Thursday, March 11, 2010

What's Ahead for Schools & the Workplace?



In today's day of high unemployment and highly integrated forms of technology, there is no doubt that schools, the workplace, and in some cases, people will need to change.  The following are a couple of viewpoints of how technology will replace textbooks in schools and how changes in the next generation will affect the workplace.

Check out these videos:

The Future of Print & the iPad

The Millenial Generation-60 Minutes

Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus into a Rolling Study Hall

Iowa Teen Awards

Iowa Teen Award Books are Here!
Selections for the 2009/2010 school year are as follows:
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexis
  • The Looking Glass War by Frank Beddor
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: a Fable by John Boyne
  • We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Helped Us Suceed by Sampson Davis
  • Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

  • Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl by John Feinstein
  • Invisible by Pete Hautman
  • Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
  • Side Effects by Amy Koss
  • Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
  • Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
  • A Small White Scar by K. A. Nuzum
  • Peak by Roland Smith
  • Kipling's Choice by Geert Spillebeen
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey
These books have been chosen for Iowa teens by Iowa teens.  Come in and check them out today!