Library Bookfair at Barnes and Noble

Come join the fun! The library will be holding a bookfair at Barnes and Noble on Saturday October 22nd.  We will have student performances at different times during the day.  Mr. Bowen, our new principal will be holding a meet and greet in the store cafe from 10:00 - 11:00 am.

Schedule of Events

1:00    Ashley Cheerleaders
3:00    Ashley Curtain Troupe
4:00    Ashley Step Team
Student Art Work will be on Display All Day.

Stop by and shop any time during 9:00am - 11:00pm on Saturday or if you cannot make it to the store that day, you can shop online Sunday - Thursday October 23-27.  Out-of-town relatives can also support our library by shopping at their local store on Saturday or online Sunday-Thursday using our Bookfair ID 10568152.

If You Can't Attend our Bookfair, You Can Shop Online

Visit bn.com/bookfairs to support us online from 10/23/11 to 10/27/11 (Sunday – Thursday) by entering Bookfair ID 10568152 at checkout.

From the Payment page, scroll to the bottom and choose “Check this box if it is a Bookfair Order”       Note: If signed in to your BN.COM account, you may need to click “Change” on the Payment section on the Checkout page and then scroll to the bottom.  Enter Bookfair ID as indicated.

Amnesty Week : September 6-9

If you forgot to turn in a book last year, drop it off to the media center the week of Tuesday September 6th - Friday September 9th. 

Any books turned in on those days will not be charged any overdue fines.  So check your home and cars for any library books you might have hanging around.

Surfing Documentary - August 5th

If you are interested, the Northeast Branch of the Public Library will be showing Will Lucas's documentary film, "Surfing at Summer's End".  Mr. Lucas has made three previous documentaries and describes this movie as part music video and part documentary.  The film includes interviews from surfing legends and film footage from the 60's and 70's.

The film will show at 7:00 pm and last about 75 minutes.  The doors will open at 6:30 pm. for seating.  The showing is free.  Mr. Lucas will also be there to answer questions and copies of his video will be on sale for $29.95.

The Northeast Branch is located at 1241 Military Cutoff Road just past the intersection of Eastwood Rd. heading towards Mayfaire.

Sync Free YA Lit into your earphones

For more information on downloading free YA titles to listen to over the summer go to the Ashley Readers Blog.  Free downloads start Thursday June 23rd with Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare.

http://ashleyreaders.blogspot.com/

Fanboy Comics in the Media Center April 14th

On Thursday April 14th during all lunch breaks Fanboy Comics will be in the media center to discuss and show new comics and graphic novels that are being published. 

Stop by before going to the cafeteria or get a pass ahead of time from the librarians, so that you can come by after you have eaten lunch.

April 14th is Teen Literature Day. 
To see the latest award winners in young adult literature see the post on the Ashley Readers webpage.  http://ashleyreaders.blogspot.com/p/upcoming-events.html

Book Fair in the Media Center

We will be holding a Scholastic book fair March 8 -14th. The fair will be open to students and parents between the hours of 7:30 am - 4:30 pm each day.

We will have a selection of young adult books, children's books and sale books.  Open to students, parents and teachers.

QR Codes

"A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes. 
[http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/index-e.html]

Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR Codes are now used as convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging).

QR Codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards or just about any object that users might need information about.  Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

Users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites."  [http://www.qrstuff.com]

The media center has put QR codes on the search computers that you can access and save on your phones, that you can use to access OPAC from your phone.  There are also QR codes posted around school that will give you access to the Media Center webpage and the Ashley Readers webpage.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code]
[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/]
cnet.tv video : How to Use QR codes
http://cnettv.cnet.com/use-qr-codes/9742-1_53-50085349.html

New Link Added for Instructional Videos

The Khan Academy is a non-profit organization. The mission of the Khan Academy is to provide a world-class education, for free, to anyone in the world. It consists of 1800+ (and growing) videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus, chemistry, physics and biology, finance and economics, and history.  There is also test prep for SAT Math.

You can watch the 12 minute instuctional videos for reinforcement of concepts you have learned in class and if you like you can login to the academy for a series of exercises that allow students to practice and assess their knowledge at their own pace.

There will be a permanent link posted in the left-hand column of this page.  You do not need any passwords for access to the site.

For more information about Sal Khan the creator of Khan Academy, you might want to read the following article titled "Bill Gates' Favorite Teacher" in Fortune Magazine.  http://www.khanacademy.org/press/fortune