Common Craft & Libraries

Common Craft recently posted a new - free - explainer video, this one focuses on  Libraries in the Internet Age. Why, you may ask. Their video summary and description provides that information: "We love libraries and librarians. We want them to succeed and we made this video to help the public understand how libraries have changed in the Internet Age."




This certainly explains why they were looking for librarian feedback in early March (smile).

Just for Fun: Happy Halloween

Zombies Explained - The Redux 10/22/12

*I hadn't seen the update, HT to the Distant Librarian



From Common Craft: Project Based Learning

The Common Craft blog presented a new video yesterday, Project Based Learning - Explained: A Custom Video Project with BIE. It is a great resource for understanding what PBL is and what it can do for students in any classroom. The online education technology course I work with is project based and focuses upon 21st Century Skills for students as pre-service teachers. This is something that could be incorporated with information literacy instruction, especially when paired with active learning.