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The BK117 helicopter was jointly developed by Kawasaki and MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm) of West Germany (currently AHD (Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH)). In 1982, the two-engine, multipurpose, high-performance helicopter was type approved as the first domestically manufactured helicopter. Designed for a wide range of applications including transport of humans and goods, rescue, patrol and emergency medical services, the helicopter has been delivered to many customers including local governments.
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Helicopter ambulance services, or so-called "doctor helicopters," have been launched in succession across Japan, drawing people's attention to their efficiency and performance. With a roomy cabin space despite its compact external dimensions, the BK117 has been selling briskly and is very popular, particularly with medical staff.
(Photo by Central Helicopter Service)
Firefighting Helicopter
The BK117 helicopters are used day and night for lifesaving, firefighting and disaster relief activities. They are also used by many of the prefectural police aviation units. The BK117 can ensure the safety of people with a variety of onboard equipment.
(Photo by Kobe City Fire Aviation Unit)
Media Helicopter
The BK117 helicopters for news reporting applications include those used by newspaper companies for data collection and those equipped with the latest technologies for TV broadcasting. With its excellent flight performance, the BK117 can rush to the scenes of events and capture fresh news.
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NHL 2K6 introduces an "On-the-Fly Coaching" system, designed to allow gamers to give basic strategic commands to their entire line at once. On offence, players may be coached to pinch the defensive formation, or to crash the net when the goalie is having trouble holding on to his rebounds. On defense, the line can be ordered to fall back into tight protection around the goal, or to spread out to try to move the puck out of the zone at almost any cost.
Another prominent new game mechanic concerns players filling their roles on the ice. Certain players may be designated as "Enforcers," as noted by a red "E" icon. With enough hard hits and aggressive checks, Enforcers can intimidate players on the opposing team into performing below their normal abilities -- they'll be noted by a blue "I" (for "intimidated") icon. Of course, too many aggressive moves will draw penalties, and leave the Enforcer's team a man down.
In addition, a new "ProControl" scheme allows players to focus on passing and puck movement, and the right-stick initiated "Intense Contact Control" (dirty tricks) system from the previous year's game returns. Also returning in NHL 2K6 are fan-favorite features such as franchise management, professional presentation, and full representation of all the teams and players of the league, as based on roster status shortly before the game's release.
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Game NHL 2K6
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Platform Microsoft Xbox 360
ESRB Rating E10+ - Everyone 10+
Genre Sports
Location USA
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ESRB Descriptor Violence
Control Elements Gamepad/Joystick
Number of Players 1-8
Release Year 2005
Game Special Features •NHL 2K6 skates its way onto Xbox 360 with high-res player models and arenas
•Lead your favorite NHL team through multiple seasons in the Franchise Mode
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If 2016 is any indication, the future is incredibly bright for Talk Fusion. A lot of their success that they had in 2016 was because of their founder and CEO, Bob Reina. As with any company, it starts at the top. A truly great company needs a powerful man or woman that knows what they are doing and keeps their eye on the company. For someone like Bob Reina, who started Talk Fusion in 2007, he has always been keenly aware of everything going on with the company. He is very hands on with the company and very interactive with his employees.
A lot of bosses or CEOs talk about having an open door policy in terms of an exchange of ideas and an exchange of conversation, but that does not always occur, sad to say. With Bob Reina, he believes in the team and he believes in everyone that is employed by Talk Fusion. He knows they are a team and they are only as good as a team and when they work together as a team. They make sure to stay on the same page and keep their goals in mind. As of right now, they are probably working on ideas to make Talk Fusion even better in 2017.
It will be hard to top 2016, but if anyone can do it, it is Bob Reina and Talk Fusion. In 2016, they were fortune enough to win two awards from the Technology Marketing Corporation. This is the kind of company that is not easy to please, as a product really has to make a strong impression on them in order for them to even consider it. Talk Fusion made an incredibly strong impression, which is why they won the 2016 Communications Solutions Product of The Year Award. That sums up everything that is great about Talk Fusion.
Between their video chats, video emails, video newsletters, and video conferences, they have made communication and solutions easier for everyone that uses the product for their company or in their day-to-day lives. That is what it is all about and they have earned this award.


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In an increasingly competitive marketplace, organizations are always looking for improved speed-to-market. It is equally important to keep costs low to increase overall product line profitability. Organizations are looking for ways to build the ability to develop products from the ground up efficiently.
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After taking their first title in 81 years, Blackburn anticipated having to qualify for the last 16 by winning a two-leg tie before the Premiership season starts in August. But a change in the method of determining entry to the Champions' League means they now become the sixth seeds among the eight clubs assured of a place in the tournament's most lucrative stage.
