Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the category archives:
Yesterday, I had a post more towards to children books. So, for today, I found two resources (via LibrarianInBlack) for teens. The first one that you should check out is Turning The Paige. It’s a teens’ book review blog and is run by Paige Turner, who reads and reviews the books. You can search for […]
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- “Libraries Aren’t Just Buildings Where Books Are Kept”(via The Shifted Librarian) - Just One More BookJust One More Book is a podcast about children’s books. It is run by a husband and wife team and the podcasts are recorded in their favorite coffee shop somewhere in Ottawa, Canada. The podcasts are posted about 3 […]
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The Librarian Song by Joe UvegesYouTube Direct Link - Taking Play Seriously at the Public Library with Young Video GamersThe New York Public Library recently organized an event as part of their “Game On @ The Library!” initiative to showcase their latest addition to their collection - video games. Game consoles, such as Nintendo’s Wii, […]
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- 100 books every child should readA pretty long article that has been broken up into 4 parts. This first part is just an introduction into the joys of reading, particularly when you start at an early age. The other three list the books according to the age of the child: early years, middle years […]
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Click To Play Common Craft has just created another kick-ass video on the new version of Google Docs, that now includes Presentation in addition to Document and Spreadsheet. If you noticed, they have also made a name changed from “Google Docs and Spreadsheets” to “Google Docs”. Enjoy the video.
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- Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research by Alison J. HeadA research paper that looks at how students do their research. Surprisingly, the study found that the majority of the students started their research by first consulting their lecturers’ course notes or on their school’s library website for online access to scholarly journals […]
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Inspired by Ruminations’ Top 10 favorite learning tools, here’s my top 10 list. Firefox / Safari - I use both browsers interchangeably though my current default browser is Firefox as I like the extensions it allows me to install that helps in my learning. However, Safari seems to be a little faster in processing the […]
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A non-profit foundation has just announced the list of the Seven New Wonders of the World at a glitzy ceremony at Portugal’s Benfica stadium last Saturday. The list is as follows: The Great Wall of China Machu Picchu in Peru Statue of Christ in Brazil The Colosseum in Rome, Italy Petra in Jordan The Mayan […]
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