved if under threat use your own community

#Slanza11 projects need common goals to succeed. R u all speaking same language?

#Slanza11 language and perils different curriculum use diff words for same thing

#Slanza11 when putting a team together find yourself a salesperson. Might be a teacher who gets it!

#Slanza11 pick your teacher well. Not the old. Not the new. The one with the skills which will help u

#Slanza11 we are asked what r peoples perception of school libraries. It ain't pretty.

#Slanza11 are you a 'library lady'? well cut that out right now

@heugumpernz Librarians as Energetic multi-literacy loving motivated to do PD in their holidays! #slanza11

#Slanza11 colleagues who r doing less well are not good for our brand. Everyone needs to get with it. Up the game

What can we do for our local networks to get the profiles lifted

@MiriamTuohy @schoollibsnz tweeting multiple accounts is a confusing & sometimes risky business #overconnected

#Slanza11 get out there. Outreach to schools that need help.

New SCIS blog post: SCIS at SLANZA 2011 - The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa SLANZA 2011 confere... http://ht.ly/1dR1w9

#Slanza11 use your mana. You need access to management.

Great to have so many people at @schoolscatinfo #slanza11 session: SCIS as collection dev tool. If you missed handout we can email

#slanza11 Great chance to catch up with @anyquestionsnz and learn about http://t.co/ZjGNTBP

Livebinders free for you to create a website on a topic @heyjudeonline #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Information fluency project online - go there

#slanza11 live binders knowledge 2.0 try the batman challenge

No search engine covers more than 30% of all the info available so what combo should you use? #slanza11

#slanza11 using bing and wolfram alpha as google alternatives why? Filter bubbles is a good place to start

Yahoo! vs Google vs Bing vs Wolfram Alpha which combo works for you? #slanza11

#slanza11 wolfram alpha great technical search engine for maths, computation.

Google Images now has an easier search function making it simpler to plagiarise #slanza11

#slanza11 pandia power search, content generated by librarians

Pandia Powersearch also has a kids and teens page with great search engines listed #slanza11

#slanza11 sweet search transforming research for students

Judy has given us all homework! We must all investigate Sweet Search tonight #slanza11

#slanza11 still on search engines - googa who? compares results

#slanza11 carrot cluster mentioned earlier. V new. Use circles in tabs. Betr than wonder wheel

#slanza11 deeper web plugin for firefox does similar to carrot cluster

#slanza11 directory of open access journals free!

#slanza11 way back machine finds old stuff from the web, old computer programs

#slanza11 use google reading levels to filter results. On left hand tabs

#slanza11 put feedly on top of google reader for great interface for rss

#slanza11 page2rss for pages that don't have a feed -create ur own feed

Now @ Cliff Edmeades' session on unpacking the NZ curriculum for librarians #slanza11

@seanfish @catatonichic It will be great - Tosca inspired me to really get into Twitter for conference 2011

School leadership and student outcomes identifying what works and why available via pdf from MoE essential reading for us #slanza11

Confident connected actively involved lifelong learners what would it look like in your library? #slanza11

If you know and understand the Vision you can align your efforts to support students & staff #slanza11

@fionamackie whatever's happening in your organisation - or related - find away to use it - eg new HP movie, link to it and book in colls.

Now @ The Living Library with Colleen Shipely #slanza11

#SLANZA11 Free to Mix, remixing NZ digital material for the Mix and Mash 2011. Workshop with Esther Casey just starting now!

#slanza11 Students creating new digital works using freely available archival footage over provided soundtrack for @mixandmashnz

#slanza11 Beautiful reworked digital panorama photo from @mixandmashnz http://t.co/wpBCnVs

The Living Library 'books' of people who have experienced prejudice or discrimination who will talk about it to 'readers' #slanza11

#slanza11 Esther Casey explaining 4 main parts of CC licencing: attribution, Share Alike, Non-commercial, No derivatives - you decide.

#slanza11 Watching Creative Commons Kiwi video, really simple and clear, great stuff: vimeo.com/25684782

#slanza11 digitalnz.org.nz great place to start search for reusable content

#slanza11 digitalnz.org.nz - apply reuse filter to find content you can use. Metadata dependent on individual providers.

www.humanlibrary.org for ideas #slanza11

#slanza11 Using YouTube CC search via the editor tabs http://t.co/mqx9yZX - loads of reusable stuff there.

Great session about hosting a Living Library #slanza11

#slanza11 Lovely quote, Esther Casey talking about heritage resources: “The more little pieces you put together, the more it comes alive”.

