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"The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. Over the last decade, a company called "Octavo" digitally photographed some of the world 's great books from some of the greatest libraries. These books were photographed at very high resolution (in some cases at over 200 megabytes per page). This site contains all of the books ( 558) that have been digitized to date. These range over a wide variety of topics and rarity. The books are presented so that the viewer can examine all the pages in medium to medium-high resolution. Some highlights of the site are: Shakespeare Benjamin Franklin Redouté Galileo Copernicus Louis Renard Some of the books are available for sale on CDs from This site will be updated regularly. If you have questions, comments, problems or are interested in high resolution images, then please contact: curator@rarebookroom.org "

"Here's a handy tutorial for using Microsoft's free Photo Story 3 to create "Book Trailers" - and other projects using photos to tell a story, with. Photos are a great tool for teaching in the classroom, but with moving pictures, narration and music, they are even better! Photo Story 3 is a free download from Microsoft that lets you easily create narrated "mini-movies" using photographs. It also has a built in music generator that allows you to put your story to music, copyright free! Think of Ken Burns's many wonderful documentaries. This program will allow anyone with a computer running Windows XP to do something similar. 1 The program gives students the ability to make their own 'Book Trailers' to help other students get interested in books they have read. Students can scan, draw or take pictures related to the book, import the pictures into Photo Story 3, arrange the pictures, add narration to the pictures, and choose the type of music used when the trailer plays. Photo Story 3 then generates a stand-alone movie based on all of the above. One of the ways I have used Photo Story 3 is with my "Integrating Technology into the Classroom" course at Dakota State University is by inviting a local fifth-grade class to visit our lab, then helping students build their own book trailer. Over the course of the hour, we help students scan or take digital pictures, import their pictures to Photo Story 3, add narration, motion and music. They take their movies back to show on morning announcements, to their friends, and to their parents. For example, one student, Brian, made a Photo Story of Sammy the Seal. It shows enough information to get other students interested in the book, but not so much that the ending is given away. Another example is "Zack's Alligator goes to School", a story of the (mis)adventures of a pet alligator named Bridgett. Making a Book Trailer is fairly simple. Just follow these steps: Quick Start Guide"

"Welcome to Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Webpage. This is the place to be when you are looking for ready-to-use booktalks, lists of recommended reading, book reviews by children or other information about children's literature. "

"The Literature Page is your place to read classic books, plays, stories, poems, essays, and speeches online, brought to you by the creators of The Quotations Page. Our collection currently includes 243 works from 89 authors. We add new titles regularly."

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Public Domain Resources: Choose from a wide selection of resources to use for educational projects. Be sure to respect their guidelines before publishing. Don't assume that because the projects are for educational purposes that you can manipulate images, sound or video. Read the user agreements. Image source

Categories:  Teacher Use, Student Use, Web-Based Learning, Exploration Brief Description:  Earth Day websites "pinned" which will link back to CLRN (California Learning Resources Network).  It tells the website, subject areas and curriculum, grade and reading levels, and media format types. 

"Whether you're venturing out on your own for the first time or just realizing you need to get your personal finances under control, one thing is certain - you need to budget. If you are trying to create a personal budget, a good place to start is our free personal budget spreadsheet template in Excel, which you can download below. Creating a budget spreadsheet was one of the first things I ever used Microsoft Excel for. Although I am an avid Quicken user now, I still use Excel when I work with my budget. If you are just getting started, read How to Make a Budget and 5 Basic Budgeting Tips."

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"Top 10 Apps for Digital Storytelling Feb 15 Written by: 2/15/2012 8:47 PM A while back I did a post on top sites for Digital Storytelling. This has been a skill that is being taught in school districts all around the world, and is a key for developing technology literacy. With the recent wave of mobile devices and technologies, a giant step has been taken in how students develop these skills (via touch screen) in a brand new way . Toontastic - A wonderful free iPad that allows children to create animated cartoon stories. They can choose from stock characters or draw their own while animating them and recording their voice for narration. Also, Toontastic's built-in story arc takes students step-by-step on how to create a story. i Tell a Story - A excellent free iPad that works very similarly to how Garageband creates a podcast. A user uploads a photo and then can record their voice for narration while adding stock sound effects. Voice Thread App - A great free iPad/iPhone app that compliments the Voice Thread very nicely for storytelling. A user can manage their Voice Thread account as well as make digital stories by uploading photos and drawing/recording their voice. Story Patch - An iPad app ($2.99) that is ideal for digital storytelling. A person can create a story from scratch or use one of their well-designed templates to complete all the parts of a story. Sock Puppets - A free iPad/iPhone app that is a lot of fun for kids to create animated stories. This is done by selecting your sock, background, and props and then recording your voice as the socks talk. Art Maker - A wonderful free iPad app that allows children to create a digital story from scratch. A user selects their background, characters, and props and then moves them around the screen while recording. Puppet Pals - A excellent free iPad app that lets users create a

