Library Links

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3.10.11

A Guide to Online Resources - LOC

"Library and Information Science : A Guide to Online Sources : Library of
Congress Web Guide

These guides compile links to online resources (emphasis on free, full-text resources) in the field of field of library and information science. Intended for use by librarians, library technicians, and students in the field.

Online Repositories and Full-text Resources

Subject Guides and Resources
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The Power of Open - Using Creative Commons Licensing

Open content, art and ideas to the world
The Power of Open collects the stories of creators who use Creative Commons to share their works. Some are like ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative news organization that uses CC while partnering with the world's largest media companies. Others like nomadic filmmaker Vincent Moon use CC licensing as an essential element of a lifestyle of openness in pursuit of creativity. The breadth of uses is as great as the creativity of the individuals and organizations choosing to open their content, art and ideas to the rest of the world.

Read in PDF format.
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"Can Students Game Their way to Math achievement?" archived webinar

A presentation from Snehal Patel
(ISTE webinar presentation - archived -
there are some sound issues with the recording)
Learn more about using gaming in the classroom to improve achievement. Mr Pahel talks about how the games developed at Sokicom can help with Math. He also talks about the advantages of the gaming environment in general: Core Game Mechanics, and how they engage students.
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Robert Sabuda and Pop-Up Books

The Reigning Prince Of Pop-Up Books
ARTICLE LINK
"Robert Sabuda makes paper do strange things. A tornado spins on its axis and tears across the prairie in his pop-up book version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." A hot-air balloon inflates and hovers above the page, suspended by two strings attached to wood sticks. One hundred four tiny playing cards explode out of his pop-up "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," flying in an all directions—forward, back, sideways"
VIDEO LINK
(Starts with a 30 sec ad)

His website LINK

Other videos
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Tuesday Oct. 11- Jarrett J. Krosoczka Reading Live

"Ollie the Purple Elephant" Virtual Story Time
On Tuesday Oct. 11 Jarrett J. Krosoczka will be reading his new book every hour on the hour from 9-5 EST his Ustream network. Great way to get Jarrett into your school for storytime & Free.

Book trailer


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1.10.11

Reading in the Real World - preview book online

Reading in the Real World
Strategies for Finding Meaning in Stories, Songs, Poetry, Ads, Movies, Comics, and More
Graham Foster
Grades 4-12 • 32 pp flipchart •
Offers a wide range of strategies in a practical format that help your students read all text forms with confidence. Includes reproducible organizers and numerous real-world text examples.
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Literacy Smarts -preview book online

 Literacy Smarts
Simple Classroom Strategies for Using Interactive Whiteboards to Engage Students
Jennifer Harper and Brenda Stein Dzaldov
Grades K-6 • 128 pp •
Shares the nuts and bolts of using interactive whiteboards to enrich the teaching of reading and writing through easy access to and interaction with timely and relevant media, tools, and texts. Lessons help you make the most of the technology to collaborate, communicate, and create with your students.

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Writing Power - preview online

Teaching Writing Strategies that Engage Thinking (by Adrienne Gear)

"Writing Power is a practical and thoughtful resource that shows teachers how to encourage students to consider the reader's thinking as they write. Using the same five thinking strategies from Adrienne Gear's groundbreaking Reading Power books—Connect, Question, Visualize, Infer, and Transform—young writers will learn how to engage and invite their readers' thinking through their writing. Writing Power guides teachers through a series of lessons focusing on each of the strategies and includes scripted, sequential lessons, recommended anchor books, reproducibles, and assessment rubrics."
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Books - how they're made

Making Books [Encyclopaedia Britannica Films 1947]
Black and white film. Follows the making of a book using the technology of the 1940s.

Modern Book-binding methods
You can see the similarities with the 1947 movie

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29.9.11

Helping Students Engage with Challenging Texts - Secondary

"Doing Literary Criticism" (by Tim Gillespie)
"One of the greatest challenges for English language arts teachers today is the call to engage students in more complex texts. Tim Gillespie, who has taught in public schools for almost four decades, has found the lenses of literary criticism a powerful tool for helping students tackle challenging literary texts."

