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Building a Virtual Learning Commons₁

...where members of our learning community can collaborate, communicate, share,

 locate information, and construct new knowledge 24/7.

Welcome

This is just the Home Page of the wiki. There are numerous pages to this wiki.  Use the SideBar on your right, to find additional pages.  In addition to our school website, you will be using this site a lot, so make sure to bookmark it!  First, let's look at some navigation tips.  If you click on the underlined links below, you will go to new pages.  Any time you feel lost, just click on Welcome Home in the SideBar on the right hand side of this page and you will be taken back to this page, where you can start over again.  Don't worry;  in the beginning, you will probably make a few circles over and over again. 

adopted from: http://csbaker.pbworks.com

So, what is a wiki?

• a web site that can be edited by any reader. Wikis offer the opportunity to share knowledge and information...
  www.socc.edu/library/pgs/databases/glossary-of-research-terms.shtml
• is a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.
  www.govst.edu/elearning/default.aspx

Watch this video to learn more about a wiki:

To view this video on YouTube click here

A word about videos....I will use a lot of videos.   Also, there will be some resources you will not be able to access at school, because they are blocked by the BCPS Filter. You will need to access these resources at home or a different location.

adopted from: http://csbaker.pbworks.com

Study Like a Scholar...One of my favorite YouTube Vidoes

To view this video on YouTube click here

Did You Know...There's An App For That?

You can access our Gale Resources from your iPhone, iTouch, or iPad, by downloading the free AccessMyLibrary App.

CNET Video: How To Use QR Codes

SmartPhone QR Codes About QR Codes 

1. "The Virtual Learning Commons replaces the library web page which has always been a one-way form of communication between librarians and their patrons. The Virtual Learning Commons aims to create a giant school-wide conversation where students, classroom teachers, teacher librarians, teacher technologists, administrators, other school specialists, and parents are creating and constructing a giant information space, work space, and museum." - Loertscher, David V. (San Jose State University) "The Virtual Learning Commons «." School Libraries. 6 June 2009. Web. 05 May 2010. . ▲