Gilmore Girls Creator’s new Show

Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, has a new Fox show called The Return of Jezebel James. Sarah Tompkins, played by Parker Posey, is a successful New Yorker with her own imprint at HarperCollins’ children’s division.  She has everything going right in her life except for the one thing she wants: a baby!  My second favorite [...]

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Library Check- Out Card t-shirt

I really want one of these t-shirts. The first batch sold out quite quickly. Maybe more will be printed if enough people request. http://www.threadless.com/product/1020/November_Was_A_Good_Month#zoom

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W00t

Merriam-Webster’s  word of 2007 is ‘w00t.’ Can you hear hardcore gamers organizing a party?
W00t,” a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher’s online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.

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Smarty Pants

When I first bought a Wii the game aisle at Target did not offer any surprises or unknown titles; however, tonight it seemed like so many surprises and fun games jumped out. I am most looking forward to playing Smarty Pants. I promised my students a Wii party later in the year; Smarty Pants will make a fine [...]

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Papa John’s and Yale Text

  
Just reading this article makes me want to text in a pizza! The last time I went to Birdland, the jazz corner of the world, I suggested to the server that there should be an option to text your order, because it’s nearly impossible to communicate. I read on Michael Stephen’s blog that the Yale University Library offers ”txt a science librarian.” How many places [...]

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Unshelved’s Pimp my Bookcart

The winner of the 2007 Pimp my Bookcart award goes to…

Go to Unshelved for more information about the contest.

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Dumpr (so cool)

Thank you to the LibrarianinBlack for her post about Dumpr. Dumpr allows you to turn photos into museum shots, Rubik’s cubes, jigsaw puzzles, legos, and many more. What a great way to showcase a book.  Here’s a picture of my favorite picture book character, Molly Lou Melon, at a museum and in a Rubik’s cube :)

 

 
 

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Ninja Words

 

Ninja Words is a really fast dictionary that I’ve been using for about a month. Phil Crosby built it because he felt frustrated with what was out there. You can learn more about its history and usefulness at www.ninjawords.com.  
Why is this called Ninjawords?
Ninjas are three things:

They’re smart
They’re accurate
They’re really fast

Ninjawords is based on these principles. [...]

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Digital Learners

 
 Video description: Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
Please see http://t4.jordandistrict.org/payatten… to learn how to [...]

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StoryCorps

 My mom is working on writing out all of her stories about family and friends. I cannot wait to suggest that she use Storycorps too.
Here’s Storycorps mission… 
Since 2003, almost 30,000 everyday people have shared life stories with family and friends in our StoryBooths. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is [...]

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Rip Away 1000

Such brilliant eight year old twins!

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This will be everlasting love! :)

The Schaumburg Township Public Library created an ingenious marketing tool…a YOUTUBE video modeled after E Harmony! Thanks to  Michael Stephens for the original post.

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An interesting photoblog

I just added Watchthisspace , a great photoblog, to my del.icio.us account.

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Little Edie: A Visit to Grey Gardens

Thank you Walter Newkirk for the info about Little Edie’s new CD! Yay!

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