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anonymous

Reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves wellbeing, research from The Reading A... - 4 views

readingagency.org.uk/...-the-reading-agency-finds.html

literacy Research Reading and empowerment

shared by anonymous on 17 Aug 15 - Cached
  • reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and the risk of dementia, and improve wellbeing throughout life
  • strong evidence to show that reading for pleasure plays a vital role in improving educational outcomes
  • in the UK, reading levels are low among people of all ages: most children do not read on a daily basis and almost a third of adults don't read for pleasure
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  • reading for pleasure and empowerment
  • better parent-child communication
  • reduction of depression and dementia symptoms among adults.
  • people who choose to read, and enjoy doing so, in their spare time are more likely to reap all of these benefits
  • When I write a story I hope to beguile, to enchant, to bewitch, to perform an act of magic on and with my readers' imaginations.
  • The true aim of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it'."
  • everything changes when we read
  • reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on life outcomes
  • children who read for pleasure are happier, healthier and do better in life than those who don't
  • Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15
     
    Research in UK into benefits of reading for pleasure
anonymous

School Library Monthly - Curation - 8 views

www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/...Valenza2012-v29n1p20.html

content curation joyce valenza professional reading

shared by anonymous on 30 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Librarians are uniquely qualified to curate. School librarians are perhaps most ripe for this function, because they understand the curriculum and the specific needs and interests of their own communities of teachers, administrators, learners, and parents.
  • We school librarians are used to critically evaluating, selecting, and sharing content and tools for learning. We are used to taming information flow to facilitate discovery and knowledge building.
  • Educators will also value help in gathering the tools they need for daily classroom activities. School librarians can gather lesson and rubric portals, nonfiction and documentary films, booktrailers, tools for regular classroom routines—online stop watches, classroom clipart, poster tools, game and quiz generators, etc.
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  • Unlike other Web curators, librarians are not simple one-interest enthusiasts.
  • As school librarians we can think of digital collection curation as the selection and assembly of a focused group of resources into a Web-based presentation that meets an identified purpose or need and has meaning and context for a targeted audience.
  • School librarians might also curate for parents by gathering resources to support learning at home, explanations of new technologies, and instruction in transliteracy.
  • These learning artifacts can function as lasting tools for instruction as well as models for future learners.
  • Curation tools present an exciting new genre of search tool. Searchers can now exploit the curated efforts or the bibliographies of experts and others who take the lead in a particular subject area—those who volunteer to scan the real-time environment as scouts. They also present the opportunity to guide learners in new evaluation strategies. Who is the curator? Which curators can you trust? Is a curator attached to a team, publication, institution, organization? How can the quality of their insights, selections, sources, and feeds be judged? Do their efforts have many followers? Is their curation active and current?
  • anonymous on 23 Aug 15
     
    Content curation, subject based, collaboration, research tool,
  • anonymous on 24 Aug 15
     
    Trying to figure out why the shared date is wrong
Carole Gardiner

Twenty Rules for Better Book Displays | NoveList | EBSCOhost - 2 views

www.ebscohost.com/...rules-for-better-book-displays

Book displays

shared by Carole Gardiner on 18 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Carole Gardiner on 18 Mar 13
     
    Guidelines for displays in public libraries, but work well for school libraries too.
claref

Free Technology for Teachers: Create Motivational Images With AutoMotivator - 3 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...-motivational-images-with.html

technology posters tools

shared by claref on 05 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • claref on 05 Jun 13
     
    A fun tool for creating posters for your library
Kimberley Atkinson

The Best Graphic Novels for Reluctant Readers | Scholastic.com - 1 views

www.scholastic.com/...aphic-novels-reluctant-readers

shared by Kimberley Atkinson on 02 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Kimberley Atkinson on 02 Sep 13
     
    I am always looking for new graphic novel ideas for my students - apart from Capstone Press, I know little other US graphic novels, so his is great to extend my knowledge and collection.
Bridget Schaumann

http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/learnin... - 4 views

www.ala.org/...SL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf

AASL standards 21stcenturylearning information literacy 21stcenturyskills

shared by Bridget Schaumann on 15 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Bridget Schaumann on 15 Oct 15
     
    standards for the 21st century learner published by the American Association of School Libraries. Full of useful information, questions you can use to check your progress in providing useful skills for future learners in your school.  
lindajeffares

