New Year's Eve Apps

Can’t make it in person to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square in New York City? Organizers have launched a smart-phone app that will help approximate the experience. Read more

20 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries

For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers, for others it’s abandoned factories or lost cities. But for those who enjoy reading, a huge beautiful library is a place of endless pleasure. Meet 20 of the biggest and most beautiful libraries around the globe here.

PhotoShow.com

Looking for a neat way to show relatives those Christmas photos? Check out PhotoShow.com. I stumbled across this one and was thrilled with the results. Sign up is free. For additional options, service fee applies.

10 Best Books of 2010

Wondering what the best ten books of 2010 were? According to the New York Times, the top ten can be found here.

Books to Read for Your Holiday Break

After all the celebrating, overeating and overdrinking with friends and family, sitting down quietly with a good book could be just the thing you need.

Sure, you could turn to the old holiday standbys, but if you want to think outside the Christmas box, here are 10 great nontraditional books for holiday-themed reading: Read more

Track Santa

Wondering where Santa is? Find out with NORAD Santa Tracker. Also check out the Google Earth Tracker - you can have a bird's eye view when he's over New Lisbon.

Christmas Stories

It's not too late to check out a few Christmas titles for your break!

Skype

Can't be with the kids this Christmas? 

Want to read the grandkids a bedtime story? Is Dad away on business?  Grandparents abroad?  Be there even when you’re miles apart with free video calling on Skype.

Toon Doon

Looking for a tool for your most creative kids? This is a great place to start

ToonDoon

C.S. Lewis Still Popular

C. S. Lewis still remains popular despite his prediction that people would stop reading his books five years after his death. Forty years later, people are still seeking out Lewis' work.

As the newest addition of the Narnia series reaches theaters this weekend, we look back at Lewis' impressive career. Lewis’ contemporary appeal may strike some as odd at first because he seemed so firmly planted in the past. A scholar at the University of Oxford in England, he wore shabby tweed jackets, smoked a pipe in the pub and was wounded in the trenches of World War I.

But Lewis’ popularity endures because of several reasons: his distinctive writing style, a tragic love affair and a shrewd choice he made early in his career, Lewis scholars say.
Read more here...

Message from Santa

Thanks, Mrs. Jensen, for this tip!

Now is the time to visit Portable North Pole and send those messages from Santa to the ones you love!

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/

Piknik anyone?

The weather might be frightful outside, but you can enjoy the comforts of this photo editing software free by the fire.  Easy to use and so many options you will wonder why you haven't tried it before.

Picnik.com

Memorial Gift

Display Case purchased by McMahon family

Anna McMahon was the librarian at New Lisbon Schools for many years. She passed away in September and her family gave a memorial gift to the school library. Funds were used to purchase this display case.  My gratitude for this generous gift goes out to the family - Hugh, Sandy and Kathy!

Smilebox!

Looking for a great site to make videos, picture products, slide shows and more? Than this is the place for you.

Free picture slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Slide.com

Make you own slide show FREE at www.slide.com.

Ever play in Wet Paint?

Here is an easy to use website to create your own wiki about a topic of interest to you. Go to Wet Paint Wikis. Let students collaborate on a topic and contribute to the shared learning experience.

Here is an example:

Historical New Lisbon

Avatars in Your Classroom?

Click on the triangle to play the Voki voice. Have you used Voki.com to create avatar characters? A sure way to keep kids interested in creating characters that speak while gaining writing skills.

Why iPods?

A Classroom in your Pocket: iPods in Education

View more presentations from Union City High School.

Do You Have?

Did you know you can search for any item in the library collection from your home, classroom, portable device, or any computer in the world? Do you know your students can "pre-search" for items on the classroom computer and save time once they arrive in the media center? As a teacher you can create lists and submit requests via email?

http://www.newlisbon.k12.wi.us/media/

Capstone Kids

Capstone Kids is a fabulous resource for your students to discover the world of their book characters. Whether it's taking a virtual trip with The Library of Doom characters or Max, your students will love the interactive structure of this site.

http://capstonekids.com/

Capstone Interactive Library

Check out the interactive ebooks on the library website


http://lib.newlisbon.k12.wi.us/simple/
Lower right corner - click on Capstone Interactive Library and choose your selection.

Give me some feedback on what you like about this resource.

iTunes U

If you haven't accessed iTunes U yet, now is the time! This resource offers you thousands of digital files of audiobooks, lessons, tours, videos, etc. from all over the nation. All resources are free. Now is the time to download the audiobook, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and load onto your mobile device (ipod, ipad, phone, etc.) If you would like help using this, please visit the IMC.