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INFOdocket: Top Resources for K–12
From a linguistic search technique to Wikipedia’s questionable coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the latest online resources selected by Gary Price, industry analyst librarian and editor of LJ’s INFOdocket...
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Free Web Tools Make Classroom Management Fun
ClassDojo When I decided to become a teacher, the first course I took was on classroom management. It involved all sorts of rubrics and checklists for documenting student behavior—certainly not the...
View ArticleSLJ Features on Ebooks and CyberBullying Garner Eddies
Two School Library Journal articles took gold and silver prizes at the 2012 annual Eddie Awards, sponsored by FOLIO: magazine and recognizing editorial excellence in magazines and websites.
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A Call for Fair Ebook Pricing: Site-based pricing has small schools overcharged
Over the past few months, the American Library Association (ALA) and its president, Maureen Sullivan, have taken a hard stance with major publishers on the issue of ebooks in libraries. ALA’s...
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SLJ’s Top 10 Tech: 2012
More Top 10s SLJ‘s Top 10 Apps SLJ‘s Top 10 Graphic Novels SLJ‘s Top 10 DVDs By Joyce Kasman Valenza Shift happens. It disrupts. Next year, it’s critical for our profession to see opportunities where...
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National Federation of the Blind to Take Protest to Amazon, Denouncing School...
For years, representatives from the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) have been urging Amazon representatives to make their Kindle ereaders accessible to people who are blind and have low vision....
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A Call for ‘Blended Funding’: Schools must pool money to support Common Core
Frankenstorm Sandy wasn’t the only perfect storm scenario that was discussed at SLJ’s recent Leadership Summit in Philadelphia. School librarians from around the country were also talking about the...
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Libraries Use iPads and Apps to Ramp Up Storytime, but Concerns Remain
A young patron with an iPad at Darien (CT) Library. Photo courtesy of Gretchen Caserotti. A recent storytime at the Watertown (MA) Free Public Library began, as usual, with a song, followed by a “stand...
View ArticleSchool Library Journal 2012 – A Year in Review
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Ebooks 2013: New leasing models, cheaper devices, more content
It was a bit of a roller coaster for libraries and ebooks in 2012. Penguin was out—terminating its contract with OverDrive, the main supplier of ebooks to libraries, in February—and then the publisher...
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Ebook Toolkit: SLJ Reviews StarWalk Kids
Launched in October 2012, StarWalk Kids currently offers 150 gorgeously designed pre-K through grade 8 ebooks from about 60 authors in its growing collection, which is expected to swell to 400 titles...
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Kids’ Ebook Reading Nearly Doubled Since 2010, Scholastic Reading Survey Finds
The number of kids reading ebooks has nearly doubled since 2010, according to Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading Report, which was released today. The national survey of kids ages 6–17 and their...
View ArticleAs Tablets Supplant Ereaders, New Challenges Arise for Publishers
Sixty percent of publishing executives believe that tablets have become “the ideal reading platform,” and 45 percent believe that dedicated e-readers will soon be irrelevant, according to a recent...
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CES 2013 Top Trends for Schools: From adaptive ebooks to crowd-funded...
McGraw Hill SmartBook Despite the much-publicized grumblings about CES being less relevant this year due to the direct absence of big players like Microsoft, Apple, and Google, there were clear trends...
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Best of Apps & Enhanced Books | February 2013
BiblioBoard. BiblioLabs LLC. Version 2.0.1. 2012. iOS, requires 5.0 or later. Free. $9.99 to $15.99 for individual anthologies. Gr 10 Up–As first glance, the Biblioboard app is equal parts inspiring...
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Give Lessons a Byte on Digital Learning Day
8th graders at Charlotte Country Day Middle School, NC, work on Movie Maker projects in Latin class. Looking to add some virtual pizazz to your school’s educational canon? Join the nation’s many school...
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Technology integration isn’t confined to a single 24 hours, of course. To help inform your practice on Digital Learning Day and beyond, we offer related stories featured in SLJ and the Digital Shift,...
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Bookshare Launches New eBook Tools for Kids with Print Disabilities
Bookshare has announced that it is launching two new additions to its product line, the Bookshare Web Reader and Bookshelf, as part of its continuing effort to help kids with print disabilities connect...
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Flying Twice as High: Reading Rainbow 2.0 | SLJ Talks to LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton shows off his book-themed iPad case during our interview at the Essex House Hotel in NYC, February 6, 2013. Thirty years after its debut, most of us can still remember every word of the...
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Webooks: A novel plan for cooperative ebook purchasing | The Next Big Thing
Buying ebooks cooperatively in a large district or consortium makes the most of every dollar, but it’s not easy to ensure that everyone feels invested and involved in the selection process. To solve...
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