100 Māori words every New Zealander should know | NZHistory, New Zealand hist... - 4 views

www.nzhistory.net.nz/...100-maori-words

maori language nz history words te-reo new-zealand library display

shared by lindajeffares on 04 Sep 13 - Cached
  • lindajeffares on 04 Sep 13
     
    I used this for a display for Maori Language Week this year and shared it with our Te Reo Māori team
Alison Hewett

Collection Weeding as Dendrochronology: Rethinking Practices and Exposing a Library's S... - 2 views

theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/...-librarys-sponsors-of-literacy

ebooks Weeding library collection development fiction

shared by Alison Hewett on 18 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • aggressive weeding project for our entire collection.   This initiative was driven by two factors:
  • having a vibrant collection with titles of interest to teens is even more important.
  • I think there are just as many instances where weeding can reveal some of the larger and powerful influences that might hinder a librarian’s effort to continually craft a relevant and meaningful collection
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  • We printed sections of the bigger report we generated with the weeding metrics we incorporated and had our student aids highlight all books that had not circulated in three years in that section and then pull the titles out to the edge of the shelf so we could more quickly identify candidates for weeding.
  • As we Tweeted some of our weeding insights (we noticed that our teens did not seem to read many of the Printz winners), we involved thinking from our peers outside of our building and engaged in some truly thoughtful conversations and debates with other school and young adult librarians about the purposes and values of award winners and how to contextualize the purpose of those awards in purchasing decisions.
  •   We knew that every book had a “story” in how it came to be in the fiction collection, and it was important for us to weigh each book’s merits together—at times, we felt very uncomfortable about this as we questioned what “power” we might be wielding and if there were more democratic or more participatory ways to do so
  • doing a wholesale weeding where you feel there is administrative level support to be aggressive with the weeding is a very different experience from weeding sections for the purpose of maintenance and updating.
  • Our intent was not to devalue the importance of a print collection, but instead, we wanted to rethink how we approach collection development to better meet the needs of our students and faculty and to better support the library as a learning studio.  We also felt that getting “knee deep” into the collection would allow us to see patterns of usage that sometimes aren’t readily visible with traditional reports
  • I thought I knew how to weed. I was wrong. I’ve weeded this very collection several times, but this time was different. I guess I just never realized how powerful this process can be and how beneficial it is to intimately know your collection.
  • Carving out time to do this sort of work ultimately helps us contextualize the work of our other roles in our schools and the ways a library might function as a hub of learning.
  •  The rise and availability of digital content on a particular topic through web resources, databases, and eBook acquisition also are factors in the use (or lack thereof) of nonfiction print materials.  
  • We also were able to identify pockets of this part of the collection that needed updating and began a new book order to address these needs; in some instances, we decided to weed the print copy of the book and replace it with the eBook format in our Gale Virtual Reference Library.
  • Alison Hewett on 18 Mar 14
     
    A lengthy article and at first glance it seems heavy, but it has inspired me to relook at how I will approach weeding in the future as part of a shift to an emphasis on digital resources and bundled resources.
elmneal

cooltoolsforschools - Research Tools - 3 views

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Research+Tools

web2.0 websites teaching tools inquiry wix

shared by elmneal on 12 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • elmneal on 12 Nov 13
     
    Using the free website builder WIX lots of web 2.0 tools for teachers and guides for working on the web. Includes creative commons and digital citizenship, as well as history sites, world religions, mapping tools, etc.
  • elmneal on 12 Nov 13
     
    You may be interested in the attached drawing together of web 2.0 tools -- all websites created using the free website builder WIX. Sorry if already been mentioned before. It does need some navigating around but I have found some real treasures here.
anonymous

FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers - Funbrain.com - 6 views

www.funbrain.com

online games

shared by anonymous on 19 Aug 15 - Cached
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 15
     
    Fun games for young ones
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 15
     
    Fun games for young ones
Miriam Tuohy

http://darmano.typepad.com/for_blog/rettiggoel.uxWeek.8.25.05.pdf - 3 views

darmano.typepad.com/...rettiggoel.uxWeek.8.25.05.pdf

design library

shared by Miriam Tuohy on 04 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Miriam Tuohy on 04 Jun 14
     
