YALSA needs teen opinions. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is taking a survey about technology throughout the month of March, so send your middle and high school students on over to the Teen Technology Survey. It’s fast and fun.
‘One Laptop’ Seeks New Leadership Fueled by its breakup with Intel and other hitches impacting its primary goal to supply $100 laptops to children in underdeveloped nations, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is undergoing a restructuring of sorts.
For starters, the three-year-old nonprofit is searching for a new CEO—but that doesn’t mean that founder Nicholas Negroponte is jumping ship. “Nicholas will still be in charge, but we find there is a need for another managerial role,” wrote David Cavallo, chief learning architect for OLPC, by email. read more...
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BOOKS The Ultimate Teen Book Guide by edited by Daniel Hahn & Leonie Flynn
From SLJ March 2008 Gr 7 Up–This attractive volume includes reviews of more than 700 fiction titles, nonfiction, classics, and graphic novels that will be of interest to young adults. The reviewers/contributors are popular authors, librarians, and teens themselves.
VIDEO/DVD Good Conversation! A Talk with Russell Freedman Gr 5 Up–Tim Podell interviews the Newbery-winning nonfiction author, Russell Freedman, in Riverside Park near his home in New York City.
AUDIO A Crooked Kind of Perfect Gr 4-6–Zoe wants to play the piano more than anything in the world and, if given a chance, believes she can be a prodigy.
When it comes to mathematics, American students don’t come close to the level of achievement reached by their peers around the world, says a report by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, which was presented last week to Education Secretary Margaret Spellings.
“American students have not been succeeding in the mathematical part of their education at anything like a level expected of an international leader,” says the panel, commissioned by President Bush two years ago, adding it was “particularly disturbing” that kids here consistently performed at a “mediocre level” compared to other kids worldwide. read more...
South Dakota has joined the ranks of those who pay students cash incentives. But this particular program requires teens to pass advanced placement exams in science, math, and English—and they must take the class online in the state's virtual high school.
With the help of a $2 million National Math and Science Initiative grant supported by ExxonMobil, the state has embarked on a pilot program that could become a standard for improving math and science education in rural and sparsely populated states across the nation, says Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard. read more...
Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins
An Island Adventure Nim’s Island (PG), a feature film from Walden Media directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, will be released in theaters on April 4, 2008. Based on the novel of the same title by Wendy Orr (Knopf, 1999), the movie introduces Nim (Abigail Breslin), an imaginative girl who lives on an otherwise uninhabited tropical island with her scientist father (Gerard Butler) and several animal friends, including a sea lion named Selkie. Nim loves to read—particularly about the exploits of famous adventure hero Alex Rover (also Gerard Butler)—and imaginary friends from favorite books keep her company. read more...
We are currently seeking a proactive, creative and service-oriented, upper level librarian. The librarian will primarily manage the collection development of adult materials. Other duties include reader's advisory programming, public service desk, and community outreach. read more...
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Gr 7 Up–This attractive volume includes reviews of more than 700 fiction titles, nonfiction, classics, and graphic novels that will be of interest to young adults. The reviewers/contributors are popular authors, librarians, and teens themselves.
