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This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie.

a small but growing collection of digital book talks - trailers of popular and classic young adult novels.

This is a really good site that I found while reading "When Kids Can't read" by Kylene Beers. It has good author biographies as well as books for teens, obviously. Click on the 'links' tab and there are some other really neat things. the address is really authors4teens.com, the books4teens goes to a different page. Sorry.

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a conservative organization dedicated to upholding and reaffirming marriage and family life, has called for a boycott of Scholastic following the company's decision to include Lauren Myracle's controversial Luv Ya Bunches (Abrams/Amulet, 2009) in its spring 2010 middle school book fairs.

How is it possible to count a complicated pattern of strawberry seeds or grapes on a vine or camel humps--in a blink of an eye? If children can open their minds to new ways of perceiving math, anything is possible! Greg Tang shows readers creative ways to use patterns and combinations of numbers to solve math puzzles quickly and effectively.

Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants -- can you make 1 good outfit? Don't worry -- it's just the Math Curse striking! An amusing book about dealing with numbers in everyday life.

the document that will be updated and used to develop cataloging standards for Saskatchewan and Manitoba - Fall 2010

this is a great collection of links to book sites - well worth exploring as is the 'teacher clicks' tab

this is the best overview of social bookmarking that I have yet seen - comprehensive but readable. Meant for students it could easily be used with teachers and would make an excellent professional development experience. It provides a well defined way in which researchers can effectively use social bookmarking and annotation by taking on specific roles.

do we always have to have a laptop or a computer - maybe there are times when mobile devices work just as well

very cool recaps of the usual novels covered in the high school ELA curriculum - could be very useful for motivating students.

Let's face it: the library, as a place, is dead," said Suzanne E. Thorin, dean of libraries at Syracuse University. "Kaput. Finito.

this is the web page for Jackie French, author of Diary of a Wombat and How to Scratch a Wombat (among others). We started reading some books by her for our grade 4 language arts, and she is a definite class favorite!

Link to the GBI library through the U of R.

Official website

Interesting

Here you will find original and classic children's audio stories. Every other week, The Story Home will offer a brand new story read to you by a very special storyteller named Alan, for FREE!