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Push Pop Press' first full-length interactive book, Al Gore's "Our Choice."

Do we own a copy of this book already? Do we have a library of makerspace books?

Grades K-5 Digital Books for Interactive Whiteboards

Free reading comprehension worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, book report forms, and other reading worksheets.

In a modern school a library should be more of a learning commons able to support a variety of student activities as they learn to access and evaluate information.  Books have their place but they are not the end-all of libraries.  A learning commons is no longer the quiet sanctum of old, rather it is a space that can be central or distributed, used formally or informally, and one that can stimulate a spirit of inquiry in students.

Free online book about focusing one's energy in this age of multi-tasking.

Web site and book to help parents understand Facebook

This article suggests 10 ways that educators can use visual media in classroom lessons. Using a digital camera, students can take photos and video as part of original public-service announcements, create multimedia book reports on Glogster or organize a fictional crime-scene investigation

July 11-14, 2011 in Manchester, NH. Where else can you enjoy four days of project-based learning punctuated by conversations with[ http://constructivistconsortium.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cda9bf225d11341d1de2fa7e&id=1f9102e132&e=c926dbe919 ] amazing guest speakers, including: civil rights activist, educator and National Book Award-winning author, Jonathan Kozol; Reggio Emilia approach expert, Lella Gandini; Astronomer Derrick Pitts and attend a [ http://constructivistconsortium.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cda9bf225d11341d1de2fa7e&id=df7d36db34&e=c926dbe919 ]reception at the MIT Media Lab hosted by Mitchel Resnick?

The intro is pretty compelling.