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Richard Newsome – visiting author 2011
This term we are lucky to have Richard Newsome visiting us!
Meet him here!
Watch the trailer for his book “The Billionaire’s Curse”.
Read about Richard and a chapter of his latest book “The Emerald Casket” here.
FEATURE BOOKS TERM 1 2011
As a part of the Tem 1 Library focus “Read Around the Planet” the following books are just some of the feature books in the JS Library this term.
Don’t forget to add your comments about these books and the other books on display in the centre of the library.
Happy reading!
FEATURE BOOKS TM1 2011 (using Google Books)
Global citizenship: a critical introduction
Nigel Dower, John Williams – 2002 – Political Science
A central tenet of globalization is that we now have all become “citizens of the world.”
We Are the Earth
Bobbie Kalman – 2009 – Nature
How are we the same and different?
Magnetic Flags of the World
Parragon Book Service Limited – 2007
Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World
Melanie Walsh – 2009
Mirror
Jeannie Baker – 2010
In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping.
HOOVER your sites
Sitehoover is the top 2010 tool (Web 2.0) from Larry Ferlazzo’s The Best Lists on Technology in 2010.
It is great tool for sharing websites. A possible use for students would be compiling their recommended researched sites with annotations highlighting the reasons for the selection of each specific site (being critical evaluators).
This is a link to my library and ICT resources SITE HOOVER page (blog, wikis, twitter) that I created to evaluate just how simple it is to use.
Easy! Highly recommend it.
(Student email address required)
Whylio and images – Why? Because it is easy!
I have searched the term ‘web2.0’ and selected my image using Whylio.
Whylio is a clever tool that will not only search flickrcreative commons databases but will also create the attribution data for you to copy and paste into your blog.
Great!
Graeme Base and the Golden Snail
The Legend of the Golden Snail is another beautifully whimsical book by Graeme Base. To me it has a feel of an earlier book written by him “The Sign of the Seahorse” but it still quite different and worth a read.
Source READPLUS
Read the The Legend of the Golden Snail reviewed on READPLUS by Pat Pledger.
JSSALC Delicious links …
Over the last few years I have collected many weblinks that relate to the Units of Inquiry, online learning, PYP, languages, ICT and Web2.o just to name a few areas.
Recently I have started to use Diijo. I find that it is wonderful for the community aspect make it a valauable PLN tool. This is my profile of Diijo.
Inquiry and glogster
Source
http://dclibrary.edu.glogster.com/inquiry/
The Squark and Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney
Are you a member of The Squawk?
Do you like the Wimpy Kid books written by Jeff Kinney?
If so.. go to the Squawk tomorrow to ask him about his books or any other question about his writing.
Coming soon – The Ugly Truth
Image source
http://www.puffin.com.au/products/9780143304999/ugly-truth-diary-wimpy-kid
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Bubbl.us – great concept mapping tool!
Have you used BUBBL.US?
It is a simple Web 2.0 tool tobrainstorming and mind map.
Year 4 students are using this to gather their thoughts about their current unit of inquiry about water pollution.
These are a few examples that the students have created.
Another great aspect of using bubbl.us is you don’t need to register. This wiki gives you instructions about how-to use bubbl.us.
Try it today.