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Carla Shinn

Small Demons: Welcome to the Storyverse - 31 views

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    This article gives an in-depth description of Small Demons, "a web-based literary database that visually indexes, annotates, and connects the people, places, and things in books we read and love to the world beyond their pages." Beyond that are many great ideas for how schools and libraries can use this site with the world of young adult literature.
Carla Shinn

12 Ways to Learn About Traveling Using Children's Books - 7 views

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    "Children's books are an excellent means of 'travel'. With some good writing and an active imagination, you can go quite a lot of places without getting up off the couch. But did you know that many of the fabulous children's books out there were inspired by and written about real places? From Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter, authors have been drawing their inspiration from real life for a long time."
Nancy Prentice

BFTP: So just what SHOULD librarians be teaching? - Home - Doug Johnson's Blu... - 0 views

  • reading bubble will be larger in schools with a large percentage of students who are not testing at grade leve
  • library media programs have intrinsic reading motivation and free volunteer reading as their core contributions to a school's reading program
  • providing and promoting high interest materials at a variety of reading levels that meet a variety of developmental needs, we will create kids who not only can read by want to read.
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  • in schools where there is no separate "technology integration specialist" available to students and teachers. This is also more prevelant at the secondary level.
  • An increasing number of schools seem to be emphasising technology as a focus
  • teach the educational application of technology tools, not just the applications themselves
  • our programs acknowledge our roles as reading and tech teachers, but we empahsis the application of these skills in an IL model that helps solve real problems and answer genuine questions.
  • the larger the information literacy bubble, the more opportunity library media specialists and teacher will have to address these areas both formally and informally
  • The best library program is the one that best supports the needs and goals of its school. It doesn't get much simpler than that. 
Carla Shinn

Lit2Go - 44 views

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    Free online collection of stories and poems in MP3 format.
Carla Shinn

LibraryReads - 22 views

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    Coming Fall 2013: A Nationwide Library Staff Picks List The top ten books published this month that librarians across the US love.
Carla Shinn

John Green Interview: 'Fault In Our Stars' Author Talks Worst Book Ever, Where He Likes... - 15 views

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    Don't miss 9 Books You Should Have Read in High School, too.
Cathy Oxley

Planning for the Reading Conference - 6 views

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    Reading conferences and how to structure them.
Cathy Oxley

Recovering the Classics - 13 views

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    New classic book covers
Erica Trowbridge

StorytellingResources - 0 views

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    Digital Storytelling online resources...a list of websites and ideas to get you started.
Erica Trowbridge

School Library Websites: Examples of Effective Practice - 0 views

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    Lots of ideas and musts for the school library environments not limited to the website alone.
Lillian White

Great Scavenger Hunt Contest | Kay Cassidy | Diigo - 0 views

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    Good ideas to get kids reading
Erica Trowbridge

Librarians on the Fly - 0 views

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    110,000 books, 500 teachers, 20 schools, 11 libraries, and only 2 librarians... Try as we might, we can't be everywhere. Want to connect more kids with books through technology? Want to incorporate 21st century tools into your lessons? Need to advocate for your library? Follow our blog and we will teach you on the fly...
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