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Great end of year lesson. Could be used in just about any disclipine

Best Children's Books of 2012  (teen list will be announced soon)

Contains lots of good links to other resources.  Rec. by the ALSC president  Part of the about.com section on children's books.

I've been to several of Tia's webinars.  She's full of energy and great ideas!  Check out her calendars with daily websites for teachers to use!

This list of new graphic novels from IRA looks very promising.

This particular entry was in response to librarian being listed as one of the 10 least stressful jobs by CNBC.

Lots of great ideas here from Karen Ault.  "The Web in My World" is one of her presentations. There are many, many suggestions and tips under the various categories.  This can't do justice to all that she's shared, but it's a starting point!

This one blog entry is going to take me forever to follow up on all of the links.

Good post from Dawn Nelson of Minnesota, which includes a job description of sorts.

Fairly comprehensive list of titles for common core.  (Of course, they want to sell you books.)

Great recap of the convention from CathyJo Nelson.  Lots of links to investigate.  

Nice summary of ISTE13, although there is still much more to share!  There are some links to some helpful resources.

From the Australian TL of the year

Maybe some ideas for YHBA or Read Alouds? I always enjoy her columns

NIce continuum of lessons for digital citizenship from Lance Yoder of Angola

"incredibly versatile participation tool.  Spiral is a free suite of  four powerful apps that promote classroom engagement and collaboration.  It makes so much of what we already do so much easier and it is a must-have tool for 1:1 settings.  Students may login to lessons using Google, Facebook, Clever or Edmodo."

Novel Conversations is a free statewide lending library creating conversations across county lines and within communities. Through Novel Conversations, Indiana Humanities lends sets of books to Indiana book clubs, offers program and discussion suggestions, arranges author speaking events, and extends social sharing opportunities. We lend more than 360 titles, primarily fiction and biography, to reading and discussion groups at libraries, senior centers, schools, and other organizations, free of charge. Books include classic titles such as Little Women and To Kill a Mockingbird , as well as contemporary titles such as The Poisonwood Bible and The Time Traveler's Wife. View the book list for a complete listing.

Great list of different educational networks in many different formats, including diigo, Linked In, Facebook, nings, wikis, and more.  Some are by discipline

Free resources from capstone, including library skills bookmarks.  (Of course, many of the products feature their books)

You'll notice the pages of this wiki (on the left hand side) are the Common Core Standards. We have attempted to align iPad apps with each standard. There will be overlap - one app may meet more than one standard. Please leave comments, suggest apps, or share your experiences in the discussion tab of the appropriate page.