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Celebrate National Poetry Month in April!</h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj5IGaUxgbn86tY-V9dwr_W6bWhsKP0lYoYMQKFO0liNmnCCx9invF8Q1xMeX88Y10wxx1JBgcbdKbCuc2yai-wJEe5Dnqj76apSnLyOGpzBF3BY9Q7lMnJfpQzR3Ihq617nuENIZY5Q/s1600/young-2880852_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj5IGaUxgbn86tY-V9dwr_W6bWhsKP0lYoYMQKFO0liNmnCCx9invF8Q1xMeX88Y10wxx1JBgcbdKbCuc2yai-wJEe5Dnqj76apSnLyOGpzBF3BY9Q7lMnJfpQzR3Ihq617nuENIZY5Q/s200/young-2880852_640.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April is National Poetry Month. What better way to celebrate </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">than appealing </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">interests of middle and high school </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">students by utilizing technology </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">AND allowing for their freedom of expression? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">High school students love </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">student choice and embrace the opportunity for their voices to be heard! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and tech tools available that will allow encourage them to assume ownership while creating and designing poetry projects using technology, provide a digital platform for students to read high-interest poetry about modern teen issues, and websites where students can publish their own poetry, express their voices, state their opinions, and display their </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mission of this site states that "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Family Friend Poems provides a curated, safe haven to read and share touching poems and stories that help heal and offer catharsis through good times and bad. FFP strives to remain accessible to "real people, real life" while also providing a resource to students, teachers and all those who love popular contemporary poetry." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why do I love this site? This site is keepin' it real! Even though some of the topics are difficult, the content is clean without seeming glossed over or artificial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Teens can also submit poems for publishing. The site is extensive and deals with real life issues that teens face - from the sorrow over a loved one's death, feelings depression, coping with serious illness, the impact of bullying to coping with betrayal. </span>This site also includes <a href="https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/school-resources/" target="_blank">teaching resources.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poetry Foundation has an extensive list of websites that both teachers and students can use to celebrate National Poetry Month! You can find audio files of poems being read out loud, lesson plans, instructional resources, and even informational links to nationwide poetry celebrations and festivals. Feel free to skip to Poetry Foundation's </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/browse#page=1&sort_by=recently_added&filter_poetry_teens=1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Poetry for Teens</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as an additional resource for your students to use, select poems to read, and to analyze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home" target="_blank"><b>Academy of Poets National Poetry Month Page</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Includes a Poem a Day, Poem in Your Pocket activity, </span><a href="https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/30-ways-celebrate-national-poetry-month" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">30 Ways to Celebrate</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, lesson plans, </span><a href="https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/dear-poet-project" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Dear Poet Project</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://poetryslam.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Poetry Slam</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Consider hosting your own classroom Poetry Slam! Poetry Slam's website states its mission as the following: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The mission of Poetry Slam, Inc. (PSi) is to promote the creation and performance of poetry that engages communities and provides a platform for voices to be heard beyond social, cultural, political, and economic barriers." </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Students will be inspired by Poetry Slam's performance poetry videos and can easily find videos of slam poetry specifically featuring students and teens just like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Youth Speaks is a poetry slam contest that specifically highlights teen participants. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interested in learning more about implementing a Poetry Slam with your students? The following digital resources may help you organize this dynamic opportunity for students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Includes materials for writing poems and lessons in analyzing a poem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This website includes a </span><a href="http://www.favoritepoem.org/teachers.html" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">For Teachers </a> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">page that reiterates why the Favorite Poem Project was implemented: "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Favorite Poem Project seeks to improve poetry's place in American classrooms by encouraging active, engaging poetry lessons that emphasize a direct, vocal connection to poems. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The lessons presented here focus on appreciating poetry—reading, discussing, and enjoying poems—rather than on the writing of original poetry. Several of the lessons emphasize pleasure in the words and sounds of poems as place to begin—reminding students that poetry is art, and that it is satisfying and exciting to discover a poem that enthralls you and to say it in your own voice.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;">"</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp262-04.shtml" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">Education World's Poetry Slam Lesson Plan</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inspire students to write their own 6 word memoirs or poems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Teen writers express themselves on this supportive social writing site.</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://yareview.net/category/poetry/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Yarn's Poetry Page</a></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">YARN is an award-winning </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">literary </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">journal that publishes outstanding original short fiction, poetry, and essays for Young Adult readers, written by the writers you know and love, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as well as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fresh </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">new voices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finally, to celebrate National Poetry Month, check out a few of these great websites and technology tools that your students can use to design a poetry-related project!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You may like the idea of poetry recitation and using one's voice to convey mood, tone, and theme of a poem but your students are hesitant to actually perform in a video recording.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Try using audio-recording tools instead! Students can select a poem he or she finds meaningful. This could be a poem written by another teen, a favorite poem written by a famous poet, or (better yet) a poem he or she has authored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Recently I attended the South Carolina Educational Technology Conference and learned about Flipsnack - a tech tool and website that will provide students the opportunity to publish animated, interactive flipbooks for free! Using <a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">Flipsnack</a>, teachers and students can sign up for an account in order to create and publish three digital books. The free account limits each of the three books to 15 pages or less.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><br />How does <a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">Flipsnack </a>work? Flipsnack uses HTML5 to convert pdf files to flash. This website is compatible with all devices - from Chromebooks to iPads. There are multiple ways to create digital books using this site! Users can create within the site by selecting one of Flipsnack's template options or upload a pdf and/or jpgs and use Flipsnack to publish their creations. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><br />In order to upload a pdf file, students would first create their digital books using Google Slides or Google Docs. Both Google Docs and Google Slides provide an option to save or download the file as a pdf. Microsoft Office and Power Point can be used, also. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Once the book is completed and saved as a pdf, students then upload the pdf file using Flipsnack's upload tool. Once uploaded, students have additional editing options - including the option to add additional pages and images!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><br />Prior to publishing their uploaded books in Flipsnack, students can customize their books by changing the screen background to a different color or to a texture (similar to changing the background of a slide). They can also upload an image for the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Additional options to customize their digital books include highlighting any hyperlinks that appear on the book's pages, causing the pages to auto-flip or turn, and checking the option for the pages to make a flipping sound when turning. You MUST check this flip sound option!</span></span><br />
