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Monday, June 8, 2009
Gifted Awareness Week Competition
To celebrate Gifted Awareness Week (14 – 20 June 2009), the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children is running a competition to celebrate gifted kids, their families and professional educators. Click here to open Gifted Awareness Week Competition Flyer.
Theme for Intermediate Students:
What should schools in the year 2050 be like?
Provide an artwork or short (less than 100 words) answer, poem, or story to this statement.
Theme for High School students:
What constitutes “life”?
Provide a short (less than 100 words) answer to this statement.
Give it a go! Win a $50 book voucher and your entry published in Tall Poppies Mag!
Theme for Intermediate Students:
What should schools in the year 2050 be like?
Provide an artwork or short (less than 100 words) answer, poem, or story to this statement.
Theme for High School students:
What constitutes “life”?
Provide a short (less than 100 words) answer to this statement.
Give it a go! Win a $50 book voucher and your entry published in Tall Poppies Mag!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Announcing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device!
It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM. (It is not waterproof yet, our engineers are working on it.)
Here's how it works: each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs inhalf. Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used directly without loading time. The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward and backward as you wish. Most come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session--even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. You can use as many BOOKmark as you wish in any one BOOK.
Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is the entertainment wave of the future, and many new titles are expected soon...
Plus, you can borrow it for free from thousands of outlets, called libraries. Check the white pages to find one in your community.
[original author unknown; slightly modified]
Here's how it works: each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs inhalf. Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used directly without loading time. The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward and backward as you wish. Most come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session--even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. You can use as many BOOKmark as you wish in any one BOOK.
Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is the entertainment wave of the future, and many new titles are expected soon...
Plus, you can borrow it for free from thousands of outlets, called libraries. Check the white pages to find one in your community.
[original author unknown; slightly modified]
Monday, May 4, 2009
Library House Competition Term One
The Library House Competition is ON again. Last year, as published in the College magazine page 11, Barker won 4 points, Pisa 3, Roy 2 and Iron 1.
The rules are:
- The number of books issued by each student add points to his or her House;
- The number of overdue days remove points;
- Books that are returned on the day of the issue are not included. Do not try to borrow a book and drop it off immediately. It does not count!
This competition has been organised:
- to encourage you to borrow more books (and to actually issue them, otherwise it is not counted)
- to encourage you to return your books on time
- to promote a whanau culture of managing books
- to add a cultural aspect to the house competition which is otherwise pretty much sportive.
First term results
- Barker is ahead already this year, with more books issued and less overdue penalties.
- Iron MUST borrow more books.
- Pisa borrows enough books but MUST improve its returns habits.
- Roy can improve both.
Next week, I will distribute overdue listings to whanau teachers. Make a point to return those books promptly, collectively. Thus you save penalties to your house AND you avoid the 50 cts invoicing fee.
- The number of books issued by each student add points to his or her House;
- The number of overdue days remove points;
- Books that are returned on the day of the issue are not included. Do not try to borrow a book and drop it off immediately. It does not count!
This competition has been organised:
- to encourage you to borrow more books (and to actually issue them, otherwise it is not counted)
- to encourage you to return your books on time
- to promote a whanau culture of managing books
- to add a cultural aspect to the house competition which is otherwise pretty much sportive.
First term results
- Barker is ahead already this year, with more books issued and less overdue penalties.
- Iron MUST borrow more books.
- Pisa borrows enough books but MUST improve its returns habits.
- Roy can improve both.
Next week, I will distribute overdue listings to whanau teachers. Make a point to return those books promptly, collectively. Thus you save penalties to your house AND you avoid the 50 cts invoicing fee.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Audiobooks & Multimedia section
An audiobook is a reading of a book by the author or by an actor recorded on tape or CD.
MACLIC has a collection of 50 audiobooks which you can borrow, together with the book, if you wish to follow the text. Listening to an audiobook is a bit like being read aloud, it is easy and lively. It is great when you travel. If you struggle to read, audiobooks will help you greatly and will offer you the pleasure of discovering a story.
