The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson)

1. Love this book title… 2. 21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Teacher http://ow.ly/3gplh 3. What do you want to tell your future self? More than 1,281,000 letters written to the future http://www.futureme.org/ 4. Document Cameras page: http://bit.ly/gOjIK1 5. Wikijunior – Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks for ages 0-12 http://bit.ly/hkhTQM 6. Dr. Tae — Building [...]

What Librarians Make

1. Joyce Valenza http://bit.ly/gC8Qci What librarians make… 2. Wolfram Alpha http://bit.ly/hkVwsE 3. Windowfarming http://www.windowfarms.org/ hydroponics 4. 2010 prezi on Horizon Report http://bit.ly/eEsE2d 5. Best E-Reader May Be No E-Reader at All Read more: http://bit.ly/dMAnwG 6. HOW TO: Use Social Media to Enhance Your Event http://on.mash.to/dHJubW 7. Easy http://writecomics.com/ and tutorial http://lifefeast.blogspot.com/2010/11/comic-strips-with-writecomicscom.html 8. Ask Me a [...]

“… to end where I begun” Hamlet

1. Backward Design and Shakespeare http://www.huffenglish.com/?p=1590&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+huffenglish+%28huffenglish.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader and http://www.slideshare.net/danahuff/to-end-where-i-begun-backward-design-and-shakespeare 2. Books – What to read next http://news.bookweb.org/news/winter-20102011-kids-indie-next-list and http://www.caroljago.com/Export64.htm and Year’s Best Teen Reads http://www.npr.org/2010/11/19/131442476/oh-to-be-young-the-year-s-best-teen-reads?sc=tw&cc=share 2010 National Book Awards: http://wp.me/ptc4K-fI and New York Times 100 notable books of 2010 http://nyti.ms/dHfTSG 3. Witch books http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/740903-sarah?shelf=witch-books&sort=author 4. Creative Story writing course http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/creative.html 5. Seven Ways to Build Your [...]

John Marsden

Writing http://web.mac.com/qmsa/CYA/2008_Conference_Notes_files/NotesJohnMarsden1.pdf http://web.mac.com/qmsa/CYA/2008_Conference_Notes_files/NotesJohnMarsden2.pdf http://thedarkword.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/some-more-on-characterisation-john-marsden-class/ http://adarshhummanites.blogspot.com/2010/09/john-marsden.html Tomorrow When the War Began Mind Map http://www.mindomo.com/view?m=480d5dcbffcc12e74e1d5ee8cc6c99e2 http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/layout/set/print/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching-Learning-sequences/Archived-English-Online-units/English-Units-NCEA-Level-1/Tomorrow-When-the-War-Began/Learning-task-3- Thinking-critically http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching-Learning-sequences/Archived-English-Online-units/English-Units-NCEA-Level-1/Tomorrow-When-the-War-Began/Learning-task-3-Thinking-critically Other http://www.johnmarsden.com.au/home.html

Ereading et al in Bris Vegas

The holidays are a great time to try e-reading and e-listening. Any QLD resident can join Brisbane City Council Library service. Members can download e-books and audio-books for free at: http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/FuOqFSOL2O/ZZELIBCAT/43040263/1/2/X/BLASTOFF . These can be downloaded to mobile phones, ipods, laptops or home computers. (See here for a list of ccompatible devices http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/ ). It [...]

Making your library indispensable

1. Indispensible from Gwyneth Jones http://www.slideshare.net/gwynethjones/tl-cafe-btsncombined1?from=ss_embed 2. Learning videos http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/2010/11/23/watchknow/ 3. Microsoft Word plugin today that will automatically create the Creative Commons text and logo on your documents http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1DDBDC8-627F-415A-9B0A-97362BC9B480&displaylang=en 4. Chaucer in rap http://www.babasword.com/ 5. Make your own news http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page 6. Top 10 Components of Personalized Learning http://www.ascd.org/news-media/Press-Room/News-Releases/Education-Leaders-Identify-Top-10-Components-of-Personalized-Learning.aspx 7. Shift happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8&feature=player_embedded 8. Satoin share [...]

Reading Online

http://www.apo.org.au/research/digital-reading-spaces-how-expert-readers-handle-books-web-and-electronic-paper http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2009/05/06/what-should-we-call-digital-reading http://eprints.qut.edu.au/963/ http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RT/2-03_column/index.html http://uri.academia.edu/JulieCoiro/Papers/97339/Coiro_J._2009_._Rethinking_reading_assessment_in_a_digital_age_How_is_reading_comprehension_different_and_where_do_we_turn_now._Educational_Leadership_66_59-63 http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=2998 http://www.formatex.org/micte2005/12.pdf http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/literacy/infoage/ http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/ http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=voices/winslow_previte/index.html http://top-pdf.com/the-effects-of-electronic-bookson-reading-comprehension.html http://faculty.rcoe.appstate.edu/koppenhaverd/sum07/read/grant04.pdf http://www.planetebook.com/downloads/schcolnik.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/nkshep/integrating-technology-into-reading-comprehension-instruction-1891031

Reading Print V Screen

http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2009/06/19/paper_vs_computer_screen/ http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/5/457.short http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010610.html http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/36037/ http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2010/09/is-page-reading-different-from-screen-reading.html http://www.webword.com/interviews/williams.html http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/screen-readingprint-reading/8551 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2010/07/25/reading-pdf-only-publications-on-screen-or-printout/ http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/reading-screens-writing-screens-teaching-screens/ http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2009/02/12/webaim-survey/ http://www.audiencedialogue.net/scread.html http://blog.fawny.org/2005/09/21/measures/ http://www.comicmix.com/news/2010/09/29/you-may-hate-reading-books-on-screen-but-kids-dont/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WGS-4T6NPWG-2&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F1988&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1553530096&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=8ddff4ca382c365c9b481ff50842cbe8&searchtype=a http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/tag/iliad/ http://www.redditgadgetguide.com/comments/b0grb/turn_your_netbook_into_a_featurerich_ebook_reader/ http://uri.academia.edu/JulieCoiro Does font affect learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11573666 Reading online http://readingpower.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/nov-09-out-with-books-%E2%80%93-in-with-kindles/ http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/reading-online-is-not-reading-on-paper/ http://ow.ly/13f3t n=0&_userid=10&md5=8ddff4ca382c365c9b481ff50842cbe8&searchtype=a http://ireaderreview.com/2011/08/11/what-are-the-deeper-implications-of-the-shift-to-ebooks-for-us/ http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/11/3070208/schools-beware-the-e-book-bandwagon.html

Ereaderama

1. If downloading ebooks from sources such as OverDrive, you cannot use a Kindle or iPad. The formats are not compatible with OverDrive. However, an internet enabled netbook, laptop, or computer can access Overdrive and also Amazon Kindle for PC (AK4PC) ebooks. The nook does play MP3′s. According to the specs it only plays MP3 [...]

Ereading models for school libraries

Amazon kindle for pc Manybooks http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9192/read-kindle-books-on-your-computer-with-kindle-for-pc/ http://www.nlfamily.net/2010/05/downloading-books-onto-kindle-for_5984.html http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saveenr/archive/2010/10/30/stopping-the-amazon-kindle-for-pc-application-from-crashing-on-windows-7.aspx Kindles at the Unquiet Library http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/kindles http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/history-at-the-unquiet-library-our-first-kindle-checkout/ http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=165142&sid=1399649 http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/our-new-kindle-resource-guide/ http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/11/13/very-kind-kindle-support-from-buffy-and-on-further-celebrating-our-network/ http://clawprintnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/librarians-on-roll.html Overdrive http://readingpower.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/in-overdrive/