And for those that can't access Youtube at school but have a smart phone:
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Books about Bullying - a booklist
I had this on 22books.com, but decided to share it on my pretty pink blog and add a few more books I've read since then. I've highlighted those books I feel are among the best when dealing with this subject. So, if you need a book about bullying, try some of these titles:
UPDATE 10/12/2012: Good thing I saved this list on the blog! Seems like 22books.com isn't working anymore, which is sad...it was a good site. I've added some more titles on the list and these appear at the top of the list. I'll be working more with this list and providing date of publication, publisher, and book trailers.
Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
The List by Siobhan Vivian
No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman
You by Charles Benoit
By the Time Your Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Shrefer
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
The Ruling Class by Francine Pascal
Bullyville by Francine Prose
Freak Show by James St. James
Angel by Cliff McNish
Endgame by Nancy Gardener
Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
Bruiser by Neal Schusterman
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Stay by Deb Caletti
The Guardian by Joyce Sweeney
The Julian Game by Adele Griffin
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
(NF) Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope by Olivia Gardner
(NF) 101 Facts about Bullying: What Everyone Should Know by Meline Kervorkian
UPDATE 10/12/2012: Good thing I saved this list on the blog! Seems like 22books.com isn't working anymore, which is sad...it was a good site. I've added some more titles on the list and these appear at the top of the list. I'll be working more with this list and providing date of publication, publisher, and book trailers.
Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
The List by Siobhan Vivian
No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman
You by Charles Benoit
By the Time Your Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Shrefer
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
The Ruling Class by Francine Pascal
Bullyville by Francine Prose
Freak Show by James St. James
Angel by Cliff McNish
Endgame by Nancy Gardener
Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
Bruiser by Neal Schusterman
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Stay by Deb Caletti
The Guardian by Joyce Sweeney
The Julian Game by Adele Griffin
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
(NF) Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope by Olivia Gardner
(NF) 101 Facts about Bullying: What Everyone Should Know by Meline Kervorkian
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
A Librarian's Life Split In Two...
This morning, I had the privilege to be interviewed by a college student for a project. After asking all of the typical questions about libraries and my field, he asked me if the role of a librarian has changed because of technology. Of course, you know the answer to that. It's not about books anymore....
But it was the next question that made me really think. He then asked, "Which do you feel is more important, books or technology?" My immediate reply was both. I was split between both because of the integration and integral pieces of both.
It was after he left that I really REALLY started to think about it. Books.....or technology? Where does my heart truly lie? It's like asking which came first, the chicken or the hen. Back in 1996 when I was a teacher, I got my first taste of educational technology, but it was the books that sustained me. Three years later and a full-fledged librarian, I became intrigued with technology, even creating my first ever blog (which I thought was a place to store bookmarks) with books surrounding me, still part of my landscape. It was like having an older child and its youngest sibling, being able to predict one, still grappling with the behavior of the other.
But I digress. My love has always been books, from the first one I've read to the latest one I'm reading now. It's the foundation, information and story they have that makes them individually valuable or worthless; time well spent or time spent on. It was around during King Solomon's reign is still exists thousands of years later. Books fill a need for me as a librarian. It showcases my talents, my relationships with them and an individual or groups or readers, my abilities as that traditional librarian who knows her books.
But then there's the technology. A sweeping change across the face of our field, transforming what people see everyday into something far more grand and beautiful. It's transformed my booktalks and is meeting the needs of today's teens, who are all bound up in video and instantaneous virtual gratification. It makes those paper projects dull in comparison to the shiny LCD screened in project only technology is capable of. It puts books in the hands of those technophiles. It's not about old school, it's about trending.
So, without a list and with still a lot of thinking, I still don't know which would outway the other. I still have a lot of thinking to do. And the interviewer, a former student who graduated from my school 2007? He told me he was NEVER a reader until his senior year. It was during a booktalk I did where I captured him with the trailer for Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars that he flipped and become a true reader. I made a difference using books and technology. I wonder.... would it have been the same without technology?
But it was the next question that made me really think. He then asked, "Which do you feel is more important, books or technology?" My immediate reply was both. I was split between both because of the integration and integral pieces of both.
It was after he left that I really REALLY started to think about it. Books.....or technology? Where does my heart truly lie? It's like asking which came first, the chicken or the hen. Back in 1996 when I was a teacher, I got my first taste of educational technology, but it was the books that sustained me. Three years later and a full-fledged librarian, I became intrigued with technology, even creating my first ever blog (which I thought was a place to store bookmarks) with books surrounding me, still part of my landscape. It was like having an older child and its youngest sibling, being able to predict one, still grappling with the behavior of the other.
But I digress. My love has always been books, from the first one I've read to the latest one I'm reading now. It's the foundation, information and story they have that makes them individually valuable or worthless; time well spent or time spent on. It was around during King Solomon's reign is still exists thousands of years later. Books fill a need for me as a librarian. It showcases my talents, my relationships with them and an individual or groups or readers, my abilities as that traditional librarian who knows her books.
But then there's the technology. A sweeping change across the face of our field, transforming what people see everyday into something far more grand and beautiful. It's transformed my booktalks and is meeting the needs of today's teens, who are all bound up in video and instantaneous virtual gratification. It makes those paper projects dull in comparison to the shiny LCD screened in project only technology is capable of. It puts books in the hands of those technophiles. It's not about old school, it's about trending.
So, without a list and with still a lot of thinking, I still don't know which would outway the other. I still have a lot of thinking to do. And the interviewer, a former student who graduated from my school 2007? He told me he was NEVER a reader until his senior year. It was during a booktalk I did where I captured him with the trailer for Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars that he flipped and become a true reader. I made a difference using books and technology. I wonder.... would it have been the same without technology?
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
New Book Trailer: Cha0s by Rachel Ward
It's been a HECTIC beginning of school year. I finished this a few weeks ago, but haven't had time to upload it yet. I'll have the link and download on the NHS library webpage and Schooltube soon. For now, enjoy it here and on Youtube : )
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