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Keep in mind that SMART board sessions, pages, and creations can be saved, emailed, sent, printed. Kathy Fester Library Coordinator The June Shelton School & Evaluation Center Dallas, TX 972-774-1772 x255 kfester@shelton.org www.shelton.org/library "...to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information." Information Power, 1998 On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:52 PM, LM_NET automatic digest system wrote: > There are 8 messages totalling 569 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. SMART BOARDS > 2. TARGET: off topic - Verizon cell phone/text messages saving > help !!! > 3. Target:: Book Challenge Lush, Natasha Friend > 4. HIT: Bookflix and other online literacy resources > 5. blogging and the school media center > 6. How to evaluate info from blogs > 7. TAR: Child Labor > 8. Child Labor: National Archives Online Resources > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:38 +0800 > From: Barbara COMBES <b.combes@ECU.EDU.AU> > Subject: Re: SMART BOARDS > > You are right David, the purchase of technology and how you use it > in the c= > lassroom should come under the initial stages of curriculum > planning. If th= > e technology doesn't add to the learning then it is not essential. > Smart bo= > ards are great, but you can use large sheets of butcher's paper and > differe= > nt coloured fluro sticky notes for small group work and have a > session that= > is just as creative and interactive - and the end result goes on the > wall = > so the brainstorming doesn't disappear or stop - it can be added to > by the = > groups throughout the piece of curriculum. This type of session also > addres= > ses other outcomes - working in a team, working independently, info > lit ski= > lls - collating, organising, categorising, questioning, evaluating > prior le= > arning. Kids can put their initials on their pieces of paper and see > their = > contribution - so can you - opportunties for peer assessment, self > assesmen= > t, portfolio and team assessment. > > Trouble with technology is that we think it is compensatory - it is > not and= > never will be. Technology is complementary - it is good curriculum > design,= > careful planning and delivery that will engage students and make a > differe= > nce in the classroom - whether you use the latest and the greatest > or penci= > l and paper. > :) > BC > > > Vice President, Advocacy & Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org > The GiggleIT Project: www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT/index.htm > LIS@ECU: www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php > Australian School Library Research Project: www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/ASLR= > P/ > Barbara Combes, Lecturer > School of Computer and Security Science Edith Cowan University, > Perth Weste= > rn Australia > Ph: (08) 9370 6072 > Email: b.combes@ecu.edu.au > > "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to > that of= > an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite > > This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the > individual = > or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are notif= > ied that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is > strict= > ly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please > notify me = > immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original > message. > > -----Original Message----- > From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV= > .SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of DiGregorio, David > Sent: Saturday, 21 November 2009 12:31 AM > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Subject: [LM_NET] SMART BOARDS > > There is no doubt that "Smart" boards are a rather mediocre > presentation an= > d projection device. They can help hold some students attention as > sitting= > a child in front of a television or computer can do to keep them > quiet. A= > nd students can tap on it and do things with it like a video game - > these a= > lso keep children transfixed. The unfortunate medications > administered by = > psychiatric establishment to our very young can have similar result > on how = > children react. My instincts tell me that something may be amiss > with thes= > e devices regularly used and overused. > Students get excited over the interactivity of tapping the board - > but are = > they really seeing more meaning in the subject itself? Are we not > looking a= > t this type of instruction critically enough? Are these devices > creating a= > less social classroom environment? Are there other means to present > to cl= > asses with higher resolution and more vivid image when needed? I > think thi= > s subject is very interesting and is worthy of a deeper discussion. > This w= > ill enable us to make better purchasing decisions and be less > influenced by= > potent marketing machines. > > > > Also something more - are the terms "Visual Learners" and the like > really u= > seful? Do they pigeon hole us into thinking in a fixed way about > ourselves= > and others? Do they place a limit on what the mind is > capable of? > > > > > > David Di Gregorio > > ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us > Supervisor Library Media Services > > Tenafly High School's > > Lalor Library Media Center > > www.librarymedia.net <http://www.librarymedia.net/> > > 19 Columbus Drive > > Tenafly, NJ 07670 > > CELL: 201-696-8062 > > Office: 201.816.6617 > > Fax: 201-871-8509 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr > .= > edu In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce= > / > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This e-mail is confidential. 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I learned yesterday that > a parent of one of our sixth graders is challenging the book as "one > that doesn't belong in any middle school" because of its comments > pertaining to sex. If anyone has had experience with this book > being challenged or even questioned, would you please contact me? I > will need to confer with my principal first thing Monday morning and > would like to have some "experienced opinions" to take with me. > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Rhonda Nichols > Librarian/Norwayne Middle School > Fremont, NC 27830 > Ronne19907@bellsouth.net > > > > > Rhonda > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:02:34 -0500 > From: Laurie Lammonds <llammonds4@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: HIT: Bookflix and other online literacy resources > > Thanks for all the great information! Here was my original post: > > Hello everyone, > This is my first posting to LM_NET, so I hope I'm doing this right! My > school is interested in Bookflix and I am currently testing it out > with > their free trial. My question is directed to anyone that has currently > or previously used Bookflix. What is your opinion of the resource? > Would > you recommend it or is there another similar option that is more > valuable or > less expensive? I will post a HIT with any responses. > Thanks so much for your time! > Laurie Lammonds, 4th grade teacher/LMS grad student > Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Spotsylvania VA > llammonds4@gmail.com > > > > Responses: > > I'm not familiar with similar programs, but we like Bookflix very > much at > our school. Parents and teachers use it a lot. We especially talk > it up > before holidays so that students can use it when they're not at > school for > a while. It's great for students who don't have someone to read to > them > in English. For students who are always drawn to the computer, it's > a good > educational alternative to games. > > >************************************************************************************** > > I would not purchase it for 4th graders, but PK-1 it is a great > tool. I > am lucky that the public library here in Dallas, TX pays for the > subscription, so as long as you have a library card, you can show it > to > as many kids in your school you want! My kids that have had the > privilege of seeing it, just love the program! > > >************************************************************************************** > > This is our first year subscribing to Bookflix. We're enjoying it > very much. Pros: the pairing of fiction & nonfiction is great, the > story selection is good, the interface is easy to use--most kids (and > teachers!) can use it independently after a brief introduction, they > offer free online training in the form of "webinars," it can be used > at school and at home. Many teachers (incl. me) use it as a learning > station and / or a free choice activity. Cons: There's no doubt it's > expensive, and I don't think we would have subscribed without $$ from > our tech department. My impression was that titles won't be added > that often, either. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:30 -0500 > From: Gina Oviedo-Martinez <gmo08@FSU.EDU> > Subject: blogging and the school media center > > Hello! > > I am writing a paper about the use of blogging for school media > centers. I would love to hear about your experiences as new or > seasoned professionals. > > Do you use blogs in your media center? > > Do you allow student contribution of text or video on your blog? > > Do you partner or work with a public library youth librarian in > connection with your blog or other 2.0 media? > > Do you feel this is a successful method of reaching students? > > Do you use video or sound media on your blog? > > Do you have booktalks on your blog? > > THanks for all your opinions !!! > > Gina Oviedo > MLIS student--Florida State University > gmo08@fsu.edu > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:03:49 -0500 > From: Jacqueline Henry <jhenry@GANANDA.ORG> > Subject: How to evaluate info from blogs > > I am constantly struggling with how to evaluate validity of > information > posted on blogs. I grade the works cited lists for our 10th grade > research project. I teach them evaluation techniques, and give them > an > evaluation form to use. They do a good job in general. Still, every > year I get more blog citations. If the author posts credentials it is > easy. If they don't - I advise the student to toss them out. Many of > these sites have info that just looks SO good - it catches them up. > And > I am sure they go ahead and use the information anyway for projects > where there is no one checking their sources. > > Here is one