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Life as an Instructional Technology Coach</h3>
Last school year I was offered a new position in my school. Prior to this change, I was one of my high school's two media specialists. The position I was offered was one I had been dreaming about for some time - Instructional Technology Specialist!<br />
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As a former high school English teacher, I loved creating my own resources for my students! Prior to leaving the classroom for another position, I was experimenting a lot with technology and providing unique ways for my students to demonstrate their learning and knowledge.<br />
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I began utilizing technology and tech tools even more frequently in the 12 years I spent as a middle school and high school media specialist. During this time, I began receiving an increasing number of requests from teachers to work with their students when creating podcasts, videos, or when using a new presentation tool. In fact, during my last year as a school media specialist I was receiving more requests than I could handle!<br />
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Through my collaboration with teachers and my conducting professional development training, I've learned a lot the past two decades! It's smooth sailing from here! Right?<br />
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This brings me to where I am now. Though I wouldn't change a thing about what I do and the passion I feel for this position, there are a few stumbling blocks and misconceptions that always seem to arise. This post is written to address these issues.<br />
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1. We are not experts in all things technology.</h3>
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There really is no such thing as an expert in technology. You have some who are more comfortable about technology. Some of us are passionate about tech tools and the effective use of technology in education. We seek new things to try. We read blogs. </div>
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We attend conferences - during our free time - and over the summer - because we love technology THAT much!</div>
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WE GEEK OUT over technology and the many ways it can benefit both teachers <i>and </i>students.<br />
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Despite our passion and enthusiasm, we aren't familiar with ALL new technology, all apps, and all tech tools.<br />
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We need time to look over the apps and sites you are interested in - time to examine free accounts vs. paid. We need a discussion and collaboration to determine your end goals, what content you want to assess, what your expectations are, etc.<br />
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All tech tools are not equal. It's not even about the tech tool - it's about learning and pedagogy. It's about selecting the right tool that will serve its purpose and will meet your needs and the needs of all of your students. In light of that, Instructional Technology Specialists or Technology Coaches don't operate on the fly! We need prep time just like you do!<br />
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So, please give US a heads up and time to prepare. That way, we can better serve you! I personally never recommend a tech tool I haven't used myself! Please give us the time we need in order to do that!<br />
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2. Instructional technology and network administration, hardware, and software maintenance are not the same thing.</h3>
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Teachers frequently call me, email, or stop by to ask me to fix their Promethean Boards, help with their work laptop when they cannot login from home, help with a software program (that I don't use or maintain since I am not in the classroom nor am I our technology equipment/software contact person). They still ask for help with their personal devices, help with the school copier....</div>
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Trust me when I say that I would be more than willing to help out if I had an all-encompassing knowledge of any and all things tech. I don't. </div>
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I will help if I can - regardless if it's my job responsibility or not. Teachers need help RIGHT NOW. I definitely get that. What is difficult to me, however, is when I hear..."since you are the technology expert..." </div>
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Instructional technology and technology maintenance are two totally separate areas.</div>
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Most of us who work in instructional technology do learn to troubleshoot various applications that we use, but many of us are still not the contact people, the go-to, the liaison, nor do we have the training to address all "technical issues."</div>
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This really is not so much a teacher problem but rather a communication issue or unfortunately, it could stem from a lack of support being given locally for hardware/software maintenance or not enough support being provided to schools on a district level.</div>
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Either way, we would appreciate a distinction being made and this being communicated in a helpful way to teachers. We want this NOT because your asking for help is irritating or taking up the time we need, but because we really hate letting you down. We hate saying - I don't know. We don't like having to direct you to a different source (or the person who HAS to be contacted for help) though it may take days to address the problem you are having. We want to help you right then, but sometimes we just can't.</div>
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I want to enhance what you're already doing and teaching. That being said, I want you to be by MY side. In light of that, please don't grade papers or disengage while I am working with your students.<br />
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As a former high school English teacher, then Library Media Specialist, and now Instructional Technology Specialist, I am always on the lookout for new presentation tech tools.<br />
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I was particularly touched by one of ISTE's keynote speakers, Jennie Magiera. I highly recommend all educators watch and listen to her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue43pKMwMEo" target="_blank">inspiring words.</a><br />
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In her keynote address, Jennie discussed "single stories" and how we often rely and judge others on singular understandings of people based on a specific set of characteristics. The goal, she said, is to focus on addressing the untold story rather than the one that can be seen on the surface.</div>
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The mistake in making false presumptions and not looking beyond the surface is also beautifully expressed in author Chimamanda Adichie's TedEd Talk "<a href="https://ed.ted.com/featured/TXtMhXIA" target="_blank">The Danger of the Single Story</a>."<br />
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"Chimamanda tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding."<br />
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As teachers, how can we allow students to express themselves and to let their own stories be heard?<br />
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A great way to allow for students to tell their stories is through the creation of student digital portfolios!<br />
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Digital portfolios can serve a variety of purposes. Students are able to make them individualistic, have control over the look and design, while including content that they write, search for, and select. It becomes a representation of who they are - both as students and as people. <br />
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What a great way to highlight and showcase their unique voices in the classroom!<br />
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Students can make pages private for public viewing but can share with individuals. Pages created using Bulb has a setting to allow others to comment<span style="text-align: left;">. This feature provides a great opportunity to share your portfolio pages and to receive feedback from peers.</span></div>
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The ability to type in content (along with the capability to stylize the font and to create hyperlinks), import Google Drive files, include embedded videos and audio, and insert images are just a few of the generous features that Bulb provides with their free accounts.</div>
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I used Bulb with the 12th grade English teachers at my school when they were searching for a new presentation tool to use for their students' Senior digital portfolios.</div>
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You can view the sample porfolio template I created for them <a href="https://www.bulbapp.com/MauldinHigh" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <span style="text-align: center;">Interested in implementing Bulb in your classroom? </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Feel free to use my </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hYmbFC1PHXCvL4ZIdDqMBgYGy46GDHkWHBERRQ1KQ-Y/copy" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">How-To Guide for Creating Bulb Digital Portfolios</a><span style="text-align: left;"> with your own students! </span><span style="text-align: left;">You will need to log into a Google Account in order to access and copy this guide into your Google Drive!</span></div>
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This summer, I had the pleasure of attending one'of Monica Burns's tech workshop sessions on creating classroom videos using Adobe Spark. I was so impressed at how user-friendly Adobe Spark is - whether you create a video, post, or page.<br />