Each club in the Champions' League is guaranteed pounds 1m. There is also a bonus of pounds 200,000 per point gained (Manchester United collected six points last season), as well as the revenue from television coverage, advertising and sponsorship spin-offs and gate receipts. With the League divided into four groups of four clubs, Blackburn's European adventure will run to at least six games, three of which will be at Ewood Park.
Uefa previously took into account the individual club's performances in Continental competition when deciding the seeds. Meeting in Vienna yesterday, its executive committee agreed to base qualification on the results secured over the previous five years by all teams from a particular country.
The irony is that while Kenny Dalglish's team fell at the first Uefa Cup hurdle to the Swedish part-timers of Trelleborgs last September, they are now the beneficiaries of their rivals' exploits abroad. Manchester United took part in the Champions' League last season and won the Cup- Winners' Cup in 1991. Arsenal's feat in reaching successive finals of the latter competition also aided Blackburn's cause.
The change in policy is designed to prevent a club who enjoy a handful of good results against mundane opposition in, say, the Cup-Winners' Cup, from automatically qualifying. Apart from Blackburn, other clubs confirmed are Ajax, Spartak Moscow, Porto, Juventus and Nantes, plus the German champions and, in all probability, Real Madrid.
Because of the poor record of other Dutch clubs, Ajax went into last night's European Cup final knowing that they had to win in order to avoid the preliminary stage.
Rangers, victims of Scotland's mediocre performance in Europe during the 1990s, face the prospect of not even making the qualifying round and instead having to make do with a Uefa Cup place. How they would square that with the purchase of Paul Gascoigne remains to be seen, but yesterday, the Rangers chairman David Murray insisted the Scottish champions will win the race to sign the Lazio player for pounds 4.5m
Gascoigne, who is also being chased by a string of Premiership clubs, yesterday postponed a meeting with Leeds officials in order to pursue his compensation claim with Lazio.
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America's Public Television Stations (APTS) presented the second annual Pillar of Public Service Award to Lisa Trapani Shumate, associate vice president and general manager of Houston Public Media. The award recognizes the contributions of an extraordinary leader in one of public TV's three pillars of public service: education, public safety and civic leadership.Read More >
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The IJIS Institute appointed Valerie Evanoff as chair of the Biometrics Industry Government Standards Interoperability Group (BIGSIG) Subcommittee. Mike Hulme was appointed chair of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Third Generation (N3G) Subcommittee.Read More >
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Solacom Technologies announced two changes to its board of directors. The new appointments are Bruce Lazenby to chairman of the board and Donna Ronayne as board member.Read More >
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James Walton was appointed president of IMT, the new legal entity created by the acquisition of Vislink by xG Technology. Walton, who previously served as the CEO of Vislink, will assume responsibility for the management of Vislink offices located in the United Kingdom and all IMT and Vislink business operations outside of the Americas.Read More >
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This study explored whether teachers who have experienced the new Massachusetts evaluation system as a pilot, perceive it as a valuable process. The federal grant process required states to redesign evaluation systems that fostered effective teaching and included student achievement data in educator evaluation systems. Massachusetts designed a model system that incorporated teacher self-reflection based on a comprehensive teacher evaluation rubric, the setting of SMART goals to improve professional practice and student achievement, as well as evaluations based on the comprehensive teacher evaluation rubric which represents the standards and indicators of effective teaching. Teacher perceptions were measured using survey and focus group data to describe their experiences with the pilot of the new evaluation system. Understanding the differences in teacher perceptions will foster future positive implementations and improvements in teacher performance and, perhaps, student achievement. Positive improvements in teaching practice hold the potential to increase teacher quality as well as student achievement.


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Colonial mansions, plazas and cathedrals have been sympathetically restored to former glory and with it Havana has started to shed its decidedly unloved and weather-beaten look. Havana is the undisputed jewel in Cuba's crown, the beating heart of the nation with a swagger all of its own. To understand Cuba the first hurdle is to get under the capital's skin.
A walking tour of Old Havana, a visit to a cigar factory, a spin around Revolution Square in an iconic vintage Chevy's while surviving on a diet of decidedly average, yet overpriced fare have all been standard fare of most Cuban experiences up until recently. However a far more imaginative and experiential introduction to this beguiling city is now available, whether your interest is cultural, artistic or gastronomic.
If its culture and art, then cruise around Havana in one of Fidel Castro's armoured zil limos, peruse original 1950's Cuban poster art in the National Library with an art historian, or for something more contemporary visit Fabrica de Arte, a new arts space in a converted Vedado factory offering cutting-edge art, music, dance and cinema.
The cultural and artistic scene in Havana has exploded with community spaces and hip galleries opening up providing new opportunities to showcase Havana's talent, while the vibrant music scene provides the pulse and beat for the whole island.
