Teen Technology Week
Check out our new blog- EMS Teen Technology Week
http://escoweb.org/blogs/teentechweek/
See what Mrs. Anzalone and Mrs. Baca have planned.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie
Many of you have read the Diary of a Wimpy Kids series but did you know that on March 19th Diary of a Wimpy Kid will hit the big screen? CLick the link that will lead you Jeff Kinney’s website. While you are there check out the movie trailer.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Top 10 Non-Fiction Books
What is everyone reading at Escobedo? Below is a list of the Top 10 Circulated Non-Fiction Books for the past 6 months:
1. Tokyo mew mew. Volume Five by Ikumi, Mia.
2. Beet, the Vandel Buster. Volume 2 by Sanjo, Riku.
3. Bone. [2], The Great Cow Race by Smith, Jeff
4. A child called “It” : One Child’s Courage to Survive by Pelzer, David J.
5. Rave master. Volume 5 by Mashima, Hir
6. Beet, TheVandel Buster. Volume 7 by Sanjo, Riku.
7. Bone. [4], The Dragonslayer by Smith, Jeff
8. Marley & Me : Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog by Grogan, John
9. Rave Master Volume 2 by Mashima, Hiro
10. Beet, the Vandel Buster. Volume 3 by Sanjo, Riku
Have you read any of these? If so, tell us what you thought about them.
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Top 10 Fiction Books
What is everyone reading at Escobedo? Below is a list of the Top 10 Circulated Fiction Books for the past 6 months:
1. New moon by Meyer, Stephenie
2. Crank by Hopkins, Ellen.
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Greg Heffley’s Journal by Kinney, Jeff
4. Wake by McMann, Lisa.
5. Eldest by Paolini, Christopher.
6. School’s Out– Forever by Patterson, James,
7. The Burning Bridge by Flanagan, John
8. The Sea of Monsters by Riordan, Rick.
9. Uglies by Westerfeld, Scott
10. Breaking Dawn by Meyer, Stephenie
Have you read any of these? If so, tell us what you thought about them.
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eReaders
An eReader is an electronic device that allows you to download full text copies of books (for a fee most of the time). I am in the market to purchase an eReader. The most popular ones out currently are: Nook, Kindle and the Sony eReader. In April Apple has an iPad coming out as well. I am wondering if any of you have an eReader? If so, tell me about it. What do you like and dislike about it? Convince me as to which one I should buy. I’ve added some links to the three above.
Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/
Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Device-Display/dp/B00154JDAI
Sony eReader http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&categoryId=8198552921644523779
iPad http://www.apple.com
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Operation Book Drop
Join us on April 15th for Operation Book Drop. Teens across the nation will be encouraged to drop a book in a public place for someone else to find, read and keep. *Remember not to do this with library books. Click the widget to get more information from the Readergirlz website. There are bookplates you download, print and place in the books on the site as well.
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Circulation Stats are Rising
Our circulation statistics are rising each year. Which means we are checking out and reading more books then ever at Escobedo MS. See the details below:
8/1/07- 2/23/08 4,981 books checked out
8/1/08-2/23/09 13,576 books checked out
8/1/09-2/23/10 16,248 books checked out
Way to go Boxers! Keep reading those books!
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New Moon DVD Release Party
New Moon DVD Midnight Release Party featuring the Borders Movie Awards.
March 19, 2010 10:00 PM
Las Vegas – Rainbow – Borders
2190 N. Rainbow Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89108
Their exclusive Midnight Release Party will feature the Borders New Moon Movie Awards. Click the link below to view, print and vote on the Border’s Official Ballot:
http://media.bordersstores.com/pdf/bordersnmawards.pdf
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Book App for Your Phone
The social site LibraryThing has created a cool phone app to keep you up to date on book-related events in your area. Goto:
www.librarything.com/local/helpers for more details.
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Website Evaulation
Escobedo MS library classes are currently learning about website evaluation and how to read a URL to determine what entity it is derived from.
Click the link below to review the Critical Evaulation of a Web Site written by Kathleen Schrock.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/evalmidd.pdf
We also discovered that not all information on the internet is credible. Check out the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus link to see one of many internet hoaxes.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
