Student views on e-books

A lot of schools and libraries have purchased e-books (and e-book readers) or are in the process of purchasing them. Everyone assumes that the students will like them/prefer them but until now very few seem to have been asked for their opinions. We now have more student’s experiencing e-books so I am interested in finding out what [...]

Future libraries

What will libraries be like in the future? I stumbled upon the  The Mosman Library of the future blog yesterday. It is a “collaborative blog by Mosman Library users, staff, residents & visitors”. The theme for may was about the future of libraries. On this site they have gathered a lot of ideas/visions about where libraries are [...]

Useful sites (weekly)

  by  mikefisher821  Formatting ebooks – EPUB Straight to the Point A good guide to creating EPUB files ceated by best-selling author Elizabeth Castro shows you how to prepare EPUB files, make the files look great on the screen, work around EPUB weaknesses, and fix common errors  The Glamis Hub Strathmore Secondary College library have recently set up their [...]

Useful sites (weekly)

  by  mikefisher821   Teens Find Innovative Ways to Control Their Facebook Presence ”Ever heard of “Super-logoff” or “whitewalling”? They are ways to designate what some teens have been doing in order to have total control over who posts what (and when) on their Facebook page:” Digital Culture & Education: Classroom perspectives – Digital Culture & Education In this issue [...]

Useful sites (weekly)

  by  Mathieu Thouvenin  Revision with GoogleDocs – Google For Educators ”Revision is a critical piece of the writing process—and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way. On this page, you will find several reproducible PDF articles from [...]

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