Why I Picked It Up: As this year’s Battle of the Books gets closer (next week!!!), I decided to start looking ahead to the 2015 Lone Star List and the 2016 Battle of the Books. As I scrolled down the list, this one stood out to me: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek. It sounded […]
Technology
Did you know…Google Handwriting Search
We are excited to introduce a new feature on our blog – the “Did you know it could do that?” post! For brevity, these posts will begin with “Did you know…” and will end with useful, cool feature that you may or may not know about a tech tool. These might not be groudbreaking tech tips, […]
Tech Fusion: YouTube Playlists
YouTube Playlist YouTube has so many great videos that can be used in the classroom to teach or to inspire. I love to use book trailers in the classroom, especially when introducing new books for literature circles, but searching for and bookmarking the videos you want to use individually can be time-consuming. The YouTube Playlist […]
App List: Make it a Game
Everyone knows that it’s always more fun if you can win. Right?? Watch this kid as he waits to find out if he got the right answer… He wants so badly to be right! You can just see him bouncing on the edge of his chair! “Gamification” capitalizes on that idea of winning. Gamification is “the […]
Book Review: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy
Why I Picked It Up: This is actually the second time I’ve picked up this book. I started reading it a while back when Jessica recommended it as a definite “Sherry” book, but the demands of life and work and Battle of the Books forced me to put it down after only a few chapters. […]
Book Review: The Shivery Shades of Halloween by Mary McKenna Siddals
Why I Picked It Up: Sherry and I were having our weekly staff meeting at Barnes & Noble and as usual, I was highly distracted by the display table. Being that it’s October, the books were all about Halloween – one of my favorites! I began pulling books to look at (sorry Barnes & Noble […]
