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| TechTrends |
The Global High-Tech Melting Pot
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Teachers worldwide need the best information and communication tech training available so that students—and their countries—have a bright future.
So says a new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), released Jan. 8, to help provide uniform guidelines for educators and the institutions that support them. read more... |
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 BOOKS
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum by Robert Andrew Parker
From SLJ February 2008
 K-Gr 4–Breathing life into words about music for young children is never easy, but Parker makes it appear effortless. Perhaps this is due, in part, to his own understandings as a jazz musician. read more... |
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The Weight of the World: Facing Obesity
Gr 9 Up–This eye-opening production presents an interdisciplinary, in-depth view of an important topic—obesity and its health implications. Billed as the world’s first man-made epidemic, the turn of this millennium marks the first time that more people are dying from overeating than from malnutrition. read more... |
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Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
Gr 7 Up–Mena, a high-school freshman, is harassed by her former church friends when she reports their mistreatment of a supposedly gay classmate. Her parents are punished for speaking out, too. read more... |
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| News And Views |
| MySpace, Attorneys General Tighten Internet Safety |
MySpace and the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia have agreed to a set of best practices for social networking site design, as well as tools for educators and parents to help prevent online predators from targeting kids.
The safeguards are a result of nearly two years of work and are expected to set the standard for other online social networking sites. read more... |
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| PBS Unveils Kids Play! Educational Web Site for Tots |
If you think your tots would enjoy a lesson from Curious George or the Berenstain Bears, check out Kids Play!, a new subscription-based educational site from PBS.
The online neighborhood offers a comprehensive early childhood curriculum to kids between the ages of three and six. But unlike other sites, kids learn with the help of their favorite characters like Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, and others from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. read more... |
| Fresh Approaches: New Editions & Reissues |
Reads for Teens
Blue Is for Nightmares
Flux, Llewellyn’s young adult fiction imprint, has repackaged Laurie Faria Stolarz’s Blue Is for Nightmares (2003). Stacey Brown, a hereditary witch but otherwise normal teenager, has prophetic dreams about her best friend being murdered by a psycho killer. Although everyone at her boarding school is a suspect, Stacey, with the help of the folk magic she has learned from her grandmother, is determined to find the would-be murderer before her nightmares come true. The book, which has sold more than 100,000 copies and is the first in a series, was cited by ALA’s Young Adult Library Services Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers in 2005 and as a Popular Paperback for Young Adults in 2007. read more... |
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Library Services Supervisor - Adult/Young Adult
City of Durango
Durango, CO
City of Durango Public Library seeks a dynamic MLS librarian with both adult and young adult experience for the position of LIBRARY SERVICES SUPERVISOR - ADULT/YOUNG ADULT.
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To see all positions available through the SLJ Career Center, click here...
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