It is important to stay current in any career, but remaining current as a librarian is especially necessary seeing as librarians need to be able to use all types of resources to help their patrons. As a school librarian, teachers, staff, students and their families have many different needs. School librarians need to offer the…

Artificial Intelligence is amazing and terrorizing at the same time. There are so many helpful tasks able to be completed quickly by AI, freeing up time and energy for so many different people in various fields. However, AI can also make jobs, that used to require people, obsolete. AI is used multiple time a day…

Conference Session Proposal Ancient Civilizations & Creative Online Tools Audience member will learn about five different online tools that will help elementary students share their knowledge about ancient civilizations. The five online tools shared are infographics, audio, digital storytelling, word clouds, and video. These tools will help make given tasks enjoyable and allow elementary students…

Curation tools are great for keeping organized and taking your ideas, notes, and information anywhere you go. I explored Evernote and found many benefits to this tool. Evernote offers three subscriptions with varying access. There is a free option, which is the option I explored. The free option of Evernote allows the user to keep…

Virtual Field Trip to Machu Picchu, Peru I went on a virtual field trip to Machu Picchu, Peru (All Media, n.d.). It was almost like being there, since I was able to change my view on each page. I was able to move my view left, right, up, or down to explore more of the…

It is important to have a basic understanding of how computers work in order to better understand coding or 3-D design. Ultimately, computers do four things: input, store, process, and output (code.org, 2018). There are many ways input can occur; it can be as simple as using a keyboard or a mouse. The computer processes…

Digital Storytelling One of the Digital Storytelling tools I explored was storyjumper. It was very easy to use, especially after watching the helpful 5-minute tutorial. The tool has the user typing their text first, but the user can go back to this section if they would rather design their scene first. There are many options…

One of the presentation tools I explored was Genially. This site requires the user to sign up for a free account. Genially offers many options when creating presentations, including various modes, like presentation mode or even an illustrated video mode. I used the presentation mode to create a list of must-read spooky books for October….

Voice Tools One of my favorite audio tools is Voki. Voki allows users to create a character and put a voice to the character. There are many options to choose when deciding on a character. A user could pick an animal and then have that animal talk about its habitat, what it eats, any adaptations,…

Welcome to my Bitmoji Library! Please, click on the picture above to enjoy the interactive features (each fairy tale book is linked to a read aloud). Bitmoji Libraries are a great way to share things virtually with style. Creating a space can also help students get to know you a little better. Libraries can incorporate…