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Core Standards

Discovered new "Core Standards" proposed for all states in the US. It is useful to see how Research and Information Literacy are built right in, and also how they are articulated across grade levels.

"Research to Build Knowledge" strands are included in the Writing standards, e.g. Writing standard #8 for Gr. 6-12, "Gather relevant information from multiple print and…

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Added by Barbara Barthelmes on May 5, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

GoogleLitTrips -- WebQuests using Google Earth

Today I discovered a Web site with lots of potential: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

It's similar to a Webquest kind of resource using Google Earth combined with teacher-uploaded pictures and reading questions for books read as a class. It's a neat idea worthy of looking at for other projects...I always wondered how to…

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Added by Barbara Barthelmes on May 3, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

SLMS/NYLA 2010 Conference in Albany: Where to Start?!

Went to NYLA/SLMS 2010 conference in Albany for just one day and I'm all pumped up with ideas and motivation!! Can't sleep.

iTouches in the library.
A Scratch project being the best a student had ever worked on, and how it met AASL disposition…

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Added by Barbara Barthelmes on May 2, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Inexpensive Solutions to a Growing Problem

With school

budgets being cut dramatically this year, we are all looking for ways to

save money and keep students and teachers up to date with the best

information. A new series of online databases have taken the school

world by storm, coming in and allowing schools to save up to 50% on what

they spend now on online resources.

Check out... …

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Added by World Trade Press on April 30, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Switching to lighter fonts will save money

I'm going to share this article from AP's Dinesh Ramde http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040602517.html with our English 9 class' problem/solution speech.

An excerpt from the article:

Here's a legal way to print money: change the font

By DINESH RAMDE…

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Added by Clarissa on April 8, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments

L4L

Just participated in the L4L webinar yesterday. It was very informative and affirming. What I have been trying to accomplish in my library is what I heard loud and clear as far as the direction of school library programs. I would like to use much of it to help our library assistants get up to speed with what is happening in the school library world. Thanks to Dr. Carol Gordon and others who are making this program happen.

Added by Laurie Scriven on April 8, 2010 at 9:14am — No Comments

Google for Teachers!

A free online guide by Richard Bryne

Google for Teachers

Lots of

great ideas for searching, In all there are 33 pages containing 21

ideas and how to instructions

for creating… Continue

Added by Clarissa on April 6, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

What a great debut novel by Jennifer Brown! Imagine you are madly in love with a brooding bad boy and you list the names of everyone you hate in a notebook. Valerie Leftman is this girl, a junior at Garvin High, who has loved Nick Levil for the last few years. They are outcasts and bullied by the popular teens in their school. Only problem is, Nick takes the hate list and begins shooting on May 2 of their junior year after one bully, Christy, breaks Val’s MP3 player. Val desperately tries to… Continue

Added by bj neary on March 30, 2010 at 5:03am — No Comments

Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr

Samara Taylor is the fifteen year old daughter of a pastor workaholic and a mother who has been drinking so much, that she has landed herself into New Beginnings Recovery Center; her father wants to “officially tell” the congregation when he feels it is right, which is never. Sam is at a point in her life that she is questioning everything; the air conditioning is broken in their house, her ceiling fan is not working, it is the middle of a heat wave, the outside of the house looks like a… Continue

Added by bj neary on March 30, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

Running for ISTE PK-12 Board of Directors - I would Love Your vote! :-)

Isn't this a face and a cartoon you can trust to represent you in the PK-12 for ISTE Board of Directors?

Voting for the 2010-2011 ISTE Board of Directors will begin March 11 and end April 12, 2010.

Hi everyone! Well, I've never run for a position like this before (local sure, but not international!) so I'm not sure this blog is… Continue

Added by gwyneth jones on March 26, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Your school library

Have you seen this course on reading

http://yourschoollibrary.org/

Added by Ingrid Hopson on March 12, 2010 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Social Justice Challenge for the month of March- Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

I have been lurking around the Social Justice CHallenge, adding whatever resources I can to help address the monthly issues. This month’s focus is on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse. A HUGE subject matter and sadly, one you won’t have any trouble finding any books, fiction or non-fiction, that address this awful plague. Take some time and look around…

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Added by bj neary on March 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Digital storytelling WORDLE

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1717233/Digital_Storytelling

Added by bj neary on February 26, 2010 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Research Made Easy

Okay, not easy, but much clearer! Kentucky Virtual Library's Research Rocket offers a student-friendly, step-by-step introduction to the research process.

While the screen shot to the right gives you a basic idea of the steps involved, what it doesn't show you is that each individual step… Continue

Added by Keith Schoch on February 21, 2010 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

My new YA novel Rikers High.

Rikers High is based on the real-life stories of several students with whom I worked during my six years of teaching incarcerated teens to read and write on Rikers Island, the world’s largest jail. I believe that it is, by far, my best and most…

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Added by paul volponi on February 20, 2010 at 8:10pm — No Comments

Sqworl is More Tasty than Del.icio.us

Re-post from my Library Media Tech Musings Blog

Dear Sqworl...I Love You!

my new obsession is… Continue

Added by gwyneth jones on February 17, 2010 at 2:01pm — No Comments

1 Month Left!!!! - GotBrainy Video Contest

We've got 1 more month to accept submissions to our GotBrainy.com Video

Contest! Compete to win $600 for you and your school by making a fun,

creative video teaching a word off of our list of common SAT words.

* We've already begun accepting submissions! The deadline is 3/15/2010.

* Anyone can enter, and we'll have prizes for runner-ups and iTunes songs for anyone who submits 3 videos.

* If you need… Continue

Added by Jack on February 17, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Cold Skin by Steven Herrick

Cold Skin is a novel in verse that takes place after World War II in a mining town in Barruga, Australia. The story is told from many different characters' points of view who are listed at the beginning of the novel and their name is repeated when they tell their side of the story. Most of the men in Barruga have come back from the war, Albert Holden drove a truck but did not fight during the war. Mayor Paley never went… Continue

Added by bj neary on February 15, 2010 at 6:26pm — No Comments

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

5 stars

The mesmerizing story of two close brothers who become torn apart by the civil rights tumult in 1968 Chicago. Roland Childs is a civil rights leader and father to Sam and Stick. For as long as they can remember, they have been involved in their father's demonstrations. Sam is the "good son" who always does the expected and Stick has the fiery temper and tests his father's oath of nonviolence. And it is this conflict between father and son that comes between…

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Added by bj neary on February 15, 2010 at 6:22pm — No Comments

Using Tag/Word Cloud Generators with Images

See this post.

I also discovered Shelly Terrell's post, 12 Word Cloud Resources, Tips,& Tools on Teacher Reboot Camp today that describes how to do the same thing in PowerPoint. May be a little easier to try if you are not comfortable working with photo… Continue

Added by Ann Mengel on February 14, 2010 at 9:10am — No Comments

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