    Designing for experience - has examples of the Carnegie Pittsburgh library experience redesign. Thinking points for library service.
Bridget Schaumann

Fathers can make a difference in getting sons to read - 6 views

theconversation.com/-in-getting-sons-to-read-35260

Reading fathers

shared by Bridget Schaumann on 17 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Bridget Schaumann on 17 Feb 15
     
    From the Australian Listserv this is possibly useful for those who are looking for ways to connect with their wider reading community
Miriam Tuohy

Best Websites for Teaching & Learning 2013 | American Association of School Librarians ... - 5 views

www.ala.org/...2013

teaching tools internet socialmedia digital storytelling

shared by Miriam Tuohy on 01 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Carole Gardiner on 09 Jul 13
     
    There is an awful lot of really excellent stuff here! Thanks for sharing. This would be an excellent list to explore for some self-driven PD.
  • Kay Greed on 26 Jul 13
     
    Spent some time in the holidays looking at this,it was really useful.
Miriam Tuohy

Spicing Up Student Learning With History and STEM Podcasts - 5 views

www.edudemic.com/learning-history-stem-podcasts

stem podcasts history

shared by Miriam Tuohy on 17 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Miriam Tuohy on 17 Aug 15
     
    Here are some greatest podcasts for classroom and at-home learning of History and STEM. All podcasts listed are best in a high school or higher ed setting.
  • Miriam Tuohy on 04 Sep 15
     
    Here are some greatest podcasts for classroom and at-home learning of History and STEM. All podcasts listed are best in a high school or higher ed setting.
Anne-Marie Povall

Free Technology for Teachers: Inspire Students to Read and Travel With The Global Books... - 1 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...udents-to-read-and-travel.html

books travel children bookshelf

shared by Anne-Marie Povall on 06 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Inspire Students to Read and Travel With The Global Bookshelf The Global Bookshelf is a book search and recommendation engine that was started by my friend Gillian Duffy. The purpose of The Global Bookshelf is to help people find travel stories. The books you'll find aren't travel guides, they're travel stories that could inspire you to visit a new place and experience a new culture. You can browse The Global Bookshelf by region, genre, and book format (Kindle, PDF, physical book). Applications for Education Gillian is very keen to have others add their book reviews to The Global Bookshelf. If you have high school students who have read some travel narratives, consider having them write a review to share on The Global Bookshelf. This is a great way to provide an authentic audience for your students' work.
  • Anne-Marie Povall on 06 Sep 13
     
    I hope this will go to the correct discussion :)
Miriam Tuohy

graphite | Ingredients for effective teaching - 0 views

www.graphite.org

apps recommendations

shared by Miriam Tuohy on 01 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Miriam Tuohy on 20 Aug 13
     
    Common Sense Media - new site reviewing and rating apps, games, websites etc for educators.
Steph Ellis

Digital Citizenship - WikiEducator - 8 views

wikieducator.org/Digital_Citizenship

digital citizenship

shared by Steph Ellis on 25 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Steph Ellis on 25 Feb 14
     
    developed for NZ students
  • Chris Taylor on 25 Feb 14
     
    Thanks for that Steph. Had a quick glance and it looks useful.
denyse1952

Search results for "Mortal instruments" (showing 1-20 of 88 books) - 1 views

www.goodreads.com/search

books

shared by denyse1952 on 05 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • denyse1952 on 05 Jun 14
     
    Do any Primary School Librarians on this course have any of these Mortal Instruments books please? I had a boy tell me last week at school that they had watched a DVD of one of these. Are they suitable for Primary Schools?
Jenny Whiting

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets - Docs editors Help - 8 views

support.google.com/...181110

shared by Jenny Whiting on 21 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Jenny Whiting on 21 Oct 14
     
    Great tips here on Keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets.
Marianne Dobie

Find Images for Blogs & Social Media with Embed | Getty Images - 2 views

www.gettyimages.co.nz/...embed

images

shared by Marianne Dobie on 17 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Marianne Dobie on 17 Mar 14
     
    A tool for embedding images - permission granted
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