Here’s a short list of tweets posted over the last week that librarians and the teens that they serve may find interesting:
- Overdue fines got you down? Read Down Your Fines at The New York Public Library this summer! http://ow.ly/5MF8q – @nyplkids
- One of our most popular posts looks at how educators are using #Google+ hangouts, via @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/5P0SU – @KQEDNews
- The case for raunchy teen lit – Salon.com http://ow.ly/5QhDP“These novels… reflect their actual reality, as good books tend to do.” @kishizuka
- Social media finds place in classroom http://usat.ly/q15CSY via @USATODAY (happy to see all these voices sharing!) – @librarybeth
- New Post: I Am Not A Great Teacher – by Shelly Blake-PlockI am not a great teacher. http://ow.ly/1dWeeE – @teachpaperless
- A long & in-depth story on the history of the @ symbol & how it became a staple of the Web: http://bit.ly/p5RE4I @nickbilton
- E-Books Accelerate Paperback Publishers’ Release Dates (@julienyt / New York Times) http://nyti.ms/oMezEL – @techmeme
- Infographic: Learn why recruiting more STEM-trained teachers is crucial for the American workforce http://su.pr/8r7b5x – @good
- Email intervention: It’s time to make the switch. http://goo.gl/tSvou – @googlestudents
- “Reclaiming Fair Use” clears scholars’ misconceptions about copyright and how to use mat’l w/o breaking the law http://bit.ly/pOaVM2 – @j450nk
- Celebrating Failure: It’s About the People, Not the Technology http://t.co/tZ114bg – @iPodsibilities
- From @hrheingold RT @dmlcentral: Learning Reimagined: Participatory, Peer, Global, Online http://t.co/dSw8Hpw – @josiefraser
Do you have a favorite Tweet from the last week? If so add it in the comments for this post. Or, if you read a Twitter post between July 29 – August 4 that you think is great, send Linda a direct message on Twitter (@lbraun2000) and it will go into the pool for consideration for next week’s Tweets of the week YALSA blog entry.
