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Books, Computers, & Things

September 1, 2009

	Period Time Class 1st 8:00-8:49 Library/NN/Coll. class monitor 2nd 9:05-9:50 Library/NN/ 3rd 9:54-10:39 Library/Technology/College class monitor 4th 10:43-11:28 Tech. Applications 6th grade/   11:30-12:00 Lunch   12:00-1:05 Library 6th 1:05-1:50 Library/NN 7th 1:54-2:39 Library/Technology 8th 2:43-3:28 Library/NN
I have a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education from Tarleton State University. I am currently the Technology Coordinator, Librarian, and I monitor some Nova Net classes and teach 6th Grade Technology Applications.	This summer I learned about a new website. It's http://www.shelfari.com. This is a site that allows you to "share" the books you have read, are reading, and want to read. You give a review of the book, and can have "friends" that can view your lists. It has various privacy or public settings. I have set up an account for me on shelfari, and my plan is to read books from our school library and place a summary/review on my account. Students can view this and get an idea of what the books are about. Of course, right now, there aren't too many books on the shelf. This can be seen as it is supposed to if you are using the Internet browser Firefox. They are still working to see if it will be able to work using Explorer. Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog
EBSCO and Britannica require a login and password. Students should ask their teacher for this information. This is only for Newcastle students and employees unless you have  subscription.

First winter Olympics took place on the 25th of January in 1924 in Chamonix France .

January 26th Douglas MacArthur was born in 1880.

January 27th Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756.

January 28th United States Coast Guard was established in 1915.

January 29th  Thomas Paine, American political philosopher and writer born in 1737.

January 30th Library of Congress began operating in 1815. There are no more than 80 million books. Do you know which president began it all with 6,000 books? I don't but I"m going to try to find out! :-0 

January 31st, Ham, a male chimp, was rocketed into space during Project Mercury in 1961.

 Facts courtesy of January! Idea Book by Karen Sevaly