A panel of historians has found an "appalling" number of factual errors in a new fourth-grade history textbook used in many Virginia school districts, one of the experts said.
News for members of the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association, a BCTF Provincial Specialist Association.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
19 notable sites added to ALSC's Great Websites for Kids
ALA: 2010 December 14
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added more recommended websites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to outstanding websites for children.
Monday, December 13, 2010
7 Amazing Libraries
Huffington Post: 2010 November 13
We've gathered together images of amazing libraries before and now we're back again. From Cornell University to a castle in France, here is a collection of 7 more outrageously beautiful libraries.
We've gathered together images of amazing libraries before and now we're back again. From Cornell University to a castle in France, here is a collection of 7 more outrageously beautiful libraries.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
School Librarians Continue to Help Students Achieve Standards: The Third Colorado Study ( November 2010)
School Librarians Continue to Help Students Achieve Standards: The Third Colorado Study (2010)
November 2010
by
Briana Hovendick Francis
Keith Curry Lance
Zeth Lietzau
Briana Hovendick Francis
Keith Curry Lance
Zeth Lietzau
http://www.lrs.org/documents/closer_look/CO3_2010_Closer_Look_Report.pdf
vhamilton@shaw.ca
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Photocopied Education
Confusion over what Canada's proposed new copyright bill would permit to be copied has left observers and stakeholders uncertain of its effects. The proposed change has provoked controversy on Parliament Hill -- where Bill C-32 recently passed second reading and is now before a legislative committee--and on school campuses, in boardrooms and in the offices of literary agents across the country.
vhamilton@shaw.ca
vhamilton@shaw.ca
Friday, December 3, 2010
Why aren’t we teaching more of these books?
At many schools, the teacher librarian job has been phased out and replaced with technical staff who understand the Internet.
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