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How is ethnic literature being taught in middle school?

My middle school in Colorado Springs has 18% ESL students, and I am trying to add minority literature to the library collection as well as include engaging activities. I know ethnic identification is a sensitive topic, and I would like to have minority literature and activities available for our ESL students. What reading lists would you suggest and what activities can I use to engage the ESL students into using the library collection?

Added by Shirley Sullivan on June 11, 2008 at 1:32am — No Comments

Meredith FArkas wrote back to me!

I emailed Meredith Farkas to let her know I was reading and enjoying her book. she wrote back

Thanks Allan! I'm so glad you're enjoying the book. There are a lot of
great applications for social software in a K-12 setting and I wish
you the best in learning and applying these new technologies.

Best,
Meredith

Cool huh?

Added by Allan Cutler on June 6, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments

Five Blogs in a Blender

Reading 2.0

I thought the title of this blog was interesting. It has only been up since October 2007. There is a book review for each month and a place for comments. Some of the reviews have a Youtube.com link containing a short interview with the author. Refreshing! I enjoyed the book jackets and short reviews. I was able to copy and paste the reviews and pictures into a Word document. This would be nice to use to promote books on a “Featured Item” bulletin board in the library (or… Continue

Added by Lynne McDowell on June 5, 2008 at 4:28pm — 3 Comments

choices

I was wondering what user of this site think. Do you prefer using your blog or the comments to post in? A small consideration. Also on the issue of using an aggregator, do you prefer a desktop application or a web based one?

Added by Allan Cutler on June 5, 2008 at 1:48am — 1 Comment

starting over

Here I was jazzing up my site and adding all kinds of posts and content, when lo and behold I quit Firefox and when I came back in it I found I was on an older version of my 21st C. site and a lot of my stuff was gone, including some of my friends! So I am starting again. Come back friends.

Added by Allan Cutler on June 4, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Librarians Involved In Engaging Parents?

I'm working on a project related to parent participation in elementary, middle, or high schools, and am interested in learning about any examples of school librarians in particular working with parents and families.

Does anyone have any knowledge of particularly successful efforts, or suggestions on other vehicles besides this Ning network I can use to find out?

Thanks!

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on May 30, 2008 at 8:02am — 2 Comments

Learning the Ropes of Blogging

If anyone is experiencing the same butterflies about blogging as I am I may have found a few sites that might be helpful. I really haven't had time to fully explore them; however, they looked intresting so I wanted to share.

Edutopia

Edutopia, sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is the online companion to the Edutopia magazine. The site provides an “in-depth and interactive resource, with practical, hands-on advice, real-world examples, lively contributions from… Continue

Added by Connie Lee Awad on May 30, 2008 at 1:12am — No Comments

End of another year...

I'm just not yet into the habit of blogging. I tend to "talk" more in person and believe me I have lots to say.

This year I enjoyed the company of a new 1/2 library assistant (first time ever at my school) as well as the invaluable services of a 1/2 to full-time volunteer. It was like the library had a STAFF of 3 people.

We enjoyed greatly increased and enhanced library programming. I think our best efforts were in the PR realm. We made displays, showcased books for… Continue

Added by Lisa Hunt on May 28, 2008 at 8:19am — No Comments

Pass the word? Help make it a 6-traits online summer!

Please forward this announcement to teachers in your district.

This summer teachers from around the nation and the world will join online to exchange ideas and share best practices. The conversations are rich. The community is real. If you've never taken an online class before... this is the one to start with!

Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6 Traits

EDUC 744 920 Elementary (Gr. K-4) - 3 gr. cr.… Continue

Added by Dennis O'Connor on May 20, 2008 at 11:45am — No Comments

Power Searching in a Web 2.0 World

Dennis O'Connor and I are offering a new session of Power Searching in a Web 2.0 starting Monday, April 28. This 4 week course features techniques to become a more proficient searcher in a world of social networks. Searching Web 2.0 is quite different from Web 1.0 in terms of the purpose and process of searching as well as the need for careful evaluation. The course includes interactive activities, search challenges and asynchronous discussions with educators around the globe. The cost is $99… Continue

Added by Carl Heine on April 24, 2008 at 5:25pm — No Comments

CMEC Pan-Canadian Literacy Forum

Hello everyone,

On Sunday night, Monday and Tuesday (April 13th to the 15th) I was at the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada (CMEC) Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum in Vancouver. This was a rather unique experience in Canada. Educators, learners and literacy providers from West to East and into the North were gathered together to discuss themes such as Aboriginal Literacy, early literacy and workplace literacy.

