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News Bites: Involve Your Students in the Election Process with ePals World...
2012 Elections and Issues Elections around the world: ePals World Elections Center is intended to help students learn about global election processes, candidates, and issues by involving them in a wide...
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News Bites: Win Big with Verizon’s App Challenge
App Challenge for Students STEM app challenge: The Verizon Innovative App Challenge was created by the Verizon Foundation to ignite students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math...
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Now You’re Talking!: Your collection won’t be complete without these...
Just how popular are audiobooks? Well, just check with your students. Along with the usual notebooks and textbooks in their backpacks, there’s bound to be tablets, ereaders, iPods, MP3 players, and,...
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News Bites: Frank Cottrell Boyce Wins the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize...
And the Winner Is… Fiction prize: Frank Cottrell Boyce has won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize £1,500 for his novel, The Unforgotten Coat (Candlewick, 2011), published in the UK by Walker Books....
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News Bites: Help Hurricane Sandy’s Victims
Books for devastated libraries: Hurricane Sandy devastated scores of schools and libraries across the East Coast. You can help provide books for these libraries and children in need by making a tax...
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News Bites: Free Video Series from NBC Learn: “Writers Speak to Kids”
Free Video Series from NBC Learn: “Writers Speak to Kids” Author interviews: “Writers Speak to Kids” is a free series of 17 videos from NBC Learn that features interviews with...
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News Bites: “YA for NJ” Auction for Sandy Relief
Hurricane Sandy benefit: From November 30 through December 7, autographed hardcover books and collections, school and Skype visits, dedications in future books, and other donations from 170 popular...
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Hope for Troubled Teens I just wanted to say how insightful I found Amy Cheney’s article, “Time After Time” (Oct. 2012, pp. 36–39). I learned a lot from the article, including tips on what’s hot in...
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SLJ’s Top 10 DVDs: 2012
More Top 10s SLJ‘s Top 10 Apps SLJ‘s Top 10 Graphic Novels SLJ‘s Top 10 Tech Looking for a great way to keep kids’ attention from wandering in class? We’ve got a solution: show them a film that’s so...
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News Bites: HarperCollins Debuts New Digital Imprint for Young Adult Short...
Going Digital Digital imprint: HarperTeen Impulse, a new digital imprint from HarperCollins focusing on young adult short stories and novellas, debuted on December 4. The first titles released include...
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News Bites: Five Children’s Music Albums Are Nominated for a Grammy
Have You Heard? Grammy nominations: Five children’s music albums were nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award by the Academy of Recording Arts on December 6. The top contenders in the Children’s Album...
View ArticleLetters to SLJ | Technology Education | January 2013
A good website and using the right tools is important must-have I recently started a job as a middle/high school librarian at an independent school that realized it needed a stronger library program....
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News Bites: Resources for Teaching About the Presidential Inauguration
Classroom Connections Presidential inauguration: “Teaching the 57th U.S. Presidential Inauguration” is an online conference series being launched by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum...
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News Bites: Apply for Hurricane Sandy Recovery Grants
Recovery grants: Many of New York State’s organizations with cultural programming, including public libraries, sustained extensive damage to buildings and collections in the aftermath of superstorm...
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News Bites: Apply for ALSC Día Mini-Grants by February 1
Granted Día grants: The February 1 deadline to apply for twelve $5,000 mini-grants to help libraries incorporate Día into their programs is fast approaching. The mini-grants, part of the Association...
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News Bites: Take Part in the “Grow Your Own Business Challenge”
Business Challenge Financial literacy and entrepreneurship: Are any of your students ages 7 to 16 budding entrepreneurs? Well, it’s time to encourage them to create a new business idea for the Second...
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Tweak Dewey The continuing conversation about whether Dewey’s days are numbered (“Are Dewey’s Days Numbered,” Oct. 2012, pp. 24–28; “Summer Project: Kill Dewey,” Aug. 2012, p. 14) has been useful as I...
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New Bites: American Indian Youth Lit, Gryphon, & CBC Awards Announced
And the Winner Is… American Indian Lit Awards: The American Indian Library Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, has announced the winners of the 2013 American Indian Youth...
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‘Can You Canoe?’ Wins Grammy for Best Children’s Album of the Year | News Bites
Move over Carrie Underwood, the Foo Fighters, Kanye West, and make way for the Okee Dokee Brothers—Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing. The group’s latest album, Can You Canoe?, nabbed the coveted 2013...
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Samsung Sponsors Educational Grant & Scholarship Programs | News Bites
Digital Technology Competitions You have to be in it: The 2013 Samsung K–12 “Return on Intelligence” Gift Programs have been announced by Samsung Techwin, a manufacturer of document cameras. The...
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