Gastronomically, after years of boredom on the restaurant scene, a panoply of new private restaurants are pushing the envelope as a result of more Cubans now being allowed to start up their own restaurants and cafes. Those travellers held back from visiting Cuba for years by the inevitability of poor food and service at the pace of a wounded snail will these days be more than pleasantly surprised by the variety and sophistication of cuisine on offer.
The privately owned casas particulars are to be celebrated not only for their culinary creations but also for their sheer enterprise. Often tucked away down unremarkable back streets, which on first glance seem decidedly unpromising, the standard of food is all the more remarkable given the location. For a novel twist, why not try a driving taster menu by vintage car, allowing you to get around more of Havana's great eateries in a single evening?


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Celebrating Sport 2015/16
Due to the ongoing integration of the Sport and Outdoor Education service within the Education service, Celebrating Sport 2015/16 has been postponed as part of an ongoing review of service delivery. It is anticipated that the event will take place later this year and will align with other key celebration events within the Education service.
We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time and effort to nominate others in one or more of the categories. Applications will be retained and carried forward for consideration for the re-scheduled event.
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This article will teach you to create and publish a post in Solodev.
1.) Head to the Solodev website and log in with your credentials. You should be greeted with a pane similar to this one:
2.) Expand the "Data Center" directory and then "Articles." Click on the Articles link (with the red/green box).
3.) Click "Add Entry" This will take you to a typical WYSIWYG text editor.
4.) Write your article, and then turn your attention to the options in the right-hand pane. The scheduling options allow you to specify a timespan that the post will be active for. You will not need to set a stop-date on most articles.
5.) Assign your article to a category. Browse the categories and check the box when you're ready to file the article under that heading.
- IMPORTANT: If an article is not assigned a category, it will not show up on the website/front page!
- Always assign a category when publishing a post for the public.
6.) At the bottom of your post, you will need to modify a couple of options.
Background Image: Only upload a background image if you're posting the story to the front page. This image will be displayed as your story's thumbnail on the front page.
- Click "Choose File"
- Select a file from your computer or a local folder
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- Known Issue: Cannot choose an image from existing server files. I will be working on this. For now, just be aware you need to upload from your computer.
Top Story: Checking this box will promote the post to the front page. (Make sure you've assigned the article a category as well!)
Member Tier: Modify this selection if you want to restrict access to the content.
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Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose. This is because memory is both fallible and malleable; it is possible to forget and also to falsely remember things which never happened. The legal system has been slow to adapt to…
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If you've visited a book store or even a grocery store newsstand, it's been hard to miss the fantasy football magazines. It has become something of a national obsession in recent years and everyone is trying to cash in on the money available.
With that in mind, Viking Update staffers are in the early stages of creating their own fantasy football rankings. Here is our first look at who will be somebody this year in the realm of fantasy football.
The position has been the private domain of Peyton Manning for years at the top spot, but he isn't the king anymore. That distinction now goes to New England's Tom Brady. While they will still be the top two guys off the board, the crop of other starting QBs isn't too shabby either.
1. Tom Brady
2. Peyton Manning
3. Tony Romo
4. Drew Brees
5. Carson Palmer
6. Ben Rothlisberger
7. Donovan McNabb
8. Derek Anderson
9. Marc Bulger
10. Eli Manning
* -- If he comes back, Brett Favre also ends up on the top 10 list.
The big question here is who is going to be the top pick in the draft – LaDainian Tomlinson or Adrian Peterson? Regardless of who goes first, the other will likely go second. That said, beyond the top two picks, there isn't a huge difference between No. 3 and No. 10, making running back a tougher position to rank now that it was a year ago at this time when first-round picks were routine busts.
1. LaDainian Tomlinson
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Joseph Addai
4. Steven Jackson
5. Brian Westbrook
6. Marion Barber
7. Clinton Portis
8. Larry Johnson
9. Frank Gore
10. Marshawn Lynch
Old guys rule the roost once again, as veterans Randy Moss and Terrell Owens return to the top of the draft board. With both entrenched as the go-to guys on pass-happy teams, they're going to be potential first-rounders for the first time in years.
1. Randy Moss
2. Terrell Owens
3. Reggie Wayne
4. Braylon Edwards
5. Steve Smith
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Q&A with Exhibiting Author & Novelist Dan Santos
Posted By: Robin Materese
April 24, 2014
Exhibiting author Dan Santos is a Gaithersburg, Md., resident and author of the novel, "Insurrection: Appalachian Command," the story of a massive Al Qaeda act of terror that plummets the U.S. into a new Civil War. Dan is a former U.S. diplomat and Army infantry officer who served both in the U.S. and overseas during both peace and war times. Dan prides himself on writing with a realistic touch and for not subjecting his readers to "wild scenarios and implausible results."
