boys don't read books with "girlie" covers

From The Times: How judging a book by its "girlie" cover is putting boys off reading.

Interested in getting boys to read? Check out some of these links:

Getting Boys to Read: It's the Context! (Scholastic Instructor)
Guys Read (A site to get boys reading.)
Books for Boys (book suggestions for boys by former librarian Michael Sullivan)

Books and E-books:

Me Read? No Way! A practical guide to improving boys' literacy skills (print and digital copies)
Boys and literacy : exploring the issues / Trisha Maynard (orint and digital)
Creating a literacy environment for boys : ideas for administrators, teachers, and parents / Christopher M. Spence (9th floor, LB 1050.5 S64 2006)
Even hockey players read : boys, literacy and reading / David Booth (IRC, LB 1050 B66 2002)

beautiful libraries

Check out some of these gorgeous libraries.

Faith-based schools

I caught the tail-end of a conversation between Andy Barrie and Barbara Bierman, Michael Fullan and Farzana Hassan about faith-based schools this morning on Metro Morning. You can listen to the whole thing here. The CBC website also has a great in-depth feature on faith-based schools available here.

New books

We have received another batch of great new books for the collection in education. I've listed some of them below. Our new titles list is available on our website and is updated monthly.

LA 21 O95 2008
Philosophical foundations of education / Howard A. Ozmon, Samuel M. Craver.

LC 3965 S235 2007
The Sage handbook of special education / edited by Lani Florian.

LB 1027.42 B37 2007
Problem-based learning : an inquiry approach / John Barell.

LC 1038 A385 2007
Adventure education : theory and applications / Project Adventure Dick Prouty, Jane Panicucci, Rufus Collinson, editors.

2007 exams now available online

I know you aren't thinking about exams yet, but I still wanted to pass on this exciting news: all 2007 exams are now available online. Yippee! No more waiting in line at Reserves! They are available by subject listing here. If you are a TA this year, let your students know.

technology behaviours of college students

This 2007 ECAR research study is a longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ECAR studies of students and information technology. The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. It focuses on what kinds of information technologies these students use, own, and experience; their technology behaviors, preferences, and skills; how IT impacts their experiences in their courses; and their perceptions of the role of IT in the academic experience.