The SLJ Podcast http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/sljPodcasts.xml en-us © 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use Look for the SLJ Podcast on iTunes!You can also subscribe to our podcast via your RSS reader. School Library Journal Look for the SLJ Podcast on iTunes!You can also subscribe to our podcast via your RSS reader. Look for the SLJ Podcast on iTunes!You can also subscribe to our podcast via your RSS reader. Laura Ciporen lciporen@reedbusiness.com no © 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of UseEducation/K-12Kids & Family Tech Chick Tips School Library Journal Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!

]]> Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!

]]> /contents/media/slj_121207techchicktips035.mp3?nid=3381 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Zonbu School Library Journal Jeffrey Hastings, our gearhead, considers the Zonbu, a $99 open-source desktop computer.

]]> Jeffrey Hastings, our gearhead, considers the Zonbu, a $99 open-source desktop computer.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_TestDrive_Zonbu.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Public Web Browser 2.10 School Library Journal SLJ columnist Jeffrey Hastings reviews the search utility Public Web Browser.

]]> SLJ columnist Jeffrey Hastings reviews the search utility Public Web Browser.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_TestDrive_Public_Web_Browser.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST I Heard it from Alice Zucchini: Poems about the Garden by Juanita Havill School Library Journal I Heard it from Alice Zucchini: Poems about the Garden, written by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Christine Davenier (Chronicle Books, 2006).

]]> I Heard it from Alice Zucchini: Poems about the Garden, written by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Christine Davenier (Chronicle Books, 2006).

]]> /contents/media/slj_halloween07_Havill.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST Halloween Poetry podcast series: Bobbi Katz School Library Journal Author Katz reads selected poems from her books, including Once Around the Sun (Harcourt, 2006) and A Rumpus of Rhymes: A Book of Noisy Poems (Dutton, 2001). ]]> Author Katz reads selected poems from her books, including Once Around the Sun (Harcourt, 2006) and A Rumpus of Rhymes: A Book of Noisy Poems (Dutton, 2001). ]]> /contents/media/slj_halloween07_Katz.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST Halloween Poetry podcast series: Readings by Calef Brown, author of Flamingos on the Roof: Poems and Paintings (Houghton, 2006) School Library Journal "Spooky and silly" poems—including some original works never published—read by author Brown.]]> "Spooky and silly" poems—including some original works never published—read by author Brown.]]> /contents/media/slj_halloween07_Calef.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST Halloween poetry series: Creature Carnival by Marilyn Singer School Library Journal Meet a fly (who used to be a guy) and other fantastic animals. It's Part II of Creature Carnival (Hyperion, 2004), a collection of poetry read by the author.

Samples used under Creative Commons license from Freesound: ominous guitar by nicStage and ambient horror by nathanshadow

]]> Meet a fly (who used to be a guy) and other fantastic animals. It's Part II of Creature Carnival (Hyperion, 2004), a collection of poetry read by the author.

Samples used under Creative Commons license from Freesound: ominous guitar by nicStage and ambient horror by nathanshadow

]]> /contents/media/slj_halloween07_Singer2.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST Halloween poetry series: Creature Carnival by Marilyn Singer School Library Journal "Come along, children of all ages. See fabled beasts not found in cages." So begins Creature Carnival (Hyperion, 2004) a collection of poetry about gargoyles, a sphinx, and other fantastic animals. Read by the author.
Samples used under Creative Commons license from Freesound: ominous guitar by nicStage and ambient horror by nathanshadow.

]]> "Come along, children of all ages. See fabled beasts not found in cages." So begins Creature Carnival (Hyperion, 2004) a collection of poetry about gargoyles, a sphinx, and other fantastic animals. Read by the author.
Samples used under Creative Commons license from Freesound: ominous guitar by nicStage and ambient horror by nathanshadow.

]]> /contents/media/slj_halloween07_Singer.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Plustek OpticBook 3600 Book Scanner School Library Journal We love books, but scanning them isn't always easy, especially a big, fat sucker. SLJ's columnist Jeff Hastings test scans using the OpticBook 3600.

]]> We love books, but scanning them isn't always easy, especially a big, fat sucker. SLJ's columnist Jeff Hastings test scans using the OpticBook 3600.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_TestDrive_OpticBook_3600.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST More on Geocaching, from the Tech Chicks School Library Journal The chicks, Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, discuss geocaching, with practical tips on taking your students on a high-tech treasure hunt.]]> The chicks, Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, discuss geocaching, with practical tips on taking your students on a high-tech treasure hunt.]]> /contents/media/SLJ_tctgeocache.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST SIGMS Forum at NECC: Joyce Valenza School Library Journal A manifesto for the 21st century librarian, presented by Joyce Valenza, library information specialist at Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA. Add your two cents to the wiki doc.

]]> A manifesto for the 21st century librarian, presented by Joyce Valenza, library information specialist at Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA. Add your two cents to the wiki doc.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_SIGMSForum_Joyce_Valenza.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Gateway C-120x Convertible Notebook School Library Journal It's a laptop, it's a tablet. SLJ columnist Jeff Hastings test drives the latest convertible from Gateway. 

]]> It's a laptop, it's a tablet. SLJ columnist Jeff Hastings test drives the latest convertible from Gateway. 