#slanza11 check out this video from the Mix and mash FB Page http://bit.ly/n1TTP0 Bits of awesomeness within

#slanza11 @estherc Thanks for great - FAST! - talk about mix&mash stuff and whatnot. Wonder if I can organise something at school.... :-)

@MiriamTuohy MoE supported KnowledgeNET, Ultranet and MyPortfolio publish metadata into DigitalNZ to help schools share/reuse #slanza11

#Slanza11 at Dymocks listening to mark Sommerset read Ba Ba smart sheep. Cute AS!!

#slanza11 Breakfast with guest speaker Julia Marshall @geckopress Can't wait for the release of "Poo Bum" (things I never thought I'd say!)

#slanza11 St Cuth's comms mgr surprised - didn't think librarians would be so noisy! :-)

#slanza11 Very excited right now, I have just actually had a conversation with @joycevalenza

#slanza11 Sitting bgwm Judy O and Senga W and Joyce V feeling Very lucky!

#slanza11 huge losses from SLANZA NE this year! Great work peeps.

#slanza11 Thanking past National Exec members - hard-working wonderful people!

@donnarae9 but great team to continue working for us. Cheers! #slanza11

Geraldine Howell now talking about National Librarian Bill McNaught #slanza2011

#slanza11 Geraldine Howell from National Library addressing the crowd. Natl Library committed to teaching and schools.

#slanza11 Natl Lib "ditizitisation being done not just for the same of it but to make it more useable for NZers"

#slanza11 Geraldine H learning at the centre of Natlib work with all libs

#slanza11 Need to reinvent libraries

#slanza11 Nat Lib. Do we really see ourselves as agents of learning? Are we the fearless librarians that we want to be?

#slanza11 libs creating social capital, are we ready?

#slanza11 Are we prepared to be co-learners?

#slanza11 libs as co learners and co creators

Opportunities for us to become fearless librarians, warrior librarians - are you going to be part of this? #slanza2011

#slanza11 What are libraries for? Not just trad circ functions

#slanza11 Nat Lib want engagement in online learning space.

#slanza11 DIA/NatLibTrailling new ways to use digital content, original materials

Biggest transformational opportunity is ultra fast broadband #slanza11

#slanza11 DIA position: making sure we deliver ed success for every child, no matter where they are.

#slanza11 Broader discussion about the role of school libraries their future and educational opportunities for every child needed. Nat Lib.

#slanza11 Libs partnering to deliver educational success for all kids

#slanza11 All notes from @Joycevalenza are on Joycedownunder wiki. Incl. Slanza idea book. People get into it and make it work!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza inviting us to share by adding slides to this doc, please join in! http://j.mp/o2DxbG

#slanza11 interact on the wiki today in the blank google doc collaborate!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza School Libs welcome to use things on the wiki. Want to be an editor? contact her for the opportunity. Crikey!!!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Make the world better for the learners that you serve!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Transliteracy is key

#slanza11 @joycevalenza libraries and transliteracy, multi literacy, critical literacy. Not just literacy

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Wizard of apps : some real musical comedy talent there! :-)

#slanza11 @joycevalenza digital footprints. Mike Ribbles themes of digital literacy online

How do I manage my reputation, my digital image? #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Academic digital footprint. Do kids FB pages meet this profile?

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Children have a digital profile before they are even born

#slanza11 @joycevalenza pipl.com search your profile. Recruitment tool!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Digital citizenship is something to be concerned about. Talk to students and parents about what image you want.

#slanza11 Elements of digital citizenship: intellectual property. @joycevalenza not a gatekeeper any more, now a cheerleader!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza teach about intellectual property. Up to number two now.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza loves the Mix and Mash comp and will use the teachers guide when she gets home.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza only2cliccks.com

#slanza11 http://www.only2clicks.com/ Nice!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza ttp://flickrcc.bluemountains.net

Joyce: Teacher Guide for mixandmash on services To schools site is excellent. #slanza11

#slanza11 Some resources for teaching digital citizenship: Free to mix (NZ) http://j.mp/plRpUV, YouTube copyright ed http://j.mp/glaDYQ

Wylio.com fast photo finder for bloggers #slanza11

Wylio.com images for bloggers rocks says Joyce Valenza at #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Wylio for embedding content brings attribution with it

#slanza11 Tools for image attribution: FlickrCC http://j.mp/dgHMUV, Wylio.com, FlickrStorm http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/

#slanza11 http://www.wylio.com/. Full link for wylio. Go and try!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza up to 2.5 assigning licensing to own work. Us and students.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Get your kids to use creative commons attributions on their work

#slanza11 Get students to assign CC licences to their own work!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza encourage kids to apply cc licenses, yes! Let them really understand.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza what does fair use of film and media look like in schools? Copyright?

#slanza11 Get students to assign CC licences to their own work! *Really* helpful when starting to learn concepts of intellectual property.

