Illustrators Join the Fight to Save California School Libraries

The Amulet series written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi is a huge hit here at Butte des Morts school. The students are chomping at the bit for the third book in the series to come out (date unknown). They will be very excited to know that the series has been optioned for a movie by Will Smith.

Kazu Kibuishi is also one of the latest illustrators to join the in on the Save School Libraries campaign currently going on in California. Read more about it here.

iPods in the Classroom w/ Chad Kafka

-Polls everywhere- can pose question and receive live updates

His website with the presentation is located here.

Networked Learning presented by John Pederson

People to Watch
A Must read about learning in education: Doc Seals and David Wineberger's bookThe Cluetrain Manifesto

Clarence Fisher is a Canadian educator who connects his classroom to classrooms throughout the world. How do you keep kids safe in the world while exposing them to all this info in the world?

Christian Long -Alice Project

Michael Wesch - Digital Ethnography his bio

People getting information from around the world, instead of traditional ways. People feel they are more supported. I personally can attest to this. From being on Twitter and making connections, I now feel I have a much larger support base, both personally and professionally.

Study Blue - online notes and flashcards built by students, way to connect students, students can actually get paid if they take good notes depending on how they are ranked.

Seth Godin - his books Linchpin and Tribes

Golden Archer Winners Announced

This morning the Golden Archer Awards were announce during the member's meeting of WEMTA. The winners are:
Elementary Level: Chester's Back by Melanie Watt
Middle School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
High School: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

New Books to Butte des Morts Library

New Contest: Can You Find the Olympic Rings?

Over the next week I will hide some Olympic rings inside of a book here in the Butte des Morts library.  If you are the first person to find the Olympic rings inside of the book you will win a prize!  Today I hid the rings inside the book 'Wow! City!' by Robert Neubecker.  Who will be the first to find it?

Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners announced

On Monday, the Newbery and Caldecott winners were announced.  The winners were:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead for Newbery

and

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Martin Luther King Jr

On Monday the country will celebrate martin Luther King Jr day.  If you are looking for good materials to use with your classroom, here is a list of items available from the Butte des Morts Library.