OASL Libraries Resources

Artemis Fowl-- numerous book promotions in one place!

How do I love this series by Cressida Cowell? I actually don't mind adding to the growing collection!

Wonderful website celebrating Roald Dahl.

Great article with some interesting author links at the end...

Quite a few amazing ideas shared in this blog!

Nonfiction texts allow children to experience the wonder of the world. Facts come alive when books about animals, people, or objects are read to children. Nonfiction texts build on children's interests and increase vocabulary and background knowledge. When we help our students become proficient readers of nonfiction texts, we help them become successful at school and in the "real world." Research shows that about 85% of what adults read on a daily basis is nonfiction. Teachers have a great responsibility in teaching students to tackle this genre. READ ON to check out resources for teaching nonfiction reading concepts, including posters, links to great Web sites and articles, printables, an exciting new way to make current events interactive, and much more!

This was taken as excerpts from Melissa Dalton's post on Libs-Or: Oregon Poetic Voices (OPV) is a comprehensive digital archive of poetry readings that complements existing print collections of poetry across the state and is funded by the Library Services and Technology Act FFY2010. The state of Oregon possesses an unusually high number of nationally recognized writers, a very high proportion of whom are award-winning and otherwise notable poets. Additionally, there are active communities of emerging poets around the state, and poetry is regularly taught in the English curriculum of most Oregon schools. Until Oregon Poetic Voices began in 2010, there was no publicly accessible archive of recorded poetry by Oregon poets that could be used to maintain a record of poetry in performance, which is a vitally important aspect of interpretation and a valuable teaching tool. The Oregon Poetic Voices archive currently publishes over 200 prominent and emerging Oregon poets, including their biographies and poem texts alongside their recordings, and will soon feature historic performances recorded by KBOO, Fishtrap, and the Mountain Writers Series. There are also resources for educators, including curriculum guides and links to information about teaching poetry. http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/2011-July/010664.html

Recognizing the need for poetry in our lives, the Oregon Poetic Voices Project (OPV) has begun to create a comprehensive digital archive of poetry readings that will complement existing print collections of poetry across the state.

Every year, more than $82,000 is given away through ALSC's professional awards and grants, and scholarships. Awards and grants are listed here; for information about scholarships please click here.

A site that you can use not only to create citations but search by topic the sources others have used in their citations. Social Research.

The five Cs below will empower educators to discover how they and their students can begin building personal learning networks specific to the learner's needs extending relevant learning connections to like-interested people around the globe.

Moxy Fruvous - My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors; this song was played at the OASL Conference Dance Party, we loved it!

STOP. THINK. CONNECT.: Protect Your Personal Information

"Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favorite books (more than 75,000 different titles so far, and more than a million reader recommendations) to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next."

WOW, terrific site with games, online books, appropriate tv shows- one on reference source use (Once upon a rat) and numerous other worth your time activities! From Flying Rhino/Ray Nelson. Even online classes you can join in on- writing, illustrating, etc.

Wonderful article on libraries! GO Nancy Sullivan!

Wonderful blog of poetry resources, ideas...

Organized games on one site.

Great organization of resources for teaching with the whiteboard!