Australian student’s book trailer nomination

A post on OZTL_NET,  by teacher librarian Stacey Graham from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro, NSW,  alerted me to this. 

The School Library Journal has a competition for book trailers, the Trailee Award. The site is worth investigating and the final nominees are online  for our viewing (and voting) pleasure.

There are six categories, with each having four finalists. One of these is a 10-year-old Australian student (Marcus Graham) with the trailer he created is based on Bear and Chook by the Sea by Lisa Shanahan. This trailer was a recent CBCA Book Trailer competition winner.

The Trailee Categories are:

• Publisher / author created for elementary readers (Pre-K – 6)
• Publisher / author created for secondary readers (7-12)
• Adult (18 +) created for elementary readers (Pre-K – 6)
• Adult (18 +) created for secondary readers (7-12)
• Student created for elementary readers (PreK-6)
• Student created for secondary readers (7-12)

The winner is chosen by a vote and Australian can vote. Voting closes on 22nd October so have a look at the site and vote for the one you think is best!

Bear and Chook Book Trailer by Marcus from SLJ Trailee Nominees on Vimeo.

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Useful sites (weekly)

  by  Gideon Burton 

•  TEACHERNINJA: Unfortunate Covers: The Cay  A look at the changing covers of this book and why (in this blogger’s view) they don’t work 

• 11 teen movies based on classic books Interesting list and one that could provide inspiration for library promotions

• Can Censoring a Children’s Book Remove Its Prejudices?  Interesting post. Author has been “examining two versions of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle (1920, 1988) and three versions of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964, 1973, 1998), we’ve been addressing this question: Do Bowdlerized texts alter the ideological assumptions of the original? The answer is more complicated than you might think”

• ASLA – School library policies and statements Policy Statement – School Library Bill of Rights. School libraries are concerned with generating understanding of freedom and with the preservation of this freedom through the development of informed and responsible citizens. The responsibility of the school library is …..

• 10 Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week With The New York Times – NYTimes.com A New York Times article that offers some ideas for celebrating Banned Books Week with students and anyone lse who believes in having “the freedom to read.”

• www.bullying.org Where you are NOT alone! Created by Bill Belsey 

• 100 Word Stories – y11re’s posterous Here is an example of one of the 100 word stories that are currently being wriiten by a R.E class. They will shortly will be turned into another magazine.

• Charlie Higson – Charlie Higson – Writer – Young Bond, The Enemy, The Dead  Official author website

• PDFmyURL.com – Free & Online: Convert and save PDF from any web page Use this tool to convert any website into a pdf.

• Google New The site to find all things that are new on Google. It includes a neat sorting facility and the capability to quickly share via the major social networking portals.

• Children’s Fantasy Novel Engages Readers with Augmented Reality  

• In the context of web context: How to check out any Web page — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard  Great tips for any journalist on how to find necessary context for what you’re reading online. An excellent guide to how to dig in a website and find out who owns it. basic investigative techniques to you know who’s behind what you’re reading online.

• Time-Saving Twitter Tools to Help You Work Smarter | A Zesty Buzz 

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Podcast: Camilla Elliott and e-books plus

EdTech Weekly #169 this week featured Camilla Elliott. Camilla is a TL here in Victoria and has been a marvellous source of inspiration and assistance to many TL’s in Victoria and beyond. Camilla might be better known to many as edubeacon.

The podcast discussion lasted almost 60 minutes but some very interesting points were discussed. Topics touched on included education today – in Victoria and some other parts of the world, e-books in general and then Camilla talked about a few particular examples of enhancing reading by using various digital resources eg. Google lit trips and Google treks. There are also links on the site to some of the resources she mentions. The discussion is worth listening to. As I am looking how our school library makes use of e-books, e-texts and supporting material there are many points that ring true and many ideas that come to minds that can be built upon. It is a challenging but also exciting time for school libraries and more  discussions like this are needed.

Not talking, reading!

We have had plenty of warnings about drivers concentrating on what they are doing. First it was about talking on the mobile phone, then it was texting but now comes reading! I have been enjoying reading on my Kindle but I did not consider this. Really taking things too far this time.

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Useful links (weekly)

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•  In the context of web context: How to check out any Web page — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard Great tips for any journalist on how to find necessary context for what you’re reading online. An excellent guide to how to dig in a website and find out who owns it. basic investigative techniques to you know who’s behind what you’re reading online.

• Time-Saving Twitter Tools to Help You Work Smarter | A Zesty Buzz

• Top five iPad rivals

• Create floor plans, house plans and home plans online with Floorplanner.com A simple floor plan design tool. Use it to create and share interactive floor plans online. With simple drag and drop tools you can make accurate plans within minutes all on scale. Floorplanner BASIC is free for personal use

• Free Royalty Free Music, Free Sound Effects Another good source of free sounds and music for multimedia projects. It hosts hundreds of sounds and music that you can download, reuse, and remix for free.

• International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) Portal A site that offers actual scores for copyright-free music. It has thousands of scores free to download.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Nieman Reports | The Future of Storytelling: A Participatory Endeavor At the Center for Future Storytelling, researchers envision how technology can give people more control over TV programs they encounter and stories they follow.