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"MashPlant Studio is a 21st century education tool that promotes creativity and collaboration in your classroom and at home." Read more here http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2013/03/introducing-mashplant.html  "Teachers create one or more studios - small, private social networks - and invite their students to join via assignments on the teacher's blog. Teachers maintain a degree of control to keep order if necessary."

Edudemic blog list of worthy reads

great blog for students to share information and practice questions for reading olympics

Fascinating blog post on the future of libraries, drawing from works by Salman Rushdie and Jorge Luis Borges. This is a quick but satisfying read.

Judi Jagger, the current Western Australian Children's Book Council judge, has developed her own blog. It is a must read for anyone interested in children's and YA literature.

"Almost every adult who cares for young children knows that sharing books with them is an important way to promote their reading skills. But research shows that subtle features of the way adults act during story-time make a big difference in children's literacy-and that most grownups aren't using these simple but effective techniques."

A new study from the Pew Research Center on young Americans' library habits defies the conventional narrative of today's youth as a generation who have abandoned print. Despite being heavy Internet users, the press release states that "Americans under age 30 are strong supporters of traditional library services," including in-person assistance and-yes-books.

Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/students-prefer-print-but-not-books-for-serious-academic-reading/44871

This article is part of a series from the International Reading Association Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group (TILE-SIG).

great reading campaign idea!

St Michael's Grammar School teacher librarian Sally Bray developed a very good fiction blog and has kindly agreed to share her blogging journey with readers of Bright Ideas.

"Share your main library websites: elementary, middle school and high school examples and please also share specific examples of effective practice in the following areas: * Reports * Book and Reading Promotion * Digital Storytelling * Inquiry/Information Fluency Instruction * Digital Citizenship * Pathfinders * Presentations/Speeches/Online Instruction Please also add your names to our lists of SchoolLibraryBloggers and SchoolLibraryTweeters and consider linking us to your best presentations "