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This is a free tool that can be easily used with both secondary and elementary school students. Adobe Spark has a browser-based version and is also available as an <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-spark-page-create-stunning-web-pages/id968433730?mt=8" target="_blank">iOS app</a>! </div>
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Interested in Adobe Spark's beta Google Play/Android app? Register in order to use this soon-to-released version at their <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/make/android-beta/" target="_blank">site</a>.</div>
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Students can use virtually any device to create in Adobe Spark. And it ALSO is free! Just like the website Bulb, students can use Adobe Spark to create dynamic, polished webpages.</div>
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There are many things I like about creating pages with Adobe Spark. First, you can choose from their theme library in order to create different looks for your page (colors, font types, etc).</div>
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Adobe Spark has a very clean, simple to use tool when creating content on a page. Students just simply choose from text, photo, and video options.</div>
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Though it is very simple, the pages created using Adobe Spark do not appear to be simple or rudimentary. They're modern and beautiful!</div>
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You check out this sample (fictitious) <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/sp/design/page/2a913eaf-d1a4-46a3-951a-2d546700996a" target="_blank">student portfolio page</a> I created using Adobe Spark.</div>
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If you would like to use Adobe Spark in order to implement digital portfolios with your students, I recently created a resource for student digital portfolio pages that is featured in my teacherspayteachers store.<br />
The resource is titled "<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whats-Your-Story-Creating-an-Autobiographical-Page-with-Adobe-Spark-3278647" target="_blank">What's Your Story</a>?" and aligns with the theme of allowing student voice and providing an outlet for creative expression.<br />
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These top two technology tools are amazing resources for any teacher and students to use for their digital portfolio platforms. Make sure to check both of these dynamic websites and tech tools out!<br />
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So much has changed in the last few years! The biggest change has happened professionally! I was offered my dream job - Instructional Technology Specialist! I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with teachers and their classes in implementing instructional technology!<br />
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I will be hosting a session titled <a href="http://sched.co/AaV2" target="_blank">1:1 Win: Tips for Transitioning to Personalized Learning with 1:1 Chromebooks</a> at my school district's <a href="https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/gcssi/" target="_blank">Upstate Technology Conference!</a><br />
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I am ecstatic about hearing and hopefully meeting this year's <a href="https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/gcssi/main.asp?titleid=featured" target="_blank">featured conference speakers</a>!<br />
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Dr. Monica Burns is a curriculum and educational technology consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator, and founder of <a href="http://classtechtips.com/">ClassTechTips.com</a>. As a classroom teacher, Monica used one-to-one technology to create engaging, standards-based lessons for students. Today she spends her time visiting schools across the country and working with PreK-20 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible. She also provides support to organizations using technology to reach children and families in need. Her mission is to help educators place tasks before apps and promote deeper learning with technology.</div>
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Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher who is best known for reaching more than 100,000 educators with his award-winning blog, <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a> and two additional blogs, <a href="http://ipadapps4school.com/">iPadApps4School.com</a> and <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/">PracticalEdTech.com</a>.</div>
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As a highly sought-after educational speaker, Richard’s work is focused on sharing free resources that educators can use to enhance their students’ learning experiences. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his contributions to the field of educational technology including being a five-time winner of the Edublogs Award for Best Resource Sharing Blog, Google Teacher certification, and the Merlot Classics award from California State University. Tech & Learning magazine recently named Richard one of the top current leaders who has been instrumental in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education.</div>
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Thanks to Monica's amazing <a href="http://classtechtips.com/sk12/">Class Tech Tips</a>, I found the perfect tool for my teachers to use with their students while creating their senior digital portfolio. She wrote about the <a href="https://www.bulbapp.com/">Bulb app or site</a>, and I knew I had to check it out! I am always looking for great tools that work well with student portfolios. Using Bulb, I created a sample student portfolio for their senior students to use. I will include a review of this amazing app and our example of a digital portfolio using Bulb soon!<br />
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Inspire Your Students with <a href="http://piclits.com/" target="_blank">PicLits </a>Creative Writing Site</h2>
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As a School Media Specialist and educational technology enthusiast, I am always searching for new ways to integrate technology into our school curriculum. <a href="http://piclits.com/" target="_blank"> PicLits</a> is a gem of a website that I discovered in 2010 that works very well with creative writing. I used this site with middle school students during Teen Technology Week. </div>
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I was amazed at the quality of writing I received from students during our PicLits Poetry Contest. Students were able to select an image from PicLits photo gallery and compose poems that were so insightful, clearly relating to the image they had chosen, and very creative in their word choice and the use of poetic devices. </div>
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Some students even utilized word placement in correlation to further create mood and emphasize the theme of their poems. Some student examples of creative word placement using images from PicLits photo gallery include:</div>
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PicLits.Com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEpTUY9P2RqZPZL9c1136OfkifJXebtylhgzJrcwmJSD6qmmYIljJfdjq_Wek9EAKSaKLLATA7FpQZk-xJN6hcdZzXjFWxLRY5Oo6Xioha275dlwrB1OFOxY6zKLLF0rVWtdUILdBoKlY/s1600/exploregallery.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><i>from the PicLits website</i></a><br />
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Once students have an account and a login, they can begin searching the photo gallery for a picture they find interesting as the subject of their poems. There are two methods of composing using PicLits: Drag and Drop and Freestyle. Using the Drag and Drop method, students will choose from a list of pre-selected words and drag/drop them onto the image in order to create a story or poem. </div>
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This site enhances student visual literacy and provides a motivating subject to help inspire their own lines of poetry. The only instruction students seem to need before writing is for them to just tell the story of the image!</div>
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Most impressive of all is the involvement and enthusiasm of the site creator,<a href="http://piclits.com/about.aspx" target="_blank"> Terry Friedlander!</a> He took the time to comment on several of our student PicLits that were submitted during Teen Technology Week. His comments were always positive, specific to the poem, and encouraged the student to keep writing - as you can see in his comment on the poem below:</div>
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Another Animoto video! This is a sample video I created for a Social Studies teacher who wanted to give Animoto a try. The topic for students will be landmark Supreme Court Cases. Animoto really is a technology tool that can be used with ANY content area!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-76998300612151956962014-03-17T11:21:00.001-04:002017-09-24T17:40:58.978-04:00Using Blendspace with Nonfiction Books (formerly Edcanvas)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bookin' It with Blendspace!</h2>
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Recently, our media center students used <a href="http://www.blendspace.com/" target="_blank">Blendspace</a> to showcase their knowledge on a nonfiction book they recently read. Blendspace is a free educational tool for teachers and students. Teachers register with their email address and receive a class code for their students to use. This makes it much easier to assess student projects using Blendspace because you can access all of the presentations under your teacher login once students register (with the class code) and join your class.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_Mg3lSoew" target="_blank">What is Blendspace</a>? Blendspace is a presentation/curation tool that stores various type of texts and media files in a modular format.<br />
