IDEA’s SpicyNodes wins award for teaching/learning

Last weekend, IDEA’s SpicyNodes project received a “Best Websites for Teaching and Learning” from American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Here’s a three minute video of our acceptance speech from the conference…

See AASL list of 25 ‘Best Websites for Teaching and Learning,’ and their press release. Or go to the SpicyNodes site.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0WKJLovaZg

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