"Insurrection: Appalachian Command" is the first in Dan's series of war adventures featuring former Army Ranger Jude Winthrop. Given the nature of Dan's novels, he clears all of my books through the State Department and other government agencies, which he says presents a timeliness and stylistic challenge.
What inspired you to write "Insurrection" and is it simply a good story? Is there a message?
During my time in the U.S. Foreign Service and the U.S. Army, I lived through terrorism, revolutions, coups d'etat and every type of imaginable social upheavals. During each of those terrible experiences, I found comfort in the thought that those things could not happen in our country. September 11, 2001, and subsequent events convinced me that those things could happen in America given the right set of circumstances. That's where the idea came from.
I pity writers who don't have a message. My message to our fellow Americans is this: it can happen here. We live in the most wonderful country in the world, but we are not indestructible.
In your bio, you mention you are a former U.S. diplomat and former Army officer. I assume that's where you picked up the acronyms, jargon and technical details sprinkled throughout the book, but in what other ways did your service to the country inform the plotlines in "Insurrection"?
The job of an infantry officer is to kill or capture the enemies of our country. The job of a diplomat is to go abroad and make friends for America. The thing is, you can't do well either of those jobs without being well versed on the nature of politics and foreign affairs.
My educational background gave me a solid theoretical foundation. I hold a B.A. in Politics and Public Affairs, an M.S. in Management and a second M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College. In the Army and the Foreign Service, my agencies gave me a lot of tradecraft training which allows me to devise realistic plots.
To this solid theoretical background I added a lot of first-hand experience in dealing with incredibly complex situations. For instance, while in the Army I was assigned to shepherd three high ranking Portuguese officers during a NATO visit. These career officers saw their world turn upside down when their government was brought down by a coup d'état. While in the Foreign Service, which is what the U.S. calls its diplomatic service, my professional, personal and family life was impacted by terrorism, military revolts against constitutional governments and many other types of political upheaval. These experiences gave me a lot of realistic, first-hand experience that I've been able to sanitize and use in my writing.
Are you retired now? What hobbies or other activities do you do for fun?
I am indeed retired from federal service. That said, when I am not reading or writing I am constantly active with my wife, my grandchildren and my dogs. In addition, one of my Hagerstown grandchildren got me into his Karate studio about a year ago and we keep busy with classes and tournaments.
Do you have kids? Grandkids? If so, do you read books to them? What books?
Yes to both. I have two daughters and five grandchildren. My eldest daughter and her only son live in Leesburg, Virginia. My youngest daughter and her four kids live in Hagerstown. My youngest granddaughter loves to read to me! It's sort of a ritual before she goes to sleep when she comes to visit.
There are books for every age, and my wife, my daughters and I make sure that the grandkids read age appropriate material. I know that my Hagerstown grandchildren spend a lot of time at the library, and my youngest grandson, who's seven, announced to me that he was writing a book.
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Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer
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As we release our K-12ers for the summer, are we adequately psyching Generation App up for…wait for it…READING? Oh sure, there's a list. You know the list, right? The summer reading list? Is this really the most effective way to promote independent reading for Generation Next? Is it the most effective way to improve reading skills? Research indicates that attention spans are waning for learners of all ages. In this session, facilitators will highlight strategies to engage school-aged learners with summer reading. This webinar will benefit librarians.
Michelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a "Mover and Shaker" by Library Journal in 2015. She is the winner of the 2011 "I Love My Librarian" Award and the Library Association's 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL's National School Library Program of the year in 2010. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.
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A Freebie for Your Patience May 7, 2016Posted by Mrs. J in the Library in Books, Ebooks, Reflections.
Tags: freebie, lessons, library centers, reading
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I know it's been over 5 months since my last post, and well…life got in the way. In the past few months, my husband and I became (very happily) pregnant, and it seems like everything just went crazy from there. I know this will probably come as no surprise to the parents reading this, but things just…change. There's a gradual, but very noticeable, shift that I wasn't expecting.
I don't have the same drive to blog, or tweet, or create, or innovate. To be fair, my body's a little busy doing plenty of creating, however, I don't feel the same ambitious desire to do anything innovative or new in my library. It's disconcerting, but I'm emotionally and professionally fine with it. It's been easier than I expected to just let it go.
Andy Woodworth at Agnostic, Maybe has an excellent blog post on how first-time fatherhood affects his professional life. I read it last summer, and it came to mind again a couple of weeks ago. It captures rather well how I've been feeling (except for the partner judging/shaming…my hubby has taken over all the cooking and most of the cleaning, so I blessedly can't relate to that part). I admire his ability and willingness to write about how his personal and professional lives interact. And I wish more librarians and educators would be so honest about the realities of the elusive work-life balance.
