ISTE : Buyers Guide: E-Book Readers
Reviews and comparison of 7 e-book readers
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27.5.10
25.5.10
TVO talks about the value of teacher-librarians
This a very good episode of TVO-Parents in support of school libraries!
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Do School Libraries Need to Have Books? (Video 28 mins.)
found via http://www.twitter.com/AuntyTech
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Lesson plan for teaching about Wikipedia
Here's a good way to address the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia as a research source
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Taming the Wild Wiki: Level: Grades 7 to 9
Duration: 2 hours (excluding assessment and evaluation tasks)
Students are introduced to Wikipedia, the user-edited online encyclopedia, and given an overview of its strengths and weaknesses as a research source. They are taught how to evaluate the reliability of a Wikipedia article and then attempt to improve an existing article. [This lesson and all associated documents (handouts, overheads, backgrounders) is available in an easy-print, pdf kit version.]
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Animal Activity extension
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TLSbooks.com has an "Animal Activity" book that might be a fun extension to do. Here's the URL for the PDF: http://www.tlsbooks.com/myanimalbook2.pdf
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