Valibrarian

There’s a new slogan rapidly spreading through my school district, as well as other districts across the country: BYOT (bring your own technology).  Many of us have been hoping for a more innovative and open philosophy for over five years.  We all know the world has changed and we all know that information access is [...]

I recently saw (for the first time) a QR code on the back of a book in a book store. Using the I-nigma app on my phone, I scanned the QR code and viewed the author’s website. Potential for QR codes is growing–t-shirts and other items might have QR codes. I created a bookmark for [...]

I’ve worked with editing videos for my school news show for years but only started editing them on the computer a couple years ago.  I made a couple of videos to compare video camera choices.  I am sure that there are numerous other video cameras available now, but here is a video created with the [...]

Every day there seems to be a new technology tool to learn!  A librarian colleague just shared a great tool for sharing files that are too large to email called drop.io.  You can send files and set them to expire… say next week or next year!  How cool is that!  I am placing my nephew’s [...]