“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild,
to pick up a book and read with a child.”

What: 54 straight hours of reading! (You can sign up for a 30-minute time slot.)

When: Friday morning, March 2^nd, through Sunday afternoon, March 4^th

Where: In rocking chairs in the window of the Edmonds Bookshop. Some will read silently, and others will read to children who have gathered.

Why: To raise money and collect children’s books for the Edmonds Food Bank; To demonstrate our love of reading to the community; To celebrate Read Across America!

Who: YOU—This is a marathon you’ve been training for all your life! Students from Edmonds Woodway and Meadowdale High Schools, as well as teachers and community members, will participate.

How: Ask Ms. Wolter in the library or Ms. Stewart if you would like to see the available time slots for EW students!

What do you want others to see now and in the future?

*** How to protect your Facebook Timeline privacy ***
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO in the above link!!! It is a very clear description of the new privacy settings you need to consider and how to change them if desired.

Some of you Facebook users may have already seen changes to Facebook in recent months as Facebook rolls out its new Timeline and sharing features. If you haven’t seen this yet, you will soon, as Facebook has said it will be rolling out Timeline to all users within the next few weeks. Once Timeline is activated, you have SEVEN DAYS before it “goes live”, during which you should take a trip down memory lane and possibly delete or hide some of the not-so-glorious moments.

“Timeline changes the old Facebook profile from a list of your recent updates to a summary of your life since birth. Among its new features is a cover photo at the top of your profile and a timeline to which you can add life events not previously captured by Facebook. The new profile is thought to be one of Facebook’s most extreme redesigns so far, redefining what a social networking profile can do” (Petronzio).

This is definitely something you should think about before jumping in and posting tons of pictures from the past…or the present. I am providing links to some articles/slideshows below that examine this issue and also show you how to use the Timeline and control various aspects of it. Please figure out how to use the “hide” feature and the new privacy settings, and think about what to show and what to “hide.” As always, think hard before posting ANYTHING that you may not want others to see in the future. Once something is posted, you cannot completely have it removed from the web.

*** Facebook Timeline Privacy Tips: Lock Down Your Profile ***
PLEASE READ THIS!!! It is a very clear description of how to use the new privacy settings associated with the Timeline.

The New Facebook: How to Take Control of Your Privacy
Facebook changes too much sharing for your comfort? Here’s how to control who sees what.

Jeffrey Koterba Cartoon

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“A right delayed is a right denied.”

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

***Often, we hear of Dr. King only through short quotations. To honor Dr. King, take a little time to read or watch more of what he said/wrote:

• “I Have a Dream” speech – video with full text below
• “Letter From a Birmingham Jail“

Magazine Rack in Reading Area!

In the library’s reading area (with the soft chairs just after you enter the library), there is a shelf with numerous magazines from current and recent months. These magazines are for reading IN the library. The magazines cover a broad range of topics, from news and sports to hobbies and technology.

Relax and read a magazine! Below are the titles we currently offer…but if they are not frequently used, they may not be around for long! Let Ms. Wolter know if there is a different magazine you would like to see in the library.

• Car and Driver
• Chess Life
• Ebony
• Entertainment Weekly
• Mad Magazine
• Make: Technology on Your Time
• Mental Floss
• Outside
• Poder Hispanic
• Popular Science
• Shonen Jump
• Snowboarding
• World Soccer

Come check it out!

Opinion | Students must take responsibility for education as budget cuts loom | Seattle Times Newspaper

Infographic via HackCollege used through a Creative Commons License