Posted in library, tagged carnegie mellon, digitization, digitized, library on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: Digitize the published works of humankind and make them freely available online. The architects of the project said this week they have surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million [...]
Posted in Hmm..., Interesting, tagged largest ball of swine, offbeat tourism, salt and pepper shaker museum, tourist, tourist attractions on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
RoadsideAmerica.com provides articles about offbeat tourist attractions across the country. Example entries include information about the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in Tennessee, the largest ball of string, not twine, and many more bizarre adventures. It’s sure to be hours of reading fun!
Posted in library, tagged library on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Education, tagged cellphones, Education, japan, japan education on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, your greatest and weirdest dream can be realized. Besides being able to check your Facebook account, email your girlfriend, call your Mom on the holidays, or play a Java version of Golden Axe, you can take a college class via your mobile phone. The questionably named Cyber University in Japan has begun offering a [...]
Posted in library, tagged gaming, library, old bridge public library, senior gaming, wii on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I hope that more libraries catch on and offer similar services.
Just ask the 10 Old Bridge seniors who took up Guitar Hero III as part of the Old Bridge Library’s “Senior Spaces” program on Nov. 8. Seniors, alongside teenage volunteers, tested their mettle in the ubiquitous air-guitar video game and various other games available [...]
Posted in Education, tagged childhood obesity, healthy eating, the incredible adventures of the amazing food detective, videogames on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I cannot wait to share ”The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective” with my third graders. My students were thrilled today when I ”donated” a Nintendo DS to our class. One student per day may use the Nintendo DS during a free choice to play games selected by me. :)
Who says gaming encourages a sedentary lifestyle? “The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective” is a new video [...]
Posted in library, tagged library on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Found via You Tube videos « Avagomum’s Weblog
Posted in library, tagged library on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Speak Up” is the new “Shhh..”, originally uploaded by scampion.
Posted in Education, tagged dictionary, Education, library, reference, webster on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Webster’s new visual search dictionary connects words with images. Right now there are only 6,000 visual entries, which showed because it took six words before one showed up. I’m not sure how many students I’ll send here because it is ad heavy, albeit it holds great potential. Try it out at http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ . Thanks toLisnews for the [...]
Posted in Education, tagged Education, gillian gibbons, islam, sudan on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 27, 2007
NAIROBI, Kenya
Sudanese police arrested a British schoolteacher and accused her of insulting Islam after she allowed her 7-year-old pupils to name a class teddy bear Muhammad, Sudanese officials said Monday.
The teacher, Gillian Gibbons, was arrested Sunday in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, after a number of parents complained, said Rabie Atti, a government [...]
Posted in Education, Interesting, tagged Education, freerice.com, united nations, vocabulary on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Freerice started on October 7, 2007. You’re given a word and four possible definitions. For every correct answer, the UN World Food Program will receive 20 grains of rice. You’re making the world a better place while exercising your brain! (Thank you Patti for rushing up to me in the hallway to discuss this wonderful idea.)
Posted in theatre, tagged broadway, christopher hampton, laura linney, les liaisons dangereuses, roundabout theatre company, theatre on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Linney blew me away in Sight Unseen. It looks like another Broadway trip will occur between April and June.
Stage and screen star Laura Linney will return to Broadway in the forthcoming Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Rufus Norris (Festen) will helm the work scheduled to play the [...]
Posted in books, psychology, tagged child psychology, children's books, mr. worry a book about ocd, ocd, psychology on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning I heard about a new study that suggests that OCD may run in familes. It reminded me of a book that I came across a few weeks ago called Mr. Worry: A Story about OCD. This book helps explain OCD to children in a simple vocabulary and through an easy answer. A more [...]
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