When Holden Met Katniss: The 40 Best YA Novels. 16 Books To Read Before They Hit Theaters This Year. Are School Librarians Part of Your PBL Dream Team? Visit schools where project-based learning (PBL) is taking hold and you are almost certain to see teachers collaborating.
They may be meeting face-to-face to plan projects, using critical-friend protocols to improve projects, looking at student work together, or even teaming up virtually with project partners in other time zones. A key player to invite into these collaborative conversations is the school librarian or library media specialist. Their understanding of information literacy and digital citizenship can make a difference across the arc of projects. Books & Media. Brewster — @AngeReads and @droogmark Adult Books 4 Teens. YALSA Updates Teen Book Finder App with 2013 Titles. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced that it just launched an updated version of its free Teen Book Finder app—which debuted in June, 2012—to include all of the books the association honored in 2013.
The first of its kind, Teen Book Finder gives teens, librarians, parents, and young adult literature aficionados access to YALSA’s recommended reading and award-winning titles from the past three years. “The Teen Book Finder is a great resource for library workers, educators, parents, and teens to utilize to find award-winning books and recommended reading,” says Shannon Peterson, YALSA president, in the announcement.
From Library To Learning Commons.Ny.Slideshare. iMovie Movie Trailers across the content areas. I have finally had time to work with iMovie movie trailers on the iPad, and it is so much fun!
A movie trailer is a perfect summarizing activity. It can also act as a “teaser” as an introduction to a presentation or student paper. A movie trailer can readily showcase the acquisition of knowledge of a lesson or unit. A movie trailer includes many of the literacy areas. There is a component of information literacy as students search for and gather assets to include in the trailer. The movie trailer component of the iMovie app for the iPad includes several themes to pick from. The first step in making an iMovie movie trailer is taking a look at the script and storyboard pages. 5 Amazing Ways To Collaborate With Another Class. “Ms.
Clark, when are we going to do that again?” Nothing makes me happier as an educator than hearing those words – and lately, I have been hearing them a lot! It is not the question, as much as the look on the faces of my students, that I enjoy the most. It’s the inspiring glow of engagement and enthusiasm plus the fire in their eyes that makes me want to keep trying new projects. Their relentless desire to do collaborative-based work is proof that they enjoy the journey, the connections, and the role of play in their learning. Wouldn’t You Like to Know . . . Ruta Sepetys. Stacey Hayman When you talk about our current, multiple award-winning author Ruta Sepetys—and oh you will!
Tag Team Tech: Wrestling with Teens and Technology August 2013. Sarah Ludwig August 2012 Vine is a free app, owned by Twitter, for iOS and Android devices.
Users can create short (about 6 seconds) videos by pointing their device’s camera at something and touching the screen. New from VOYA Press! VOYA’s Five-Foot Bookshelf: Essential Books for Professionals Who Serve Teens, 2000 to 2012. Young Adult Fiction equals "Dumbed Down"? Every year when I begin teaching a commercial fiction class for adults, I have at least one student who, when we start discussing Young Adult/Teen fiction, asks something to the effect of “YA fiction is just dumbed down writing, right?”
I can’t tell you how disheartening this is. Let me state it boldly for the record: Young Adult fiction is NOT “regular” fiction simply “dumbed down” (or simplified) for teen readers. Session 1 Room 1. Cultivate Your Creativity With These 4 Fair Use Libraries. A Digitized School Needs a Digitized School Paper. I asked senior Newsprint editor, Catherine Denton to guest post about how technology permeates our award winning publication.
Like all things Mercy, the school newspaper, Newsprint, has been following a “digitized” path for years. The monthly print version of the paper is designed via Adobe. App Lists. Adult Books 4 Teens: January 2013. HAYES , Nick.
The Rime of the Modern Mariner. illus. by author. Viking. 2012. Tr $32.. Reading Teachers: Book Wink has heard your students’ cries for help. Reading Teachers: Book Wink has heard your students’ cries for help Posted on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 10:11 AM Yes, yes, you already know that March is National Reading Month, a time when your students “fall in love with reading all over again.”
Right... You, meanwhile, are still trying to figure out how to get your students to truly fall in love with reading for the first time. A few weeks ago we mentioned a 2008 survey that found that 55 percent of the students surveyed agreed that there aren’t enough good books out there that target their age demographic. 2012 Book Spine Poem Gallery. National Poetry Month has arrived, and we’re celebrating with book spine poetry. Cart’s Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults — @AngeReads and @droogmark Adult Books 4 Teens. BEA 2013: Strong Season Ahead for Children's Publishers. By John A.