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One of the things I really like about Blendspace is the ability to easily search, access, drag, and drop content within the Blendspace application itself. It has a great toolbar that accesses Google image and web, Flickr, and YouTube videos. Blendspace users also can access Google Drive and upload their own files. Additional options include linking to other webpages. Students have the ability to annotate resources by adding comments (either by recording their own audio file or by typing in notes or comments). There's even a thumbs-up "Like" that can be added to Blendspace tiles.<br />
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My media center students enjoyed using Blendspace. I like giving them the capability to create a presentation that can include several different types of media and text (audio, text, pictures, website links, video, ppt. slides, etc). This projects supports CCSS in its emphasis on including different text types and digital media to represent information on the same topic. Students are analyzing the content and subject of their nonfiction books and curating different types of resources that relate to their nonfiction reading.<br />
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Personally, Blendspace interface seems to me a bit boring. I would enjoy seeing more interactive elements as you play the presentation. The students, however, really seemed to enjoy it.<br />
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One of our students, who frequently doesn't complete assignments, loved working on his Blendspace! We all know technology can be a great motivator. This student, however, even seemed reluctant to work on a music video using Animoto. <br />
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Why did Blendspace, specifically, appeal to him? I am not exactly sure.....BUT it definitely convinces me that it is also a worthwhile educational tool to use with secondary students.<br />
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You can find Blendspace projects completed by our students below:<br />
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/sX0Px7odyKjUDQ/the-universe-in-the-rearview-mirror" target="_blank">The Universe in the Rearview Mirror</a></span></div>
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Using Animoto to Promote the Reading of Nonfiction Texts</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I love using Animoto to showcase student learning! Recently I posted about creating a music video on a fiction book using Animoto. An English teacher at my high school recently came into our media center and asked about ideas for student book projects. I suggested to her that the students could read a nonfiction title instead of fiction. As we all know, CCSS emphasizes the reading of informational text. The more students read nonfiction, the better they will be at comprehending, analyzing, synthesizing, etc.these texts types that are typically also written at a higher lexile level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The project was a success!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We started out with a library activity where the students chose one book from each division of the Dewey Decimal System and described why it was a title they found to be interesting. This activity helped students see the variety of high interest books and topics that are available in each area. It helped dispel the notion that nonfiction = reference materials, textbook-y, dry, and boring academia books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also did a booktalk and used a variety of nonfiction books to showcase - such as the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I chose <u>No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row</u> by Susan Kuklin as my video topic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The students enjoyed reading their nonfiction books and loved creating a music video with Animoto. Animoto allows them the chance to upload and include their own visuals, graphics, and images in their final video. They also can demonstrate their learning by including relevant texts, keywords, and vocabulary all relating to the topic and subject of their nonficiton texts. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Here are a few student examples of our music videos made in Animoto on nonfiction books:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">New to Animoto? Just apply at the<a href="http://animoto.com/education/classroom" target="_blank"> educator's site </a>for the free Educator's Account in order to obtain a classroom code!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This code will allot you 50 student accounts with full access - full length video productions! Your account will expire in 6 months. Re-applying under your account settings, though, is easy and fast. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Animoto is very user-friendly. You can find tutorials on their website that will guide you through the video-making process.</span><br />
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Paul Volponi is the author of 11 novels for young adults
that are currently being read in high school and middle school English classes
around the country. Paul visits these classes often, either in-person or via
video conference, to discuss the novels and encourage students who wish to
pursue their own writing.<br />
<br /><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Paul is a writer, journalist, and teacher living in New York
City. From 1992 to 1998, he taught incarcerated teens on Rikers Island to read
and write. That experience formed the basis of his ALA award-winning novels
Black and White and Rikers High. From 1999 to 2005, Paul taught teens in drug
treatment programs, inspiring his ALA award-winning novel Rooftop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">from <a href="http://www.paulvolponibooks.com/Biography.htm">Paul Volponi Books</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently, we hosted a great Skype
session with popular young adult fiction author</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.paulvolponibooks.com/" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span>Paul Volponi</a>! <u> Final Four</u>, one
of Mr. Volponi’s novels, is also one of the <a href="http://www.scasl.net/assets/2013-14-scyaba-nominees-brochure.pdf">South
Carolina Young Adult Book Award nominees</a> for 2013-2014. <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First, I must say that I absolutely
adore this down to earth, laid-back, super cool author! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When I first emailed Mr. Volponi a few months ago to schedule a Skype session at Mauldin High School, within minutes the phone in my office began to ring.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wow! Talk
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Volponi stayed in contact with me until our
scheduled day.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I was nervous about the web
cam and microphone set up because our school (snow, snow, snow) had been closed
for </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">days</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- right up until 1 day before the Skype
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Paul was great
about giving me time the day before in order to test our equipment and ensure
the next day would be a success.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And it
was! </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Paul Volponi is one of a kind. He extended an invitation for our students to
mail to his home address one page of their writing for him to read and offer
feedback. During the session, our students were able to ask Mr. Volponi
questions about </span><i style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">anything.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Volponi has a great sense of humor and
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Volponi did talk about his books, but his main focus was on our
group and the students themselves. He encouraged our students to set goals for themselves and to dream big!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Skype author sessions are a great way for
schools with limited budgets to host a virtual author visit. This is definitely worth doing, and I know
the students who were able to participate left our media center smiling,
laughing, and talking about their experience with their friends and family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Interested teachers and librarians can contact Paul at <u><span style="color: yellow;"><a href="mailto:pavolpo@cs.com" target="new">pavolpo@cs.com </a></span></u>to
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Limited funding? Try
the <a href="http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/">Author Skype Network</a>! Many others are free or charge an inexpensive fee. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">For a list of FREE Author Skype sessions, try blogger </span><a href="http://www.katemessner.com/authors-who-skype-with-classes-book-clubs-for-free/" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kate
