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Teens Rank Cell Phones #1 Electronic Purchase By SLJ Staff - 11/17/2008
Nearly half of all teens’ daily activities are driven by technology, with listening to music ranking as number one, says a new report from the trade organization, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). More
Digital Resources: The National Science Digital Library By Shonda Brisco - 02/01/2010
As budgets get tighter and educational requirements grow broader, it's become more difficult to find science and math databases that won't devour the entire library budget. However, there's one digital database that provides standards-based instructional resources, K-12 lesson plans, digital downloads, streaming video, and 2.
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Web 2.0 in Hardcover: A recommended reading list on 2.0 and education By Steve Hargadon - 02/01/2010
I love books, especially the actual physical ones. I madly scribble notes in the margins, and stuff them with related articles as if they were file folders. I can think of no better afternoon than one spent indulging in the discovery of ideas within a library or bookstore. Here are some titles that I think significantly inform the conversation about Web 2.
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Brooklyn Tech Email Prank: A Network Security Lesson for Schools By Lauren Barack - 02/01/2010
Students at Brooklyn (NY) Technical High School (BTHS) may have been amused by a recent email prank. Yet some see the spoof message that claimed the school was closed for a day as anything but funny. “This was a benign attack, but could have been much worse,” says Kevin Jarrett, technology facilitator for K–4 students at Northfield (NJ) Community School.
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Dumping on 'Digital Natives.’ It's time to send the natives, immigrants dichotomy packing. By Christopher Harris - 02/01/2010
Forget all that malarky about digital natives and immigrants. It never did work to describe the reality of technology adoption. I’ve been using computers all of my life. But am I still a digital native even if I don’t tweet as much as others and can’t be bothered to update my Facebook status? Is someone like retired librarian and educator Alice Yucht a digital immigrant becaus...
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Fight Content Filters By Lauren Barack - 02/01/2010
Buffy Hamilton thinks one shouldn’t take online content filters lying down, but instead build a well-supported case to get them removed. “I think out of an effort to be proactive, keep children safe, and avoid litigation, schools may err on the safe side,” says Hamilton, school librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, GA.
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SLJ Reviews the HP ProBook 5310m Notebook PC By Jeffrey Hastings - 02/01/2010
You know that sexy, savoir-faire feeling you get when you put on your favorite dress or finest suit? Yeah, me neither. Still, I imagine it’s probably something like the sensation of specialness I get every time I crack open this slender and stylish notebook. It makes me feel elegant by association.
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The Buzz: Tools, trends, and gizmos Kathy Ishizuka - 02/01/2010
A Whiteboard on any Surface Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) inspire passionate opinions among educators. Now, a product launched by Epson offers a new wrinkle. The Brightlink 450Wi Ultra-Short Throw Projector turns almost any surface into an IWB. Offering a larger, more flexible working area than dedicated IWBs at a cheaper price, the Brightlink delivers WXGA (wide-screen) resolution, and is US...
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2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
BOYCE, Frank Cottrell. Cosmic. 320p. HarperCollins/Walden Pond. 2010. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-183683-1; PLB $17.89. ISBN 978-0-06-183686-2. LC number unavailable.
Gr 5-8–Although Liam Digby is a typical kid who loves World of Warcraft video games and theme-park rides, his physical appearance is closer to age 30 than 12.
Friends and colleagues of the late Effie Lee Morris may enjoy this photo of the children's librarian, which Nicholas Glass, founder and executive director of Teachingbooks.net, recently found on his computer. It was taken at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and features (from left) Ashley Bryan, Christopher Myers, and Morris, also an advocate for children's literature and library service to youngsters with impaired vision, who died of cancer on November 10, 2009.
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BOYCE, Frank Cottrell. 
