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Using gaming and graphics to grab students
So many of the changes in our library, representing the new Ontario School Library Association’s document Together for Learning, are fundamentally shifting how we see popular culture’s role in education. The document recognizes the need for social networking and meeting the students where they are whether interested in graphic novels, anime or gaming. I allow gaming…
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Just a second: A different way to look at time by Steve Jenkins
Book title:Just a second: A different way to look at time Author: Steve Jenkins Bibliographic entry Jenkins, S. (2011). Just a second: A different way to look at time. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Description Jenkins provides infographic style pictures that focus on time: the history of time, comparisons with examples of different lengths of time starting…
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Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ leap of faith by Deborah Heiligman
Book title: Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith Author: Deborah Heiligman Bibliographic entry Heiligman, D. (2009). Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ leap of faith. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. Description The relationship of Charles and Emma Darwin is outlined in detail as each spouse wrestles with their own beliefs about religion and science.…
threadbare beauty 