]]> /contents/media/slj_GatewayC-120xConvertibleNotebook.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST SIGMS Forum at NECC: David Warlick School Library Journal What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century? Author and blogger David Warlick (http://davidwarlick.com/2cents) describes the new literacy, and the role of school "information centers."

Recorded at the media specialist forum at NECC, June 26, 2007. Photo by Julie Lindsay

]]> What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century? Author and blogger David Warlick (http://davidwarlick.com/2cents) describes the new literacy, and the role of school "information centers."

Recorded at the media specialist forum at NECC, June 26, 2007. Photo by Julie Lindsay

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_SIGMSForum_DavidWarlick.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST SIGMS Forum at NECC: Alice Yucht School Library Journal /contents/media/SLJ_SIGMSForum_AliceYucht.mp3?nid=3381 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST SIGMS Forum at NECC: Lisa Perez School Library Journal

Media specialists and friends played to a packed house at NECC this year in Atlanta. At a June 26 forum, panelists discussed the changing landscape of 21st-century media centers. Lisa Perez, area library coordinator, Chicago Public Schools, urged her peers to jump into Second Life.

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Media specialists and friends played to a packed house at NECC this year in Atlanta. At a June 26 forum, panelists discussed the changing landscape of 21st-century media centers. Lisa Perez, area library coordinator, Chicago Public Schools, urged her peers to jump into Second Life.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_SIGMS_ForumAtNECC2007.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Edubuntu School Library Journal SLJ's columnist Jeff Hastings on the open-source software suite.

]]> SLJ's columnist Jeff Hastings on the open-source software suite.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_Test_Drive_edubuntu.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST Site of the Month: Photojojo School Library Journal SLJ tech editor Kathy Ishizuka, who's found some DIY inspiration online. [Read Photojojo in the June 2007 issue.]]]> SLJ tech editor Kathy Ishizuka, who's found some DIY inspiration online. [Read Photojojo in the June 2007 issue.]]]> /contents/media/SLJ_Site_of_the_Month_Photojojo.mp3?nid=3381 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST Test Drive: Yahoo! Pipes School Library Journal
Jeff Hastings, SLJ's Test Drive columnist, takes the feed aggregator and manipulator out for a spin.

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Jeff Hastings, SLJ's Test Drive columnist, takes the feed aggregator and manipulator out for a spin.

]]> /contents/media/SLJ_TestDrive_YahooPipes.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Arithme-Tickle by J. Patrick Lewis School Library Journal Addition and subtraction have never been so fun, with these rhymed math problems read by the author from Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes (Harcourt, 2002), illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> Addition and subtraction have never been so fun, with these rhymed math problems read by the author from Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes (Harcourt, 2002), illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Arithme-Tickle.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Science Verse, Part II School Library Journal Author Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith continue their humorous exploration of the poetry of science. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> Author Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith continue their humorous exploration of the poetry of science. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Science_Verse2.mp3?nid=3381 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Jon Scieszka, with Lane Smith, reads from Science Verse, Part I School Library Journal A science classroom is the setting for this batch of whimsy from the duo that brought us Math Curse. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> A science classroom is the setting for this batch of whimsy from the duo that brought us Math Curse. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Science_Verse.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Selections from Song of the Waterboatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman School Library Journal Author Sidman reads from her Caldecott Honor book, which combines poetry and science facts around pond life. Illustrator: Beckie Prange. (Houghton, 2005) [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> Author Sidman reads from her Caldecott Honor book, which combines poetry and science facts around pond life. Illustrator: Beckie Prange. (Houghton, 2005) [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Song_of_the_Waterboatman.mp3?nid=3381 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Selected poems from Yellow Elephant by Julie Larios School Library Journal From "three gold notes that float" (The Goldfinch) to "a pink yawn at dawn" (Pink Kitty), author Larios tickles the senses with poems from Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary (Harcourt, 2006), illustrated by Julie Paschkis. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> From "three gold notes that float" (The Goldfinch) to "a pink yawn at dawn" (Pink Kitty), author Larios tickles the senses with poems from Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary (Harcourt, 2006), illustrated by Julie Paschkis. [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Yellow_Elephant.mp3?nid=3381 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Charles R. Smith Jr. reads from Hoop Queens School Library Journal The power and grace of basketball star Sheryl Swoopes in a work by Charles R. Smith Jr. (Candlewick, 2003). [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> The power and grace of basketball star Sheryl Swoopes in a work by Charles R. Smith Jr. (Candlewick, 2003). [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Hoop_Queens.mp3?nid=3381 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST Poetry Podcast Series: Selections from Zoo's Who by Douglas Florian School Library Journal From the puffin and the sloth to ladybugs, it's a menagerie of verse, read here by Douglas Florian from his book Zoo's Who (Harcourt, 2005) [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> From the puffin and the sloth to ladybugs, it's a menagerie of verse, read here by Douglas Florian from his book Zoo's Who (Harcourt, 2005) [Read What Rhymes With Math?]

]]> /contents/media/slj_poems_from_Zoos_Who.mp3?nid=3381 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST School Library JournalnonadultLook for the SLJ Podcast on iTunes!You can also subscribe to our podcast via your RSS reader.