Downloadable Audiobooks

You can search EWU Catalog for your favorites or browse the categories at our new NetLibrary Downloadable Audiobooks.
Thanks to federal funds from the state library , we are trying this as a pilot for one year at reduced rates, so let us know what you think. There are over 700 children's and teen books with at least 5 added each month. You can download to your computer or transfer to ipod or mp3 player.

Citing Sources for K-12- Web Bibliography Makers

Further information at companion website , handout
Presentation at NCCE 2010 Seattle March 5, 2010

Citing Sources

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making blogs and Web Sites as Educator

PHED 535 Handout

Many educators are using blogs or web sites ( free open access version on the web) to present and gather information about their teaching or to share with their own learning community.

Google offers both free blogs and sites with your Google account.

Readability for Several Classes

Handout for EDUC 304
Handout for EDUC 310
Handout for EDUC 413

Readability formulas and Lexiles
EWU K-12 databases that use Lexiles
Additional Resources

Literacy Research Guide

Information on evaluating Science and Social Studies Trade Books

Top Ten Research Tips List

Handout

New juvenile Vietnamese and Russian Titles

The Curriculum Center recently added juvenile titles in Vietnamese and Russian languages- about 25 titles each. They include picture books, folklore, fiction and non-fiction titles.

You can check for juvenile language titles owned by EWU by going to the catalog advance search page http://ewu.worldcat.org/advancedsearch and selecting:

LIBRARY: Eastern Washington University
AUDIENCE: juvenile
LANGUAGE: drop down of 30 possibilities

It is important to put something in the keyword search box -- "a" works for most searches.

Voicethread for PHED Capstone

This web based program allows easy sharing of slides, video and images. It is designed for collaboration by allowing others to comment through voice, telephone, video or doodling.

Dr. Laurie Morley has a classroom account for PHED majors to experiment with the full program. Others may try the free reduced version
http://voicethread.com

Handout with detailed directions