"Kinematics and dynamics are presented here in multimedia, at introductory and also at deeper levels. Individual video clips and animations are suitable for use by teachers, while students may use the whole package for self instruction or for reference. Animations from Physclips require the Flash 8 Plugin. The multimedia modules have animations and film clips and are typically 3-5 Mb. The much smaller HTML versions have only text and images. (If your connection is slow, you might read some of the background links while the modules load.) "

"Galaxy Zoo: Hubble uses gorgeous imagery of hundreds of thousands of galaxies drawn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope archive. To understand how these galaxies, and our own, formed we need your help to classify them according to their shapes - a task at which your brain is better than even the most advanced computer. If you're quick, you may even be the first person in history to see each of the galaxies you're asked to classify. More than 250,000 people have taken part in Galaxy Zoo so far, producing a wealth of valuable data and sending telescopes on Earth and in space chasing after their discoveries. The images used in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble are more detailed and beautiful than ever, and will allow us to look deeper into the Universe than ever before. To begin exploring, click the 'How To Take Part' link above, or read The Story So Far to find out what Galaxy Zoo has achieved to date."

"This guide is not meant to be a comprehensive or scholarly introduction to the complex topic of the role of women in astronomy, but simply a resource for those educators and students who wish to explore the challenges and triumphs of women of the past and present. It's also an opportunity to get to know some of the key women who have overcome prejudice and exclusion to make significant contributions to our field. To be included among the representative women for whom we list individual resources, an astronomer must have had something non-technical about her life and work published in a popular-level journal or book. This explains why so many talented women are not covered; their work is mainly known through journals that students cannot read. Suggestions for additional non-technical listings are most welcome, however."

"Infopowering the Commonwealth, Virginia Public & School Access Page Welcome Page | Registration - Change Request Form | Program Contacts | Registered Member's Page | Product Access This table provides you with direct access URL's to each database as well as your main menu. At the end of each URL there is a location specific to each of your branches so statistics can be tracked, then rolled up to the library system level. You can begin using these URL's immediately. Click the Link below to access the main menu for Liberty High School - va_s_010_1180 MAIN MENU URL Click the Links below to access databases without going to the main menu Business and Company Resource Center Biography Resource Center Computer Database Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Expanded Academic ASAP General Reference Center Gold Gale Virtual reference Library Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module InfoTrac OneFile Infotrac Junior Edition - K12 Interface InfoTrac Junior Edition - Standard Interface InfoTrac Student Edition InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy LegalTrac Kid's InfoBits Military & Intelligence Database Professional Collection What Do I Read Next? © 2004 Thomson Gale. "

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" Biographies Down arrowAdd a linkUp arrowTop of page Investigating Biographies (word doc) Biography Hash http://www.connected-learning.org/Products/sdelucle2.doc Investigating Biographies (word doc) Biography Hash / Bio Stew This learning experience is part of a learning unit titled, Investigating Biographies. Through book talks by the library teacher, students will learn and discuss what makes a person famous. The students will find and become familiar with the biography section of the library. A culminating activity called "Bio Stew" will help the students internalize the organization of different biographies. The teacher will be wearing a white chefs hat, an apron, and holding a wooden spoon as the students enter the library. There will be many questions asked by the students as they enter the library. Down arrowUp arrow grey line The Bio-Cube http://readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/ The Bio-Cube Down arrowUp arrow grey line Bio-Cube http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=57 Bio-Cube Summarizing information is an important postreading and prewriting activity that helps students synthesize what they have learned. This tool allows students to develop an outline of a person whose biography or autobiography they have just read; it can also be used before students write their own autobiography. Specific prompts ask students to describe a person's significance, background, and personality. The finished printout can be folded into a fun cube shape that can be used for future reference. Down arrowUp arrow grey line Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/ Biographical Dictionary This dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Everyone can edit the biographies here, or even make their own. This leads to a constantly changing, and up to date resource. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and ar

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