Chase's Calendar of Events 2018

Chase's Calendar of Events 2018
Author: Editors of Chase's
Publisher: Bernan Press
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2017-09-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1598889265

Founded in 1957, Chase's observes its 60th anniversary with the 2018 edition! Users will find everything worth knowing and celebrating for each day of the year: 12,500 holidays, historical milestones, famous birthdays, festivals, sporting events and much more. "One of the most impressive reference volumes in the world."--Publishers Weekly.

Social Policy for Children and Families

Social Policy for Children and Families
Author: William J. Hall
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2021-07-23
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1544371470

Conversational and applied, Social Policy for Children and Families is an award-winning collection of cutting-edge research from from across policy sectors in the human services.

Tech-Savvy Reading Promotion

Tech-Savvy Reading Promotion
Author: Nancy J. Keane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019-04-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440868514

Unleash new possibilities for reading promotion and readers' advisory with these technological tools that can help you to catch the interest of young readers and direct them toward positive reading experiences. Gone are the days of browsing library bookshelves—today's readers live much of their lives on their devices. Learn how to meet these young readers in their online activities by using technological tools that support independent reading and reading choices. This book shows you how to use not only more traditional social media such as Facebook and blogs but also video, audio and print applications, databases, and more. You'll learn how to use new apps such as Moovly, Koma Koma, and Booksnaps; well-known media including Twitter, Skype, Flickr, and Goodreads; and Soundcloud, Smore, Flipgrid, and ebook clubs for reading promotion and readers' advisory. For each of these technologies, you'll find a brief description of the platform, its content and applications, notes about the platform and its cost, how to use it for book promotion, and step-by-step instructions for promotional activities. Screenshots and drawings illustrate the instructions.

Kids Celebrate!

Kids Celebrate!
Author: Maria Bonfanti Esche
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1998
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1556522924

Suggests activities, recipes, and crafts to celebrate more than one hundred special days, from making penny rubbings on Abraham Lincoln's birthday to making posters about fire safety on the anniversary of the Chicago fire of 1871.

Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms

Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms
Author: Michael Dezuanni
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0262360756

How a popular entertainment genre on YouTube--Let's Play videos created by Minecraft players--offers opportunities for children to learn from their peers. Every day millions of children around the world watch video gameplay on YouTube in the form of a popular entertainment genre known as Let's Play videos. These videos, which present a player's gameplay and commentary, offer children opportunities for interaction and learning not available in traditional television viewing or solo video gameplay. In this book, Michael Dezuanni examines why Let's Play videos are so appealing to children, looking in particular at videos of Minecraft gameplay. He finds that a significant aspect of the popularity of these videos is the opportunity for knowledge and skill exchange.