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Web 2 tools and schools.

This month's edition of Edutopia has a great article called Best of Edutopia's 2009 Technology Coverage Year in Review: Ten great 21st-century-classroom resources I thought it would be a great discussion starter for our blog. Who has used these tools? Where are our experts in their use? How can we learn to integrate these tools into our work? … Continue

Added by David Sanger on December 9, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

"A library in the backpack" a workshop in the Goethe Institute Library in Athens

On Friday, 27 November 2009, we were once again in the hospitable library of the Goethe Institute in Athens, for another well-organized event about what else: libraries, books and our students. The workshop "A library in… Continue

Added by Emmanuel Ninos on December 9, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments

Teaching Elementary Kids the parts of a book

During read alouds, librarian sits in front of kids and does the following: 1. Knocks on the front cover and kids say "front cover" 2. Knocks on the back cover and kids say "back cover" 3. Rolls her finger over the sprine and kids say "spine" 4. Rolls her finger over the barcode and kids say "barcode" Then librarian opens to the title page and does the following: 5. Librarian says, "And on the title page, there are four important pieces of information; say them with me...": 6. She rolls her fi… Continue

Added by Christy Meredith on December 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

DonorsChoose.org ($$ for teachers)

Last spring my mom sent me an email about DonorsChoose.org and it's still something that's on my to-do list of getting done, just for items I need in my classroom. What: You can write a proposal for community members and charities to visit and if they like your idea, they have the option to donate to you. This I'm sure could be hit or miss, but if you get the word out to your local businesses, they can all do it throug… Continue

Added by Christy Meredith on December 5, 2009 at 9:53am — No Comments

One possible grant option

Found IBM Reading Companion http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/downloads/RCSlick2007.pdf http://www.readingcompanion.org/aboutUs.html http://www.readingcompanion.org/contactUs.html This grant will provide our many ESL Students with books to read on-line. The program offers voice recognition software to help s… Continue

Added by Chris Hays on December 5, 2009 at 6:25am — No Comments

The 21st Century Librarian

While completing my elementary internship at Leawood Elementary, I wanted to create a marketing plan for librarians to use to promote the library as the hub of the school. In doing so, I ended up creating a document that provided clarity on what exactly it is that librarians do and are involved with in a school. When I tell my friends that I want to become a school librarian, they typically ask what I will be doing other than checking out books. Before creating this document, my answer was alway… Continue

Added by Kim Kennedy on November 30, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

No More Blog Updates

Due to the recent changes at Ning, we no longer will be posting blog updates. FREE access via email or RSS subscription remains via our website, http://www.privatelibrary.typepad.com , and you now also can subscribe to our daily posts via your Kindle by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/ygbt7cw Continue

Added by L. D. Mitchell on November 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Video: 10 years of school libraries in Greece

An anniversary movie celebrating the first 10 years of School Libraries in public schools in Greece. It is the joint work of various school libraries from all over Greece. In this short video you can see snapshots of the diverse work that has been done the last few years of this new institution: lessons using the rich materials of our collection and new tech… Continue

Added by Emmanuel Ninos on November 2, 2009 at 5:49am — No Comments

How Did I Complete My Thesis Writing…

It was such an embarrassing situation for me when I had to finish my college thesis writing and I was not getting enough time to understand thesis paper writing guidelines, and I wasn’t getting enough thesis writing help. It was torturing to see others celebrating the success of their college thesis paper leaving me behind. Well, I never lost hope and I once thought of getting my thesis paper written by online thesis writing service. I… Continue

Added by Janet Wilkins on October 26, 2009 at 12:25am — No Comments

From the Great Beyond Display

This is a example of a book display for Adolescent Literature. I invite my students to post theirs here on the Ning. Continue

Added by Diane Caro on October 10, 2009 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Banned Author Visit

I think it's ironic that the school superintendent,Joe Siano, chose to ban Ellen Hopkin's visit at Whittier Middle School, without feedback from the internal committee, which he convened, when it then turned out to be a success at a different location. I also thought, how odd, that the school librarian had won the author visit in a charity auction, and received no support. How exciting for herself and her school! I think it was an awful decision on Siano's part. I wonder where Whittier's princip… Continue

Added by Patti Lowther on October 4, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

