TEDD ARNOLD VISITS Marion County Schools

Children's book author and illustrator, Tedd Arnold, is visiting students in several Marion County Schools this month.  Welcome to Ocala, Mr. Arnold!

JULIAN SMITH - I'm Reading a Book

Carl Hiaasen Book Trailer Contest!

                                       
What is a book trailer?
Book trailers are similar to movie trailers, but they promote books instead of films. Book trailers are made to encourage people to read a particular novel or series of novels.  Book trailers usually give an audience a sense of what the book is about without giving away too many details so the audience will want to read the book to find out what happens.
Students in Marion County Public Schools are invited to enter the Carl Hiaasen Book Trailer Contest!

This contest is being held in conjuction with Mr. Hiaasen's visit to Marion County on April, 16, 2011. See your school librarian for more info and details about this contest.

Inquiry Based Learning

Do you have a great strategy to share about how to help students with the "search" process?  If so, share that strategy with all of us by posting to this blog. 

FAME 2010 TeamWork

Calling all Marion County School Librarians who attended the 2010 FAME Conference. What did you learn? What was your favorite session? Tell a little or tell all.....we are all ears!

WOW! Check this out!

Author: Marilyn P. Arnone

From the Creative Minds of 21st Century Librarians

is CDL’s first e-book project made possible in part through an IMLS grant awarded to CDL in 2008 to update the AASL standards in the S.O.S. for Information Literacy database. This 275-page free downloadable resource contains dozens of lesson plans that implement AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in the context of the curriculum.

Skype

Skype is the latest web 2.0 tool I tried. Belinda and I talked in real time over the computer a couple of nights ago. It was awesome. Penny used Skype to bring an author to her school last year. It's a great educational tool with many uses.