Little blog, you haven't been forgotten
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Google Docs - What's new?
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YAllapolooza! Phoenix Public Library
Young Adult literature. Only louder.
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I have such hope for our future
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- Future, IQ, Peace
Hidden formatting in Word Docs - from Data Doctors
If you use Microsoft Word, you've run into a problem with a paragraph or column that won't go where you want it to, an extra page that always prints or a myriad of other nagging issues that you can't seem to figure out.
This button toggles the option to show or hide paragraph marks and other hidden formatting like hard returns that can help you track down the problem.
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I'm a librarian... and it's complicated
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- joyce valenza, research, save libraries
Ready for class at 7:30 am on August 11th?
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McCartney stashes his extraordinary library in the cloud
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Goodreads Makes Great Readers
What a great idea! Free Technology for Teachers has turned into my favorite blog. This is just one of so many fantastic posts, I can't keep up with them all.
Free Technology for Teachers: Goodreads Makes Great Readers
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QR codes for book trailers - oh, this is fun!
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Cloud computing, web 2.0, and you
Digital Media Literacy 101 by Sandra Carswell
Creating an Interactive Portfolio with Google Sites
65 Interesting Ways* to Use Google Forms in the Classroom by Tom Barrett
Tips and Tricks: Making the Most of Google Docs
32 Interesting Ways* to use Google Docs in the Classroom
Google for Educators - Classroom activities: 6th - 12th grade
Google Art Project: Super High-Resolution Images, Virtual Tours, and More
Create a fake Facebook wall for a fictitious or historical character
New Google Docs Tools to Try
Web 2.0 tools presentation by Joy Millam
and my personal favorite:
Book Trailers for All
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- cloud computing, Google docs, web 2.0
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Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 25−October 2, 2010
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
For more information on getting involved with Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, please see Calendar of Events and Ideas and Resources. You can also contact the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4220, or bbw@ala.org.
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Schoolz and Toolz - Rat race schools
Schoolz and Toolz: Rat race schools
This documentary looks very interesting. I'm curious how it will be interpreted. It seems to me that we test our students so much, that we're stealing all the joy out of learning. And yet, how else will we know what our students have learned? Can we do both? I watched "Two Million Minutes" and I came away from it with the impression that the American students portrayed still had imagination and creativity, and the Chinese and Indian students who were portrayed were spending so much time studying that they were shortchanging themselves. Then, I listened to the documentary filmmaker of "Two Million Minutes" speak, and realized that that was not what he intended at all. He was trying to warn American students that if they did not spend their two million minutes wisely, they would lose out to the Chinese and Indian students. So, again, can we do both? Can we learn how to solve problems and collaborate too?
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Ellen Hopkins - Censorship Bites
Ellen Hopkins - Censorship Bites
I've been so busy getting the teachers and their technology ready for the kids, that I've completely neglected my blog and Twitter. And look what I'm missing! Ellen Hopkins is, by far, the favorite author in our library. When all the copies of her books are in, they take up two shelves; but during the school year, those shelves are always empty. I've mentioned before that as a librarian, I abhor censorship. One of my favorite quotes: "You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts.", variously attributed to Daniel Moynihan and James Schlesinger. Our students are old enough to look at all sides, use the upbringing their parents have given them, and make good decisions. I trust in them to do that, but the decisions will be faulty if they don't have as much material as possible to work with.
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Things Librarians Fancy | 100 Scope Notes
Things Librarians Fancy | 100 Scope Notes
All of the above, predating my actual job as a librarian.
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