MACLIC also offers more than 20 selected or donated documentaries DVD and videos.
You will also find a few music CDs, mainly donated by Real Groove and NZ Symphonic Orchestra.
Have a look next to the library office. Ask the librarian for the CDs.
Have a look next to the library office. Ask the librarian for the CDs.
Click here for the list of all the section's titles: http://maclic.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/audiobooks-multimedia.pdf
Monday, April 27, 2009
New Sport Books
Check out the "Recreation" section of the library with lots of new books about Sports:
Ball games
Soccer skills for young players 796.3
Rugby skills tactics and rules 796.33
Tana Umaga : a tribute to a rugby legend 796.33
Complete encyclopedia of golf techniques 796.35
Cricket portraits : a century of New Zealand's best 796.35
Outdoors and mountaineering
Coast to Coast: The Great New Zealand Race 796.4
Our Olympic Century 796.40
Tracking & navigation 796.5
Don't forget your scroggin : a how-to handbook for New Zealand tramping 796.51
Tramping in the South Island : Mount Richmond Forest Park to Arthur's Pass 796.51
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry 796.52
Classic Rock Climbing in New Zealand 796.52
Complete rock climber 796.52
High-tech legs on Everest 796.52
Hillary & Norgay : to the top of Mount Everest 796.52
Danger on the mountain: scaling the World's Highest Peaks 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Extreme climbing 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Camp Out! 796.54
On Wheels
Formula One 796.7
MX bikes : evolution from primitive street machines to state of the art off-road machines 796.7
Snow sports
Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding 796.9
Snowboarding basics 796.9
Snowboarding skills 796.9
New Zealand Snowboarder Trick Tips 101 796.9 /AV (in Multimedia area)
Whiteslide : snowboarding journal 796.9 /P (in Picture Book Area)
Water sports
Boating for all : navigation, boat-handling and skill-building activities 797.1
New Zealand whitewater : 125 great kayaking runs 797.1
Matt's Kiwi fishing adventures 799.1
Other
Angels can fly : a modern clown user guide 791.3
Hip-hop dancing 793.3
Diary of a skateboarding freak 796.22 /P (in Picture Book Area)
Diary of Phar Lap 798
Ball games
Soccer skills for young players 796.3
Rugby skills tactics and rules 796.33
Tana Umaga : a tribute to a rugby legend 796.33
Complete encyclopedia of golf techniques 796.35
Cricket portraits : a century of New Zealand's best 796.35
Outdoors and mountaineering
Coast to Coast: The Great New Zealand Race 796.4
Our Olympic Century 796.40
Tracking & navigation 796.5
Don't forget your scroggin : a how-to handbook for New Zealand tramping 796.51
Tramping in the South Island : Mount Richmond Forest Park to Arthur's Pass 796.51
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry 796.52
Classic Rock Climbing in New Zealand 796.52
Complete rock climber 796.52
High-tech legs on Everest 796.52
Hillary & Norgay : to the top of Mount Everest 796.52
Danger on the mountain: scaling the World's Highest Peaks 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Extreme climbing 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Camp Out! 796.54
On Wheels
Formula One 796.7
MX bikes : evolution from primitive street machines to state of the art off-road machines 796.7
Snow sports
Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding 796.9
Snowboarding basics 796.9
Snowboarding skills 796.9
New Zealand Snowboarder Trick Tips 101 796.9 /AV (in Multimedia area)
Whiteslide : snowboarding journal 796.9 /P (in Picture Book Area)
Water sports
Boating for all : navigation, boat-handling and skill-building activities 797.1
New Zealand whitewater : 125 great kayaking runs 797.1
Matt's Kiwi fishing adventures 799.1
Other
Angels can fly : a modern clown user guide 791.3
Hip-hop dancing 793.3
Diary of a skateboarding freak 796.22 /P (in Picture Book Area)
Diary of Phar Lap 798
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
A good book is...
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) said "All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they really happened and after you have finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you".
From http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2473
What do YOU think makes a good book?
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