What does fair use mean for us as educators, in libraries? #slanza11

#slanza11 how do I know if my use is fair? http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com/Reasoning

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Jamstudio.com one example of where you can make your own music

@thewhaanga Mōrena! I'm very good, although a bit tired after #slanza11 (and wishing I was a 3 dayer!)

#slanza11 studio quality songs on your iPad http://www.jamstudio.com/iPad.html

#slanza11 Wizard of apps again - information literacy. "So much work to do, not nearly enough time to complete all of it". Word!

#slanza11 Wizard of apps again - information literacy. "So much work to do, not nearly enough time to complete all of it". Word!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Research 2.0 can be transparent, interactive, meaningful and original

#slanza11 @joycevalenza notebooks are inadequate containers for research

#slanza11 transparent, interactive, meaningful, individual = information literacy

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Googlios for organising info.

Googlios.com research process for secondary #slanza11

#slanza11 InfoLit = critical thinking, evaluation, triangulation etc but also transparent, interactive, meaningful, original.

#slanza11 free google tools meet eportfolios http://sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/

Record your reflection instead of writing it #slanza11

#slanza11 Choose projects that are meaningful. Some fab examples: soldiers+cigars - their blogs as primary sources, resulting social action.

#slanza11 see the affective developments in research http://vizzacheroseniorthesis.wikispaces.com/Reflections

#slanza11 Another teen student research project e.g.: Persuasive arguments - Rap V Heavy metal! Now that's engaging!

#slanza11 Authentic learning, kids truly excited by learning and research process

#slanza11 what are the research and revolutions that can be "put against" twitter ?

Google forms to create a survey #slanza11

#slanza11 Another student example: Real-time research with Twitter: what does a revolution (#Egypt) look like?

#slanza11 start school-based research using google forms!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Content curation we need to teach teachers and learners how to curate

#slanza11 content curation - better than pathfinders!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza no. 5 now. Curating content we are the experts. Digital world needs us for this one

App 5 content curation the new buzz word synchronizing a community @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 curation takes over when search stops working!

#slanza11 malcolm gladwell : tipping point plus Twitter = research project

Content curation needs to be taught to our teachers and students, it's critical #slanza11

#slanza11 Content curation - not just finding resources, but synchronizing a community. We need to pass on these skills to students.

#slanza11 storify scoopit other tools for curation easy for high school stds to use

#slanza11 be the curator of your favorite topic http://www.scoop.it/

Content curation is being everything together for the students in an online world using digital,tools @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza make your duration visible online. Evidence of your practice

#slanza11 create stories using social media http://storify.com/

#slanza11 for those at natlib advocacy workshop yesterday. Use content curation in your advocacy plan

What will you curate for your community, to support your learners? #slanza11

#slanza11 Can you pull together the information *and* the tools staff and students need?

Paper.li to get a feed for tweets so you can follow a # tag and get a daily newspaper @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 School librarians read and contribute to http://paper.li/tag/tlchat #tlchat - NZ librarians can join in too, just use the hashtag.

#slanza11 come on, get onto the mobile apps for your databases!

#slanza11 buckets of news for free http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/

#slanza11 Google is a vertical search tool - therefore Google sucks. refine with 'timeline' and 'squared'.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Big fan of mobile apps for Gale and EBSCO databases - try it on your phone/iPad http://j.mp/l4BsY8

Got paper.li open and am going to create one for conference #slanza11

#slanza11 if you haven't used this - give it a go! http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Google squared - are you using it with students? Sets of info.

Create custom search engines via Google custom search #slanza11

#slanza11 Looking at a couple of Google search tools eg. NewsTimeline http://j.mp/1a8PO, Squared http://j.mp/oLA3Zo

#slanza11 Google http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2009/10/24/richard-byrnes-beyond-google-improve-your-search-results/

Mashpedia.com pulls from many sources on one search interface #slanza11 @joycevalenza

RT @Schoollibsnz: #slanza11 SearchyPants - safe, brand-your-own, search for kids. I am using this based on the name alone! Awesome :-)

#slanza11 www.sortfix.com goes over google images twitter also bllify.org

#slanza11 improve your search http://www.sortfix.com/

Boolify.org for understanding Boolean searching #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza twurdy.com to preselect by reading level

#slanza11 mashpedia search across media way cool

#slanza11 Check @joycevalenza 's slides later - too many fantastic search tools to tweet!

#slanza11 Mashpedia is a tool for finding the right hashtag. Create the feed and it will be pulled to you. RSS for your personal search

#slanza11 finding dulcinea web guide http://www.findingdulcinea.com/

#slanza11 @joycevalenza no.7crap filter time. Evaluate triangulate info.

#slanza11 Garbage in, garbage out. Sharpen up your "Crap detection" skills.

#slanza11 dynamic http://mashpedia.com/

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Helping students understand resources "What am I holding?" lesson - is it a book? a magazine? a scholarly journal?