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Videos for Creative Writing

Beautiful Landscapes and Music

Philip Bloom has taken wonderful videos - 5 minutes or so in length - that explore lighting and focus and perspective and anything else you can name! The combination of images, movement and music are a perfect opportunity for creative writing and reflection. Best watched on full-screen with a darkened room.
(Note: Always preview the clips as some deal with controversial topics: anorexia, crime, politics)
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The Latest Facebook changes - if you're a user

Want to know how Facebook is changing?

  • The Timeline — a scrapbook of your life.
  • More than just "Like" — now you can [verb] any [noun].
  • Facebook apps need only ask permission once to share stories on your behalf.
  • All "lightweight" information is going to the Ticker.
  • Watch TV and movies, listen to music, read news with your friends — all within Facebook.
For general FB info, try these links:

7 Skills students need for their future

The global achievement gap
30 minute presentation by author Dr. Wagner
"Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a "global achievement gap," which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: * Critical thinking and problem-solving * Collaboration across networks and leading by influence * Agility and adaptability * Initiative and entrepreneurialism * Effective oral and written communication * Accessing and analyzing information * Curiosity and imagination"

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eTexts in High School

Electronic Resource and Etextbooks in the high school curriculum.       
Authors:        McMichael, Craig J.1 craig.j.mcmichael@gmail.com   
Source: Internet@Schools; Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p8-12, 5p       
(School ID and Password needed - see your TL)

How eResources can meet the needs of a variety of learners.

"The 21st-century classroom is characterized by the diversity of its students, evident not only in their various ethnicities but also in their unique learning styles. [...] At Detroit Catholic Central High School, we have undertaken a project leveraging Cengage Learning's electronic library resources to do just this. In this article, I'll highlight these resources and demonstrate how they can be used in the classroom to make for an inclusive learning environment that is committed to enhancing student learning."
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Hi-Lo Novels for Libraries and ESL learners - Saddleback

View this catalog of Hi-Lo readers

A number of great resources for ESL learners and reluctant readers. (The Quickreads series is intended for older readers.)

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French Titles from Weigl - Saunders - virtual catalog

View the 2012 Weigl French catalog via this link:

Many new titles. Translated into Canadian French.

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Gareth Malone - Video series online

Watch "Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne" on TVO.org
"Gareth has been asked to be the chorus master of a brand new opera Knight Crew, written by composer Julian Philips, based on a novel by author Nicky Singer. It is the urban retelling of the King Arthur legend and Gareth's mission is to go deep into the local community, to find teenagers to sing in his chorus who may have never heard an opera. He wants to find teenagers with the right edge and life experience. Over two months Gareth auditions 450 teens, whittling them down to a final 100 who must sing solo in front of a Glyndebourne panel."
You can also view episodes of "The Choir" on this site.

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EBSCO help tutorials

Learn more about EBSCO Host products
Do you sometimes wish you could just have an EBSCO rep come and show you how to use some of the features of of the various databases? Or do you wish you had a video clip you could show your staff or students? Check out this link for a number of Youtube movies, Flash Clips and PPT files you can access.

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Shmoop - student guides to just about everything

About Shmoop - "We Speak Student"
"Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time."
Great study guides for students, and primers for teachers! Check out some of the example links below.

A Wrinkle in Time

Hunger Games

Sonnet 10 - by John Donne

Science - Cells

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Tools for Learning - eBook update

Tools for Learning,  An Ebook Update - Internet@Schools; Sep/Oct2011
The Latest Sources, Resources, and Options by Victor Rivero (thanks Janet)
The author provides a list of the newest players in ebooks, etextbooks and other digital content for academic use.

"In 2010, Internet@Schools published a widely read article, "E Is for Explosion: E-Readers, Etext-books, Econtent, Elearning, E-Everything" which highlighted more than a dozen solution providers in the area of ebooks, etextbooks, and other digital content for academic use. I will revisit some of those in this article. I've also added to the list, but the bottom line is that this year, the explosion continues!"

[LINK to article] (school ID and password needed to access outside of school - check with your teacher-librarian)
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