Did anyone else read the Ms. magazine's interesting column about how
TDWK is probably not the best book for contributing to a developing
girl's identity--basically girls are objectified, peripheral
characters and such?
Kathy Fester
Library Coordinator
The June Shelton School & Evaluation Center
15720 Hillcrest
Dallas, TX
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> 3. Slide transfer to digital
> 4. Target: Info Lit survey questions
> 5. HIT: TECH: getting thrown out of Destiny
> 6. too quick w/ delete key
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:33:34 -0800
> From: Jennifer Starcevic <jstarcevic@MEISOC.COM>
> Subject: Sharing: LM_Net winning acclaim with parents and admin (and
> making me really popular!)
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> Hi Everybody!
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> Last year, I shared this link (that I got through LM_Net see http://www.edu
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> https://www.pickatime.com
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:37:58 -0500
> From: Susan Grigsby <susan.grigsby@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
>
> I did it to promote the title at my book fair. I had a contest in
> which the
> students could dress up as "the wimpy kid" for a chance to win a
> free copy
> of the book. I announced it on our morning announcements every day
> for a
> couple of weeks. I had 16 kids dress up. They came to the media
> center so I
> could take their picture. I put the pics out on our teacher's server
> and
> they helped me choose the winner. You can visit my web page to see the
> results. The kids loved it, the teachers loved it, and the parents
> loved it=
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> Feel free to use the idea!
>
> http://www.elkinspointe.net/virtual_media_center/
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Wesner, Kim <KWesner@novi.k12.mi.us>
> wrote:
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>> Did someone out there have kids dress up or conduct some sort of
>> trivia?
>> If so, what did you do? thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Kimberly Wesner
>>
>> Library Media Specialist
>>
>> Novi Middle School
>>
>> Novi, MI
>>
>> 248.449.1603
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>> kwesner@novi.k12.mi.us
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:00:45 -0600
> From: "Johnson_Brian (BJOHNSON)" <bjohnson@RPS.K12.AR.US>
> Subject: Slide transfer to digital
>
> Great Brain:
>
> A health teacher in my building asked me today about vendors or
> companie=
> s that will transfer slides into digital format. The slides are of
> high sc=
> hool health content so a neighborhood photo lab might not be the
> first choi=
> ce.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Brian Johnson
> Library Media Specialist
> Rogers Heritage High School
> 1114 South Fifth Street
> Rogers, Arkansas. 72756
> (479) 631-3579
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:17:18 -0500
> From: "MacArthur, Laura" <lmacarthur@AHACADEMY.COM>
> Subject: Target: Info Lit survey questions
>
> Good afternoon!
>
> =20
>
> I teach in a PreK-3 through 12 school, and we are in the process of
> introducing a new Information Literacy curriculum. In the interest of
> both showing teachers that much of this material is already part of
> what
> they do, and to try and ensure a consistent approach across grade
> levels, I'd like to give the teachers a survey that will provide a
> picture of current IL practices. =20
>
> =20
>
> I'm trying to develop a set of open but short answer questions,
> like:=20
>
> =20
>
> "Do you require a bibliography for assignments that require students
> to
> use resources other than textbooks? If so, how much of a citation do
> you
> require (ranging from only title and author to a full MLA format Works
> cited list)?"
>
> =20
>
> "What kind of online searching skills do you expect students to master
> before your grade level? while in your grade level? Examples might
> include using Google or another basic search engine, avoiding Google
> and
> using the school's subscription databases, using specialized or
> meta-search engines, using Boolean search phrases..."
>
> =20
>
> "Do you require students to cite the sources for images they use? How
> much of a citation?"
>
> =20
>
> "On average, how many sources do you require students to consult for
> inquiry assignments? Are they permitted to cite the encyclopedia as
> one
> of those assignments?"
>
> =20
>
> "How much do you evaluate the quality of the student's presentation
> (grammar, design, clarity, as opposed to correctness of "answer")?"
>
> =20
>
> I am quite certain that the Great LM_NET Brain can come up with
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> alone, so I'd deeply appreciate hearing any ideas for other questions
> you would ask on such a survey. I'll compile a HIT and post it on the
> wiki for future use, and post a notice here that it's done.
>
> =20
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Laura C. MacArthur, Ed.S.
>
> Media Specialist
>
> American Heritage Academy
>
> 2126 Sixes Rd.
>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:50:30 -0800
> From: Anthony Doyle <lhslibrarian@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: HIT: TECH: getting thrown out of Destiny
>
> Well our district tech figured out the problem. Our Domain Name (
> lhswolves.org) is registered through Domain Discover. When I
> renewed before
> Christmas the setting got changed from redirect to frame forward.
> That
> meant that each click in Destiny was going out through the firewall to
> Domain Discover's server and back in through the firewall to our
> Destiny
> server. Apparently that caused enough disruption in communication to
> bounces us out of the server. When I reset the domain to forward
> lhswolves.org to the Destiny server's address the problem went away.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions.
>
> Tony
>
> --
> Tony Doyle, Teacher Librarian
> Reviewer for School Library journal
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:31:09 +0000
> From: Ronda Foust <ryfoust@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: Target: Elementary: "Sad Stories" for 5th Graders
>
> I'm drawing a complete blank here. Two of my 5th grade girls asked
> me to recommend some "sad stories" for them. The only one I could
> think of off the top of my head was "Bridge to Terabithia", which
> they had already read. On further questioning, they said it could be
> anything that was "really emotional". I'll post a hit if there's
> interest.
>
> Ronda
>
> http://thebookdragon.blogspot.com
> http://hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org (then click on "Library Media
> Center)
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> Check out my books on Goodreads: <a
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:47:54 -0600
> From: Marcia Dressel <dressel@OSCEOLA.K12.WI.US>
> Subject: TECH: media transfer and copyright
>
> I have some colleagues asking to transfer some of our books on tape =
> resources to CD or mp3 for
> use on iPods for listening centers here at school. I'm starting a =
> search for a "Carrie on Copyright" ruling on the copyright
> implications =
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:02:15 -0800
> From: Susannah Carver <scarver@PPS.K12.OR.US>
> Subject: TARGET: "The Ruum" by Porges, Arthur
>
> Hello,
> =20
> I have a teacher here who just had his students read the short story
> "The =
> Ruum" by Porges, Arthur. They are confused about the meaning of
> "ruum" I =
> looked it up and it seems as if the ruum is a shape shifting robot, =
> however they are still confused. I also found out that "ruum" in
> Estonian =
> means space. Does anybody know of this story and why Porges chose
> to use =
> that particular word? Is it also an acronym for something? Any help
> would =
> be greatly appreciated!
> =20
> Thank you,
> Susannah Carver
> =20
> Library Assistant
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> Portland, OR
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