Tuttle SVC: Did You Know? I WANT TO BELIEVE.

Did You Know? I WANT TO BELIEVE.
A closer examination of the facts for the Karl Fisch’s PowerPoint Did You Know?

Google Librarian Central – Tools

Google Posters for Educators

Classroom Posters -
Want to help out students and colleagues with handy tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth? Just print out these posters and hang them where everyone can see them.

vixy.net : Online Video Converter Service

vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. Its free
Convert videos from YouTube and other sites into various video formats free of charge.   This allows you to take appropriate video content and convert them for use offline.

Web 2.0 – The Machine is Us/ing Us

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University posted a short video on YouTube on January 31st 2007 illustrating the power that Web 2.0 offers. The Machine is Us/ing Us provides lightening fast examples of how text has changed from pencil/paper to digital.

Internet Safety Resources

Michigan’s Attorney General, Mike Cox, will begin providing Internet Safety seminars for parents and children in grades K-8 beginning in the 2007 – 2008 school year.  Here are some sites recommended for parents to visit.
https://www.protectmichild.com/ – The Michigan Children’s Protection Registry is a secure database of protected e-mail addresses and other electronic contact points [...]

MeL: The Michigan eLibrary

MeL: The Michigan eLibrary
Just last week, the Library of Michigan launched MeL ReMix, the
redesigned 24-hour-a-day Michigan eLibrary, with newly integrated
contents and services; smoother, more intuitive navigation; and enhanced
information resources. With the addition of Michigan Educators’
Resources (the former Michigan Teacher Network), the Michigan eLibrary
becomes an even more powerful information-gathering tool for teachers,
parents, administrators, and [...]