Click on the picture to visit The Geek Glossary 2.0. Here you will find terms seen and heard when "talking geek." I have tried to provide helpful, easy-to-understand definitions. Sometimes I even include an example or two, links to Wikipedia, and other resources that could prove helpful. Additionally, any reader is invited to add comments to any term if you think you can add clarity or just have a specific question someone else might be will to comment on to provide an answer--the community of learners.

This will be a growing list as people suggest new items to be added.

A number of social networking sites that focus on reading can be found online. Media specialists love to promote reading and may want to explore sites like Shelfari. You could promote professional reading for your staff, for parents, and for students. If I were a media specialist, I might want to highlight the top reads in the media center this month, or promote specific books.

And of course this tool is not just limited to the media specialists. Teachers can use tools like this to promote subject-specific reading. Principals may want to recommend books to parents. Guidance counselors may want to have recommended readings. I encourage you to explore age-appropriate social sites that promote reading!

You could include a widget on your site, like the one you see below from my list of books I plan to read. Your bookshelf widget can display books you have read, are reading, plan to read, are your favorite books. You can even assign tags to books, like "SummerReading" and display just the books with that specific tag. You can also customize the look of the widget on your blog as well.

You love shopping, right? To go Window Shopping, click on the picture of the package-laden lady. The best thing about window shopping is that it doesn't cost you anything! You get to go look in all of the store (in this case, computer) windows and see tantalizing things that can give you some great ideas.

This resource is no exception and is primarily a collection of teacher blogs and other blog-related materials. Almost, if not all, of the sites and resources presented here do not cost you anything! And, if nothing else, you can get some really good ideas for your own blog.

If you were provided a Username and Password in a workshop with Dr. Tyson, simply click on the image to access the Participants' Workshop! This area provides participants with follow up materials designed to help you sustain your new learning and incorporate it into common practice. Not all workshops or presentations currently have materials available in the Participants' Workshop. Please, don't lose your Username and Password. Once lost, they can not be retrieved!