Elementary school librarian Amy Blaine did a little online window-shopping and picked a few practical—and not so practical—items to take her throughout the day.
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SLJ’s Best of Apps & Enhanced Books August 2012
By on August 31, 2012
Apps involving monsters, both real and imagined, are among the digital publications examined in School Library Journal’s app review column Touch and Go.
How Minecraft Mixes with Fiction
By on August 14, 2012
Andrea Buchanan’s young adult novel Gift was the first to incorporate Minecraft. What’s that you say? The creative game, in which users build stuff out of cubes within a 3-D environment, deserves a closer look. YA librarian Erin Daly offers an expert’s view of the Minecraft element in Gift and how well the sandbox game worked as an element within a novel.
Best of Apps & Enhanced Books: July 2012
By on July 23, 2012
Two exquisitely photographed resources documenting the natural world and a digital rendition of that charming creation by Herv√© Tullet are SLJ’s top apps if the month.
Seven Top Trailers to Hook Kids on Books
By on July 11, 2012
The best examples in the genre, for readers K-12, cited in the School Library Journal feature story “The Big Tease: Trailers are a terrific way to hook kids on books.”
Very Pinteresting!: The hot social network is taking educators by storm
By on July 3, 2012
In classrooms and media centers, Pinterest is fast becoming a powerful resource where teachers and students share images, store lesson plans, read about current events, watch video clips, and collect their favorite apps.
Joyce Valenza’s Picks of the Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning
By on June 25, 2012
Joyce Valenza winnows down the best of the best. The teacher librarian taps the sites she’ll be exploring this summer on her award-winning blog “NeverEndingSearch.”
Next Year’s Model? Readers sound off on SLJ’s cover story
By on June 18, 2012
ISTE 2012 or Bust
By on June 13, 2012
What are your top five picks for ISTE this year? SLJ asked Tiffany Whitehead, who adds that the annual ed tech show “is the most important thing I can do for myself each year as a library media specialist.”
Every Platform Tells a Story: Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal
By on June 1, 2012
Transmedia isn’t just a new buzzword that belongs to academics or high-priced media consultants. It’s an approach to storytelling that boasts a range of potential curricular applications that applies to literacy and the content areas.
ETots: a Public Library iPad Program for Preschoolers
By on May 30, 2012
SLJ’s App Review: Best of Apps & Enhanced Books (May 2012)
By on May 25, 2012
Minecraft in the Classroom and Library
By on May 23, 2012
Minecraft 101, with resources for getting a program started in your school or library.
