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  • Dolly Gray Book Award Collection
    Posted January 11, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    The HBLL is pleased to announce the formation of the Dolly Gray Book Award Collection.  The Dolly Gray Award for Children’s Literature in Developmental Disabilities (http://daddcec.org/Awards/DollyGrayAwards.aspx) was initiated in 2000 by members of the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).  Given every even year the award recognize [...]

  • Academe Today, The Chronicle’s Free Daily E-mail Report
    Posted October 12, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Because the HBLL has purchased a license to the Chronicle of Higher Education, we make available to all campus faculty, Academe Today, The Chronicle’s free daily e-mail report.  This popular e-mail newsletter, which summarizes the latest news in higher education and provides links to the complete news articles posted on The Chronicle’s Web site every [...]

  • Walter Dean Myers
    Posted July 6, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    I recently came across this interesting interview on NPR’s morning edition, where acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers talks with his son Christopher about the revelation that his father could not read (http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/137223046/a-writer-and-his-father-and-a-barrier-between-us) For more information on Walter Dean Myers and his son check out: Walter Dean Myers by Myrna Dee Maler.  Westport, Conn. : Greenwood [...]

  • Green Universities
    Posted May 18, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    The Washington Post recently reported that students at many universities are looking to restrict the use of bottled water to help their campuses be more green. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college_students_push_to_restrict_bottled_water/2011/04/20/AFeXBUEF_story.html?wprss=rss_education) If getting institutions of higher education to be more green is a subject that interests you here are some books you might want to check out: Greening the [...]

  • Introducing TechingBooks.net
    Posted February 23, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    The library is pleased to announce that we have recently taken a subscription to the database TeachingBooks.net. “TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books. This online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used [...]

  • Test Preparation and Career Skill Building Resources
    Posted January 12, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Are you getting ready to take a big test to help you get into college or certify for your profession and you need a little help in preparing? Do you need to build some skills to help you be prepared for what comes next?  Check out these two great resources. Provided to you by the [...]

  • ONLINE LEARNING vs FACE-TO-FACE
    Posted August 24, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    ONLINE LEARNING vs FACE-TO-FACE A government study comparing student learning from online courses to learning from face-to-face classroom courses, found that online might be slightly better — with some caveats based on the different dimensions of the two types of learning experiences.  Here are some of the findings that struck me as the most interesting.  [...]

  • CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009
    Posted March 6, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009 * Deadline: April 15, 2009 * Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program now in its 17th year. Developed and sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress. We designed Congress [...]

  • Ready Set Leap: A Preschool Curriculum
    Posted October 7, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    The latest intervention report from the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) looks at Ready, Set, Leap!®, a preschool curriculum that uses multisensory technology incorporating touch, sight, and sound to teach early reading skills. This previously released report has now been updated to include reviews of two studies that have been released since 2005.Ready, Set, Leap!® can [...]

  • EdWeek Maps Website
    Posted August 29, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    The Editorial Projects in the Education Research Center has launched a powerful feature of its EdWeek Maps Website that allows you to access and download detailed reports on high school graduation rates for every school district in the United States. See a complete portrait of your district, its graduation rates and trends, and compare it with [...]