From Rae Ciciora on Banned Author Visit

I see both sides of this article very clearly. Parents are protective of their children and want to make sure they are not exposed to things they can’t handle. BUT, the topic of the guest speaker pertains to middle school youth, whether parents want to see that or not. I myself was shocked when a seventh grader at my son’s middle school was arrested last month and suspended for possession of marijuana in her locker. I was absolutely floored when I found out it was my son’s girlfriend. Two years… Continue

Added by Liz Keating on October 2, 2009 at 4:39am — No Comments

Banned

When I checked with the librarian at Runyon Elementary for the book challenge form she replied: "I know I’ve got the challenge procedure somewhere around here but I’ll be darned if I can find where I filed it. Obviously haven’t had to use it." Then some folks from Cherry Creek schools emailed me their form and materials selection policy. I also asked at Highlands Ranch library and they found their info for me after a bit of searching saying they too have had complaints of children's materials bu… Continue

Added by Josette Russon on October 1, 2009 at 9:03pm — No Comments

6 and counting

I'm moving right along with the assignments and learning many new resources. Never heard of the Mackin site but found myself also going to Amazon to get more complete info on certain books and reviews as well. Found some books at the Auraria Library too. I don't have any teaching lesson plan experience but I do have lots of creative ideas - whether they meet education standards I don't know. My Saturday Early Childhood classes are long and draining because of the 7 hour format. I was denied fin… Continue

Added by Josette Russon on September 27, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Banned Books Week Sept. 26- Oct. 3 @ Aurora West College Preparatory Academy

I decorated for Banned Books week, today. I thought I would share my pictures with you. We are having a contest to see who can guess why the books I've chosen were challenged/banned. The winner will receive a tote, some pencils, and a lanyard with "I'm With the Banned" on them. Also, I am doing a book circle with a literacy class around Fahrenheit 451.

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Added by Josh Shipman on September 25, 2009 at 4:54pm — No Comments

"Looking at the Male Librarian Stereotype"

Dickinson, Thad E.(2003)'Looking at the Male Librarian Stereotype',The Reference Librarian,37:78,97 — 110 What an enlightening read - it never even crossed my "drab spinster" mind that males face an even greater challenge in the profession of school librarian. 1. What are some additional stereotypes that haunt school librarians? 2. In what ways can we professionally and positively enforce respect of differing jobs, social c… Continue

Added by Christina Domanik on September 23, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Journal article on divesity

I read a long article on diversity called, "Preparing Preservice Educators for Cultural Diversity: How far have we come?" It can be found at this link: http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.42 These are the three questions the article made me think about: 1. Has the educational world made sufficient advances in understanding and emphasizing the most important cultural markers of culturally… Continue

Added by Patti Lowther on September 20, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Cultural Diversity Article and Questions

Murrell, Peter C. (2006). Toward Social Justice in Urban Education: A Model of Collaborative Cultural Inquiry in Schools. Equity and Excellence in Education, 39:81-90. Retrieved September 16, 2009 from Auraria Library. 1. How often do you reflect upon your cultural competancy as it applies to your students? 2. What conclusions do you reach regarding your level of cultural competancy? 3. What do you do to improve your cultural competancy? Continue

Added by Brooke Macdonald on September 20, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Poverty: A Diversity Issue

The Summit School District is currently one of a handful of districts in the state of Colorado receiving funds to help "close the achievement gap." As a resort community with very wealthy families as well as struggling working families, we see a significant gap between the "haves" and "have nots" up here. Therefore, I found the following article to be of interest to me: Burney, V.H. and Beilke, J.R. (2008). The constraints of poverty on high achievement. Journal for the Education of the… Continue

Added by Shelly Wasson on September 20, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Cultural Diversity Article

I found a great article that takes a different approach, that is, it examines and analyzes the importance and effect that cultural diversity in LIS teaching programs and facilities has on its graduates. I found the article by searching the Wilson Web database in the Auraria Campus Library. http://tb4cz3en3e.search.serialssolutions.com/log?L=TB4CZ3EN3E&D=WLL&J=EDUCLIB&U=http%3A%2F%2F0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.skyline.cudenver.edu%2Fhww%2Fjumpstart.jhtml%3Fsid%3DHWW%3ALIBFT%26issn%3D0148… Continue

Added by Mike Jurkiewicz on September 19, 2009 at 9:55pm — 2 Comments

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