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">Tired of the same book projects and generic novel analysis handouts? So are our students! It’s time to show them <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Rocks-Creating-an-Animoto-Video-Based-on-a-Novel-1013495" target="_blank">Reading Rocks!</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">Reading Rocks! Using Animoto in the ELA Classroom will provide you with the resources you need to create an engaging, exciting digital storytelling activity. You will utilize this multimedia assessment tool year after year with your students once you see firsthand their excitement, effort, and the sense of ownership over their own learning. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">This teaching and student project packet can easily be implemented with any 6th-12th grade ELA and High School English curriculum and is also aligned with Common Core State Standards. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">As we move towards the widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to implementation, it is clear that the use of technology can no longer be an isolated opportunity - it must be implemented in all areas of thinking and learning. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">Students will be expected to evaluate information in multiple media formats and to produce multimedia presentations in order to showcase their learning. 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Using Animoto in the ELA Classroom provides your students with multiple opportunities to acquire these digital literacy learning skills. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">When educator's integrate digital storytelling with a Web 2.0 ed tech tool such as Animoto, students have the opportunity to engage in a process that includes multiple options for digital literacy learning. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">With the Reading Rocks! Teaching Packet, students engage in the creative process of using technology to analyze, plan, search, access, select, sequence, and synthesize images, text, and music through a variety of digital resources. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">In the included lesson plan, students may work individually or collaboratively to showcase their learning by </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; 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color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;"> Analyzing how their music video’s content relates to their </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">novel/topic</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">In this 58 page bundle of teacher and student resources are lesson plans for creating an Animoto video based on a novel, a teacher’s pacing guide with detailed instructions, and the following editable student templates: Student Image and Pre-search Planning handouts, Elements of a Book Trailer handouts, Animoto Image and Keyword/Texts Analysis worksheets, Creating a Video Based on a Novel Project Description and expectation sheets, Animoto Novel Video Grading Rubrics, and Rate that Movie student slips classroom activity. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">This bundle of resources also includes alternative student worksheets and handouts in order to differentiate instruction within your classroom.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">You will have access to a Symbaloo Webmix with over 30 Copyright Free image resource links to simplify your students image searching. Included in this teaching packet is access to a Symbaloo Animoto Video Webmix of over 50 bookmarked Animoto student created videos - all based on popular tween and teen novels! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">Teachers can introduce the Create a Music Video Based on a Novel project by showing these examples of student book trailers in order to motivate and excite their students. This webmix of digital resources can also serve as a springboard for class discussion on identifying what elements make an exciting, enticing book trailer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">New to Animoto? Don’t worry! This packet has you covered! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">As a middle school and high school Media Specialist, I have implemented Animoto with hundreds of students the past nine years and successfully facilitated the video creation process with students from start to finish. Reading Rocks! Using Animoto in the ELA Classroom includes over 58 pages of editable teacher and student Animoto resources - all specific to ELA and the English classroom. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">Included are easy to follow How To Create a Video Using Animoto handouts with screen shots, detailed instructions on how to set up your student accounts, and how to work around common problematic scenarios, such as students not having email addresses as required by Animoto. You will also find tips on how to create and manage class Animoto accounts when you need more than the 50 free student accounts allotted by Animoto. The student login username and password slips template will help you keep all login problems at bay. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">The Teacher’s Toolbox handouts will provide you with the information and guidance needed to avoid or troubleshoot problems during the video creation process– such as when the students ask “Where are the images and pictures I saved?” and “Why won’t my picture upload into Animoto?”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">With the purchase of this bundle of Animoto in the Classroom ELA resource packet, you will have on hand editable templates in order to use this activity with ANY story or text – from Shakespeare’s plays to nonfiction, informational articles!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003000259399414px; text-align: start;">This resource bundle will empower students with the capability to create a final product reflecting their own analysis, highlighting their creativity, and providing an outlet to express their own unique voice. </span></div>
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The Importance of Teaching a Structured Research Process</h2>
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There's no debate! Common Core State learning Standards emphasize that our students should be able to conduct effective research - including but not limited to, engaging in frequent short and sustained research assignments, extracting relevant details, analyzing and comprehending varied text types, evaluating sources for accuracy and relevancy, and synthesizing information from multiple sources.<br />
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This may seem like a daunting task for educators! In my former experience as a High School English teacher and, now, as a Secondary School Media Specialist, I have discovered the key to student success in conducting research effectively is in providing them with structure throughout the research process. From Special Education students to AP/Honors, they all need guidance in selecting a topic, generating a list of research inquiries or questions, selecting appropriate resources, taking notes vs. copying, and putting their researched information together cohesively from multiple sources.<br />
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Many may think that today's generation of digital learners are very lucky, and the research process is so much easier for them than it was when we were students. They have everything they need to complete virtually any research assignment from their living room couches! Just use the Internet! Right? Wrong!<br />
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I believe our information overload and the Internet's enabling students with easy access to info have actually made it more difficult for today's students achieve the research standards outlined in Common Core. Students are accustomed to finding everything they need online. Frequently, they only need one Internet site to locate enough information to turn in - just copy and paste it, and they're done! This is NOT the research process!<br />
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We had to use multiple sources and synthesize information when we were students. There was no Internet! There were books and magazines/journals! Microfiche! Oy Vey! Copy and paste? What was that? We had note cards. You HAD to extract details. You couldn't copy an entire source by hand!<br />
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Looking at research from this angle sheds some light as to the challenges that lie ahead for teachers in guiding our students in taking notes, using more than one source, etc. The only way to accomplish this is by designing research assignments that require multiple sources and the assessment/end product makes plagiarizing from one online source impossible. More of this to come!<br />
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I am in the process of uploading some of my tested, tried, and true research resources and materials to my TPT store. Check them out when you have time! The materials will provide your students with the background knowledge needed to conduct effective electronic searches, evaluate digital texts, and by providing your students with structure during the note-taking process through questions and prompts.<br />
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Additional materials I have recently created for teaching research in the secondary classroom include the following:<br />
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/2I8zBGjItOUq14RMwm7WLA&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-fZMf0_zJrXDjGvQeYF2utOvdl2Q" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/2I8zBGjItOUq14RMwm7WLA</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">tungsten</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/W42l0mfBWOh4IAvJOZ0CYw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_4YhAi6BlF-hzqHpSwX4kvjYeMhw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/W42l0mfBWOh4IAvJOZ0CYw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Helium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/ryrlF30PzHWeMT5Ft63IyQ&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28aB4LBXCqo177vqKIcIOJiobIHAQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/ryrlF30PzHWeMT5Ft63IyQ</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tungsten</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/LcrFtFAZ501PXtngD7VAvw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-rhJG-P8olxZhfwT8MGzNBnS4xrQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/LcrFtFAZ501PXtngD7VAvw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Silicon</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/k0ORsgKiVentJkSWE1y7Cg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29Xl6FNRp7nw07cIl8M0gDGIgL-pg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/k0ORsgKiVentJkSWE1y7Cg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hydrogen</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/ieJVZ82C8Qlx6krAORCvjA%23&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_DS_MP6rMURAKez5FBztfKm9X3oA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/ieJVZ82C8Qlx6krAORCvjA#</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carbon</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/zCqecreS3qbEBfqdl73tPA&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-Y1kok-lYJX0NL6pWyU258Oz9fGA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/zCqecreS3qbEBfqdl73tPA</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aluminum</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