Since we were meeting by webcast with people… Continue

Added by Richard Beaudry on April 19, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments

Poem in Your Pocket Day-Looking for Virtual Participants-April 17

April 17th is POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY. The idea is simple: have your students select a poem they love during National Poetry Month then carry it with them to share with other students on April 17.

We are looking for elementary classrooms to SKYPE with our school for our Poem in Your Pocket Day event! We are hoping that other schools will videoconference with us throughout the day to share poetry via skype! Interested in joining us? Leave a… Continue

Added by karenklieg on April 5, 2008 at 5:18am — 3 Comments

Testing 123

I'm playing with the blog feature!

My regular blogs may be found at:

http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com

Buffy

Added by Buffy Hamilton on March 19, 2008 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Internet@Schools West 2008 call for Proposals

We’re seeking presenters for our Internet at Schools conference, to be held in Monterey, California, October 20-21, 2008. Sponsored by MultiMedia & Internet@Schools magazine, the conference covers practical and timely technology-related topics and technology-based tools and resources for K-12 media and technology specialists. It is held in conjunction with the Internet Librarian… Continue

Added by Susan Geiger on March 18, 2008 at 12:55pm — No Comments

Enough is Enough

(Crossposted at Durff's Blog)

This summer the Olympics are taking place in a country that is assisting genocide in another country AND in their own.

I call for a boycott! My small contribution will be to NOT watch the Olympics. I'm not an athlete (good thing or we would surely lose) so I can't refuse to participate that way. I'm not the CEO of a major funding source for the games. What I can and will do is not tune in to any tv… Continue

Added by Durff on March 17, 2008 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Searching for the Date to cite

I recently got an email from a librarian in Illinois asking about ways to use Google to identify the date of an article. She wondered if there was a command in Google that would provide update information.

I responded by saying that I don't think Google itself has a tool for sorting records by cache date, but if any page is cached, students can click that link and find the date it was updated or added to Google's index. Look for the term Cache at the end of the snippet. This isn't… Continue

Added by Carl Heine on March 12, 2008 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 Playground

I posted this on my “Primary Source Librarian” blog today, and I thought others might want to consider setting up their own Web 2.0 Playground:

Yesterday I spent a most enjoyable three hours with nine other people at a Leapday Playday to explore the concepts and tools of Web 2.0. We called our computer lab a “playground,” and we were there to “play.”

Why “play?” Because every time I mention Web 2.0 to other… Continue

Added by Mary J. Johnson on March 1, 2008 at 10:06pm — No Comments

LiSRadio

Dear All,
Follow the link for uptodate infromation, etc about Lis.

Regards
Naveed

Link: http://www.lisradio.missouri.edu/

Added by Naveed Ahmad on February 29, 2008 at 1:55am — No Comments

blogging on glogging

Hello, folks!

I'm spending my winter vacation playing with a scrapbook-type website called Glogster. It has a very simple interface and some wild and cutesy graphics, but its real power lies in the fact that the the pages (called posters or glogs) can be embedded in another website. Since my HTML skills are at the cut-and-paste level, using Glogster and then embedding the result in my own website means I can create some nice effects. I made a… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie Gordon on February 20, 2008 at 1:41pm — 1 Comment

Deep Web!

A while back Joyce asked people to find out what database our state used. Found out last week that via our public library we can use EBSCO! As a very poor excuse for a media center specialist, I was overjoyed!!!
Maybe others can access similar databases in their states?

Added by Durff on February 16, 2008 at 9:45pm — 1 Comment

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