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Carla Shinn

Proofread for Project Gutenberg - 41 views

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  • Carla Shinn on 17 Nov 12
     
    Distributed Proofreaders (DP) provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.
Kenuvis Romero

The Art of Memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The Art of Memory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the general topic known as "Ars memoriae" or "the Art of Memory", see Art of memory. The Art of Memory Author(s) Frances A. Yates Country United Kingdom Language English Publisher Routledge and Kegan Paul Publication date 1966 Media type Print (book) Pages 400 ISBN 0-226-95001-8 OCLC Number 42905743  Preceded by Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition The Art of Memory is a 1966 non-fiction book by British historian Frances A. Yates. The book follows the history of mnemonic systems from the classical period of Simonides of Ceos in Ancient Greece to the Renaissance era of Giordano Bruno, ending with Gottfried Leibniz and the early emergence of the scientific method in the 17th century. See also [edit] Method of loci John Crowley Art of Memory
Donna Baumbach

ALA | - 17 views

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aasl ala reading books 5225 literacy school_library_media_specialists school_library_media_centers

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  • Donna Baumbach on 15 Nov 09
     
    "Reading is a foundational skill for 21st-century learners. Guiding learners to become engaged and effective users of ideas and information and to appreciate literature requires that they develop as strategic readers who can comprehend, analyze, and evaluate text in both print and digital formats. Learners must also have opportunities to read for enjoyment as well as for information. School library media specialists are in a critical and unique position to partner with other educators to elevate the reading development of our nation's youth."
Jeff Edwards

ICDL - International Children's Digital Library - 141 views

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multilingual interlingual mother tongue

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  • Sue Franckel on 10 Jan 12
     
    Online books for all languages
  • Marc Patton on 29 Jun 12
     
    The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge.
  • Jeff Edwards on 18 Mar 16
     
    A huge collection of projectable childrens books in many different languages. Would be great as a resource for parents to continue L1 development at home or in a mother tongue class
anonymous

Author and Illustrator Birthdays | Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Review - 56 views

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shared by anonymous on 23 Jan 12 - Cached
  • anonymous on 23 Jan 12
     
    Listed by months, authors and illustrators birth dates are given. Use the search feature to find titles created by these people.
Enid Baines

Your Favorite: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels - 92 views

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  • Author Responds to Student Begging for Summary of Required Read
  • I love that teachers and writers admit to not reading books that were assigned. I wouldn't have read "The Scarlet Letter" either if I wasn't the one who had to assign it.
  • Guessing Game: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as Written by Other Famous Authors - Flavorwire
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  • Some writers have distinct stylistic fingerprints. Student writers, not so much.
  • "Frodo Baggins looked at the ring. The ring was round. It was a good ring. The hole at the heart of the ring was also round. The hole was clean and pure. ... The earth moved."
  • Kids Hate Classic Books Through Hilarious Tweets at #worstbookever « PWxyz
  • The old man and the sea, #worstbookever uuuggghhhh
  • heart of darkness please die #worstbookever#whatsisgoingon?
  • thank god for sparknotes #readingthecrucible#worstbookever
  • endless editing. Anyone who writes a lot understands this
anonymous

Book Banning and Censorship - 28 views

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shared by anonymous on 13 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The book you choose must be a reasonable consideration for a tenth grade class. In otherwords, it must be "Young Adult" literature that could not be rated higher than PG13 if it were a movie.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      The American Library Association does not support or recommend rating books the way movies are rated.
Scott Walters

On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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  • Here we have a generation of young adults away from home for the first time, free to enjoy the most experimental period of their lives, yet they're choosing books like 13-year-old girls -- or their parents. The only specter haunting the groves of American academe seems to be suburban contentment.
  • two-thirds of freshmen identify themselves as "middle of the road" or "conservative." Such people aren't likely to stay up late at night arguing about Mary Daly's "Gyn/Ecology" or even Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
  • "I have stood before classes," he tells me, "and seen the students snicker when I said that Melville died poor because he couldn't sell books. 'Then why are we reading him if he wasn't popular?' "
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  • a notable uptick in superficiality and a notable uptick in the anesthetizing of that native curiosity that was once a prominent feature of the adolescent mind."
  • maybe young people's reading choices reflect our desire to keep them young
  • "People don't necessarily read their politics nowadays. They get it through YouTube and blogs and social networks. I don't know that there is a fiction writer out there right now who speaks to this generation's political ambitions. We're still waiting for our Kerouac."
  • "Don't trust anyone over 140 characters."
Amy Roediger

