Web 2.0 Collage logos, originally uploaded by premiardiego.
Archive for January, 2008
Web 2.0 Collage logos
Posted in web 2.0, tagged web 2.0 on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Signage from Waimea Public Library
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged library signage, signage on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Waimea Public Library front door sign, originally uploaded by Librarian In Black.
These are Really Great!
Posted in library, tagged advertising, canada, library, london, london public library, marketing, my library, ontario, signage, signs on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kids Play!
Posted in Education, reference, tagged arthur, bob the builder, curious george, Education, education websites, kids play, parenting, pbs, websites for kids on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kids Play! is a new PBS space designed for children of ages 3 to 6 to learn proper use of the computer. Kids will learn by playing games with familar characters such as Arthur, Bob the Builder, and Curious George. All of the activities revolve around standards in math, science, literacy, language development, creativity, and social studies. [...]
Record number of teachers retiring
Posted in Education, tagged Education, national center for education information, teachers, teaching on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Will schools look to replace a record number of retiring teachers with ones who will cost less money? I teach in a small district that has not seen a lot of change over the past four years, albeit four teachers near the top of the seniority list will retire at the end of this school [...]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Posted in anderson's bookshop, books, children's books, tagged children's books, comic strip, comics, diary of a wimpy kid, jeff kinney, online comic strip on January 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Meet Jeff Kinney, originally uploaded by Litandmore.
A few of my third graders were reeled into Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I started to read it a few weeks ago and keep getting distracted by other books. The following is an interesting USA Today article about Jeff Kinney and one wimpy kid.
Long before his online comic strip became a series [...]
Tour the Library Via Youtube
Posted in library, tagged harper college, harper college library, harper community college, harper community college library on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Great Websites for Kids
Posted in Education, elementary school, reference, school library, search engine, tagged reference, school library, student resources, websites on January 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Association for Library Service to Children reviewed over 400 websites and selected 35 to add to its list of Great websites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites) The sites are put through a “rigorous evaluation” before added to the list. I’m glad to see that I’ve used nearly 80% of the websites for instructional purposes.
Adoption Clubhouse – www.adoptionclubhouse.org
Afro-America [...]
Iggy Peck , Architect
Posted in anderson's bookshop, books, children's books, tagged andrew beaty, children's books, iggy peck architect on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iggy Peck Architect, originally uploaded by Litandmore.
I would welcome an entire class of Iggy Peck’s. He’s been building his entire life. As a baby he assembled an entire tower out of dirty diapers. His mother simply responds with, “Good Gracious, Ignacious!” Iggy is faced with a problem when his second grade teacher dislikes architecture. [...]
Professor Layton and the Curious Village trailer
Posted in technology, youtube, tagged nintendo ds, professor layton, professor layton and the curious village, videogames on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be getting this for Nintendo DS on February 10th.
We are the ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Posted in anderson's bookshop, children's books, tagged anderson's bookshop, baseball, books, children's books, hank aaron, kadir nelson, negro league baseball on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A friend of mine who teaches 5th grade bought this from Anderson’s Bookshop last week. I became quite excited while looking through her copy because it is a great suplement to my unit on Negro League Baseball. Kadir Nelson will sign copies at Anderson’s Bookshop tonight.
The folllowing is a Booklist review.
Award-winning illustrator and first-time author [...]
What Presidents are Made Of
Posted in children's books, tagged abraham lincoln, children, children's books, george washington, jimmy carter, juvenile literature, portraits, president books, thomas jefferson on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Presidents are Made Of goes beyond a list of facts. Instead, it focuses on the unusual details and moments that do not usually make it into the history books. Such as… George Washington helped save a family from a burning house. Thomas Jefferson hated stuffy, formal manners. Jimmy Carter taught Sunday School while president. This is [...]
The Library Restaurant
Posted in Interesting, library, tagged a light in the attic, library restaurant, pittsburgh, the scarlet letter, where the wild things are on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I must pass through Pittsburgh, PA this summer to dine at The Library. It is a book-themed restaurant that serves such dishes as A Light in the Attic (salad), Of Mice and Men (assorted cheeses), The Scarlet Letter (asiago tortellini), and, my favorite, Where the Wild Things Are (chicken tenders). The full menu and more information about [...]









