The Daring Librarian

GoAnimate.com : Live Long & Animate! by gwyneth Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com . It's free and fun! Second Life: AASL-SIGMS Virtual Learning Community Wed, May 19th: 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT " Animating Your Library Program " Presenter: Gwyneth Jones Location: ALA Main Stage SLURL If you missed the ISTE SIGMS Webinar back in December - I've updated it and will beg giving a preso tonight on this same (a fave of mine!) subject in Second Life! Hope you can join us! "Promoting your library media center and program has never been easier. Using quick, free, and easy animation studios teacher librarians can create engaging videos to market their media center, databases, research resources, special programs, and their love of reading to students, teachers, and the community. Combining easy animation with a wiki, website, or a blog your message will captivate your audience and reach beyond the brick and mortar walls of your school. Watch this Go!Animate...

I created a couple of Comic Life At-A-Glance type cheat sheets for ya about Blabberize & Xtranormal! Snag & use all you like! They're here on the blog medium sized....and also full size (81/2 X11) on my Flickr also you can grab it from my wiki !

I'm once again proud to say that today's blog is being posted on the front page of ISTEconnects ! It's part 3 of a 3 part series. Click here for the link to the full posting! Also, you may want to watch the video on the left of the main page....for a full page of the animations I've done and links to my animation channels you can visit my wiki page ! It's been a great honor to have been asked to write this series and a whole heck of a lot of fun, too! Thank you for your readership! Bonus: Xtranormal in the classroom an awesome posting from the fantastic & edublog nominated site Box of Tricks! Any other ideas for classroom or media center connections using animation products? I would love to see your comments, ideas and thoughts!

Part 1 of a 3 part series I'm proud to say today's blog is being posted on the front page of ISTEconnects ! It's going to be a series in 3 parts. Click here for the link to the full posting - by the way, I'm having problems bringing this up in Firefox!...maybe it's just me but it works dandy for chrome & safari....weird! Oh and here's a BONUS! "If there's one form of entertainment that perfectly encapsulates the first decade of the century, it's the viral video - as our attention spans shrink, we want our laughs in shorter and shorter doses."

Live Thursday! Library Media Marketing Through Easy Animation: ISTE SIGMS FREE Webinar GoAnimate.com : Live Long & Animate! by gwyneth " Media Marketing Through Easy Animation " Thursday, December 10 at 8pm EST/7pm EST/6pm MST/5pm PST Presenter: Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones Promoting your library media center and program has never been easier. Using quick, free, and easy animation studios teacher librarians can create engaging videos to market their media center, databases, research resources, special programs, and their love of reading to students, teachers, and the community. Combining easy animation with a wiki, website, or a blog your message will captivate your audience and reach beyond the brick and mortar walls of your school. Watch this Xtranormal animation to get a "taste" of the webinar. Library Media Marketing Through Easy Animation Directions to join the SIGMS webinar event 1. Check that your computer is set up for Adobe Connect by visiting Adobe Co...

Hi! Had such a great time presenting my Session: Turbo Charge Your Resources: Fabulous Freebies, Great Gadgets, & Sweet Sites that Go the Distance! AKA Gadget-A-Go-Go! Everything i went over and MORE can be found on 3 different wikipages! Click on the images below for: GoAnimate.com : Beam Me Up Databases! by gwyneth Wanna learn more about creating cartoons and animation vids? There were a few things i didn't get a chance to get to highlight due to time... See the Kick YouTube Wiki for the below graphic & MORE! See the Adding Widgets Wiki for the below graphic & More! Thank you everyone for the great feedback & kind words for my first national presentation...i was so excited & a little nervous! i can't add you all to my wiki cause i made it for my Murray Hill Middle School teachers & staff and adding members means that you intend to change my pages or add to them...but they're all public and i invite you to link back, copy or use anything i've...

Clank's friend Simon is despondent over his hopping a space freighter and going to the #AASL2009 Conference in the uptown city Charlotte in the land of North Carolina. Join us and b There ! Poor Simon......I hope Clank makes it to Charlotte and remembers to Tweet using Hashtag #AASL2009! Stay tuned.....More webisodes from Charlotte and the AASL Conference once Clank gets there!

or the sad tale of a lonely Clank who wants to go to the AASL conference in Charlotte: Part 1: Clank He can't join in on the Bloggers' Cafe...but YOU Can! Join us@the Unconference ! Part 2: Cecily & Clank b there! "You’ve registered for the AASL 14th National Conference & Exhibition. Before you start your engines, be sure to take advantage of the b there – Your Virtual Track Pass Web site – the national conference offered in a virtual setting. Full access to b there is included in your conference registration. As a registrant, you would have originally received your unique invitation code in your registration confirmation email from Experient. Your Unique Invitation Code: (if you registered, this was sent to you!) Access all that b there – Your Virtual Track Pass has to offer and become an active member of this virtual community. Now is the time to b there early, network with colleagues, see what’s at the track, and map out your conference experience so you can be...