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Yahoo! Teachers By Staff - 10/01/2007
Spread the word: Yahoo! has developed a free social networking site that lets librarians create, modify, and share standards-based curricula. Yahoo! Teachers lets educators search a specific subject and then pull up a list of preselected sites that adhere to state standards in math, science, social studies, and language arts. More
CES to Feature Toys Lauren Barack - 10/13/2008
Toys aren’t merely child’s play. Consider the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which has invited toy manufacturers to set up shop at the January 2009 event.
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Get Your Game On Lauren Barack - 10/06/2008
Both video game pros, and those players who favor the more traditional board game style, can get in on the fun with the American Library Association’s first annual National Game Day, set for November 15.
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Chicago Unveils After-School Web site By SLJ Staff - 10/01/2008
Imagine if you could search all the quality after-school programs in your city with just the click of a mouse?
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Web 2.0 Smackdown By Steve Hargadon - 10/01/2008
Which Web 2.0 tools are the best? Now there's the basis of a good argument. One effort to suss this out occurred at this year's NECC (the National Educational Computing Conference). The “Web 2.0 Smackdown”—or “Speed Demos”—involves fast and furious presentations by educators touting their fave Web tools.
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A Prescription for Transforming Libraries By Christopher Harris - 10/01/2008
Libraries are often considered part of the service industry, but perhaps it’s time for that misconception to go the way of “Shhh!” Rising to the challenge presented by BlackPlanet founder Omar Wasow in his closing remarks at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference in 2007, school librarians have worked to position the media center as an experience rathe...
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Acer Aspire One Netbook By Jeff Hastings - 10/01/2008
It’s come to my attention that avid followers of my Test Drive column as well as pathologically obsessive numerologists—three people, in all (Hi, Mom!)—have detected an industry-driven trend in my superb reportage. On the even-numbered months of the last half of 2008, I’ve consistently reviewed little laptops, called netbooks, subnotebooks, or UMPCs.
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Will Ed Tech Win in ’08? By Lauren Barack - 10/01/2008
Proponents of education technology are mobilizing during this year’s presidential election, hoping to garner more support for teaching 21st century skills in K–12 schools. “Education in general has not been a major focus in the election,” says Keith Krueger, CEO of the nonprofit Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), based in Washington, DC.
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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!
Gr 4-7–When their beloved Aunt Grace dies, Dan, 11, and Amy, 14–along with other Cahill descendants–are faced with an unusual choice: inherit one million dollars or participate in a perilous treasure hunt.
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