Make Your Own Infographics | Screencast Tutorial
You can create infographics—visual representations of data—from scratch using free web tools. Library consultant and School Library Journal contributor Linda W. Braun takes you step by step through...
View ArticleInteractive Storytelling App Versu | screencast tutorial
Versu looks interesting. Created by Linden Labs, the outfit behind virtual world Second Life, the free app enables users to actively engage stories. “Readers” assume various characters and determine...
View ArticleCreate Your Own Magazines with Flipboard | screencast tutorial
By Linda W. Braun Now anyone can create a beautiful digital zine of customized content, thanks to Flipboard. In a highly touted new feature, version 2.0 of the iconic newsstand app allows users to tap...
View ArticleFrom Scratch to Tynker: Tools to Teach Kids How to Code | screencast tutorial
Screenshot from Hopscotch Learning to code is a popular topic in educational circles these days. For good reason. When young people code their own apps, games, stories, or websites they have a chance...
View ArticleSharing Public Domain Ebooks with the Book Elf
The Book Elf is a new tool for getting digital content into the hands of readers. Discovery of titles could be improved, but it does have some potential. Once you sign-up for the Book Elf, you have...
View ArticleTest Driving Oyster, a “Netflix for Ebooks”
Is Oyster set to become the “Netflix for ebooks”? It has the makings, even if it’s not quite there yet. Subscribers pay $9.95 a month for an unlimited access subscription to ebooks in Oyster’s...
View ArticleLife Hacking with IFTTT | screencast tutorial
I love to read recipes. My friends would be shocked to hear me say that, because I can’t cook. The recipes I like use technology as their ingredients, not food. They’re “If This Then That” (IFTTT)...
View ArticleSLJ Reviews TouchCast Video Creation App for iPad
Wouldn’t it be great for kids contemplating a visit to your library to take a video tour before walking in? It would start with a virtual walk-around, showing the different areas and collections and...
View ArticleTest Driving 3Doodler, the 3-D Pen | screencast tutorial
I first heard about the 3Doodler just under a year ago when the company that produced it began its Kickstarter campaign. I invested, then waited months and months. Finally, the device appeared in my...
View ArticleThe Playaway Digital Audio Device Sports New Features
Findaway World’s improved Playaway LIGHT digital audio device came out in March 2014. Image courtesy of Playaway Playaways, prerecorded audio players produced by Findaway World, came onto the scene in...
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