I just looked at. It is very attractive and looks so > authoratative. But there appears to be no info about the > authors/organizations involved. Only 1 or 2 marginal websites link to > the blog. Do you see anything I am missing? > > http://scipeeps.com/smog-air-pollution/ > > Jacquie > > =E2=80=9CEducation is not about filling a pail, it=E2=80=99s about > lighti= > ng a fire." ~ > William Butler Yeats > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jacquie Henry, MLS > Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) > Gananda Central School District > 3195 Wiedrick Road > P.O. Box 609 > Macedon, NY 14502 > 315-986-3521 x 3144 > jhenry@gananda.org > Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm > Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/ > Blog - WanderingsL > http://wanderings.edublogs.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:29:20 -0800 > From: Nancy Humphrey <nancy_humphrey@YAHOO.COM> > Subject: TAR: Child Labor > > I have several Child Development classes working on a = > > Hello Everyone,=0A=0AI have several Child Development classes > working on a = > project comparing childhood past vs. present.=A0 The students will > research= > the history of child labor in America.=A0 Does anyone have > suggestions for= > resources on this topic?=A0 I'd also like to include a global view > of chil= > d labor today.=A0 Any ideas will be appreciated!=0A=0ANancy > Humphrey=0AManc= > hester High School=0AChesterfield County Public > Schools=0AMidlothian, VA=0A= > nancy_humphrey@yahoo.com=0A=0A=0A=0A > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:24:57 -0500 > From: "Parker, Isabel" <IParker_01@ARCADIA.EDU> > Subject: Child Labor: National Archives Online Resources > > Dear Nancy, > > Back when I was pursuing an MLS at Catholic U in DC, I had a = > one-semester stint as a graduate student employee at the National = > Archives. One of the projects I worked on was finding documents and = > photographs for an exhibit entitled =93Documented Rights.=94 > > Through that experience, I discovered what a fantastic, free > resource = > the National Archives=92 Web site is=97-for educators, students and > the = > public at large=97-not just for scholars. What=92s really exciting = > about it is that it teaches you how to use primary source documents > to = > allow students to really delve deeply into their research. > > For this particular project you=92re working on=97-as far as the > aspect = > of looking back in US history at how things used to be--I suggest > you = > take a look at NARA=92s page in three places: > > 1)The Documented Rights Exhibit online: = > http://archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/resources/ This link > will = > take you to its =93Related Resources=94 page. At the right, in the > box, = > you can select =93Child Labor.=94 You'll arrive at a digital image > of = > the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916. It=92s really pretty cool > to = > read the bill and be able to see what the actual document looked like. > > 2)The Teaching with Documents Lesson Plans page: = > http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/=20 > Click on the fourth link, =93The Development of the Industrial > United = > States, 1870-1900.=94 Once you arrive at the next page, the 8th > topic = > listed is =93Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child > Labor.=94 = > Powerful stuff: the photographs speak volumes, and the background > info = > is extremely helpful, explaining that Hines=92 photos had a large = > influence on the ensuing legislation that was to follow.=20 > > 3)Lastly, go to the search page of the Archival Research Catalog and = > type in =93Child Labor.=94 http://archives.gov/research/arc/ That > will = > bring you to hundreds of docs/photos that you can use. There will be = > some overlap with the Hines photos mentioned earlier. Any source > that = > contains a =93digital copies=94 tab at the top is something you can > view = > online=85you needn=92t visit DC to look at it!=20 > > Good luck, and I hope this is helpful to you. > Best, > Isabel Parker > Graduate Student, Dept of Education > Arcadia University > Glenside, PA=20 > iparker_01@arcadia.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of > Nancy = > Humphrey > Sent: Sat 11/21/2009 2:29 PM > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Subject: TAR: Child Labor > =20 > I have several Child Development classes working on a=20 > Hello Everyone, > > I have several Child Development classes working on a project > comparing = > childhood past vs. present.=A0 The students will research the > history of = > child labor in America.=A0 Does anyone have suggestions for > resources on = > this topic?=A0 I'd also like to include a global view of child labor = > today.=A0 Any ideas will be appreciated! > > Nancy Humphrey > Manchester High School > Chesterfield County Public Schools > Midlothian, VA > nancy_humphrey@yahoo.com > > > > =20 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of LM_NET Digest - 21 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1733) > *************************************************************** > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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