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• CCBC Booklists

  Common Core Book list

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• Merion Mercy Academy Library Site

  An exemplary library Google Siite

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• Auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association

  An idea for library book promotion: have teachers bring in pictures of their pet and have students match correctly. Display books about pets.

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• 25 Series to Read if you LOVE the Hunger Games!

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• » Making Library e-Books on the e-Book Reader Visible

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• ProfessorWord

  Improve your vocabulary while you surf the web

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• The ultimate guide on how to annotate PDF files on the iPad

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• 25 Of The Best Pinterest Boards In Education

  25 Of The Best Pinterest Boards In Education http://t.co/F9pQKHrw via @teachthought #ntchat

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• High Techpectations: Get Googley in Education - The Latest Resources from Diigo (weekly)

  Get Googley in Education - The Latest Resources from Diigo (weekly): - EdListen: EdListen 11… http://t.co/H1KIOMui

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• STUDYBLUE

  Make online flashcards & notes. Study anywhere, anytime.

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• How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios

  Great ideas for using Google Drive on an ipad.

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• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

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  • From miura MyThreeWords.com is a sentence sharing game. Three words start a sentence off. Players are then able to enter three words at a time to continue the story. Any number of people can play at once. A fullstop, question mark or exclamation mark will end the story. All you need is a quick wit, fast fingers and some lightning fast connection! Are you any good?

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iBooks Author

A "flipped classroom" is something which we are hearing much about in education: the idea that students should facilite their own learning by having the resources they need to learn outside of school. As 21st century librarians, isn’t this something we’ve already been doing for many years? I know I have. Think about all the resources you provide your students and you’ll realize that you’ve been flipping learning for your students long before the term “flipped classroom” became popular.

iBooks Author is an ideal tool for flipping learning because it delivers important resources to students in a seamless method. Librarians can create an ipad which includes access and directions for using the many books, databases and services which a school library provides. The finished publication can be loaded onto school ipads or on students' own personal ipads. What makes this delivery different than hosting this information on your library website? Since you control where it is being published, you can include sensitive password and login information which is only intended for your students and staff.

New Hope-Solebury High School students & staff: if you'd like our library ibook loaded onto your ipad, stop by the library!

Matt Quick Returns to NH-S!

On Novemeber 28th, author Matt Quick will be returning to New Hope-Solebury High School for a third visit,  this time to discuss his newest  novel, Boy 21. This young adult novel is about a high school basketball player, Finley, who lives in a rough part of town with his father and disabled grandfather and is the only white boy on his team.  When a new student, Russ, arrives at his high school, Finley doesn't know quite what to make of this black kid who claims to be from another world and calls himself Boy21 - after his basketball number which also happens to be the same number as Finley's. This is an intriguing story about two very different boys, both having some serious family and living issues, but whom find comfort in each other's friendship.

Boy21 Book Trailer

Quick first visited NH-S when his first book was published, Silver Linings Playbook.  This adult novel about a young man who is recovering from depression is now being made into a movie starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro.  

Silver Linings Playbook Movie Trailer

Matt Quick's young adult novel, Sorta Like a Rock Star, is a touching story about Amber Appleton - a homeless girl who sleeps (often alone) on the Hello Yellow bus which her mom drives for a living. Her mom is often "out fishing" at bars, looking for her next Prince Charming. Readers will smile with delight at the positive, vivacious attitude of Amber as she spreads hope among her various, eccentric friends. However, when she struggles to come to terms with a tragic, life-changing event, we find that Amber is not as capable of receiving help as she is at giving it. 

Sorta Like a Rock Star Book Trailer

If you have read any of these novels, you are invited to sign-up for Matt Quick's presentation on October 30th.  The presentation will be from 1:30 - 2:30. Of course, you will be responsible for any missed work.  

CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP

It's not too late to read any of these books if you haven't yet done so!  We have all three of them in our library - put one on hold through Destiny today!

Ready for September 4th?

Whether you were busy working over the summer, having fun in the sun, or maybe simply a procrastinator by nature, we have some solutions for you if you haven't yet picked up your required summer reading.  The following ebooks can be accessed through your computer, ipad or Android device.  Click here to access the apps. Access the Follett eReader here. Your login is the same as your school network login.

Questions? Email me!

Academic English Books

Feed
Graceling
A Long Walk to Water
Marcelo in the Real World
Pride and Prejudice
Stolen
Tamar
Wuthering Heights

Grade 11 Honors

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Grade 12 Honors

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

ACCESS OUR BOOKS ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE

Our high school library continues to go mobile as Destiny Library Catalog has now made an app available for our catalog, ebooks and audio books!

The Destiny Library Catalog app allows you to search our catalog, create book lists, put books on hold, renew books and more! Click here learn how to download the app. Our school URL is destiny.nhsd.org. The video below gives a brief overview of the application.

Follett eReader allows you to read our Follett ebooks on your mobile device.  Click here to learn how to download the app. Note that you cannot log into Follett eReader yet, HOWEVER, you can access the ebooks through the Destiny app (above) and the Follett eReader app will open.

The Catalist Digital Audio app allow you to download audio books directly to your mobile device.  

Click here to download the app, or click here to browse the catalog. See the HS Database sheet in your Google Docs library for login instructions.

Can't Get to a College Visit? Visit Virtually!

Google Street View now has a collection of university campuses!  Though only a few are listed at present, I would imagine that this is a collection which will grow.
You can also explore some of their other cool collections such as world landmarks....and even ski slopes!

Click here for an interactive demo on Google maps.

Grading the Digital School: Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms

Grading the Digital School: Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms: At least 36 schools nationwide are combining teacher-led lessons with computer-based lectures and exercises using a software program based on Salman Khan’s popular YouTube lessons.