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@theSpotlight! …See what’s HOT and NEW!…

@Spotlight! Spring 2011

NEWSFLASH!

ICSA 5th 6th 7th Graders win First Place GOLD PRIZE for the Global Virtual CLassroom (GVC) Website Contest!

• Check out their website, Lacing Up the Digital Divide! : The Bingerville Orphanage Project!
• Leave a comment for our teams on the Quoi de Neuf page here! 
• See ALL winners here!

@Spotlight! for April – May

Earth Day Public Service Announcements Contest!

ICSA students want to change the world! Watch all of their powerful PSAs in honor of  Earth Day HERE!

or take a look at these great examples!

An 11th/12th Grade example

A 6th Grade Example

A 9th/10th Grade PSA

A 7th/8th Grade PSA

@Spotlight for February – March

BLACK HISTORY MONTH in LIT SKills

Students in the Upper School, grades 9 through 12 shared and learned a lot about African and African American heroes, leaders, and pioneers this month, using a social networking technology called a NING! Students created pages for various people of African and African American personalities, and then held discussions amongst themselves. Although we faced challenges, they turned out well! Take a look and learn!

Finding Our Voices Road2Rap Beyond Limits

Taking Our Power Breaking the Colour Barrier

@Spotlight! Winter 2009

SOCCER, SPORT OF ALIENS ACROSS THE GALAXY!!

The 6th -8th graders built a website from scratch! It was for a competition with students in a school in the United States!  Check out Galaxy 3010 and read about their efforts on our GVC News page!

@Spotlight for November is…..

The International Year of Astronomy 2009

Celebrate the stars!

Learn about the universe and all the heavenly bodies in it! Check out the @the Spotlight links and your grade level pages for lots of fun and educational sites!

… OCTOBER was . . .

Six Sounds in Search of an Author  – And the winner is….

One of our 6th Grade Teams won the .Students Choice Award for their podcast called Blood House! Congratulations  AB, DG, PF, JS, AA!! Our other great team submissions came from 6th Grade – Christie’s Day at the Park by AC, NM, LD, ED-S, and from 9th and 10th Grade, The Phone Rings by Sang-ah, Christ, Belinda, Davila, Tae-won, Hye-ri, Yoo-Ha, Reine-Marie.  Listen to them all here!

@Spotlight! Fall 2009

… and September/ October was…..Back to School!

What did you do over vacation? Enjoy this montage of photos edited using Photoshoip for an UpperSchool IT project!

@Spotlight of the Moment! ….. CHANGE!

CHANGES! in Science! * Celebrate CHANGE! * LIFE CHANGES! * CHANGE! ..the only constant! * CHANGE! Life after High School

A Science Odyssey reviews the last 100 years of discovery!

Many cultures celebrate Rites of Passage! Learn more here!

Time changes everything! Explore the “unseen world of change” – make a “time lapse” video

Graduation is a BIG change!

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@Spotlight!… of the Moment!

APRIL!

In April it’s all about the School Library Media Month and The Planet Earth, and National Poetry Month!

It’s EARTH DAY (week)!

Each of us has a part to play. Learn more about the earth and how to care for it. Click to FIND BOOKS on the environment and check out the links @the Spotlight! (…Look over there! ===> )

And don’t forget to check out our Ode to Earth on MIddle_School_Zone and Zone_65!

Meet one person who is making a BIG difference!

One Person CAN Make a Difference!

Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004)

“Born in 1940 in Kenya’s rural central highlands, she studied abroad in the United States during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s, and she was the first woman to earn a doctorate degree in East and Central Africa. Maathai then reconnected with the rural women of her childhood, helping her fellow Kenyans deal with the issues stemming from a degraded environment: lack of firewood and clean drinking water, soil erosion, government corruption and human rights abuses. Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement started out as a small grassroots group. Today individuals, organizations and reforestation advocates are planting trees throughout the world.”– SOURCE: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

It’s (also) National Poetry Month

• Check out our Virtual Poetry Slam in Area_51, and cast YOUR vote for the best slam!
• Or try to write your own poem with the fun poetry games in The Kids_Zone

Express yourself… !

“It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.”

It’s School Library Media Month!

Looking for a good book? Check out our Good_Reads! page…

Spotlight of the Moment!

MARCH!

Learn more about this event. (French)

Semaine de laFrancophone

March 16 – March 20

Students are celebrating Francophone language, history, and culture during this week with a number of activities and events. Check out these sites to learn more…

The theme of this years event is ” The Ten Words.” They reflect the capacity and language to adapt to the realities of the world of tomorrow. They are: Ailleurs, capteur , clair de Terre, clic, compatible, désirer, génome, pérenne, transformer et vision.

