The World is Awesome

I recently saw this video at a Discovery Educator's workshop.  It's worth sharing.

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The Host hits Bookstores

As of yesterday, Stephenie Meyer's new book, The Host, is available at bookstores. Although this is not the sequel to her Twilight series, I'm sure it will be equally popular with young adults. The plot is intriguing - an alien species invades the human population by inhabiting their bodies. For one girl, Melanie, this causes some major problems when her particular inhabitant starts falling for Melanie's boyfriend. A love triangle - but with two bodies!


Borders Media website offers an interview with Stephenie Meyer. She talks about this new book, her sequel to Twilight, Breaking Dawn, and the Twilight movie being released in December.

Wikiality

In yesterday's Washington Post (4/4), Monica Hess questions our use of online information in her article Truth: Can You Handle It? Better Yet: Do You Know It When You See It? She discusses the increased popularity of Wikipedia and, as Steve Colbert describes it,"wikiality: a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it must be true."
Thankfully, as Hesse points out, librarians are leading the charge to show the importance of thorough research and the notion that information is good - but knowledge is better.

Reading Olympics Books on Shelfari

I decided to enter the 2009 Reading Olympics books on Shelfari. This way, my students can see the book jackets and get a glimpse of what each book is about.

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Flock - My New Best Friend

Oh, the things you can do with the web browser, Flock.  What a great way to organize and keep track of all your social networking tools.  In fact, right now I'm testing out its blog editor with this very post.  Love It!

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The PSLA Top 40 Crew

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Another great year with the Top Forty librarians! So much fun "Dancing with the Stars"!
See you all next year!

2009 Reading Olympics List

JUST RELEASED! The 2009 Reading Olympics list! There are many great new titles, including A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah.

Thanks for doing a great job, Selection Commitee!

2009 SENIOR READING OLYMPICS LIST