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Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Infographics for You to Use: Digital Citizens

Want to use infographics in your space, but don’t have the time to create your own from scratch?  Well, thanks to A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet, we have infographics of all kinds – this week, five infographics on being digital citizens!  Click on the links to see the full infographics.

ADC All Digital Citizens
 images Finding Images Online
 Google Google Search Genius
 email The History of Email
 Social Media Students Like Social Media

More infographics for you to use: Book and ebooks, Libraries and Librarians, Reading and its Benefits, Information Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and Plagiarism, Writing and Grammar, Press and Visuals, and Fun Ones!

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Sartell – Education Done Differently

On Thursday, April 16, Sartell Middle School hosted their second annual Education Done Differently event.  This event acts as a great resource for media specialists in the area because it provides the opportunity to see some inventive ways one school is utilizing technology in the classroom!  Students from grades K through 12 gave presentations – and so did teachers – to show the community how technology has changed their classrooms in recent years.  You can check out WJON’s video below, or their article written by Isaac Schweer – both featuring Sartell’s Instructional Technology Specialist Brad Scherer!

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Notable Dates for your Noggin: May 2015

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Introducing our new monthly update – Notable Dates for your Noggin!  Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books.  You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration!

Did we miss anything?  Let us know if we did!

For our calendar of library events, including conferences and library days, check out our Events/Initiatives page.

And for more Notable Dates for Your Noggin, check out our Notable Dates page.

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Winners Announced!

Maud Hart Lovelace AwardOn Saturday, April 25th, the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award winners were announced!  Saturday would have been the Minnesota author’s 123rd birthday.  And the winners are. . .

Division I

Belly Up Ghost Dog Secrets Guinea Dog
First place: Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs Second place: Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret Third place: Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings

 

Division II

Breathing Room Cinder The False Prince
First place: Breathing Room by Marsha Hayles Second place: Cinder by Marissa Meyer Third place: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

 

You can learn more about the award, or more about Maud Hart Lovelace herself!

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Coloring books for grown-ups

CrayolaWhether you want to color for some plain-old-fun, or do it to relieve stress; whether you use markers, crayons, or colored pencils, you might be feeling like you need a new coloring book.  You’re bound to find a book on this list that suits you!  And if you want more, just browse!

Image credit: http://tinyurl.com/nhd3wbb, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0