Posted on December 16th, 2010 by
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Our Books & Authors database will suggest a good next book to read — based on the title or titles of books you’ve already read. You can also browse by subject, location, time period or character. Create your own “reading room” list, read or write reviews, browse authors and genres, and more. A place to start for the student who asks…”what should I read?”
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Filed under: English, Reading & Writing, Recommended Books
Posted on December 16th, 2010 by
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Figment is a community where students can share their writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. A great place for the already motivated student to publish… and for the un-motivated to get motivated! The New York Times call it “a kind of literary Facebook for teens.”
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Filed under: English, Reading & Writing, Show/tell/publish work
Posted on December 13th, 2010 by
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Books checked out most frequently this year so far:
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
3. Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson
4. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Now that’s diversity!
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Filed under: Reading & Writing, Recommended Books
Posted on October 20th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
At http://typeit.org type accent marks, diacritics, and other characters online, then cut and paste them whenever you want.
(Thanks to Tim Cayer, LMS at Hall for this one.)
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Filed under: Tech tips & tricks, World Language
Posted on October 19th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
A new online tool called http://docsteach.org/ recently was launched by the National Archives and provides a resource for teachers to search more than 3,000 primary-source documents. The site also includes seven tools for teachers, including one that customizes history activities to individual classroom needs.
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Filed under: Social Studies
Posted on September 30th, 2010 by
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where advertising is all around you. Who makes ads? How do they work? What do they want you to do. Here you will explore, discover and learn.
http://www.admongo.gov/
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Filed under: English, Web 2.0
Posted on June 7th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Ms. Vranich’s 10th grade English classes are our pioneers in trying out Conard’s new VoiceThread website. Listen to some of their great book reviews. It’s the perfect place to find some helpful summer reading suggestions. (Scroll to the right – past the first page of instructional videos – to get to our collection.) http://conard.ed.voicethread.com/#q
What’s a VoiceThread you say? Here’s your answer: http://conard.ed.voicethread.com/share/409/
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Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Check out http://newsmap.jp/ This visual display of news pulled from the Google News aggregator reveals the unseen patterns in today’s environment of constant, overwhelming media coverage. Stories are color coded and grouped in cells by content. The size of each cell is determined by the number of related articles. The display can be manipulated for viewing by country, category (world, business, sports, etc.) Dazzling and thought provoking – especially for history, government and media studies students.
Or, consider News Dots at http://slatest.slate.com/features/news_dots/default.htm
“an interactive map of how every story in the news is related, updated daily.” Subjects are connected if they appear together in at least two stories, and the size of the dot is based on the number of times the subject is mentioned. Students can see – and be asked to share their understanding of the connections & relationships between events and countries.
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Filed under: English, Social Studies, Teacher Resources, Web 2.0
Posted on June 1st, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Here are two websites with helpful resources for science students:
At http://cassiopeiaproject.com/ the goal is to make science education videos available to all who want them. Short clips can be found on biology, chemistry, evolution and other science topics.
At http://learn.genetics.utah.edu students and teachers will find well organized and clearly written information on the basics of DNA, stem cells, cloning, heredity and more – much of it in interactive and animated form.
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Filed under: Science, Teacher Resources
Posted on June 1st, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Here’s another website that recommends movie clips – and provides student worksheets – to help make math make sense, and to provide practice opportunities. The movies are fun – Harry Potter, Star Trek, etc. – but the catch is, you’ve got to get the movie. (Some we have, some we can get, depending on demand.) The website helps you make the math connection and provides the activity/worksheet.
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Filed under: Math
Math and the Movies! 