#slanza11 Ask stds, what does the url tell us.

#slanza11 Helping students read and understand URLs - front-loading evaluation strategies with simple thumbs up / thumbs down assessment.

#slanza11 Stds will not load their research with junk if they have to provide annotated bibliography! Yes!

#slanza11 Ask new evaluation questions for new types of research sources - how do we evaluate bloggers? wikis? Bogus twitter profiles?!??

List of URLs can you tell how useful each is by the URL? Great task for kids @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 http://bit.ly/m3aU71

Eli Pariser book The filter bubble great for staff development #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza helping students escape from the filter bubble when researching (watch Eli Pariser on TedTalks http://j.mp/dFAowv)

#slanza11 what's your influence? http://klout.com/home

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Joyce shares my excitement about info graphics

#slanza11 Creativity - what does it look like? Infographics! Kathy Shrock's guide for teaching infographic how-to http://j.mp/iwI0w0

#slanza11 Opportunities for sharing creativity with mix and mash, use all of these skills! Www.mixandmash.org.nz perfect timing

#slanza11 More beautiful infographics: informationisbeautiful.net

#slanza11 Video scoring guides for grading videos at digitales.us

Vimeo video school, DigiTales and so much more for digital storytelling from Joyce Valenza fantastic ! #slanza11

Animoto sign up for 50 free accounts for 3 months and you can keep re-signing! @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 Creativity: Make use of great free tools like VoiceThread, Animoto, Glogster, ToonDoo, Storybird, ZooBurst, Animaps.

Book talks NZs version of Skype an author #slanza11

Google+ as a collaborative tool for educators #slanza11

#slanza11 Google+ in the classroom, lots of potential. Wish I had an invite .... hint hint

#slanza11 words that stick http://www.wallwisher.com/

#slanza11 TV shows as primary sources for gender representation in the media (All in the family, BradyBunch). Capture ideas with Wallwisher.

#slanza11 Create mini-surveys using twitter hashtags, great idea from @joycevalenza

#slanza11 After conference, keep building your intelligent networks: TLNing, Elementary Library Routines, share your on stuff on Slideshare.

#slanza11 Twitter peoples at Slanza conference http://on.fb.me/qiYlej Cheers to Pru

There's no place like libraries!! #slanza11

#slanza11 standing applause for @joycevalenza NZ librarians a rocking!

Standing ovation for Joyce Valenza @ #SLANZA11 Inspirational doesn't sum her presentation up enough!

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner - making the hop from picture books to fiction... One of the few conference workshops on books and reading!

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner - not just thinking about the library, but what is at the heart of it for students.

Loving your #slanza11 tweets @heyjudeonline, great stuff.

@#slanza11 - my brain about to explode after amazing session by @joyce valenza

@#slanza11 - my brain about to explode after amazing session by @joycevalenza

#slanza11 Young fiction page on http://j.mp/ojLrln - and you can also join the community! Moving on --> Young fiction http://j.mp/oTwu5n

Learning about fearless librarians at #slanza11 go librarians!!!!

#slanza11 "...research shows children who read for pleasure achieve better school performance than those who don't" Michael Rosen

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner: "A lot of the best fiction is about developing empathy".

tearing myself away from all the fab links in the #slanza11 feed - have lib admin work to do!

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner: virtual tour of some school libraries - great ideas to borrow! lots of face-out, series together, bin shelving.

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner - wonderfully enthusiastic presenter, lots of fun!

#slanza11 Pru Mitchell - every student and staff member in NZ has access to Mahara, Aust think great model and school libs should get into

#slanza11 every teacher and librarian has acres to eportfilos in NZ ! Drool! http://myportfolio.school.nz/

#slanza11 @Pru The power of Mahara is the levels of access. Can be reorgnised into a different view

#slanza11 Liz Christensen, Kerikeri primary school. Arranging books on shelves, moving them round to grab attention, make them easy to find.

#slanza11 @Pru Mahara eportfolio great tool for learning for students and staff members incl school librarians

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: lots of clear labeling (shelf/book) helps kids make good choices. Make it super-easy to get the books they want.

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: Easy getting young readers started, middle primary years more difficult. Pay close attention to Yr4 readers.

#SLANZA11 loving all the reminders that school librarians don't have the choice anymore, they have to embrace technology.

#slanza11 @Pru talking prof reg and providing access to docs via google doc http://bit.ly/nAbSRw

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: use book talks, pick the right student & the right book and ask them to do it, something they can easily manage.

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: use your LMS to look at kids' borrowing history - see what they read/like, find books to help move them on.

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: get kids' reading word count up! Doesn't matter if it's lots of little books :-)

Thanks @heyjudeonline for all your #slanza11 tweets - lots of great links to explore.