So for my readers' patience, here's a freebie of one of my library centers that I've used for a couple of years. A commonly used center is the "reading independently" or "book buddies reading" center, and some other versions are available from my teacher-librarian PLN. I made my own version for two reasons:
- I color-coded my library centers based on my 3 types of centers: Research Skills, Reading & Language, and Makerspace. I assigned the color red to all the Reading & Language centers, so I wanted my Independent Reading Center to be red.
- I wanted to add options for reading material to include magazines and ebooks, as well as whisper-reading to a beanbag buddy or "book buddy."
So if you'd like to try my version of this popular center, click on the image below or on THIS LINK to download it. The zip file download contains the center sign below in PDF and Microsoft Word file formats, and an editable lesson plan in Microsoft Word file. The clipart is from Glitter Meets Glue Designs and Empty Jar Illustrations.
Thank you for staying tuned during my temporary hiatus. Enjoy!
What (Might) Work Wednesday: Back-to-School Edition September 30, 2015Posted by Mrs. J in the Library in How to Be Brave, Reflections, What Worked.
Tags: assessment, lessons, library centers, library management, makerspace
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Welcome to a new school year!
School has been back in session for about a month in my area, and this year I've started a few new experiments/ideas that I'm hoping turn out well. Only time will tell…
1. Five book/item checkouts with student- and parent-signed agreement
Last year I required the form before any checkouts, and for some students that was very limiting to their access and use of the library's resources. This year, if students don't return their Library Use Agreement form, they still can check out 2 books, but no audiobooks or the wildly popular maker kits.
Using the form completion as an "upgrade" or extra privilege has been pretty effective in motivating both new and returning students, and I like that there is no barrier to checking out while still encouraging student responsibility and parent communication.
2. Library Facebook page in lieu of paper newsletters
While I did use a paper newsletter for the back-to-school newsletter, I planned ahead to include it in our school's "packet pick-up" night so that parents received it with all of the other school forms. I'm not sure if parents are actually reading it, but the majority of the agreement forms were returned. I'm taking that as a good sign.
Our library Facebook page is what I'm using for my primary communication tool during the rest of the year. I post library and reading advocacy articles, as well as book recommendations and upcoming events. For more post ideas, check out my Library Website Social Media Pinterest board!
3. Research centers first, then free choice
Last year I required every student to complete 3 library "badges" in Research Skills, Reading Promotion, and Makerspace/Creation & Tech. This year, I'm trying something a bit more progressive and constructivist. When I introduce centers this fall, I will offer 6 research centers only at first. Then after students earn their Research Skills badge, they can have free-choice of reading and makerspace centers. They will be able to earn more badges, but the others won't be required. I think it will be more of a challenge for me to engage all students, but once a student finds their passion, I think their engagement and learning will be more authentic.
4. New Student Learning Objective (SLO) assessment format
Like many librarians and teachers across the nation, a percentage of my evaluation is based on "data." For music, gym, art, and library teachers like myself, 15% of my evaluation must be a student learning objective, or SLO, that proves with data that I assessed students in a particular skill.
For kindergarten, I'm changing how I assess the parts of a book, author & illustrator roles, and fiction vs. nonfiction. I made a FREE printable booklet that students can complete as an assessment of their knowledge. I'm going to try having students complete one page per week until everyone is finished, including "extra practice" pages for students to make-up incorrectly completed pages.
So what are the new ideas or experiments that you are trying this year?
I'd love to hear them, and I hope we can inspire each other!
Reading Aloud in School: An Endangered Practice? July 23, 2015Posted by Mrs. J in the Library in Books, How to Be Brave, PSLA.
Tags: lessons, library, reading, reading aloud, research
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At the recent PA School Librarians Association (PSLA) Annual Conference, I read a worrisome tweet from a participant in a concurrent session. Some Pennsylvania librarians reported that administrators recently told them that reading aloud isn't "rigorous enough." Not even as part of a larger unit or with young students.
I was horrified to hear that statement, however, it wasn't the first time, I've heard similar whispers about "rigor" in relation to library class time and reading aloud. It's particularly frustrating to hear when in some districts (not mine), the teacher-librarian is viewed as "just coverage" for a classroom teacher's planning period, regardless of how rigorous (or not) the information literacy instruction is.
Anyway, in my district, the curriculum we teach is accepted as part of the wider district curriculum, and that brings along all kinds of language like "rigor" and "accountability" and "assessment data" and "SLOs" (or Student Learning Outcomes). I'm *SO* over those education buzzwords.
I still read aloud to kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students, and I base my research and information literacy instruction on the books I read.