/nTUDBjb7P0ITA7IiGRfqtw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2830reZmc7y9nlA9DA5mc2qSZQslQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/nTUDBjb7P0ITA7IiGRfqtw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oxygen</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/d79LweB0pIi01BWSMigpCQ&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-OE5K6AKFVLHgy7htPD8o1qyqoaw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/d79LweB0pIi01BWSMigpCQ</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Praseodymium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/q8GCOpYwOlC70siknyJGGg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_RDrVoQPhLimLiw0t4pCgPKVkLnA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/q8GCOpYwOlC70siknyJGGg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ununpentium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/Oiv1LRiO35c17SSnVUKVcg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-bms7taJDGLROkDXlURj9iasMDKQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/Oiv1LRiO35c17SSnVUKVcg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cesium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/veCcTPLCBX5585tC9GmIvg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-Wh5mznBBnwr7KZ5Y2XfdZ0-ZhIA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/veCcTPLCBX5585tC9GmIvg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gold</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/0ndP4y5cVWzBnAohD6LW0A&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28CF25r9YM8HAoGhlR5gcTpjZ00tA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/0ndP4y5cVWzBnAohD6LW0A</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Xenon</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/Bmnh1PZn9GhmzQWmhzt1TA&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28bLdUtWuE5wGZU9lrDlLxu5HK7_g" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/Bmnh1PZn9GhmzQWmhzt1TA</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sodium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/pGcQlKZEAdOamk8L0Fyd4Q&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29kNtL_AKPu0c99SgczX-9_51yoAw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/pGcQlKZEAdOamk8L0Fyd4Q</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oxygen</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/tQRuIOm9ZiC3tAnRc6kYIw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28trmJxx1mgOdnz7CSZWirjs-eNYQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/tQRuIOm9ZiC3tAnRc6kYIw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">lithium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/Yrz9klQrOVn1vdlQziP7gw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-aKQbYlvgG3x71BWItSJ16S5NDvQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/Yrz9klQrOVn1vdlQziP7gw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ununpentium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/tPuktxfCP1FMT15BWnZhdg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29IN6xuheQhQLktnWmqUri-pqupQQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/tPuktxfCP1FMT15BWnZhdg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">sodium</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/6dqO5J0Tf5kOzMjeEsioug&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29a2EdySRDcbqkoVOi7SNrunv3yRw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/6dqO5J0Tf5kOzMjeEsioug</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">GOLD</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/hfbxR9w6rVvzBRiZjuvNVg&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_daK7DtyUiwhQOnwoNwykK4ydUng" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/hfbxR9w6rVvzBRiZjuvNVg</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nitrogen</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/SbtkAD5EeHV2SliBE1pgkw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29D_Wb0c9ZJyn4rFsk2bT2T_7Apuw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/SbtkAD5EeHV2SliBE1pgkw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Neon</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/Xyd1tFc9ho0wIJ18TmqefA&usd=2&usg=ALhdy297K9C_qsy0HO3oKHiWv31ZYohZXw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/Xyd1tFc9ho0wIJ18TmqefA</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oxygen</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; direction: ltr; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://animoto.com/play/T0ts8FWcKQ4ieb6LmjHnHw&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-lCz2NwCzRxB_sVx46BXhBWfS-Rg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://animoto.com/play/T0ts8FWcKQ4ieb6LmjHnHw</span></a></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gold</span></td>
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/NfXR5qVrIHZsqjU1YmjS5Q" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Hydrogen</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/6mOXnr22AVrpm6Uu8Py1kg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Cesium</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/ECdQ3Hu1j1gWZNnJ5lu0xQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Fluorine</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/h4B1SOLVA9M20SEgxRhYMQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Carbon </span></a><br />
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<b>Geology and Fossils</b></h3>
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Scientists</h3>
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Earth</h3>
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/Xa8KYejRO3HAFgGHQ9uLHg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ocean</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://animoto.com/play/SWlQdsf4jQGH8sH3Dllg2g?utm_source=discoveryeducation.com&utm_medium=player&utm_campaign=player" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Infectious Diseases</span></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-56894331541496240652013-05-07T12:14:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:13.655-05:00Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu<a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/diretylittlesecrets.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1286" alt="diretylittlesecrets" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/diretylittlesecrets.jpg?w=65" width="65" height="96" /></a><br/><br/> <br/><br/><strong>3.5 Stars <strong><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif"><img alt="smallpurplestar" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif" width="37" height="35" /></a></strong><strong><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif"><img alt="smallpurplestar" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif" width="37" height="35" /></a></strong><strong><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif"><img alt="smallpurplestar" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smallpurplestar.gif" width="37" height="35" /></a></strong></strong><br/><br/>Lucy has spent her entire life keeping secrets. Growing up, she never could have friends over. If only her mom were normal, and their house wasn't so disgusting and so out-of-control. Now that Lucy is becoming more popular at school, and she has a hot guy interested in her for the first time, she knows she won't be able to keep hiding her lifestyle from her friends much longer. Her mom was a hoarder. She kept buying more and more junk, letting everything pile up - while important bills were left unpaid. Living without her mom might just be Lucy's solution....right? When tragedy strikes, Lucy finds herself in the position of covering everything up - including her mother's sudden death....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-17415533482506683372013-04-25T10:47:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:13.648-05:00Wonder by R.J. Palacio<a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/wonder.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1247" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/wonder.jpg?w=87" /></a><br/><br/><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image" id="i-1248" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif?w=28" /></a><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif"><img id="i-1248" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif?w=28" /></a><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif"><img id="i-1248" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallaquastar.gif?w=28" /></a> <strong>3.5 Stars</strong><br/><br/><strong>Auggie knew he was different. Born with severe facial deformities, he was used to the stares, the pointing, and the looks of horror and disgust from others. At least Auggie had the love, support, and protection of his family. </strong><br/><br/><strong>Now things are changing. Auggie will be attending a public school for the first time. For the most part, the students at Beecher Prep treat Auggie like an outcast and a freak. Can Auggie show his classmates that he is a regular kid just like them? Or should he just give up on ever having a "normal" life?<br/></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-41429524169683913502013-04-11T11:36:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:13.641-05:00Ungifted by Gordon Korman<a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ungifted.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1220" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ungifted.jpg?w=255" width="105" height="152" /></a><br/><br/><img id="i-1224" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallpurplestar.gif?w=27" width="27" height="26" /><img id="i-1224" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallpurplestar.gif?w=27" width="27" height="26" /><img id="i-1224" alt="Image" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/smallpurplestar.gif?w=27" width="27" height="26" /> <strong>3.5 Stars</strong><br/><br/>Trouble-maker, prankster Donovan Curtis only wanted to pull a cool prank. He never meant to destroy the school's treasured statue. Now the Superintendent is determined to find the perpetrator! Donovan knows he needs to disappear quickly.