THE PLANETESME PLAN - 1 views

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  • Amy Roediger on 18 Jul 11
     
    A good looking blog about kids' books.
Tiffany Armstrong

Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems - 96 views

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shared by Tiffany Armstrong on 16 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go
  • Joanna Gerakios on 16 Aug 10
     
    from Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse
  • Tiffany Armstrong on 22 Jun 11
     
    Listen to books.
Clint Heitz

Do we read differently on paper than on a screen? - 9 views

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reading digital resources

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  • In total, there are more than 180 researchers from 33 different countries participating in the COST-initiated research network E-READ, reading in an age of digital transformation. This network examines the effects and consequences of digital developments in terms of reading.
  • It is not a case of "one size fits all," but patterns are beginning to emerge from empirical research into the subject. The length of the text seems to be the most critical factor. If the text is long, needs to be read carefully and perhaps involves making notes, then studies show that many people, including young people such as students, still often prefer a printed book, even if it is available as both an e-book and in electronic formats with options for making notes, enabling the user to search for and highlight the text digitally. This is not the case when it comes to shorter texts.
  • When reading long, linear, continuous texts over multiple pages that require a certain amount of concentration, referred to as "Deep Reading," the reader often experiences better concentration and a greater overview when reading from a printed medium compared to a screen. When we are reading from a screen, only one section can be seen at a time and the available reading surface area is limited. If you read a printed medium such as a book, several text areas are available simultaneously and it feels easier to form an overview and make notes in the margins.
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  • However, an interesting finding in some of the empirical studies is that we tend to overestimate our own reading comprehension when we read on screen compared to on paper.
  • it has been found that we tend to read faster on screen and consequently understand less compared to when reading from paper. This is a very new research topic and there are studies that have not found any differences in this area.
  • such findings do highlight something very important, namely that we may have a different mental attitude to what we read on a screen. This has very significant implications, including in the context of education.
  • For example, reading literature has proven to have a stimulating effect on the imagination and encourage the development of empathy. Reading has an effect on our ability to concentrate and for abstract thinking. We want to discover if such processes are influenced by the reading medium.
  • There is a need for more empirical research on reading comprehension in terms of screen reading and also on the subjective reading experience.
Steve Ransom

The Most Important Lesson Schools Can Teach Kids About Reading: It's Fun - Jeffrey Wilh... - 42 views

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reading literacy pleasure affect

shared by Steve Ransom on 15 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • pleasure is not incidental to reading—it’s essential
  • experience the pleasure of entering a story world
  • The pleasure of play is what readers experience when they become lost in a book
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  • not privilege intellectual pleasures, the characteristic province of school
  • You can sort of help yourself change in that way, and when you really admire a character in a book who’s really brave and stuff, you kind of can idolize them and become more like them. So it’s not really learning about yourself, it’s learning about what you could be.
  • teachers of reading and literature need to make pleasure more central to our practice. 
  • Our data also convinced us of the importance of choice
  • Students should have regular opportunities to behave the way adult readers do and choose their own reading.
  • Steve Ransom on 15 Nov 13
     
    Suggests that when we over-emphasize the intellectual pleasures of reading, we kill the needed joy of reading in many students.
Kate Tabor

Main Page Summary at WikiSummaries: Free Book Summaries - 45 views

www.wikisummaries.org/Main_Page

books summaries wiki Reference literature resources

shared by Kate Tabor on 05 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Kate Tabor on 05 Mar 10
     
    Perhaps an interesting project for students/ add a summary.
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