"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney …………………………………………………………………Does this sound like you?Have you ever been frustrated with yourself for failing to remember even the simplest things in life? Things like birthdays, telephone numbers or even places where you left your keys? If you blame all […]
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‘Little Brother’ Takes a Bow at Chicago Theater
Little Brother, the futuristic tale of teen-techno-revolution in a dystopian San Francisco by journalist/blogger Cory Doctorow, has done well since its release last May by Tor Teen. It received excellent reviews, has sold 90,000 copies to date, was nominated for a Hugo Award, and movie rights were recently optioned to producer Don Murphy. Now Little […]
Lost in Translation – Tips For Ensuring Your Audience Understands Your Message
[ By Stephanie Leibowitz] When we travel to another country and do not know the local language or have only rudimentary foreign language skills, we expect that some of what we say may not be understood by the other party (the native speaker). We are prepared for potential misunderstandings and may even see these exchanges […]
Powering Up Minds and Powering Up Machines: Guided Inquiry, Reading and Web 2.0
Powering Up Minds and Powering Up Machines: Guided Inquiry, Reading and Web 2.0 is an exceptionally vibrant presentation. If you are interested in supporting students right through the researching, writing and presenting stages of assignments, you must experience Dr Ross J Todd’s powerful presentation. The notes below are a record of the session.
June Comics Bestsellers
Jeffy Kinney's Wimpy Kid: Last Straw rules the roost but Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery; IDW's Star Trek: Countdown and Marvel Zombies 3 all make the Top Ten. more » » »
Kidjutsu: A Kid-Safe Site for Webcomics
The internet is full of great comics created specifically for children, but young readers don’t have any way to find them. After all, there is no children’s room on the internet. But Brian Leung is hoping to solve that problem with Kidjutsu, a site that collects kid-friendly webcomics and displays them using an easy-to-use online […]
Make a Digital Wish
Digital Wish, a nonprofit group dedicated to modernizing classrooms, hands out a constant stream of small grants to schools and helps teachers acquire funding for technology. Digital Wish not only offers school site licenses on Adobe and Microsoft products, but also automatically matches each purchase by giving 2 to 10 percent back to teachers every […]
Simon & Schuster Launches Teen Networking Site
Simon & Schuster's children's division has launched Pulse It, a social network site where teens can read and react to S&S titles. The site is aimed at 14- to 18-year-olds and will let teens do things they can do on such places as Facebook—like create personal profiles and befriend other members—as well as read and react to […]
Feeling Overwhelmed? Clean Your Desk
You’re winding down your week, and this weekend you won’t be cramming in work during every free block of time that pops up. You’re taking the weekend off. Good for you! But how do you put your work aside and forget about it…oh, and wouldn’t it be nice to avoid the Sunday evening dread about […]
Thalia Kids’ Book Club Camp
Symphony Space's Thalia Kids' Book Club, now in its third season, will launch the first-ever Thalia Kids' Book Club Camp this August. In addition to meeting with authors, young readers and writers will have the opportunity to take part in writing workshops, create writing portfolios and discuss books with their peers. Featured authors include Brian […]
