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Event: Celebrate Learning Week — Celebrate School Libraries
Our annual School Library Day Colloquium hosted by the UBC Education Library and School of Library Archival and Information Studies will be held on Wednesday, November 2 at 4:30PM. Speaker: Mike Eisenberg, Professor and Dean Emeritus, The Information School, University of Washington Topic: Project Information Literacy: What College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book @ Education Library –> Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading: Lessons for Teachers of Literature
Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading: Lessons for Teachers of LiteratureLet’s face it: in this age of exploding literacies, all teachers of literature should be teachers of reading. Reading is interpreting; interpreting is reading, which is why it’s more crucial than ever to ensure that our students are able to make meaning as they […]
The Importance of Physical Education
Five years ago, Richard Reiss, the physical education teacher at Public School 197 in Far Rockaway, Queens, went to the principal with a problem: not even the most athletic among his students, most of whom are poor and black or Latino, had enough endurance to run a mile. The once-a-week physical education classes the school […]
Laptops in the Classroom –A Classroom goes Digital
MUNSTER, Ind. — Laura Norman used to ask her seventh-grade scientists to take out their textbooks and flip to Page Such-and-Such. Now, she tells them to take out their laptops. The day all have seen coming — traditional textbooks being replaced by interactive computer programs — arrived this year in this traditional, well-regarded school district, […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book @ Education Library
Books as bridges : using text to connect home and school learning / Jane Baskwill Based on research that shows that parents play a vital role in raising a reader, Books as Bridges offers an effective and efficient way to use touchstone texts, including children’s picture books, to help create a common reading experience for […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book @ Education Library
Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit & Healthy In this inspiring, breakthrough book, nationally respected educator and fitness expert Michael F. Opitz together with veteran teacher Jennifer Davis-Duerr share their secrets for combining literacy-rich, ready-to-use lessons with easy-to-implement fitness exercises. You’ll discover how to weave fitness (physical, nutritional, social, and emotional) into your existing […]
Should Chess Be Taught in School?
The 120 elementary school children sat so quietly and intently that you might have assumed this was a mass detention period. But it was chess, not confinement, in an Oak Brook hotel ballroom on Columbus Day. And the lessons learned might assist school leaders everywhere, including those attempting a systemwide resuscitation for Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s […]
Food For Fines returns October 17 – 31
For the ninth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society of UBC are once again running their Food for Fines Campaign. Reduce your library fines by donating non-perishable food items. Each food item donated counts toward $2 in fines, up to a maximum of $30. Donated items will be distributed to the […]
Wi-Fi service coming to Vancouver schools
The Vancouver School District plans to start installing wireless internet service in some schools, despite a warning by the World Health Organization that the signals could be a possible carcinogen. School Board Chair Patti Bacchus said the service is being installed because the district is out of step with an educational technology that is increasingly […]
Linking Your Students to Course Readings
To help direct your students to their course readings and specific web pages please refer to our help page on “Creating Persistent URLs”. Persistent URLs (PURLS) for web pages, course readings and e-books on their own do not allow the system to authenticate users. This means that your PURLS won’t work when accessed from off-campus. […]