tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:36:32 +0000Elephant and PiggieFrapprLibrary ThingMo WillemOliviaSMARTBoardSocial Studiesblogsbook reviewbookmakingchildren's literaturetechnologythe virtual life of lexie diamondvictoria foytI love being a Library Media Specialist. Particularly love the media and I love reading young adult books (ok, any young adult material). What I love the best about my job is telling everyone about any of my latest discoveries (both the print and the nonprint kind). I have a personal blog (blog.myspace.com/dollyoblonsky) but currently I feel inspired to keep one about my professional interest.http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Katie)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-3958701161176458172Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-09-01T04:47:13.335-09:00OliviaI found this on Youtube. This young lady is reading one of my favorite children's book series- Olivia. I usually read most of the Olivia books to my students through out the year. I usually read Olivia Saves the CircusOlivia Saves the Circus and Olivia and the Missing Toy at the begining of the school year when I do my unit on proper book care with the 1st grades. The students love Olivia; even http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/too-cute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-4939735571931941123Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:33:00 +00002008-08-31T15:34:53.850-09:00SMARTBoardtechnologyThe newest SMARTBoard. Here is the post I wrote for my school's blog:Welcome the newest addition to our Library We are getting closer to the start of school kids (seven days, but who is counting). The new Library schedule is posted on the Library's web site. New book displays are being put up as I type this. Needless to say, I am excited for the beginning of the school year and seeing all my http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/08/guess-what-i-got-for-my-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-4026498394145846835Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:31:00 +00002008-08-18T16:37:43.716-09:00Shameful on how I have been maintaining this blog. Here is what happened-I got a new job as a LMS in the Revere Public Schools. It is an almost brand new library and I was there 1st professional librarian. It was in good shape but it still took a lot of time in setting up and establishing a routine with the students and staff (all very successful and worth the hard work).Then to help supplement http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/08/shameful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-317472426642758762Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:36:00 +00002007-07-23T11:38:58.827-09:00I just finished the last Harry Potter and was very pleased with it. This is not really a review because I do not want to give anything away but I will stress this one thing- this is not a children's book. It is definitely a young adult book.http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/07/harry-potter-and-deathly-hallows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-97683921468577502Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:03:00 +00002007-06-17T15:14:25.919-09:00Looking to enhance your stuff animal collection? Want cheap, new books? Kohl's runs a promotion entitled "Kohl's cares for kids" (very cheesey but wait) and each season they feature a children's book which one can purchase for only $5. I am not talking about some softcover, special "Kohl's" edition book; it is the real deal hardcover. Five dollars!!!!! Not bad. But wait, there is more. They also http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/cheap-new-books-and-furry-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-8089829037763952321Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:37:00 +00002007-06-14T15:49:07.402-09:00children's literatureElephant and PiggieLibrary ThingMo WillemBook Review:Mo Willem's Today I Will Fly!Today I Will Fly! is part of the Elephant & Piggie series. Written for primary age students- Elephant sees everything "half empty" while Piggie is more of a "half full" animal. In this addition- Piggie is insisting that he will fly. Elephant begs to differ. Simple text and simple illustrations help portray Piggie's plight. Truth: I love Mo Willems! He is ahttp://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review-today-i-will-fly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-4000346022728649475Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:05:00 +00002007-06-13T17:21:06.453-09:00book reviewthe virtual life of lexie diamondvictoria foytBook Review:Victoria Foyt's The Virtual Life of Lexie DiamondLexie Diamond is a middle school outcast. More comfortable with her Mac, she prefers the company of her online friend "webrider" then the so called "Barbie Dolls." To get her mom off her back, Lexie lies and said she is the President of the Virtual Computer Club at school (she is really just the treasurer). Then her mom is tragically http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review-virtual-life-of-lexie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-8357495467126756532Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:23:00 +00002007-06-11T16:29:27.967-09:00bookmakingI just came back from a professional development workshop on bookmaking. It was held at the Metrowest Regional Library Systems office and it was pretty cool. Ok, very cool. The instructor was Carol Kelly and her passion for bookmaking was infectious! Anyone in the Boston area interested in bookmaking and learning basic books, I highly recommend her workshops, classes, courses, etc. She was http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/bookmaking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-6821658978364386059Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:52:00 +00002007-04-29T15:14:17.164-09:00blogsFrapprSocial StudiesWhile checking my google alerts today, I received a link for Frappr Map. You can customize map locations then post them to the blog of your choice. I tried it out for myself and that it to be at first another socialization tool for mid-20 somethings for like your's truely. Frappr works by typing in a city and state (or country) and the site creates a map pin pointing the send location. Ideally http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/frappr-map.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-5793541039138270460Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:18:00 +00002007-04-16T11:45:31.550-09:00Have you always wanted your own personal library- complete with online catalog- or OPAC as we librarians refer to it? Well now you can! Library Thing (www.librarything.com) is a service that allows post what books you have in your library. The service is free for up to 200 books, however for a mere $25 you can post as many books as you like for a life time. The process in which you input your http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/library-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-2179006395210233979Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:52:00 +00002007-03-08T19:01:29.360-09:00Music Video Review: Fall out Boy This Ain't a Scene... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvPvcV44rCcFor give me for I do not have cable, thus no MTV. All my music video watching is done via YouTube. I was watching American Idol tonight and I saw the Verizon V-Cast commerical at least 20 times with the body builder rocking out to Fall Out Boy's latest single, which I love. The commerical made me http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/03/this-aint-scene-its-music-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-922238238959236881Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:50:00 +00002007-03-13T17:20:10.634-09:00Book Review:Rachel Cohen's CupcakeA thousand pardons. The end of the February was busy. American Idol just started back up again (finally) and for those who may not know it yet, I got married in January and our work is still not done. I have to change over my last name (which is now Cerasale-Messina) and that takes up a lot of time. I did find some time for some readings- Rachel Cohn's Cucake .http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/03/apologizes-and-book-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-479497661816893797Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:18:00 +00002007-02-16T17:12:02.714-09:00My friend Laura, who is an amazing and creative educator, is working with her students on a math project involving surveys. Please help her students out by taking at least two minutes and filling out their surveys:Tashima's survey on ipodshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=38053274567Carl's survey on video gameshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=520823273855http://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/02/help-friend-of-mine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880589875484002228.post-5894957189817751719Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:12:00 +00002007-02-16T17:04:35.167-09:00Because I just love to Blog so much! Seriously, this blog is for my professional interest and a great passion of mine- young adult library services. It amazes me the wealth of information teens have available to them. It kind of makes me jealous that they have so much (not like computers and the internet were not around ten years ago when I was 15, but come on- I had to wait until I was 22 to gethttp://zinelibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-another-blog-katie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katie)0