Our primary teachers still currently use books on tape in their listening centers. However as the players and tapes break they will need to be replaced with something more up to date. We had considered creating audio files to upload to iPods or a s
Read more…Hi, all! I'm a children's author--I mostly write for the middle-grade market--and I'm presenting a workshop on marketing to fellow authors. I'm curious how you, as teachers and librarians, mainly discover new books for your students. Word of mouth? J
Read more…If you know a positive, organized person who loves Children’s/YA books, and is interested in communicating and collaborating with authors and the children’s / teen publishing industry, TeachingBooks.net has a position open.
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Read more…What are people doing for BBW?
Our high school would like to do a reading flash mob of some kind, details to TBD, but we want it slightly subversive and disruptive.
Has anyone done flash mobs in schools? If so, any suggestions, especially the lo
Read more…I am wondering what to do with these dusty encyclopedias, dictionaries, and fact books. I do think elementary students should learn how to use these reference tools but I don't see students actually using them when the information is online. I have
Read more…Thirty-one authors and bloggers are collaborating to provide some wonderful recommendations and resources this month at Kidlit Celebrates Women's History Month. Check in every day this month to discover some new gems for your collection!
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Just thought I'd share a couple recent posts from my Teach with Picture Books blog (a blog which helps teachers use picture books as instructional tools in grades 3-8). Girls Got Game features four terrific books (plus related activities and links)
Read more…How many of you use book review websites as part of your process? I started a review site -- www.bookfrontiers.com -- and wondered if people regularly read such sites as Rss feeds or not. How do you decide which books to purchase or recommend to stud
Read more…I have just taken over the 5th and 6th Battle of Books club at my school. I was able to market the club at the end of last year and we have over 20 students in attendance, half of the club members are boys! I am looking for successful strategies to i
Read more…Students are beginning to use this site heavily. It's great for PDFs of complete books no longer under copyright like Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party. However, I'm questioning the ethics of students using books listed as "previews" on the sit
Read more…Hi there from the Pretoria in South Africa! I am manager of the Thutong education portal and one of my tasks is to write articles for the Teacher newspaper - previous articles can be found in the ICT space on the portal http://www.thutong.org.za. The
Read more…Hi everyone, I thought I would cash in on the Twilight fan base and do a display called "Books that Bite" or "Take a bite out of these books" or something like that. I have found the following books (and have read all - except unreleased) to include
Read more…I've been trying out Zoomii. (See my entry at http://library_musings.livejournal.com for more about my experience with it.) What do you all think of it? Do you see ways that it could be especially useful for libraries?
Read more…1. When choosing a book to purchase for the library, what features or qualities do you consider? This includes the books’ title, author recognition, illustrations, audience, purpose, text, binding format, creativity and uniqueness. 2. When you choos
Read more…This may be the first summer in a long time I can read just for fun. I thought it would be cool to plan our summer reading lists here. But let's really be selective. Choose one, just one, book in each category and share it here. Feel free to attach l
Read more…As I am selecting new books to purchase, I am wondering how many school libraries are purchasing eBooks. Any thoughts or opinions to share?
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