Fun Songs!!!

For the students in Div 6 and 7 and all those that enjoy fun songs!

Mahna Mahna - The Muppet Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ

The Duck Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q

Remembrance Day Videos

Here are some goods YouTube videos for Remembrance Day.


Bryan Adams - Remembrance Day - WWI photos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq5hFrb7b_E


This one has footage from WWII.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86J_RTfg_zQ


This one is from high school students with actors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE7n7lAhDUE&feature=fvwrel


The Canadian Soldier - I want you to Live - Current soldiers footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_LC5TaK-A&feature=related

Witch's Brew Song!!!

Here is the YouTube link for the great song "Witch's Brew"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foTIHscfzs

Celebrate Halloween!

Read Write Think has some great Halloween ideas.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/celebrate-halloween-20315.html

Halloween Magazine Online

http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/intro.htm

Halloween Books - Check the RPL for them

http://www.kidsreads.com/features/halloween-roundup/halloween-roundup-2011

Halloween Classroom Ideas

http://www.become.com/resource-center/Classroom-Halloween-Supplies

Online Autumn

http://kids-learn.org/onlineautumn/

Flipboard

Flipboard lets you read Twitter like a newspaper on your Ipad. Download the app and flip through your Twitter feeds like your newspaper. Great app!


http://flipboard.com/app-tour/

Only Print What You Want to Print

Printliminator

This sight shows you how to print only the part of the webpage that you want printed. So you can save printing 10 pages of paper in order to get the one article you want.

http://css-tricks.com/examples/ThePrintliminator/

URL Shortener

URL Shortener goo.gl

http://goo.gl/

This link takes you to a site where you can shorten your URL, therefore it is easier for people to remember your sight when you tell them about it.

What is Plagiarism???

*** Remember, if 10 teachers do not know the information you are writing in your school work, you MUST give credit to the person that gave you the information!!

Teachers are not looking to see how much you know, but it is how you can collect and process information to present in your school work, so give credit where credit is due.

The following link is from Scholastic and this explains plagiarism in more detail.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/when-your-writing-isn39t-your-own


Youtube videos on Plagiarism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atTRlg6iaGo&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=2q0NlWcTq1Y

Citation Examples (Bibliography) - Source - UBC

MLA Style

http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/f/f9/Mlastyle.pdf

-This link will gives examples in for magazines, books, webpages, blogs, and wikis that are used for most research in elementary and high school (English and history).

APA Style

http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/f/f9/Mlastyle.pdf

-This link gives examples of ALA style. Scroll half way down the page. APA is used for social sciences.

Dewey Decimal Numbers

Next time you are in the library have a look at the call numbers on the books and get more familiar with how the books are organized on the shelves. Look at how the categories are together. Can a book be in sections?? Should a book maybe be in another section??

Here are the Dewey category numbers:

Main Classes and Divisions

Main classes	Divisions - 000's	Divisions - 100's
000 Computers, information and general reference 100 Philosophy and psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Science and mathematics 600 Technology 700 Arts and recreation 800 Literature 900 History and geography	000 Generalities 010 Bibliography 020 Library & information science 030 General encyclopedias 040 Not used 050 General serial publications 060 Organizations 070 Journalism, publishing, media 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts & rare books	100 Philosophy & Psychology 110 Metaphysics 120 Epistemology, causation, humankind 130 Paranormal phenomenon 140 Specific philosophical schools 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics 180 Ancient, medieval, Oriental philosophy 190 Modern western philosophy
Divisions - 200's	Divisions - 300's	Divisions - 400's
200 Religion 210 Philosophy & theory of religion 220 Bible 230 Christianity 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian orders & local church 260 Social & ecclesiastical theology 270 History of Christianity & Christian sects 280 Christian denominations 290 Comparative religion & other religions	300 Social Sciences 310 Statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration & military science 360 Social programs & services 370 Education 380 Commerce 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore	400 Language 410 Linguisitics 420 English & Old English 430 Germanic 440 French 450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 460 Spanish & Portuguese 470 Latin 480 Greek 490 Other languages
Divisions - 500's	Divisions - 600's	Divisions - 700's
500 Natural Sciences & Math 510 Math 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology 570 Life sciences 580 Plants 590 Animals	600 Technology & Applied Sciences 610 Medicine 620 Engineering 630 Agriculture 640 Home economics (cooking) 650 Management 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacture for specific uses 690 Building	700 Arts, Sports, Recreation 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts (sculpture) 740 Drawing & decorative art 750 Painting 760 Graphic arts 770 Photography 780 Music 790 Recreation, performing arts, sports
Divisions - 800's	Divisions - 900's
800 Literature & Rhetoric 810 American 820 English & Old English 830 Germanic 840 French 850 Italian, Romanian 860 Spanish, Portuguese 870 Latin 880 Greek 890 Other literatures	900 Geography, History, Biography 910 Geography, travel 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia 930 Ancient world 940 Europe 950 Asia 960 Africa 970 North America 980 South America 990 Other areas

Story Starter

Lost for a good idea to start your story... check out this webpage that has thousands of story starting ideas....

http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm

Old Spice Library

Funny Library Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs

Projects - Tips and Reminders

Remember these tips when doing your research projects:

.org = organization - probably a good webpage
.gov = governement - probably a good webpage
.edu = education - probably a good webpage

.ca = Canada - search deeper to find out if the page is ok
.com = company - search deeper to find out if the page is ok


Tips

Look for:

- Advertising on the page, too much is probably not good
- Can you contact the webpage creators - no = bad webpage, yes = could be an ok webpage
- Date - when was the webpage last updated???


Good search engines.....

Fact Monster, Infotopia, Kidtopia (see the links in the 'Encyclopedia' section)

Richmond Public Library - homework section (see the link in the 'Books' section)

When searching in Google or Yahoo be very specific for your topic area!!

Dewey - Who is the Crazy Man Behind the Decimal System???

View the link below for a short but interesting read on Dewey:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA148748.html

View this link for a funny youtube song on Dewey!!

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=215252

Comic Life

Comic Life is great for making your own comic!! Check it out and create your own funny pages!

http://comiclife.com/