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  • Social Networking Guru danah boyd
    By Debra Lau Whelan - 03/25/2009
    When danah boyd talks, people listen. The academic, blogger, and rock star of social networking research has just completed her PhD dissertation, “Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics." SLJ caught up with her to talk about the way American teens socialize on sites like MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Xanga, and YouTube.  More

  • Test Drive: SLJ reviews the Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p Desktop PC
    By Jeffrey Hastings - 07/01/2009
    Wow, I can’t believe I’m kicking it old school and actually reviewing a desktop PC. It seems like years since I’ve looked at any computing device that wasn’t a mini-netbook or some eco-friendly, Webcentric, Linux-based thingy. So what’s been going on with desktop computing while my eyes have been off the ball? Apparently, the same evolutionary forces that have spaw... More
  • Gaming for Change: G4C Fest Puts Serious Games to the Test
    By Lauren Barack - 07/01/2009
    Gamers took the next step at the recent Games for Change Festival, examining not just how digital games can illuminate social issues—but how to measure if they’re working. “A foundation might want to evaluate how it’s spending its money on these games,” says Alex Quinn, executive director of the nonprofit Games for Change (www. More
  • Awful Library Books: Our Site of the Month
    By Kathy Ishizuka - 07/01/2009
    www.awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com No site has made the cut here at SOTM based on sheer wretchedness. Until now. Awful Library Books, a self-described glimpse of the “dark underbelly of collection,” features the worst titles found on library shelves. Submissions by the blog’s readers remain anonymous and offending institutions aren’t identified either, and for good reason. More
  • Summer Fun: Web Resources
    By Gail Junion-Metz - 07/01/2009
    Exploratorium Sport Science www.exploratorium.edu/sport/index.html Here kids learn not only about baseball, cycling, surfing, and the like, but also the fascinating science behind each sport, from how bicycle gears work to how the angle of a baseball bat can determine a foul ball or a home run. Created by: The Exploratorium Museum, San Francisco, CA. More
  • YALSA Offers Opportunities for Virtual Participation
    By Lauren Barack - 07/01/2009
    Facing drastically reduced budgets, teen librarians explored options for attending conferences in person during a recent online chat sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). “Obviously, YALSA can’t solve the economy problem,” says Sarah Debraski (above), the organization’s president, who hosted the June conversation with members. More
  • Control Your Content with APIs
    By Christopher Harris - 07/01/2009
    Step right up for a behind-the-scenes, all-access tour of the Internet. Today we’re headed down to the basement to peer at some of the plumbing that makes the behemoth possible. In a physical incarnation, this would resemble a massive tangle of pipes leading not just from your computer to the Web, but between sites as well. More
  • The Buzz: Tools, Trends, and Gizmos
    07/01/2009
    Bringing Up the Rear at BEA BEA (BookExpo America) has come and gone, but there are still goodies to be had. A hint of things to come in publishing, namely digital delivery of content, HarperCollins offered downloadable ARCs (advance reading copies), including nine kids’ books on cards containing a pin number. More
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Folktales from Around the World: The Bear Prince

Folktales from Around the World: The Bear Prince. DVD. 11:56 min. with tchr’s. guide. Prod. by Colman Communications. Dist. by 100% Educational Media (schoolvideos.com). 2008. $39.95.

K-Gr 4–While this animated Mexican fairy tale will be new to most viewers, the story contains familiar elements from such popular tales as “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Puss in Boots.”


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