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Library Tech Geek Tribe

Posted by Diane Cordell on May 25, 2010 at 12:00pm
Tribe: A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups
who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent... A group of people sharing an occupation, interest or habit.


Due to copyright issues (about which librarians are VERY serious), we were unable to continue offering Library Tech Geek Squad buttons for sale.

The good news, is that our talented designer, Gwyneth Jones, has created an even better design: we are now the Library Tech Geek Tribe!

Items currently available on Zazzle include Tribe buttons and stickers, with other products in the works.





As before, any profits from the GeekTribe line will be used to help support the Teacher Librarian Ning.

Please visit my Zazzle page for ordering information.


*Bonus!
A week before ALA and ISTE we'll be publishing a copyright free conference badge for new Tribe members to print out and proudly display!




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Once Was Lost - Book Review

Posted by bj neary on May 21, 2010 at 10:16am
Samara Taylor is the fifteen year old daughter of a pastor workaholic and a mother who has been drinking so much, that she has landed herself into New Beginnings Recovery Center; her father wants to “officially tell” the congregation when he feels it is right, which is never. Sam is at a point in her life that she is questioning everything; the air conditioning is broken in their house, her ceiling fan is not working, it is the middle of a heat wave, the outside of the house looks like a disaster, all the while her father plunges himself into his congregation while Sam’s world is falling apart. Sam has been the one who has seen her mother drink because of the stress of being a pastor’s wife. Since Sam is the pastor’s daughter, she is part of the youth group and she is afraid of sharing, thinks she might be depressed, and is questioning why now that she is in high school, she is not feeling the understanding, friendship and bonding that she grew up believing existed in her community. Just as Sam is at her lowest, Jody Shaw, a sweet thirteen year old, disappears and the whole town is rocked to the core. There are searches in fields, house to house, and suspicions about suspects begin to permeate throughout the town. As Sam worries about what once was lost, she is also determined to talk to her mother in rehab, bring her home, and faithfully work on a family unit. This is a story of a young teen able to weather an internal storm of doubt and emerge a more secure, stronger daughter and friend. Students will love Zarr’s masterful storytelling, she weaves an engrossing tale of love and the power to heal.
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Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech May 12!

Posted by gwyneth jones on May 11, 2010 at 3:00am

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Join the Campaign! Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech May 12!

Funding for classroom technology is in jeopardy! We're calling on educators across the US to tweet and blog for education technology funding on Wednesday, May 12.

President Obama's budget for FY11 provides no direct funding for
education technology programs. Instead, it zeros out the Enhancing Education
Through Technology program, the only source of direct support for Ed Tech in many states and districts.

Congress doesn't have to agree to the President's budget recommendations.

Help your Senator and Representative understand what's at stake! On May 12 tweet, retweet, and blog your support for $500m in FY11 Ed Tech funding. Mark the date on your social media calendar!
Watch ISTE Connects blog and twitter stream for more information on how innovative educators can work with innovative tools to make our voices heard.

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Join the Campaign! Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech May 12!

Funding for classroom technology is in jeopardy! We're calling on educators across the US to tweet and blog for education technology funding on Wednesday, May 12.

President Obama's budget for FY11 provides no direct funding for
education technology programs. Instead, it zeros out the Enhancing Education
Through Technology program, the only source of direct support for Ed Tech in many states and districts.

Congress doesn't have to agree to the President's budget recommendations.

Help your Senator and Representative understand what's at stake! On May 12 tweet, retweet, and blog your support for $500m in FY11 Ed Tech funding. Mark the date on your social media calendar!
Watch ISTE Connects blog and twitter stream for more information on how innovative educators can work with innovative tools to make our voices heard.
Let's go Peeps! Fly Tweet, Fly!

 Sample short messages for Tweets and social networking from hilary goldmann:
  • TomHarkin #EETT Support innovation in learning & teaching. Fund #edtech at $500m
  • @DavidObey #EETT Support innovation in learning & teaching. Fund #edtech at $500m
  • @ThadCochran #EETT Support innovation in learning & teaching. Fund #edtech at $500m
  • @RepToddTiahrt #EETT Support innovation in learning & teaching. Fund #edtech at $500m
  • Our schools need 21st century education, #EETT. Fund #edtech at $500 m
  • No funding for #edtech? No prep for 21st century. Fund #EETT at $500m
  • I support #edtech. I vote. Fund #EETT at $500m in 2011
  • As a principal/teacher/parent I know our kids need #edtech skills. Fund #EETT at $500m


For more information, contact Hilary Goldmann, hgoldmann@iste.org, ISTE's director of government affairs.

This is our crunch time, peeps! Please get out there and Tweet~!! ~gwyneth


For more information, contact Hilary Goldmann, hgoldmann@iste.org, ISTE's director of government affairs.

This is our crunch time, peeps! Please get out there and Tweet~!! ~gwyneth

posted on thedaringlibrarian blog

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Reading is Grand! Celebrating Grand-Families @ Your Library

Posted by Tamela Chambers on May 10, 2010 at 6:57am

Hi all:

The Black Caucus (BCALA) will launch an intergenerational literacy project, entitled Reading is Grand! Celebrating Grand Families @ Your Library, targeted at grandparents raising their grandchildren at a branch library within the Chicago Public Library system.

Whitney Young Branch
Chicago Public Library
7901 S. King Dr.
Chicago, IL 60619
http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/whitney-young/

Details about this project, generously supported by the American Library Association as part of 2009/10 ALA President Camila Alire's Family Literacy Focus Initiative, can be accessed by visiting the following website:

http://bcalareadingisgrand.weebly.com/index.html. It is anticipated that other libraries will duplicate Reading is Grand! programs in their libraries and may access resources from the aforementioned website. If you all could help us pass the word along that would be great! Thanks!

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