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- Answer coming next week!While travel in French Polynesia is great... ... the wifi is rather slow and unpredictable. As a side-effect, I haven't been able to get a good connection for a long enough period of time to actually do the online research needed to get answers to last week's Challenge. A drone's eye view of the harbor at Huahine. Note the fringing reef and […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (7/7/2019): A couple of questions about Polynesia! (Why so long? What are those clear patches?) I managed to find wifi! As I mentioned last week, I'm touring through French Polynesia for the next two weeks. It's kind of a long way to go, but it's completely worth it. Lots of long stretches as we sail from one island to the next. Many of these are coral atolls, and look a bit like this as we sail by. They're all low-slung, just b […]
- Answer (Part 2): What DO we know about history, math, and geography? Last time we talked about history... Now, let's talk about math and geography and how much people know about each. In this excerpt from Raphael's fresco The School of Athens, Pythagoras is shown writing in a book as a young man presents him with a tablet. It shows a diagrammatic representation of a lyre above a drawing of the sacred tetractys. […]
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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Making it on the 4th Floor | Chattanooga Public Library
Want to get really excited about ‘Maker Spaces’ in libraries? Read about what the Chattanooga Public Library has done with heretofore storage space. I can’t wait to implement some of their ideas into my next job.Not as large in scope, … Continue reading
K-12 Resource Guide: Resources by Content Area
K-12 Resource Guide: Resources by Content Area. Awesome resource list provided by UW Educational Outreach for those working with youth (children & teens) in the Puget Sound region.
What is Connected Learning?
What is Connected Learning | Connected Learning. I was fortunate enough to attend a CAYAS training (CAYAS is WA state’s youth services special interest group) on “Connected Training on Nov 1st. Although Connected Learning is applicable to all ages, the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Learning, Information Science
Tagged CAYAS, learning methods, library services, teens
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New Literary NF Teen Book: “Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment”
Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment by Carla Killough McClafferty; published Sept 1, 2013; 9781467710671. From this book’s very first account – in 1897 – of the death of University of Georgia college sophomore and defensive lineman,Von Gammon,this book shows how … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Non-fiction
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Random House acquires Teen Author site, “Figment”
A while ago, on my library’s Teen Blog, I posted an article about “Figment”, a website community of over 300,000 of authors, most between the ages of 13-18, passionate about creating, discovering, and sharing stories. How cool is it that there … Continue reading
Posted in Online Resources, Organizations
Tagged authors, online communities, teen authors
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October = Teen Read Month
I love that YALSA devotes an entire month to Teen Reading – it offers a great opportunity for going to schools and discussing book titles as well as some great homework help services offered by libraries (like Brainfuse’s daily one-on-one … Continue reading
