Category — Books & Library

While the critics expound on what the new Kindle concept lacks, it is important to take a peak at where the concept could be headed. When one begins to let their imagination run, the potential of this new device to revolutionize teaching and learning, as well as the literary world, is readily in front of […]

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The popularity of the new Kindle from Amazon may best be told by the fact that the unit sold out in about 5.5 hours. But over the last week we have uncovered numerous assessments of the new e-book reader. Not all have been enamored with the Bezos creation.
Robert Scoble spent a week giving the new […]

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Let’s face it - for many of us, nothing beats a good book. So when someone comes up with the idea that they think they can improve on that concept the thought at first seems preposterous. In fact, to understand why most view the concept as impossible we turn to the Newsweek assessment of the […]

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The Dan Brown editorial last weekend prompted a couple of postings - in particular I was struck by the story of Eddie, youngster who happened to be in his fourth year of four grade.
Brown is not just a teacher, he happens to also be the author of the well-received “The Great Expectations School: A […]

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It’s not every day that someone sets out to write a book on a common-sense approach to the end of his life. But when Eugene O’Kelly, the chief executive of the accounting firm of KPMG learns he has an inoperable form of brain cancer, he sets about writing just that book.
Amazingly he decides he has […]

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Proponents of educational reform believe that schools must change significantly if they are to meet the needs of students today. Those in Washington who put forth the legislation known as the “No Child Left Behind Act” insist that schools must reform so as to meet the educational needs of every child.
To observe the challenges […]

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As an educator and parent, there are certain books that I return to time and time again, texts with an endless ability to inspire. These special books are filled with wisdom and hope and transcend age, gender, or race.

“The Measure of Our Success”
Such is the case with Marian Wright Edelman’s exemplary work, “The Measure of […]

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Love of Reading vs. Intellectual Pursuits
Being an educator, I try to balance my love of reading between the intellectual pursuits of nonfiction books and the entertainment aspects of the fiction world. However, many of the top-selling books from the nonfiction bestseller list often leave me less than satisfied.
Unfortunately you need to scour the finer […]

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This week I am taking some time to review a few books that have made impressions on me as an educator, a husband, a parent, and an aging baby boomer. The four books I will look at are not ones that saw the top of the best seller lists as far as I know. But […]

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The younger generation’s urge to play video games has spawned a number of jokes for teachers. We had a cartoon up on the wall in the science office for years. A young man is seated in front of the desk of an older gentleman who is wearing a suit and tie. The man behind the […]

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