10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article - EasyBib Blog

10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article - EasyBib Blog: Fake news is popping up everywhere! Use these 10 tips to spot them a mile away.

Teens: Enter your favorite book for The Flume Award

What Is It?

The Flume: NH Teen Reader’s Choice Award was created in 2005 in response to a New Hampshire teen’s request to have a book award geared towards high school students. This award is a state-wide venture led by a collaborative effort from school and public librarians. Each year teens nominate titles, published within the last two years, they think deserve to be recognized. Librarians narrow the group of titles to a shorter list. Teens then vote for the winning title from that list.

Enter your nominations for the 2017 Flume Award here. Books must be published after 2014.
Enter ALSO here your nominations:  if you nominate the winner of the 2017 Flume Award, you will receive a gift certificate for the Little Village Toy Store.

What are your other favorite books? Check on our catalog here  if they are at the Media Center. If we do not have them, we will get them!  Enter your favorite book(s) here.

​There are many other exciting book awards, regional, national, internationals. See some of the most popular here. 

By Popular Demand: Really Simple Audio Recorder for Chromebooks

Several teachers and students  have asked for a simple solution to record sound on Chromebooks. Here it is: Simple Audio Recorder. The file format is .wav and works seamlesssly with Wevideo (you can fully edit it and then send your edited file wherever you need it to be, music player, presentation etc..).

Other recorders for Chromebook have some or even a lot of editing features and might ask you to create an account. Some have time limits. Among them,  SoundCloud, Vocaroo and Twisted Wave have good reviews. I recorded over 11 minutes  with SAR without any issue.

If you need a format other than .wav, use an online converter such as media.io.

"Oh, and one more thing". As recording is done online, plan 2-3 minutes after the recording to download your file.

2016 Teens Top Ten Books

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (from @Truthdig)

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (from @Truthdig): Although the title is deceiving for those expecting the fast-paced heroics of James Bond, the reader will find that this account of a small group of ordinary people risking their lives to preserve their culture is an even more rewarding and essential story.
- 2016/12/23

Make a two minutes video. Win money for you and your school!

Teachers, HS students: Contact me if you are interested. Deadline is January 15.

Good Google Training

A short and sweet compilation.  It also includes G Calendar. All credits go to Jennifer Judkins.

Atomic Learning also features tutorials on more GAFE (Google Apps for Education).