Wikipedia is often the first resource to pop up on a Google search, but is it a great option when conducting research? Sure, some stuff on Wikipedia is scholarly and reliable, but it’s not always easy to tell what is quality and what is junk. This link to the library website findingDulcinia lists the top ten reasons NOT to cite or rely on Wikipedia.
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Please see the new Careers & Jobs page in our resources section. Free web resources offer information about various fields, careers, and help match skills and interests to potential careers. As always, we would love to hear about any resources that we may have missed and need to share.
Also, it is now easier to check availability of BNS/BCS Library books from home with a better search button on this site. The green Search the Catalog button on the upper just became more user friendly for home use by taking you directly to our library site. Give it a go…and click on the Catalog tab.
Library Open House 1/17/13
Now happening twice a month, the library is available for after-school fun
from 3:30 – 4:30 pm for:
Snacks will be available for sale to support upcoming library events.
Library Open House 1/17/13
Below are future tentative dates for more Open House events:
Many links, tools for educators, and thought provoking questions for students about plagiarism and digital ethics. Worth a look for educators and students.
Jessica Millstone of Common Sense Media will be speaking tomorrow evening on “Raising Kids in Our 24/7 Connected Culture.”
The program will provide an overview of today’s digital media landscape—what’s new about it and how it has influenced the way kids learn, socialize, and play—for better and for worse. The talk offers expert guidance on how parents can help kids to make responsible, respectful, and safe choices in the digital world and beyond. Topics covered include: Media Usage Statistics, Opportunities & Challenges and Rules for the Road
Jessica Millstone (a BFS parent) has spent the past fifteen years thinking, writing, and teaching about the ways new technologies and digital media can transform learning, both at home and at school. She creates outstanding teacher education programs, professional learning workshops for parents and teachers, and online modules on a variety of education- and technology-related topics. Her current research, supported by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, is focused on the use of digital and video games in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Mom Goes Viral With Son’s Phone Code of Conduct
This is a link to an Associated Press article about Janell Burley Hofmann who gave her 13-year old son an iPhone under the condition that he sign a contract dictating a code of behavior to which he must abide. It’s an interesting perspective that ties into the conversation started yesterday at BNS’ Parents As Learning Partners’ workshop on raising kids in our digital world.
Thanks to all of you who attended today’s “Parents as Learning Partners” workshop. The library inaugurated its new SMART Board, unveiled its new blog, and received some amazing feedback from parents on their concerns about their kids negotiating the 21st century media landscape. Please keep your comments coming! Right now, we are busy going through the notes parents provided on their hopes and fears for their kids as they venture online. We are putting up links to Common Sense and other informational sites, as well as the blogs and websites Gbemi suggested on online literature and literacy tools. We are so heartened by the parent body’s engagement on this important topic and are committed to providing support to families and teachers as they cross this challenging digital terrain.
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