<br/><br/>By freak accident, that is exactly what Donovan manages to do. Due to a computer error, Donovan's name is included amongst the students who have been tested and are eligible to attend the prestigious Academy of Scholastic Distinction. Despite Donovan making below average grades, he finds himself attending classes with the brightest students in the state and taking accelerated courses with a difficulty level way above Donovan's capabilities. A school for nerds! How will Donovan - the world's biggest goof - manage to fool everyone into thinking he is actually gifted?<br/><br/>To Donovan's surprise, though his reason for being at the Academy was to avoid getting busted by the school district Superintendent, he finds himself actually <em>wanting</em> to be there. The nerdy kids weren't too bad. Robotics class was cool and that Chloe chick was geeky chic and cute. Being at the Academy wasn't so bad after all...until the teachers being to question how Donovan EVER qualified to attend their gifted school. Will Donovan be able to convince everyone this is where he now belongs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-45767298036951803802013-03-22T11:57:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:13.633-05:00Variant by Robison Wells<a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/variant2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1213" alt="Variant" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/variant2.jpg?w=61" width="61" height="96" /></a><br/><br/><strong>4 Stars - <a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/4redstars.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1215 alignleft" alt="4redstars" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/4redstars.jpg?w=128" width="128" height="36" /></a></strong><br/><br/> <br/><br/>Benson thought he had finally hit the jackpot. Now was his chance to leave his latest foster home and actually stay in one place long enough to make friends. He would be the popular football quarterback and finally find a great girlfriend. The world seemed nearly perfect since Benson had learned he was the recipient of a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Maxfield Academy. The campus was beautiful. Instead of cafeteria meals, students chose entrees that rivaled five star restaurants. Physical education included paint ball wars. The hot redhead Jane already seemed to like him.<br/><br/>What first seemed like the perfect dream to Benson, however, quickly turned into a nightmare. Where are the teachers? The adults?<br/><br/>Students must always wear monitoring devices. Once there, students can never leave. There are no adults to punish the students who break the rules - it's the other students who dole out the punishments. Students teach the classes, cook all the meals, clean the facilities, and run the entire school. Students also make sure everyone follows their rules or else they will pay.<br/><br/>Detention doesn't mean staying after school. Detention means death. Benson knew he must do the impossible - gain the students' trust, prepare an escape plan, and stay alive.<br/><br/> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-60194750342924767912013-02-11T15:27:00.000-05:002013-12-15T19:33:13.592-05:00All Stars Book Blogs<a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/allstarsreader.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-511" alt="" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/allstarsreader.jpg?w=96" width="122" height="122" /></a><br/><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>All Star Book Reviews</strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:center;"></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Select the comment link below and submit your book review on a fiction or nonfiction book. Your review should contain specific details. When blogging about a fiction book, you may want to describe the book's plot, conflict(s) and the major characters in the novel. Nonfiction book blogs may include the book's subject, a description of visuals or pictures (if included), interesting facts, a description of what you learned, etc. </strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Make sure to include the book's title and author along with your first and last name!</strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:center;"></p><br/><p style="text-align:center;"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-6073053771380092102012-08-15T13:59:00.001-04:002013-12-15T19:32:52.148-05:00testUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-70735744213657644772012-08-14T09:45:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:09.912-05:00Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty<p class="separator" style="clear:both;color:#333333;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;text-align:center;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#7d181e;margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;" href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/yummy.jpg"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img style="border:1px solid #cccccc;position:relative;padding:8px;-webkit-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.199219) 0 0 0;box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.199219) 0 0 0;border-top-left-radius:0;border-top-right-radius:0;border-bottom-right-radius:0;border-bottom-left-radius:0;" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/yummy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="200" height="200" border="0" /></a></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;color:#333333;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;text-align:center;"> </p><br/><br/><table class="tr-caption-container" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:.5em;position:relative;color:#333333;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br/><tbody><br/><tr><br/><td style="text-align:center;"><a style="clear:left;text-decoration:none;color:#7d181e;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4stars.jpg"><img style="border:1px solid #cccccc;position:relative;padding:8px;-webkit-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.199219) 0 0 0;box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.199219) 0 0 0;border-top-left-radius:0;border-top-right-radius:0;border-bottom-right-radius:0;border-bottom-left-radius:0;" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4stars.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="200" height="37" border="0" /></a></td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;"><strong><strong>4 stars</strong></strong><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;">Criminal or kid? Murderer or misunderstood? </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;"> </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;"> In this graphic novel based on a true story, eleven-year-old Roger tells about the life of his classmate Robert, a young boy nicknamed Yummy. Yummy, like many other kids in the inner city, never had a real childhood. He was taken away from his abusive drug addict mother at a young age and lived with his elderly grandmother. His grandmother loved Yummy, but with 19 others living with her, she had little money or time to give him. Yummy could come and go as he pleased and often did - leaving his home for days at a time. Before long Yummy found a place he could belong - where he would be taken care of if he just followed their orders and proved his worth. Yummy joined the Black Disciples, the same gang the narrator's brother, Gary, belonged to. </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;"> </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;">Yummy begins his venture as a member of one of Chicago's toughest gangs with a petty crime spree - shoplifting, fighting, breaking and entering, and stealing cars. Yummy never planned on killing anyone - despite having been given a gun by his gang. He only meant to scare away a few rival gang members hanging in their 'hood. When Yummy fires his gun as a warning to others, the stray bullet hits and kills a sweet, innocent young girl who was only sitting outside her apartment.</span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;"> </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;">Suddenly, Yummy is on the run - an 11 year old boy now wanted for murder. Yummy trusted his gang to take care for him, and he couldn't understand why everyone now hated him and wanted him captured. He wasn't a killer. It was just a mistake. Yummy would give anything to take it back and give the pretty young girl, Shavon, her life back...</span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;"> </span></strong></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:purple;">Roger thinks he knows his classmate Yummy, but he suddenly realizes life is not white and black. Yummy could be ruthless and mean, but he also was still just a lonely little kid who never had a chance for a good life. When Yummy is captured and killed - not by the police but by his own gang family-Roger realizes the young girl Shavon is not the only victim in this tragic turn of events.</span></strong></p><br/></td><br/></tr><br/></tbody><br/></table><br/> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-42590167911862680222012-08-13T12:32:00.000-04:002013-12-15T19:33:09.859-05:00A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park <br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;margin:0;"><a style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;" href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bk_longwalk.jpg"><img style="cursor:move;" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bk_longwalk.jpg?w=120" alt="" width="131" height="200" border="0" /></a></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;margin:0;"></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;margin:0;"></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"></p><br/><p style="margin:0;"><a style="clear:left;background-color:#20124d;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;" href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4stars.png"><img style="cursor:move;" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4stars.png?w=300" alt="" width="200" height="54" border="0" /></a></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong>4 Stars</strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong><br/></strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A Long Walk to Water</span> tells the true story of a young girl named Nya and a young boy named Salva, one of the lost boys of Sudan. The reader learns about life in war-torn Sudan - the fear, famine and dehydration, the desperation of the Sudanese as they are forced to flee their homes and walk thousands of miles through the hot desert in order to locate one the the refugee camps - where living conditions were also deplorable.</strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong><br/></strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong>With the belief that his family has been killed, Salva is left alone and must fend for himself. Though he walks with the others, he is not shown much mercy by the adults. Silva loses his one friend to a lion who drags the young boy away at night. Silva knows no matter how difficult things become, he must keep walking or die. Despite his never-ending thirst, the blistering sand underneath his bare feet, and the gnawing, deep hunger which never goes away, Salva is determined to survive.</strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong><br/></strong></p><br/><p class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;margin:0;"><strong>Eventually, Salva is chosen by American missionaries to come to America and be sponsored by an American family. Salva is amazed by the luxuries America can afford him and decides he must return to Sudan in order to share his good fortune and to help his people. It is during his first trip home where Salva learns his family is still alive, and his life intersects with the young Nya. </strong></p><br/><strong><br/></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-30802200141357752892012-08-04T12:56:00.003-04:002013-12-15T19:33:13.225-05:00The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/unwanteds1.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/unwanteds1.jpg?w=198" width="132" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/5_starsred1.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="46" src="http://drhlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/5_starsred1.jpg?w=300" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">5 Stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">In Quill, 13-year-olds were divided into two groups - the Wanted and Unwanted. The Wanted were chosen to study at the University and if proven to be loyal and valuable to their government, were later selected to serve Justine, the powerful High Priestess of Quill. The Unwanteds were the children who had been in trouble before, not followed the rules, or had shown at a young age the desire for creative expression. These 13 year olds were "different" from the Wanted were deemed unworthy to live. The Unwanteds were taken away from Quill and their families - eliminated and executed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">Alex was chosen as one of the Unwanteds. Taken from his family and his Wanted twin brother, Aaron, Alex knew his life was now over. Once he arrives at the Death Farm, however, Alex learns he has a much better fate awaiting. The Death Farm is actually a different society which is overseen by a kind man named Marcus Today. Marcus has created a new world for the Unwanteds - one where magic and creativity abound. The Unwanteds are allowed to be themselves here and to continue living in a world far from Quill - one which encouraged them to become the person they each wanted to be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">Alex is relieved to have a second chance at life. Instead of being truly happy, though, he finds himself constantly thinking of his twin, Aaron. He knew Aaron would love living there with his brother if only given the chance. Determined to learn magic and find a way to reach out to his brother and "rescue" Aaron from the tyranny and oppression which existed in Quill, Alex finds a way to transport himself back to Quill. Instead of a happy reunion where Alex shares with his twin Aaron the secret wonderful, magical world which exists beyond Quill's walls, Alex learns his brother is not who he seemed to be. Aaron only cares for himself and has his own ruthless quest for power. He will betray his friends and sacrifice his own twin to prove his loyalty to Justine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">Alex has now exposed the Death Farm to Quill. The secret world and escape for the Unwanteds will be destroyed unless the government of Quill is defeated. The Unwanteds must prepare for battle in order to protect and defend their world. The young teens know the odds may be against them as they prepare to fight against trained soldiers - and even worse, many will be forced to fight their own former friends and family, the Wanteds who watched them be sent away to die - in order for the Unwanted to continue living.</div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">A great page turner!</div><div style="text-align:center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041873984662198741.post-55928776118783144232012-08-04T12:56:00.002-04:002012-08-04T12:56:39.308-04:00The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In Quill, 13-year-olds were divided into two groups - the Wanted and Unwanted. The Wanted were chosen to study at the University and if proven to be loyal and valuable to their government, were later selected to serve Justine, the powerful High Priestess of Quill. The Unwanteds were the children who had been in trouble before, not followed the rules, or had shown at a young age the desire for creative expression. These 13 year olds were "different" from the Wanted were deemed unworthy to live. The Unwanteds were taken away from Quill and their families - eliminated and executed. </div>
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Alex was chosen as one of the Unwanteds. Taken from his family and his Wanted twin brother, Aaron, Alex knew his life was now over. Once he arrives at the Death Farm, however, Alex learns he has a much better fate awaiting. The Death Farm is actually a different society which is overseen by a kind man named Marcus Today. Marcus has created a new world for the Unwanteds - one where magic and creativity abound. The Unwanteds are allowed to be themselves here and to continue living in a world far from Quill - one which encouraged them to become the person they each wanted to be. </div>
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Alex is relieved to have a second chance at life. Instead of being truly happy, though, he finds himself constantly thinking of his twin, Aaron. He knew Aaron would love living there with his brother if only given the chance. Determined to learn magic and find a way to reach out to his brother and "rescue" Aaron from the tyranny and oppression which existed in Quill, Alex finds a way to transport himself back to Quill. Instead of a happy reunion where Alex shares with his twin Aaron the secret wonderful, magical world which exists beyond Quill's walls, Alex learns his brother is not who he seemed to be. Aaron only cares for himself and has his own ruthless quest for power. He will betray his friends and sacrifice his own twin to prove his loyalty to Justine.</div>
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Alex has now exposed the Death Farm to Quill. The secret world and escape for the Unwanteds will be destroyed unless the government of Quill is defeated. The Unwanteds must prepare for battle in order to protect and defend their world. The young teens know the odds may be against them as they prepare to fight against trained soldiers - and even worse, many will be forced to fight their own former friends and family, the Wanteds who watched them be sent away to die - in order for the Unwanted to continue living.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Yummy begins his venture as a member of one of Chicago's toughest gangs with a petty crime spree - shoplifting, fighting, breaking and entering, and stealing cars. Yummy never planned on killing anyone - despite having been given a gun by his gang. He only meant to scare away a few rival gang members hanging in their 'hood. When Yummy fires his gun as a warning to others, the stray bullet hits and kills a sweet, innocent young girl who was only sitting outside her apartment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Suddenly, Yummy is on the run - an 11 year old boy now wanted for murder. Yummy trusted his gang to take care for him, and he couldn't understand why everyone now hated him and wanted him captured. He wasn't a killer. It was just a mistake. Yummy would give anything to take it back and give the pretty young girl, Shavon, her life back...</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Roger thinks he knows his classmate Yummy, but he suddenly realizes life is not white and black. Yummy could be ruthless and mean, but he also was still just a lonely little kid who never had a chance for a good life. When Yummy is captured and killed - not by the police but by his own gang family-Roger realizes the young girl Shavon is not the only victim in this tragic turn of events.</span></div>
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<b><u>A Long Walk to Water</u> tells the true story of a young girl named Nya and a young boy named Salva, one of the lost boys of Sudan. The reader learns about life in war-torn Sudan - the fear, famine and dehydration, the desperation of the Sudanese as they are forced to flee their homes and walk thousands of miles through the hot desert in order to locate one the the refugee camps - where living conditions were also deplorable.</b></div>
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<b>With the belief that his family has been killed, Salva is left alone and must fend for himself. Though he walks with the others, he is not shown much mercy by the adults. Silva loses his one friend to a lion who drags the young boy away at night. Silva knows no matter how difficult things become, he must keep walking or die. Despite his never-ending thirst, the blistering sand underneath his bare feet, and the gnawing, deep hunger which never goes away, Salva is determined to survive.</b></div>
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<b>Eventually, Salva is chosen by American missionaries to come to America and be sponsored by an American family. Salva is amazed by the luxuries America can afford him and decides he must return to Sudan in order to share his good fortune and to help his people. It is during his first trip home where Salva learns his family is still alive, and his life intersects with the young Nya. </b></div>
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