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From: CARPENTER, JEFFREY J <CARPENTERJEFFR_at_aasd.k12.wi.us>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:25 -0600
My pocket PC's battery died the other day and I lost everything; e-books, g ames and all. Data was backed up and after finding time to synch I was abl e to restore some of my information. The e-books are still gone! Have we g one too far? Isn't there room in our libraries for multiple technologies t o coexist side-by-side? Personally, I see our libraries as great melting p ots where technologies share the space with the technology being the new sp ice, savoring others to come taste and enjoy. I've been purchasing the "cl assics" in the popular Playaway" format (audio books) to tempt "digital kid s" to check out and listen and read the classics.
Jeff Carpenter Houdini Elementary School Media Specialist
From: Norma Jean Sawicki
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:22 PM To: CCBC Subject:
Nonfiction
A note from a writer/illustrator who was recently in San Antonio. Too bad p eople who should know better pass their own prejudices along to the kids th ey are intended to inspire. Norma Jean
"An elementary school in San Antonio is in the process of removing all thei r non-fiction books from their (relatively small) library. Students will be using internet only from now on. I noticed a few NF picture books still on the shelf, such as Kadir Nelson's "We Are the Ship," but science, bios, et c. are gone. Kaput."
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:25 -0600
My pocket PC's battery died the other day and I lost everything; e-books, g ames and all. Data was backed up and after finding time to synch I was abl e to restore some of my information. The e-books are still gone! Have we g one too far? Isn't there room in our libraries for multiple technologies t o coexist side-by-side? Personally, I see our libraries as great melting p ots where technologies share the space with the technology being the new sp ice, savoring others to come taste and enjoy. I've been purchasing the "cl assics" in the popular Playaway" format (audio books) to tempt "digital kid s" to check out and listen and read the classics.
Jeff Carpenter Houdini Elementary School Media Specialist
From: Norma Jean Sawicki
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:22 PM To: CCBC Subject:
Nonfiction
A note from a writer/illustrator who was recently in San Antonio. Too bad p eople who should know better pass their own prejudices along to the kids th ey are intended to inspire. Norma Jean
"An elementary school in San Antonio is in the process of removing all thei r non-fiction books from their (relatively small) library. Students will be using internet only from now on. I noticed a few NF picture books still on the shelf, such as Kadir Nelson's "We Are the Ship," but science, bios, et c. are gone. Kaput."
---Received on Mon 01 Feb 2010 10:40:25 PM CST