#slanza11 @Pru controlled vocabularies make life much easier when searching within your collected items, eg diigo delicious

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: find good series - but then you can lump them together e.g. Fairies, Horses.

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: Confidence building, building stamina. 6 Boy vs Beast books = 1 Beast Quest. Move from Jnr fic to fiction area.

#slanza11 consider using persistent tags In social networking http://scot.curriculum.edu.au/

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: Important to help kids learn what they like in terms of genre. Going to see this in action in my library soon :-)

#slanza11 Liz Christensen: kids return to something familiar when they're uncertain e.g transition between primary/intermediate schools.

#slanza11 @Pru http://bit.ly/dSRCVw

RT @heyjudeonline: #slanza11 tags - helping @joycevalenza bushwalking=hiking. Great example of the diversity in folksonomy. &NZ=Tramping :-)

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner: "if you build it they will come" won't necessarily work with libraries - you need people to make things happen.

#slanza11 Share your ideas in Joyce's SLANZA idea book - http://t.co/a3tjfrF

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner: Promotion ideas. Read aloud. Book talks. Sharing. Quizzes, competitions, publicize new things widely.

#slanza11 Jeannie Skinner: promo ideas - reading challenges, reviews in loos, dress up, podcasts, read-alikes, library blog, book trailers.

Professional learning horizons workshop - http://ht.ly/5HA8d #slanza11

Libraries as kitchens not grocery stores make stuff, collaborate make, invent, share, talk what does your pantry look like? #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza School library: Change from transactional --> transformational. Best libraries are participatory.

#slanza11 @joycevalenza what is collection? Libratory?

Libratory is how Joyce thinks of her space @joycevalenza #slanza11

How to achieve enchantment by Guy Kawasaki is what Joyce is investigating @joycevalenza #slanza11

#slanza11 @joycevalenza talking about Guy Kawasaki's idea of enchantment. Infographic here: http://j.mp/fr8wqn

#slanza11 @joycevalenza who is the librarian? the pusher of buttons? The ignitor?

#slanza11 @joycevalenza "There is no textbook for new practice!"

#slanza11 @joycevalenza libraries have more than one front door one is digital

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Talented student helpers aren't shelving books but making fantastic stuff to promote books, promote their library.

#slanza11 @Pru making diigo accounts for our professional learning. Great tool for registration and revalidation but publish something!

#slanza11 @joycevalenza embeditin.com to embed y our own presentations

#slanza11 @Pru it is important to take away more than just the fun of the workshop, take away a new tool that you can use and then use it

#slanza11 @joycevalenza book box.com for your own embedded bookshelf

#slanza11 @Pru utags to make sure that you can find what you want when you click the tags Build up your tagcloud for maximum usefulness

Wow am amazed again @ Joyce's session so much to look at investigate and discover @joycevalenza #slanza11

Buffy Hamilton has heaps to support e-books in schools inc research permission forms #slanza11

Who is your library hero of the day? Great reinforcement for student librarians and what a brilliantly simple idea #slanza11

#slanza11 @Pru lots of people have joined Diigo and other tools. Great workshop with everyone engaged

#slanza11 @joycevalenza Fantastic new orientation video for her library http://youtu.be/yYyXJ7ZltYw

#slanza11 All our conference tweets collected in one easy-to-read place, find us on paper.li here: http://j.mp/odteV2

#slanza11 Paul Little: Thinking about the future of language, trends and tendencies. Grammar & punctuation?? Where has English come from?

English language - it's all a mess and going to get worse! #slanza11

Number of English as a second language speakers now is bigger than the native speakers wow #slanza11

#slanza11 adapting the word doesn't mean the attitude changes too

@joycevalenza Great that you're learning some Kiwi-isms. You'll hear us say 'Yeah nah/no' which is a common and strange thing we do

Phew, that was intense but good! Despite our technology issues we had a great Fearless Librarian session @ #slanza11

you can verb any noun you want to -- Paul Little #slanza11

#slanza11 nobody is going to say I shall in the future - that will be gone.

#slanza11 Computers give us new jargon. We communicate in shorter pieces now. Do you only read the top of the email?

#slanza11 Language will become more technological each year. No need for global language we will have an app for translation if we need one

#slanza11 Language will become more technological each year. No need for global language we will have an app for translation if we need one

#slanza11 computers are providing us with a 'babel fish' of our own - rock on Hitchhikers of the Galaxy!

