New Books and Videos

    New Books

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    Cain, Susan. 2012. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. New York, NY: Crown Publishers. (155.232 C135)

    Cook, David. 2010. Intermediate Robot Building. New York, NY: Apress. (629.892 C771)

    Covili, Jared. 2012. Going Google: Powerful Tools for 21st Century Learning. Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press. (004.678071 C873)

    Harris, Pamela Weber. 2011. Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. (510.712 H315)

    Ito, Mizuko et. al. 2010. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (302.23108350973 I89)

    Jandt, Fred E. 2013. An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (303.482 J33)

    Jowett, Garth S. and Victoria O’Donnell.  2012. Propaganda and Persuasion. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.  (303.75 J87)

    Kirsh, Steven J. 2012. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (302.23083 K61)

    McComb, Gordon. 2011. Robot Builder’s Bonanza. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. (629.892 M479)

    Nahin, Paul J. 2007. Changes and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (519.32 N153)

    Orenstein, Peggy.  2011.  Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. New York, NY: Harper.  (305.23082 O66)

    Robinson, Ken. 2011. Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative. Chichester, UK : Capstone. (153.35 R662)

    Starr, David. 2011. From Bombs to Books: The Remarkable Stories of Refugee Children and their Families at an Exceptional Canadian School. Toronto, ON: James Lorimer & Company.  (371.8291409271 S79)

    New Videos


    Google Tools for Education. 2011. 31 minutes.

    Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century. 2010. 60 minutes.

    Internet Research and Information Literacy: Effective and Cautionary Tales. 2011.
    Set of 3 DVDS: Effective Internet Search: Basic Tools and Advanced Strategies. 21 min.
                            Recognizing Online Propaganda, Bias and Advertising. 23 min.
                            Plagiarism 2.0: Infomration Ethics in the Digital Age. 22 min.