Here are 3 reasons why reading aloud is more important than ever in a child's education:
- Reading aloud builds common experiences and a shared vocabulary. For students who are lucky enough to attend our school for multiple years (or even long enough to experience 2 of my library units), I often refer back to characters and events in a book we previously read. Of course, I also explain the background and give the book title and author for newer students to read on their own, too.
- Reading aloud models fluency, voice, and how to enjoy a book without the pressure of "accountability." When children listen to a story, it should be for the sheer enjoyment, not for a comprehension quiz. Listening to a book being read models to students how to read well, which is undeniably helpful in learning to read.
- It's fun. I know, I know, that's not a popular pedagogical reason to give administrators. But I teach children who are over-scheduled, over-tested, and under the age of 11. I dare any administrator to think back to when they were 8 years old, and see what they remember most. My guess is it wasn't "rigorous" by today's standards.
Resources on the Importance of Reading Aloud
There is significant evidence in educational research that reading aloud matters, and here some resources to advocate to parents, administrators, and community members.
Mem Fox's excellent read-aloud lesson, ten read-aloud commandments, and her long (but worth it) article, "Like mud, not fireworks"…in fact, just go read all the "Teachers" and "Parents" sections of her website. They're fabulous!
Reach Out and Read is an organization featured in School Library Journal's October 2014 issue. Their research studies on reading aloud are summarized here.
Jim Trelease's "The Read-Aloud Handbook" and his accompanying website and brochures. ReadAloud.org also cites Trelease in this succinct article on the benefits of reading aloud.
Reading Is Fundamental's (aka RIF) articles on reading aloud, including research from the U.S. Department of Education
Scholastic Parent's March 2015 blog post about reading to older children, even after they can read themselves, which I posted to my library Facebook page.
A homeschooling mom's April 2015 blog post about reading aloud highlights some of the benefits for parents reading to their children, but more importantly, she explains why reading *good* children's literature matters when reading to children.
Of course, there are many more resources in educational research journals, but the above links are readily accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, regardless access to database subscriptions. If you have another reading aloud resource to share or have successfully advocated to stakeholders about this topic, please share your knowledge in the comments!
TL Blogging Challenge #19 – Glows, Grows, and Professional Journals July 3, 2014Posted by Mrs. J in the Library in Books, PSLA, Reflections.
Tags: books, collection development, journals, learning, lessons, magazines, reading, reflection, reviews
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TL Blogging Challenge #19 – What is one thing you wish you were better at. Just one! Why? What could you do to improve in this area?
As part of my reflection process, I have a section in my lesson plans for "Glows and Grows." My favorite professor at Messiah College, Dr. Anita Voelker, taught me that phrase, and I use it to focus on both the positive things that happened in a lesson, the glows, and the things that I need to work on next time, the grows.
Professionally, one of my all-the-time "grows" is keeping up with professional reviews for collection development. I'm a bit embarrassed to say I am 4-5 months behind in reading School Library Journal, the one professional journal I subscribe to in print, and I rarely read others like Library Media Connection, Teacher Librarian or PSLA's Learning and Media Online. It's just not a very high priority on my ever-lengthening to-do list; there are too many other things that I feel are more important than reading reviews. Plus, sometimes, I think the print journals often mirror what I've already read in my Feedly RSS reader. (See the PLN links on the right to see who I follow by RSS.)
When I first met my New York Giants-loving husband, I often used football games to read SLJ. I could read the articles and all the reviews in a single issue in the span of one football game, and it was always nice to curl up on the couch with my hubby while catching the main highlights of the game. I'm not a huge football fan, so this worked well for me. This past year, though, the Giants had such a terrible season that it wasn't even fun to watch. So my SLJ-reading time didn't happen a whole lot, and I never really caught up since then. I'm now in the middle of reading the March 2014 issue, and I haven't gotten the July one yet.
My dream solution would be to have online reading options as well as integration with the major school library distributors like Follett and Mackin. I want to read SLJ's articles and reviews on a computer or tablet, and when I like a review enough to add it to a buying wish list, I could just "check" it somehow within a SLJ digital edition (or app) and it would automatically add that title to the list on my Follett Titlewave account (or Mackin account). Right now I just circle a review of a book I think our library should have, or I might mark it "maybe." When I look up the book in Follett's Titlewave collection development tool, I read the other reviews of the book within Titlewave, and then decide if it should stay on the buying list, or if it gets cut. My materials-reviewing time could be cut in half with digital integration like the above idea.
Still, barring that dream of seamless tech integration, my plan for next year is to try again with the football-watching-SLJ-reading time. Additionally, I might try reading SLJ at school, during my lunch hour or any spare moments of my day. I don't know what to take "off my plate" to make time to do that, but it's a possibility if I (hopefully) have the same semi-fixed schedule as last year.