HipHop and texting are helping to save the world's endangered languages...http://t.co/Es25Rwl @livingtongues via @nomadicwax #slanza11

#slanza11 China is the largest English speaking nation now? http://t.co/BXnueGr

Jean Paul Narrier has created Globish #slanza11

@bridgy_s @heyjudeonline @joycevalenza @motherofwinter Thanks for all your #slanza11 workshop help #presenteraslearner

http://bit.ly/o1o3kk #slanza11

Pleased to be an observer at SLANZA 11th AGM #slanza11 & recall being in Auckland 2001 for infant association's 1st conference

#slanza11 @motherofwinter final address as president, thanks for your work for our organisation, it has been appreciated

#slanza11 @motherofwinter welcoming incoming president @FionaMackie

Thanks to Warick Ashton and Book Protection Products for the sponsorship so generously given to SLANZA we really appreciate it #slanza11

Pledge of support for incoming SLANZA President @fionamackie #slanza11

#slanza11 You could promote your services this way http://bit.ly/rcHgOb

#slanza11 @Donnarae9 addressing AGM re adding another membership catogory for business partners

#slanza11 Are the books your are buying decreasing in quality? Discussion at your next regional SLANZA meeting. Let's get this dealt to.

As of today, there are no more advertisements of any kind on Edublogs including free blogs http://tinyurl.com/3v6rb29 #slanza11

About to hear another session from @joycevalenza @ #slanza11 -- excited!

At Developing a vibrant International Languages collection for your school library #slanza11

@joycevalenza rethinking school library like kitchen not grocery store #slanza11 make, taste, invent

New library concept: learner-centered Libratory, Inquiry launching pad #slanza11

seth Godin poke the box #slanza11 take a risk, press start @joycevalenza

Is our Languages collection (books in French Spanish etc) in the right place? Don't think so.... Need to evaluate where and promoting it too

No-one is leaving this @joycevalenza workshop not knowing how to embed code #slanza11

#slanza11 My Book Trailer http://booktrailersforall.com/

http://t.co/5bNKde0 the portal for student created book trailers with QRcodes #slanza11

#slanza11 participatory school libraries - the only way to be!

#slanza11 stories online - free and engaging reading http://www.wegivebooks.org/

#slanza11 let the kids use wordle to create genre author signs!

@joycevalenza students create tagclouds of genre authors for displays/website. Check out advanced Wordle.net #slanza11

Use Google Translate to get the English title for a book written in another language #slanza11

#slanza11 "we discovered it wasn't enough" - I think this is a great mantra from @joycevalenza reminding us to explore & push opportunity!

#slanza11 make sure to use 'browse inside' widgets from publisher sites on your library website.

Create book shelf widget from LibraryThing.com and embed your top reads as part of your #ePortfolio #slanza11

#slanza11 give away books and get books http://bookmooch.com/

E-books in many languages from the International Children's Digital Library icdl.org #slanza11

Make it easy for community to donate: set up Amazon wish list for your library - books, hardware etc #slanza11

RT @heyjudeonline: #slanza11 ebook educators group http://edukindle.ning.com/

too many good things coming out of #slanza11 , hard to keep up

More NZ education single sign on ideas - get #Gale databases mobile apps working from EPIC #slanza11

@joycevalenza sums up: It is not OK to teach only within your library walls. Make house calls #slanza11 #austl #tlchat

@schoolscatinfo plz keep the tweets a flowing. I need to know this stuff.

All @joycevalenza presentations shared creative commons http://t.co/XNiUqTI #tlchat #austl #vicpln

Sign seen by @heyjudeonline and me as we travelled to National Library 'Live a little Learn a lot' sums up conference #slanza11

Exhibition @ National Library Parnell Sept 5 - April 5 for everyone to see Haka! Speaking with every move #slanza11

All NZ educators need to see Joyce Valenza's amazing work presented @ #slanza11 today http://t.co/WdDyeKk

#slanza11 MUSAC conference dinner (@ Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron) http://4sq.com/mQtpum

Awesome - DigitalNZ is now searchable through Digistore and you can embed results in learning paths! @DigitalNZ #slanza11

#Slanza11 @Joycevalenza and @heyjude at dinner at the Royal Nz yacht club Slanza11 dinner http://yfrog.com/kfhyqcfj

#Slanza11 this is your band leader. Mr awesome! http://yfrog.com/khcngaoj

Bright Future for Info Professionals http://feedly.com/k/qucvUG The message is loud and clear! #slanza11

The best technology conference for educators in Sth hemisphere takes place in NZ! http://bit.ly/orF7o6 are u going? #slanza11

Wow great dinner @ RNZ Yacht Squadron for conference lots of dancing and singing and laughing thanks Club Nerd #slanza11

“@carolynstuart: NZ's new Secretary for Education: Lesley Longstone http://t.co/rmTv3kS” #slanza11

@joycevalenza Thank you for being with us, inspiring us, challenging us & confronting us. Arohanui from New Zealand & come back #slanza11

RT @theREALwikiman: This afternoon's exciting infographic... The Great Library Stereotypometer! http://bit.ly/nIAFS9 #slanza11

Role of school library #slanza11 http://t.co/csWoUCl

Feeling anticipatory and ooooooh tummy butterflies meeting the fabulous Carol Hirschfeld soon

#slanza11 Awards ceremony celebrating fabulous school librarians.

