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MA School Library Transforms into New Learning Commons By Debra Lau Whelan - 12/10/2008
Before there was the enormous LCD TV, coffeehouse, and scattered comfy couches, the library at Chelmsford High School in Massachusetts was a run down mess. The bright yellow paint was peeling. The furniture was outdated. The carpet was frayed—and everyone kept tripping over the duct tape that helped to keep it down. More
Doodle for Google Contest Lauren Barack - 02/08/2010
Google invites K–12 public and private students to pick up a pen, pencil, paintbrush, or mouse between now and March 31, 2010, to create an illustration that best expresses this year's Doodle 4 Google theme: “If I Could Do Anything I Would…”
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Web 2.0 in Hardcover: A recommended reading list on 2.0 and education By Steve Hargadon - 02/01/2010
I love books, especially the actual physical ones. I madly scribble notes in the margins, and stuff them with related articles as if they were file folders. I can think of no better afternoon than one spent indulging in the discovery of ideas within a library or bookstore. Here are some titles that I think significantly inform the conversation about Web 2.
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Fight Content Filters By Lauren Barack - 02/01/2010
Buffy Hamilton thinks one shouldn’t take online content filters lying down, but instead build a well-supported case to get them removed. “I think out of an effort to be proactive, keep children safe, and avoid litigation, schools may err on the safe side,” says Hamilton, school librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, GA.
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SLJ Reviews the HP ProBook 5310m Notebook PC By Jeffrey Hastings - 02/01/2010
You know that sexy, savoir-faire feeling you get when you put on your favorite dress or finest suit? Yeah, me neither. Still, I imagine it’s probably something like the sensation of specialness I get every time I crack open this slender and stylish notebook. It makes me feel elegant by association.
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People Who Need People: How 11 intrepid users get the most out of social media By Kathy Ishizuka - 02/01/2010
Barbra Streisand had it right. We do need one another, as much online as off. At its heart, social media has less to do with technology or a particular application than forging connections with others. How one creates those connections is the question we posed to some insightful social media users.
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The Buzz: Tools, trends, and gizmos Kathy Ishizuka - 02/01/2010
A Whiteboard on any Surface Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) inspire passionate opinions among educators. Now, a product launched by Epson offers a new wrinkle. The Brightlink 450Wi Ultra-Short Throw Projector turns almost any surface into an IWB. Offering a larger, more flexible working area than dedicated IWBs at a cheaper price, the Brightlink delivers WXGA (wide-screen) resolution, and is US...
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The Best of CES: Ereaders and More Jeffrey Hastings - 01/22/2010
As undeniably cool as they are, I’d be willing to bet that neither the laser-guided robotic vacuum cleaner nor the iPhone-controlled toy helicopter—which debuted at CES last month—will have a significant impact on our profession. On the other hand, out of all the glitzy gadgetry that was the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, a couple of potentially game-changing trends did emerge that we educators should keep our eyes on.
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2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99.
Gr 1-5–A veteran of Noggin Channel and PBS Kids, Frezza created these eight exceptional rock ‘n roll songs for elementary grade children who are too old for Raffi, but not old enough for adult pop music.
Friends and colleagues of the late Effie Lee Morris may enjoy this photo of the children's librarian, which Nicholas Glass, founder and executive director of Teachingbooks.net, recently found on his computer. It was taken at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and features (from left) Ashley Bryan, Christopher Myers, and Morris, also an advocate for children's literature and library service to youngsters with impaired vision, who died of cancer on November 10, 2009.
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Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99. 
