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World Almanac for Kids: Site of the week

Librarian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:03:00 +0000

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ Published annually since 1996 and with more than 3 million copies sold to date, The World Almanac for Kids provides kids with the information they crave on thousands of subjects. This site provides a big bundle of information useful for your projects and assignments. Try it. Posted in Website of the week [...]

If H1N1 Disrupts School, Pearson’s ‘Continuity of Learning’ Resources Keep the Doors to Learning Open

Librarian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:24:00 +0000

Response to Secretary of Education’s (U.S.) Call to Help Students During Absences Press Release Source: Pearson On 9:00 am EDT, Wednesday October 28, 2009 WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The education services, technology and school solutions company Pearson today announced its www.PearsonContinuity.com website offering print and online resources for students, parents, and teachers to continue education [...]

ISLD Competition winners

Librarian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:12:00 +0000

Book jacket Designing competition (26/10/2009) S.No. Group Position Name, Class & Div. 1 IX-XII I Prathibha G., IX A II Nithin T., XI D III Vivek R., XI D VI-VIII I Athul Roy, VIII D II Rohan M. Roy, VII D III Aswajith M., VII D III Abhilash S., VIII D [...]

Developing a Reading culture: ISLD 2009

Librarian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:00 +0000

International School Library Day 2009 The Library Media centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom celebrated International School Library Day with various programmes from 26-28 October 2009. Competitions were held on Book jacket designing, spot poetry and literary quiz. A large number of students participated in the competitions. There was a Library Lot on 28th October 2009. A [...]

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Librarian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:56:00 +0000

by Hilary Mantel 653pp, Fourth Estate, £18.99 (Now on display in your Library Call No. 823 MAN-W) Read here one review by Christopher Tayler Courtesy: The Guardian Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to Henry VIII who oversaw the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries, was widely hated in his lifetime, and he makes a surprising [...]

Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn

Librarian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:46:00 +0000

New research makes the case for hard tests, and suggests an unusual technique that anyone can use to learn By Henry L. Roediger and Bridgid Finn Courtesy: http:// www.scientificamerican.com For years, many educators have championed “errorless learning," advising teachers (and students) to create study conditions that do not permit errors. For example, a classroom teacher might [...]

E-Quiz

Librarian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:33:00 +0000

Questions 1. Fred Berenson, a research associate at New York University, is to write which American classic entirely in emoticons? 2. What is the term used for picture characters or emoticons used in Japanese wireless messages and webpages? 3. Which Amazon endeavour has the tagline ‘Artificial Artificial Intelligence’? 4. The medals for which sporting extravaganza is to be [...]

ISLD 2009: Library competitions in photos

Librarian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:03:00 +0000

Book jacket designing competition Spot Poetry Competition Literary Quiz Library Lot Display of New Books Posted in Library activities

Quiz Time

Librarian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:25:00 +0000

Questions 1. Simple one to begin with. Who created Asterix and his world? 2. Name the magazine that brought the world of the Gauls to us way back in 1959. 3. In how many adventures have our heroes featured so far (including the new adventure released last week)? 4. Who are Astronomix and Vanilla? 5. Name the only two [...]

International School Library Day (ISLD)-2009

Librarian — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:22:00 +0000

The Library is celebrating International School Library Day (ISLD)-2009 with a variety of programmes. There are four competitions Book Jacket Designing Competition Date: 26/10/2009 Time: 10.30-11.30 Venue: Library Theme Class VI-VIII: Nancy Drew/ Hardy Boys/Famous Five/Secret Seven Class IX-XII : Books by any Indian Author (Tagore, R.K.Narayan, Chetan Bhagat, Arundhati Roy, etc) Spot Poetry Competition Date: 26/10/2009 Time: 11.30 -12.30 [...]