Librarian+Information

Information taken off of the first page: Publishing for Young Author's Information: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html

Word Magnets: http://www.triptico.co.uk/flashFiles/wordMagnets/WordMagnets.html

How to get your classes online: Teaching Innovations: http://teachinginnovations.wikispaces.com/TnC_Media

Want to read the blogs of some teachers? Check out these: http://www.livemocha.com/education-blog-list.htm

News for Children from the BBC: []

Methacton Video Conference wiki.

School Library Curriculum: http://greatlibs.wikispaces.com/Curricula+for+School+Libraries School Library Curriculum: [|Ephrata Area School District]. School Library Curriculum: [|Pittsburgh].

http://sites.google.com/site/digitalliteracyworkshop/big-huge-labs
 * Digital Literacy Workshop**: http://sites.google.com/site/digitalliteracyworkshop/home

Librarians can teach Social Media: http://www.techlearning.com/article/23558 21 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom/Library: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft&ncl=true

Free Royalty Free Clip Art for Destiny: http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm.

Creative Commons: What every educator should know.

A little of everything: http://eduscapes.com/

A Wiki by Librarians to Help Librarians learn Web 2.0 tools: http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/

A wiki for librarians- this page is a list with links of book-related podcasts: http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/book-related%20podcasts.

Dewey Decimal System: http://languagearts.pppst.com/deweydecimals.html

New Search Engine that gives you tabs of results including Google, Bing, YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, etc.: http://www.browsys.com/.

Library Skills video and more: []

14 Ways Librarians can teach Social Media: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1230049123.html?nid=3714

[|Teacher Librarian Videoconferencing] is a Ning from California that meets via videoconferencing once a month.

http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/index.html is list of top 100 educational web apps.

Book Report ideas: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bookreports.html Children's Authors and what they wrote: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/childlit.html

Media Literacy and Information Literacy: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/media.html

Journalism Resources: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/journ.html

Powerpoints on just about everything: http://www.pppst.com/themes.html

[|Blog on the 10 Best Education Games with links to those games.]

School Library Resources: http://librarysupportstaff.com/4schools.html http://www.sldirectory.com/

Books with Audio: http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library-audio.htm [|Miami University Children's Book Database]: This is a wonderful resource... you can search by author, subject, whatever! http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/

[|International Digital Children's Library] http://childrenslibrary.org/

Media Skills Class with links: http://www.gcs.k12.nc.us/schools/Hawley/Media%20Skills.htm Media Awareness for kids- lesson: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/kids.cfm Media-Savy with Quiz- http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/page_build.cfm?state=none&CFID=402829&CFTOKEN=6400558

Technology Tutorials: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm#qt

State Book Awards from the entire US from Simon and Shuster: http://tinyurl.com/38jbtb

Books about Libraries and Librarians... an annotated bibliography! http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/%7Eheintzelman/foundations/mainpage.htm

Make your own tests: []

One billion mazes: http://www.onebillionmazes.com/

[|Filamentality]- Create WebQuests and more... http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

[|CyberSmart] Lesson Plans and Activities http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/

Practical teaching units and classroom activities for media education http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm

This is an awesome site: (for lesson plans and ideas) [|http://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/media/LessonPlanBook.htm]

For the district's actual library curriculum [|http://hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/media/librarycurriculum.pdf]

Yahoo! Safely: Net Safety Resources for Teachers & Parents <[|http://safely.yahoo.com/]> How does Yahoo! help keep kids safe online? Find out on the recently launched Yahoo! Safely <[|http://safely.yahoo.com/]> site! As the most trafficked internet destination in the world, Yahoo! is committed to ensuring that the 30 million children on the internet in the US are exploring it safely. The new Yahoo! Safely site collects resources, knowledge and expertise from across the Web for children, parents, and educators to raise awareness about the importance of safety <[|http://www.debaird.net/blendededunet/safety/index.html]>, ethics and piracy. Check out some of the interactive features on Yahoo! Safely that help kids form safe and smart Internet habits early in life: become good cyber-citizens online child safety bloggers.
 * Games and Activities - Play cyber-safety games online
 * Clips and Videos - Watch educational videos that help kids
 * Weekly Poll - Vote on opinions about safe practices
 * Avatar ID Card - Submit Avatars to be featured in the gallery
 * Online Safety Forum for Parents - Join in the discussion about
 * Tech Advisor Articles - Get expert advice from Yahoo! Tech

Make anything into a PDF: Create PDFs on the fly, for free http://www.expresspdf.com/ Don't have Acrobat, or don't happen to have it on the computer you're using? [|Try ExpressPDF], a site that will convert your Word or Excel document, or web page, to PDF."

What to have students read after **Captain Underpants**:

Time Warp Trio by SciezkaFranny K Stein by Jim Benton Ghosts of Fear Street, Rotten School, or Goosebumps by R.L. Stein Beverly Cleary books Joanna Hurwitz books Dan Gutman books Junie B Jones by Barbara Park Bunnicula by James Howe Wayside School by Louis Sachar Andy Russell by D. Adler Horace Splattly the Cupcaked Crusader by Lawrence David The Zack Files by Dan Greenburg Geronimo Stilton Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos

30 Inspiring things to do with YouTube in the classroom: http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/index.html#1

"It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech by Marvin Terban
 * Books to teach Metaphors**:

Metaphors, Similes, And Other Word Pictures in Picture Books The Wagon [and others by this author] Tony Johnston The Man Who Called Down Owls Eve Bunting The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement. The Bicycle Man Allen Say Hide and Seek Fog Alvin Tresselt Quick as a Cricket Wood, Audrey. Seven Blind Mice Young, Ed. (398.2 YOL) Color Me a Rhyme Jane Yolen (811 YOL) Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate Bob Graham The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble (398.2 GOB) Chanticleer and the fox Barbara Cooney Owl Moon; Encounter Jane Yolen Come on, Rain Karen Hesse Knots on a Counting Rope Bill Martin Flossie and the Fox Pat McKissack Night of the Twisters Ivy Ruckman The Talking Eggs San Souci Sam and the Tigers Julius Lester

After consulting with the book, Using Picture books to teach literary devices, these are the ones that I am familiar with: Come on, Rain! by Karen Hesse River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz Black Cat by Christopher Myers The Little Island by Golden MacDonald Tar Beach by Fairth Ringgold The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt Owl Moon by Jane Yolen The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Grandfather's Lovesong by Reeve Lindbergh ; illustrated by Rachel Isadora.