A very cool site to go to during this week is : Francophonie sur TV5.org

Spotlight! of the Moment!

FEBRUARY!

Throughout February students have been celebrating African American and African History Month with artwork, written essays, and by creating blogs to express their points of view and share information about the subject. You may view them at

Area_51,

Kids_Zone,

MiddleSchool Zone, and

Black History Month pages.

And now…for the best content and best use of the technology to express herself….

MJL4AFIKAsBlog – for her writings on….

Freedom, Human Rights, Equality, Dignity…for the Black Race.

Please check it out and be sure to post your replies and comments.

Spotlight! Student Blog Art Work of the Moment!

On Display at the LITCenter…

Take a look at these beautiful pictures! They are part of the Lower School 2nd and 3rd grade students’ art project for Black History month! The art teacher Mr. R, explains that they are based on a traditional style of art made by the Fon people of Benin. We think they are really wonderful! Click here to see more artwork at the Kids_Zone!

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BLOG Spotlights

We’ve just started our Black History Month blog projects, and we’re using blog technology as a means of presenting our information. Here’s a peek at some stars on the horizon. Subscribe to them to keep up with their development, and be sure to post your comments! Click for more at Area_51 and at the Middle_School.

• Syndrome – bystarnewha – Anyone speak Korean out there? Here’s some favorite freedom fighters!

• Madegirl2509’s Blog – by Madegirl2509 – What do you think about stereotypes?

• Black History Month at LITC_eLibrary – Especially the contribution from Lovelinda which relates to women in Black History, too.

• Sbabet27’s Blog – He posts this video using the Vodpod widget:

• Heydenne’s Blog – She’s made a nice start!

NOTE to BLOGGERS:Beware!

Remember, even in blogging, you must cite your source and give credit where credit is due!Check it out! “Blog Plagiarism Q & A” and “Online Plagiarism Strikes Blog World”.

Happy B-Day, Abe!

It’s February 12, 2009 — Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday today!

(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Lincoln & Sojourner Truth

Learn more about him and what he means to people like Jesse Jackson, Jr. at the Library of Congress’ online exhibit of the Lincoln Bicentennial 1809 to 2009: Live the Legacy.

Lincoln was known for welcoming dialoque with many African American leaders of his time, thus contributing to the refinement of his understanding of slavery in the United States, and of his anti-slavery position. He is highly regarded for authoring the legislation which contributed to the ending of slavery…

The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863.

Story of Africa…an Online Storybook

Memories of Little Elephant

Here’s something special for Black History Month that we think you will enjoy!

Its an online digital book, available through the International Children’s Digital Library!

Check out this and other books at http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Memories of the Little Elephant

Author and Illustrator – Nehprii Amenii

“A little girl tells her life story, and thus the story of African peoples and humanity, from where it truly begins – the beginning of time! Her memory stretches back as far as the stars, to the movement of her family across the globe, to the building of great civilizations, and onto her journey across the Atlantic. “Memories of the Little Elephant” weaves centuries of time into one seamless story and builds self-esteem through cultural identity!”

More Great Suggestions from the eLibrary…

Here’s a little more information about the resources we have available to you, and some other great sites that will also help you find what you are looking for!

Let’s get started!

FIND BOOKS – The ICSA LITCenter has over 20,000 books and videos you may borrow — but first, you have to find them! Search the OPAC. Use keywords, author or subject, or, in Enhanced Search, you may choose from a list of other options. Visual Search uses pictures to make your search easier to navigate. REMEMBER: When you find a book or video that you would like to check out,record the CALL NUMBER and bring it with you to the library. We’ll help you find it on the shelf.

FIND AUDIO BOOKS – Lit2Gois a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:

• Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
• Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
• View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
• Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.

Find more books online…

• Internet Public Library: Online Texts – Best web sites, categorized by subject! http://www.ipl.org
• Project Gutenberg – There are over 27000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog. www.gutenberg.org
• The On-line Books Page – Index of hundreds of online books. Points to other sources for online books www.onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
• Bibliomania – Free Online Literature and Study Guides Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts; Literature Book Notes, Author Biographies, Book Summaries and Reference Books … http://www.bibliomania.com/
• Major Online Text Collections by Language – Just what it says…a reference source for online text sites in various languages. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ets/offsite.language.html
• ICDL – International Children’s Digital Library – Digitized books for children in many languages! www.childrenslibrary.org

Find more current scholarly news and views online…

If EBSCO doesn’t quite meet your needs, try this one. It is free, online for scholarly journals.

DOAJ is a subject directory of scholarly journals.

Find Reference Help….

Find quotes from famous people here.

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eHOW shows you how to do just about anything!

Keep an eye out for new additions, and don’t forget to check the student pages above for great suggestions for your grade level.