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Learning comes
to all of us in different
ways. Some children attend traditional schools. Some are taught at
home. Adults
learn from other adults in person, or perhaps through online
mentoring, chats or email. This page is designed to share with you
education-based pages that perpetuate the learning cycles in a variety
of creative ways. Please let me know of other links that you think
should be shared here.
AMERICA
WRITES FOR KIDS Looking for a good book? Need to do a report? Want
to know more about your favorite author? Want to write books for young
readers? This site is for you! You can search for information about
authors and their books alphabetically or by state.
USA
PLAYS FOR KIDS is for those who are interested in playwrights and
plays for young audiences.
AUTHORS MENTORING
AUTHORS This
innovative writing workshop takes place completely online. It pairs
children from Delmar Elementary School in Delmar, Maryland with
published writers for mentoring. I was lucky enough to participate in
this terrific program for several years.
TESAN:
The Endangered Species and Nature of the World This project
involves schools from all over the world researching nature areas,
wildlife preserves, and even zoos that deal with endangered or
threatened animals and plants ...telling of their programs to help save
these species from disappearing off the face of the earth. If your
school would like to join click here.
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Attention
Teachers & Librarians
TERRIFIC
CONNECTIONS
WITH
AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS AND STORYTELLERS:
REAL
SPACE AND VIRTUAL LINKS
by Toni Buzzeo and Jane Kurtz |
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Exciting,
productive connections with
authors, illustrators, and storytellers
are at your fingertips with this resource. Unlike other author visit
guides,
this book goes beyond nuts-and-bolts planning to illustrate how to
create
the best possible encounters between students and authors.
Successful visits in real space and in
cyberspace are described, giving you specific ideas of the many ways to
connect with and create meaningful links between bookpeople and
children. Choosing the right guest, guidelines for successful visits,
making curriculum connections, using
e-mail to connect with bookpeople, having live chats in virtual space,
taking advantage of ITB and satellite technology, and using props and
curriculum guides are some of the topics covered. Lists of
author/illustrator Web pages and managed Internet sites for author
interaction are
included. Grades K-12.
Toni Buzzeo, chosen as the 1999 Maine
School Library Media Specialist of the Year, works at Longfellow School
Library Media Center, Portland
Public Schools, Maine. Jane Kurtz is a children’s author and lecturer
in the English Department, University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks.
Click here
to view the table of contents, introduction and the first chapter!
TO ORDER
PHONE: 1-800-237-6124
ISBN 1-56308-744-8
$26.50 ($32 outside North America)
To order call: 1.800.237.6124.
Libraries Unlimited Dept 9918
PO Box 6633
Englewood CO 80155-6633
http://www.lu.com
E-mail lu-books@lu.com
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Visit Toni Buzzeo's Home Page & Jane Kurtz's Home Page to learn
more about the authors of this terrific book! |
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Christian
Alternatives for Education This former teacher's website offers
both free and low-cost materials, They also have a for kids to publish
their work. For "free stuff", go to "The Classroom". For low-cost
materials, tutoring, diagnostic testing, and great books, go to "The
Catalog"
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