The blogging challenge is from Cybrarian Jen at Where Books and Technology Meet. I'm going to try it out, but instead of daily posts, I'm going to try for 1-2 posts a week. Follow and learn with us! The participating blogs are listed in the comments of her post.
TL Blogging Challenge #14 – Library Treasure Store June 13, 2014Posted by Mrs. J in the Library in Books, Reflections.
Tags: books, elementary school, lessons, library management, money, responsibility, school library
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TL Blogging Challenge #14 – Share a topic/idea from a lesson you teach. What is one thing you did with students that you will (or will not) do again? Why?
Okay, this isn't exactly a lesson; it's a between-two-units activity or program. For several years now I've had a "treasure store" for students in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades. Each cycle when students bring their library books back, they can earn up to 2 plastic coins. Students earn 1 coin for bringing back 1 book, and 2 coins for bringing back 2 or more books. Click the image to download business card-sized library currency for your library!
Students collect their coins or tokens in snack-size plastic zipper-top bags with their names on them. We use address labels to write their names and stick the labels to each bag. The bags are stapled to a heavy-duty foam presentation board, the tri-fold kind used for science fairs. It's a compact, collapsible system with one board per class, and it prevents any loss/theft. Students are putting the coins in their bag almost as soon as they receive them.
After I finish one of the units I do in each grade, I open the "treasure store" for a whole class period. One change I make for 2nd graders is there is only ONE treasure store early in the year. After that, bringing books back to the library is an expected responsibility.
The Treasure Store consists of a book cart with several clear plastic containers full of small prizes, most of which I purchase from Demco or Oriental Trading Company: scratch-and-sniff bookmarks, color-changing or sparkly pencils, fun erasers, puzzles, jacks sets, poppers, etc. I try not to give away "junk" and focus on things that are either useful for school, or actually DO something. I also include some items that go along with our library theme. For instance, next year's theme is camping and "Read S'more Books" so I'm getting small flashlights and binoculars to add to the treasure store.
Despite having concerns about too much extrinsic motivation, I still like this program. I've found that the treasure store program both encourages students to be responsible and also helps students to get in the habit of bringing their books on library day. It's a nice break between units, and it also gives students practice with math and introductory financial literacy. Students can spend, save, or do some of both, however they must spend all coins by the end of the year. If they can't "afford" something they want, they can try to get it at the next treasure store or choose something else.
Something I've changed over the years is what students do while others are shopping. First, the treasure store was stationary and students came up to me to shop. That was a disaster, and took WAY too long! Now, students stay at their tables for the most part and I go to them with the treasure store on a book cart. While others are shopping, students exchange books independently, check out, count their coins, read eBooks on the tablets (with a partner), read other books from the author/genre we've been studying, and sometimes vote for their favorite book from the unit. In 40 minutes, everyone in a class gets to check out books and shop, plus they get a little extra reading and math practice.
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Travelling by coach is not only very safe but also makes a valuable contribution for environmental protection. The bus is a record holder in terms of economic efficiency and climate compatibility.
Coach travel is one of the most environmentally friendly forms of mobility. Each bus conveys 45 people on average and therefore replaces 30 passenger cars on the road.
Buses are one of the most environmentally friendly modes of transportaion in terms of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. No other means of transport requires so little fuel and produces so little climate damaging carbon dioxide per single person.
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This is significantly less than the figures of other means of transport, for example transport by rail (2.3 liters diesel and 4.3 kilogram CO2 consumption), airplane (4.6 liters diesel and 19.6 kilogram CO2 consumption) and car (6.1 liters diesel and 13.9 kilogram CO2). In other words a passenger car has a four times higher fuel consumption and pollutant emission (on 100 kilometers) in comparison to a bus.
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Yaroslava Tarasova is a young photographer born in Riga, Latvia in 1988. She started learning photography after moving to Saint-Petersburg in 2009. She graduated from Faculty of Photojournalism and FotoDepartment where she had taken the course of Documentary Photography and Photojournalism by Mikhail Domojilov. She participated in collaborative exhibitions "54" and "55" and took part in the collaborative project "Epistle 70" about veterans of the Second World War. The works of Yaroslava Tarasova have won recognition by the public with publications in the major Russian media such as Lenta.ru, Echo Moscow, Bird in Flight.
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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER thinks of calling it his charity act, but that lacks panache -- a word and a style indelibly associated with the actor since his 1974 Tony Award-winning performance in ''Cyrano,'' the musical.
''But I never get paid for it,'' Mr. Plummer said, referring to his little-known one-man show, ''A Word or Two, Before You Go,'' to be seen one time only -- at Westport Country Playhouse, next Sunday at 3 p.m.
''It's my autobiography,'' he then says, knowing that's misleading, for the show isn't his life story, only a tribute to the prose and the poetry that shaped and goes on informing it.
