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I am replying to the entire list simply to say, in front of everyone,  
"YOU ROCK" and to thank you for blessing us and our students with your  
site!

Teresa.

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On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Barb Langridge  
<barb.langridge@HCLIBRARY.ORG> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Listening to the crickets, just back from the beach at Chincoteague  
> and looking to the fall.
>
> I wanted to let you all know that abookandahug.com has a new section  
> now. It's the Read Around the World section and I've begun with  
> Asia/ Australia/Oceania.  If you click on the interactive map, it  
> will take you to books about folks in a particular country.  I will  
> be adding books to that section in the next month and would love to  
> get your book recommendations.  Here's a link to the page:  
>http://www.abookandahug.com/country-asia-aust-oceania
>
> Second thing is that I'm working with my web folks to make it  
> possible for students to create lists of favorites on  
> abookandahug.com.  I would like to know what other capabilities you  
> would like your students to have when they go on the site.  Would  
> they like to add their opinions to book reviews?  Would they like to  
> write their own book reviews on abookandahug.com?  I would like to  
> hear back from you all about this and then we'll take a look at what  
> we can do with the site in a safe way.
>
> Thanks,
> Barb
>
> Barb Langridge
> Children's Services
>
> Howard County Central Library
> 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
> Columbia, MD 21045
>
> 410 313-7880
> barb.langridge@hclibrary.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Original Message:
> From: Barbara Braxton <barbara.288@BIGPOND.COM>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Cc:
> Date: Friday, July 30 2010 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Take a lesson from the Eric Carle Museum!
> Dear David
> I have read through your posts of the interesting things you do with
> technology at your high school - would your students have the  
> knowledge and
> skills to do these if they had not previously had any exposure to
> technology, probably since their early days in primary school?  How  
> would
> they even use a keyboard if all their writing were confined to using  
> a nib
> and ink?
>
> You seem to have a perception that primary school is a baby-sitting  
> facility
> and nothing worthwhile starts until high school.  Your suggestions  
> of toys,
> crayons and Eric Carle books are more suited to what we call pre- 
> school -
> those under-fives.  How long since you have had a conversation with  
> the
> primary teacher librarians in your district to find out the scope of  
> what
> they do?
>
> As a teacher librarian who, like thousands of my colleagues, does  
> much more
> than 'shoosh and colour', I find your message paternalistic and  
> patronising.
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Braxton
> Teacher Librarian
> COOMA NSW 2630
> AUSTRALIA
> barbara.288@bigpond.com
> Together, we learn from each other
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of DiGregorio, David
> Sent: Saturday, 31 July 2010 6:52 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: [LM_NET] Take a lesson from the Eric Carle Museum!
>
> This morning I visited the Eric Carle museum in Amherst  
> Massachusetts - they
> have a library within the facility and it is my strong opinion that
> every elementary library should use this library as a model.   NO
> computers, no piles of technological junk like smart boards and the  
> like.
> Just clean shelves, white walls-simplicity and elegance - great  
> lighting!  A
> seating area for reading and one large work table.  And
> toys- yes tactile wooden toys.  So, as a person perhaps too well  
> versed in
> technology, I say to all you elementary librarians, bring all of that
> technology trash to a dumpster, rid your libraries of all the junk  
> you can
> and make them into places where the youngsters will truly look  
> forward to
> visit.  Buy some nice wooden toys - let them play - let them read -  
> read to
> them, get them away from keyboards and give them crayons and colored  
> pencils
> - teach them to write beautifully with a nib pen - and for God's  
> sake don't
> sit them in front of a so called wrongly named
> Smart board!!!  Also, make sure you visit the Eric Carle Museum!!
>
>
>
> A word about the most laughable and entirely ridiculous phrase ever  
> used in
> education . . .
>
> "21st Century Skills" - if I hear it one more time I'll consider a  
> jump from
> the George Washington Bridge!!  How about kindness, good will,  
> usefulness,
> and all those really longed for human qualities.
>
> David
>
>
>
> David Di Gregorio
>
> Supervisor of Library Media Services
>
> www.librarymedia.net
>
> Tenafly High School
>
> 19 Columbus Drive
>
> Tenafly NJ 07670
>
>
>
>
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