#slanza11 Please someone tell Carol Hirschfeld I <3 her

#slanza11 we have a new president - welcome Fiona Mackie. And huge thanks to Senga White, outgoing. My flock mate.

#slanza11 Welcoming @FionaMackie as our new president of the School Library Association of New Zealand

Just received the SLANZA Taonga feeling very excited about the future #slanza11

#slanza11 Carole Hirshfield Taking the courage to make changes and take risks that benefit our tamariki

#slanza11 Carol Hirschfeld: "English was my favourite subject, but it was an up and down climb."

Could listen to Carol Hirschfeld forever

Carol Hirschfeld warm witty wonderful!

Carol Hirschfield reminds us through her stories how mistakes are not about failure but part of the journey to success #slanza11

Congratulations Fiona on your election as president of SLANZA @FionaMackie

Enjoying Carol's keynote - such an open, interesting storyteller http://tinyurl.com/4xu5nl6 #slanza11

#slanza11 Carole Hirschfeld and @johnJcampbell working relationship to bring out the strengths in each other

#slanza11 Carole Hirschfeld It is the things that you didn't do that you most regret. Sleep with the Postman, he might win Lotto LOL

Carol H reading from Cycle of sonnets Rita Dove - all about taking risks #slanza11

RT @nzfi: : ) RT @EstherC: Awesome - @DigitalNZ now searchable thru Digistore & you can embed results in learningpaths! http://bit.ly/qHizK1 #slanza11

Now @ @donnarae9 session about strategic planning looking forward to identifying where we're going to head to #slanza11

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe : "We actively promote materials and ideas"

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe : How do you translate (for displays) abstract ideas like friendship, honour, love?

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe : Non-fiction displays - Enlarge images from within the books in your collection, including the end-papers.

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe : Everything on her fabulous blog OK for reuse under Creative Commons licence http://j.mp/raf0oE

Martin Neyland, Access-It reminds #slanza11 session that can add URLs to catalogue records that link to enriched content for books

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe : Copy and keep great images that grab your attention, keep a folder - you never know when you might use them.

#slanza11 if u dont ask u wont get! Kimberly atkinson

meeting needs of Maori students workshop @ #slanza11

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: You have to be a bit creative, and daring. If you think it's nice, do it! Don't worry what others will think.

demo of free #ebooks from http://t.co/C6wtEtL Libertary #slanza11

a woman on the same page as me - if in doubt throw it out! RT @Schoollibsnz: #slanza11 Cull cull cull to make your library usable

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe creating display right now on wall panel in our workshop! "Reeling in readers." Exciting to see her in action!

Social technological environmental economic political factors in strategic planning (STEEP) #slanza11

40 years of #ebooks infographic http://t.co/DsQzfjG #slanza11

RT @shoewee: iPad sales now surpass Mac in K-12 EDU market. -Apple COO Tim Cook http://is.gd/xpkGye #ADE2011 #slanza11

Another advantage of digital notetaking. When classroom lights go off, keep taking notes in the dark #slanza11

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: Reel in your Readers display- make yr own plumb-bob with pin, string & blutak - make sure things are straight!

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: Reel in your Readers display - don't be afraid to go outside the edges of yr display space.

#slanza11 Kimberley Atkinson Stories of real poverty in her area but also massive community support for the library

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: Reel in your Readers display-put a couple of staples *behind* display components so they stand out a tiny bit.

#slanza11 canny politician might get along to robertson road school to learn about the importance of preschool environment on literacy.

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: Reel in your Readers display - concentrate around a focal point, tell a story with your display.

#slanza11 Anita Vandenberghe: Reel in your Readers display - use differently sized images to create perspective.

#slanza11 Kimberley Atkinson Parent teacher library, loan games to parents after teaching them to use them.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline http://bit.ly/knowledge2 Information literacy and search.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Use CommonCraft videos for clear explanations of web tech e.g. search, RSS, Social media etc. http://j.mp/SLC68

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Use fun search challenges to asses staff/student search strategies and successes.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Educators building how-to guides to Google+ and other sharing tools

#slanza11 @heyjude fantastic collection of links on her livebinder http://bit.ly/knowledge2

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Pandia Power Search http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline NZ Schools so lucky to have free access to Epic databases.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Use RSS to get updated database search results delivered to your feed reader.