Whatever its label, ''A Word or Two, Before You Go'' is rarely seen. ''During the past four or five years, six times,'' just once for each organization -- Shakespeare in Canada, Shakespeare in Washington, D.C., Shakespeare in Nova Scotia -- and the Roundabout's second stage in New York. But twice for world literacy, the show's raison d'être.Continue reading the main story
At heart, what Mr. Plummer's personal pastiche is really about is the love of reading. He is not only the star. He is the director, the teller of anecdotal asides, the arranger of words, his favorite words ''from Winnie the Pooh to the Old Testament.''
Now there's a trek, in just an hour and a half. ''Audiences wonder if I can remember it all, so I have a book over in the corner,'' he said. ''It's a prop, and I pick one selection that I'm going to read, and then they don't worry.''
The show is constantly changing, in part, he said, because he has read more and lived more. But more than anything, he said he makes changes because ''I get bored more.''
The audience can expect Melville and Molière, Ogden Nash and S.J. Perelman, Byron and Dylan Thomas, a bit of Shakespeare, even a Sam Goldwynism.
When Mr. Plummer says that his show is for ages 6 through 90, he is not giving in to a promotional catch phrase. He is thinking of his own childhood in Montreal where his family instilled in him the love of poetry, of how ''they made me love words.''
From words, he went to theater, which meant ''real quality and exalted language,'' he said, adding, ''That was long before the Web replaced the brain.''
Can a bygone time be reclaimed, a time when theater was an accessible entertainment of choice, a sign of a civilized time, of cultural awareness? Can the Westport Playhouse, once a tryout center for new plays as well as an essential stop on a thriving summer stock circuit, recapture its own golden age? Mr. Plummer, a member of the playhouse's artistic advisory council, thinks the answer is yes.
Mr. Plummer's support of theater in Connecticut has embraced the beleaguered Shakespeare festival in Stratford, where he appeared during its first year, as Marc Antony in ''Julius Caesar,'' among a cast that included Jack Palance, Roddy McDowell, Fritz Weaver, Raymond Masey and Jerry Stiller. Mr. Plummer's incomparable Iago to the monumental Othello of James Earl Jones, later a Broadway transfer, was Stratford's last explosion of great classical acting.
In 1999, he was the narrator, which meant grandly assuming various roles, in Sir William Walton's musical adaptation of ''Henry V'' with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. The extraordinary performance, for the benefit of the proposed reopening of the festival, was a failed sign of hope. Yet as recently as this year, when divisiveness over the proposed new theater surfaced, Mr. Plummer wrote a letter about the importance of breathing life into a noble structure. ''I love Connecticut,'' he said. ''I've lived here a great part of my life. I still live here and I hope I always will,'' is how the letter began.
And he went on to say that Connecticut has everything, except a festival dedicated to Shakespeare and the classics.
Mr. Plummer's loyalty to Connecticut began in the 1950's when he rented a house in Weston.
Then he moved to England. ''I timed it right,'' he recalled. ''I was divorced, had no place to go and England was the crazy, marvelous place to be in the swinging 60's.''
Many people agreed, except that they didn't have the chance to play with the Royal Shakespeare Company or the National Theater. Although Mr. Plummer's credits include more than 80 films, he is convinced that his stage appearances outnumber his screen roles. ''Don't forget rep,'' he said.
He and Elaine Taylor Plummer, his wife of 31 years -- ''my third marriage and my last'' -- have been living in Weston for 21 years, very privately, in a 100-year-old converted barn, now on 25 acres.
''We stay home,'' he said, ''but I go to town meetings when land or the standard of living in our very rural place is at stake.''
For Mr. Plummer, who is constantly on tour, on location, wherever, having a holiday means coming home to Weston.
Not every actor can quite manage the formula Mr. Plummer has mastered. Simply speaking, these are the rules: ''You work in theater because you love it. You make your fortune somewhere else.''
He is is revving up for the theater's summit role, King Lear in Stratford, Ontario, next summer. At 71, he says, ''I don't think I better wait any longer.'' In the meantime, he says, ''I'll do as many films as I can squeeze in.''
Along with formulaic clinkers, he has squeezed in distinguished film and television work. The end-of-the-year release of his latest film, ''A Beautiful Mind,'' is widely anticipated. Mr. Plummer plays an enigmatic psychiatrist in the real life story that deals with the schizophrenic episodes of the Nobel Prize winner, John Forbes Nash Jr.
But what role will he play on Westport Playhouse's advisory council? Lending a celebrated name to such a group is often meaningless. But Mr. Plummer talks of artistic vision, of raising standards, always of quality. ''There's a meeting this month,'' he said. ''I will attend.''Continue reading the main story