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August 2011 Blog Posts (16)

Online Self-Paced Class: Research and Information Fluency Assessment

Information Investigator 3.1

A limited time preview of the 21st Century Information Fluency Project's online self-paced training and assessment course is now available to all educators.

We use a game based scenario that puts the student…

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Added by Dennis O'Connor on August 29, 2011 at 7:10pm — No Comments

Common Core Standards for Librarians

School Librarians and the Common Core Standards: Resources

This is a livebiners presentaion from Carolyn Jo Starkey that presents detailed resources on how the Common Core Standards relate to school library media studies.…

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Added by Dennis O'Connor on August 25, 2011 at 7:45pm — No Comments

Dozens of Tutorial Videos: Learn it in 5 minutes or less: What is Web 2.0?

Learn It In 5 - Home

Video site dedicated to short instructional tutorials for the technology classroom.
- At Learn it in 5, you'll learn what is Web 2.0, and strategies for using Web 2.0 technology in the digital classroom - all…

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Added by Dennis O'Connor on August 25, 2011 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a great story of loss, bullying, and ultimately the power of friendship. Three friends from England… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 24, 2011 at 7:49pm — No Comments

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this third book in the Perfect Chemistry trilogy but the characterization of Luis… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 24, 2011 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Meet the Flat Classroom®

We are delighted to invite you to an online 'Meet the…

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Added by mrsdurff on August 24, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Such a good book, you will love Logan Witherspoon. He is such a great teen, angry, sensitive, and… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 21, 2011 at 7:08pm — No Comments

Stolen: a Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher

Stolen: A letter to my captor by Lucy Christopher

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

As much as I know this book will be enjoyed by some of my students, it really was creepy.… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 21, 2011 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love Neal Shusterman and his writing---no matter what he puts into words, he creates a very believable scenario.… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 21, 2011 at 6:57pm — No Comments

You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz

You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Shutz's latest novel in verse is fiction about a Annaleah who has a secret relationship… Continue

Added by bj neary on August 21, 2011 at 6:52pm — No Comments

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I waited quite awhile to read this 2nd book (loved…

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Added by bj neary on August 21, 2011 at 12:49pm — No Comments

21st Century Information Fluency Project on Facebook

Drop by and Like us? We're using Facebook to spread the work about information fluency.

https://www.facebook.com/informationfluency

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Added by Dennis O'Connor on August 9, 2011 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Which Social Network?

Added by Shamblesguru on August 8, 2011 at 8:06am — No Comments

ASLA Twitter Chat Session ReCap-August 5, 2011

One of the most powerful things you can do for students is create a culture of learning and collaboration with your teachers.

The topic of the ASLA Twitter Chat Session on August 2, 2011 was drawn from the Educate Alabama formative…

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Added by Nikki Robertson on August 5, 2011 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Flat Classroom® Projects - applications now open for elementary, middle and high school projects

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Added by mrsdurff on August 4, 2011 at 2:01pm — No Comments

My new book for elementary school students

H ello Everyone

My name is Ronald Hart. I am a primary school teacher and trained teacher-librarian in Australia. I have always loved children's literature and writing for children and I get a real kick when the stories I write a well received by my students.

I have just self-published my own collection of short stories called 'Dangerous Creatures: Crazy Stories…

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Added by Ronald Hart on August 4, 2011 at 5:44am — No Comments

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