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Added by Ann Mengel on February 14, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper

Draper's final book in the Battle for Jericho trilogy, Just Another Hero, was great urban fiction. The plot was fast paced, the African American characters believable using as the backdrop---their final year of high school as seniors includes many fire drills, jobs after school and thoughts of getting into college. I just loved Draper's characterization of Arielle and her mother. They really grew from materialistic one… Continue

Added by bj neary on February 13, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Gone by Lisa McMann

The final book in the Wake Trilogy, does not disappoint. Janie and Cabel are still in love with one another but Janie knows her future holds a life of blindess and losing the use of her hands as a result of her ability to enter people’s dreams and she sees what Cabel is dreaming and not sharing with her. Janie is coming undone by the pressures of…

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Added by bj neary on February 11, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

Ballad by Maggie Stievfater

James Morgan and his best friend, Deidre(Dee) have awesome musical abilities. James plays the bagpipes, is annoyingly egotistical, funny and brash to all his friends, and sarcastic towards almost everyone else. He is desperately in love with Dee, but something happened the summer…

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Added by bj neary on February 11, 2010 at 10:28am — No Comments

Booktalks Go Digital - hey why not?

I am thinking about spicing up my booktalks with video book trailers. I found these sites

Coraline http://www.mousecircus.com/flash/coraline.html
Digital Booktalks http://ow.ly/15aCD
There are also a bunch on YouTube.
I will let you all know how it goes.

Added by Teresa Harper on February 9, 2010 at 3:02am — 1 Comment

Checking Out Whichbook.net

According to the website:

Whichbook gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood.



Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook starts from the reader and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but don't quite

know how to define.



The standard way of organizing books…

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Added by Teresa Harper on February 9, 2010 at 1:31am — No Comments

PhotoPeach slideshow

Murals in Philadelphia



Philadelphia is the city of MURALS on… Continue

Added by bj neary on February 1, 2010 at 9:28pm — No Comments

BIG HUGE LABS SLIDESHOW

Take a look at this!
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Added by bj neary on January 26, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Integrating IL skills with English Y9 Project

Wow.. it's the first time for me to teach IL skills in the UK. It's also the first time for me to collaborate with teacher and integrate the IL skills in her subject module. It's really a thrilling experience. I have put it into 3-4 sessions.



Session 1 - Searching for Information. Mainly introduced where to look for information, types of sources including printed and non-printed. The Google 'Kung-fu' which I transformed the Booliean Search strategy into a set of body movement. I am… Continue

Added by Elfin on January 26, 2010 at 6:45pm — No Comments

check out imagechef.com

ImageChef.com

Added by bj neary on January 18, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Brainyflix.com is now GotBrainy.com

Big announcement, everybody:



***BRAINYFLIX.COM IS NOW GOTBRAINY.COM***



The main reason for this change is that we've been doing more than just

'flix' for the past few months. So we wanted a name that reflected all the

stuff we've been doing to help you get brainiererer... er.



That said, the name change does not mean that we're stopping with the

videos! In fact, we've got our vocabulary video contest happening… Continue

Added by Jack on January 17, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Brainyflix: Vocabulary Video Contest

Ohai! Did you think we forgot about you because it's now 2010? No way!!! :D





***ENTER THE 2ND ANNUAL BRAINYFLIX VOCABULARY 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 popular SAT vocabulary.

* Anyone can enter, and we'll have prizes for runner-ups and iTunes songs

for anyone who submits 3 videos.

* We've already… Continue

Added by Jack on January 14, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Buffy the Filter Slayer: Tonight!

"Fight the Filter" ISTE Sigms 2nd Webinar!

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 8 pm E.S.T., 7 pm C.S.T., 6 pm M.S.T., 5 pm P.S.T Presenter: Buffy Hamilton



Want to start your new year off by making a positive difference in your library program? Join ISTE SIGMS for our second FREE webinar on January 13 at 8 pm E.S.T. when Buffy Hamilton, The Unquiet Librarian, will share her ideas on "fighting the filter."



Directions to join the SIGMS… Continue

Added by gwyneth jones on January 13, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Another great Fireside Chat 1-9 6:30-8:30pmGMT

We will host our "week 2 fireside chat" for the 2009 K-12 Online Conference this coming Saturday, January 9th! The week 2 keynote speakers, Rachel Boyd and Diego Leal, will present and engage in Q&A with participants via EdTechTalk's Ustream channel and backchannel chat. Time: January 9, 2010 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm GMT. NOTE: This is 1:30pm EST on Saturday, January 9. Please click the following link to see your local time:…

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Added by Durff on January 8, 2010 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Library Junction: where minds meet and ideas pop up!

We have launched Library Junction, a NIng for students, teachers, parents and those who are genuinly interested in books, reading, web, ideas, networking and collaboration. See the experiment here and comment.

Added by S. L. FAISAL on January 8, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Social Justice Challenge

2010 Social Justice Reading Challenge

Added by bj neary on January 7, 2010 at 7:26pm — 2 Comments

Fight the Filter: ISTE SIGMS Webinar with Buffy Hamilton!



"Fight the Filter" ISTE Sigms 2nd Webinar!

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 8 pm E.S.T., 7 pm C.S.T., 6 pm M.S.T., 5 pm P.S.T Presenter: Buffy Hamilton



Want to start your new year off by making a positive difference in your library program? Join SIGMS for our second… Continue

Added by gwyneth jones on January 6, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Wake by Lisa McMann

Wake (Dream Catcher, #1) Wake by Lisa McMann



My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wake was certainly an absorbing, entertaining read. My reluctant readers will be sucked into this story. Janie is real, her pain, her… Continue

Added by bj neary on January 5, 2010 at 7:08pm — No Comments

The Brothers Torres by Coert Voorhees

The Brothers Torres The Brothers Torres by Coert Voorhees



My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This multicultural fiction novel from Coert Voorhees was great! The cover of the… Continue

Added by bj neary on January 5, 2010 at 7:06pm — No Comments

The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff

The Death of Jayson Porter The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff



My rating: 5 of 5 stars…





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Added by bj neary on January 5, 2010 at 7:03pm — No Comments

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