Technology trends and information in for school libraries. en-us http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284.html?nid=3367 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use July 17, 2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/710029471.html?nid=3367 It is with bittersweet anticipation that I write what will be my last post to Digital Reshift. After a bit over a year of blogging technology possi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1230028923.html?nid=3367 As a conference speaker, one often wonders what people think about your presentation. Thanks to Bud "BudTheTeacher" Hunt and Cover It Liv... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/770028677.html?nid=3367 CASL, the Colorado Association of School Libraries, is trying something new this year. For the first time, they are holding a pre-conference day at... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1040028504.html?nid=3367 Spore is coming! Don't wait until September, get a sneak peak at this revolutionary new game right now with the Spore Creature Creator trial (free ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1020028502.html?nid=3367 Along with about 11 million others, I took the plunge and downloaded the just released Firefox 3.0. As you might have guessed, this geek tends to d... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1930028393.html?nid=3367 "Books will no longer be read, they will be experienced..." So say the folks bringing us this new twist on the classic book they are call... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1760028176.html?nid=3367 The world quakes in renewed terror as Facebook rises up to beat MySpace as the top social network in the world. Though still lagging behind MySpace... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/680028068.html?nid=3367 The iPhone is going to take over schools, so why fight it? I would like to suggest that schools buy an iPhone for each of their students, or at lea... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/650028065.html?nid=3367 Have you heard the buzz about netbooks? If not, it certainly isn't due to a lack of effort from Intel. They are working to spread this new name for... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/990027699.html?nid=3367 There are reasons so many conference presenters use Macs. One is the super-nifty instant zoom feature (Ctrl+mouse scroll) that highlights URLs, hel... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/400027640.html?nid=3367 So much for using Acrobat.com; two days after release and it is already being blocked by the filter where I work. [Note: the organization for which... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1360027536.html?nid=3367 In an aliterative masterpiece, Adobe Acrobat now has an offline online office suite that uses Adobe Air to deliver the application to either a webp... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/330027433.html?nid=3367 Thinking about a Wii for your library? Here is what it will cost along with recommendations for must have accessories and games. If you are still o... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/790027279.html?nid=3367 Are you Fit? This latest add-on to the Nintendo Wii is taking the world by storm. The combination of friendly software (Wii Fit) and the Wii Balanc... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/840027084.html?nid=3367 Drupal in Libraries, the ALA TechSource Library Technology Reports issue I co-wrote with Andy Austin, is now available! The easy-to-follow guide pr... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1060026906.html?nid=3367 Thank you to those producers/et. al. who put full episodes online. For example, the great recent series from PBS, Carrier, can be viewed in its ent... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/320026632.html?nid=3367 Throw it up...see what sticks. BackBoard works on that principle, only with electronic documents and user feedback. This new site from Increo Solut... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/210026621.html?nid=3367 PowerSet thinks they have what it takes to change the way we search. Based on the (admittedly limited) capabilities of their test environment, they... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1590026559.html?nid=3367 A big thank you to the IT team at Reed for hooking us up with new, shorter URLs for the blogs. You can now find all the goodness at http://schoolli... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1120026312.html?nid=3367 A followup to a post about the Phun physics software - a new version of this free software is available for download for Macs. Phun, a simple... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1880026188.html?nid=3367 Web browsing got a lot more interesting after PMOG - the Passively Multiplayer Online Game. All of a sudden, simple tasks like checking my mail or ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1030026103.html?nid=3367 Author Cory Doctorow wrote a great post on BoingBoing (which, you must realize is pretty much blog number one in the world) giving lots of love to ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1810025981.html?nid=3367 Here are the two presentations I delivered today at the New York School Library Media Section conference. I have discussed ProfCast before, but I r... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1820025782.html?nid=3367 If you have any lingering hopes in your mind that what you do online as librarians at home will somehow remain private and disconnected with your w... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/840025684.html?nid=3367 About a year ago I switched from Windows to Mac at work. This weekend, I completed the switch at home. We are now a Mac-based household, but don't ...