Make your epic your servant use alerts to get your professional reading to your desktop #slanza11

Library should have write the digital strategy as it is all about student learning & achievement not infrastructure @donnarae9 #slanza11

#slanza11 Use RSS button to subscribe to School Lib Journal updates via General OneFile - straight into your email or reader! bit.ly/mZzNZg

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Use TinEye to teach about CC / copyright on images.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Carrot cluster = alternative to Google Wonderwheel http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search

#slanza11 @heyjude RSS evangalist - to quote @MiriamTuohy

Students should come to the library to power up, not power down @donnarae9 #Slanza11

@heyjudeonline the perfect argument for anti-RSS brigade - it's no different from buying a newspaper or magazine #browsingnews #slanza11

RSS is both a feeding in and putting out of information for you @ heyjudeonline #slanza11

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline We are the best people to help make sense of all the information coming from around the world.

#slanza11 @heyjudeonline Use Evernote to clip/save/annotate info from the web which will be available straight away on all your devices.

#slanza11 Thank you for all your kind hospitality! I had such fun sharing with you. Please keep in touch & keep building your tribe!

Congratulations to Kimberley Atkinson from Robertson Rd school winning the Kindle #slanza11

@joycevalenza thank you! For all your inspiration

Very happy that Fleur Beale is our final keynote speaker #slanza11

@schoolscatinfo thanks for the prizes and supporting us at conference #slanza11

RT @dakinane: Gauntlet thrown down using #elearning to engage students and not enrage them. New post http://bit.ly/pYqX78 #slanza11

Fleur is writing a screenplay for Juno of Taris very exciting #slanza11

RT @gwynethjones: RT @engaginged Brilliant Post! The Twitter Ten: Week of July 18 http://t.co/jO8x2rJ #TLChat A must follow! #slanza11

"longed for him; got him; shit!" Margaret Atwood quoted by Fleur Beale @ #slanza11

Fleur beale writing challenge, write your life story in six words. #slanza11

RT @mashable: Google Warning Users They May Be Infected By Malware - http://on.mash.to/qL80gP #slanza11

About to close the SLANZA conference safe traveling all and it has been such fun. See you in Wellington 2013 #slanza11

Huge thanks to @FionaMackie Kaaren Hirst and all #Slanza11 team for an incredible conference

RT @kgs RT @ThomasFrey: Students can now rent e-textbooks on Kindle http://bit.ly/priHGQ. #slanza11

This is what School librarians say is the Role of school library #slanza11 http://t.co/csWoUCl via @twitpic \ Is this what your school does?

#slanza11 Awesome SLANZA conf; thanks for all the ideas, connections and books for Bangladesh

@FionaMackie You made my conference experience so rich! Thank you, thank you, thank you ✔✔✔

RT @RossJTodd: There is no substitute for books: a nice read http://t.co/d4ANy6J #slanza11 #slanza

If #slanza11 inspired you to start with Twitter save the hashtag #slanza for future updates, and welcome aboard school library NZ peps

#slanza11 #slanza Just tidied up the open doc from @heyjudeonline presentation yesterday feel free to contribute http://t.co/Iwhl9bX

#slanza11 fluer beale yay! Such a special nz-er

Home safe and sound from #slanza11 - now to apply all the plans in my head! Can,t wait

@heyjudeonline glad you're home safely. Such a delight to have you with us and comments about your sessions were overwhelmingly positive.

Thanks to all for lovely comments and valuable feedback re conference. Loved being with you, missing you already! #slanza11 #slanza

Discovering all sorts of library-related talk via #slanza11 tweet stream, need to be in 100 places at once apparently! http://j.mp/qQ8JDq

Just bought new fiction for school resulting from the fiction session at conference.

@MiriamTuohy @heyjudeonline Have you just given me the first tool in my new toolset? Commitments to self http://t.co/88BhWCU #SLANZA11

@heyjudeonline #slanza11 Lonewolflibrarian just blogged Do you have the keys to tomorrow http://t.co/vzJjLdB Saved me some time!

Infotention from Howard Rheingold is for you #slanza11 http://bit.ly/p9RgIQ

#slanza11 I mentioned Venessa Miemis in my presentation - here's the post that got me started on strategic planning http://t.co/wqI4xTm

#slanza11 I have posted the readings as promised! http://t.co/bsjc0Hz These are just the ones in the frontal lobe!

#slanza11 are you starting to identify some flockmates? Using Google+ to communicate better? http://t.co/e7XkR2x

#slanza #slanza11 Folk, don't forget our Facebook page. Your input is encouraged. https://www.facebook.com/groups/263912519904

Embedding school libraries in the curriculum - sorry, forgot the #SLANZA11 breadcrumb! http://t.co/ZAJUGMr

Blog worth sharing from #slanza11 - SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau http://t.co/yKIBWXf via @feedly

Loaded some conference pics onto the slanza wiki today head over and have a look. Start talking about #slanza11 #slanza http://bit.ly/kXLtUB

A week since the fantastic #slanza11. Which key pieces of learning are going to make a difference at your school next week? #slanza