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May 2009 Blog Posts (13)

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Dear All!

This video may be of your intrest.
for details please check the link below:-

Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1853468039132361404

Cheers

Naveed Ahmad

Added by Naveed Ahmad on May 28, 2009 at 3:15am — No Comments

WonderingWind

http://wonderingwind.blogspot.com/
Books read, recommended, and other interesting information as I find it pertinent to the world of LMPs.
Due to time contraints, I have to be short and quick.

Added by Sandy Bernahl on May 27, 2009 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Hi I am new to the field and would verymuch like to make a great first impression!!! Are there any tips for new ms for their first year? Also, I am thinking of doing a Hollywood theme.....any tips or suggestions???

Added by Susan Fuentes on May 27, 2009 at 11:23am — 1 Comment

Summer reading suggestion: reluctant 10th-12th grade boys

I need suggestions for a great (required) summer read for a class of mostly boy reluctant readers. Please share some ideas. The title must be available in paperback. We need to get this one missing piece of our list out soon.

The existing list is here: http://springfieldreading.wikispaces.com/

Thanks,
joyce

Added by Joyce Valenza on May 27, 2009 at 7:35am — 4 Comments

Learning in a Virtual Classroom

Learning in Virtual Classroom by Nellie Deutsch

Get your own Virtual…

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 24, 2009 at 6:07pm — No Comments

Cuts don't reflect words

We just had a provincial election in BC and, one of the issues that was front and centre, was funding cuts to school districts. While cutbacks in my own district were not as drastic as in Bellevue, Washington, they are serious for our school libraries. Starting next fall, there will be no full time teacher librarians in any of the elementary or middle schools in the district and we are losing our district librarian. I wrote a letter to the editor of a local paper in response to a statement of… Continue

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:33pm — 1 Comment

School district criticized for reassigning librarians

This article resonates home with me. This is a process that we have often seen in school districts across Canada. Bellevue District is a suburb of Seattle, Washington. It is regrettable that such drastic cuts are finding there way in Washington State.

School district criticized for reassigning librarians
By LINDSAY LARIN
Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer
May 19 2009, 11:14 AM
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/45412547.html

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:17pm — 1 Comment

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

For those us doing research comes the following source:

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. is up to version 75 - Posted May 12th, 2009.

From the website: The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990… Continue

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

This new book, in what I hope is a series, was fantastic! Chapters are alternated by Grace, a human child who is dragged from her swing into the woods by a pack of wolves. And Sam, a wolf who was human and bitten, and goes between human and wolf form. Sam is one of the wolves present when Grace is attacked. But something happens when he smells her and looks into her eyes;she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen and he couldn't let their mauling continue and he stops it. So begins the… Continue

Added by bj neary on May 17, 2009 at 7:20pm — No Comments

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games is such a great read and it is science fiction, survival, violence, but so much more! Peeta and Katniss Everdeen are chosen to represent District 12 --- they must fight to the death with all the other participants of the other 11 districts in Panem (used to be Earth). Peeta has always been in love with Katniss but the powers that be have them act like star crossed lovers and the audience who watches by TV the whole time, JUST LOVE IT!!! The story involves psychological suspense… Continue

Added by bj neary on May 17, 2009 at 7:16pm — No Comments

Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)

Article in Information Today, Inc. - Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)
by Sarah Milstein
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/Milstein.shtml

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 5, 2009 at 8:08pm — No Comments

Querious Queries--Please continue to participate in Pullman High School Library/Current World Problems weekly poll (until June 1st)

Pullman High School Library has been awarded a $4,000.00 grant from the Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Library Division, funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LTSA) through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

"Querious Queries" is the title of the project developed for the grant. Our Current World Problems (CWP) students are generating a "Querious Querie" to be posted each week via our school's website and our local library's… Continue

Added by Julie Udy on May 4, 2009 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Technology Integration

Here’s an online public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis by Nellie Deutsch…

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 1, 2009 at 9:02pm — No Comments

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Mansfield University Scholarship Program – Begin in January 2012

In an ongoing effort to recruit a new generation of school library leaders, Mansfield University recently received a fifth Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) grant to fund scholarships for its totally online School Library & Information Technologies Master of Education degree program with school library certification. If you know of an educator or non-certified librarian seeking school library certification, please pass along the news that we are still accepting applications for the spring 2012 semester.

The Master of Education program, ideally suited for working educators
with no time to drive to a university, offers a convenient and effective path to school library certification. For detailed information and contacts please refer to the Fulfilling the Promise homepage, at http://libweb.mansfield.edu/promise/, or contact Cynthia Keller, Department Chair ckeller@mansfield.edu

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