6 Book Challenge

The Six Book Challenge invites less confident readers to read six books such as the Quick Reads and record their reading in a diary. They are supported with incentives and rewarded with a certificate when they complete the Challenge. Most organisations run the Challenge from January to June but it can take place at any time during the year. Coleg Llandrillo’s Denbigh and Rhos library sites are both taking part in the challenge.

 

Sustainable Living Links

Sustainable Living - Handy hints that work for you….. 

 Bricks and Bread – Sustainable Living Centre

 

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Reducing plastic use at home

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Living life without plastic

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Changing Lives – One Family’s struggle to go green

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Sustainable living and technology

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Tips for reducing household rubbish

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Greenliving ideas you can use in the home and news updates on green issues

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Calculate your environmental impact!

Bullying UK

Bullying UK is the new name for the award-winning charity Bullying Online which was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying, which included taking successful legal action against an education authority.

This is an extensive website that covers all forms of bullying and has access to support and advice.

Twitter – most popular search term 2009!

 

Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009

November 29th, 2009 | by Ben Parr9

While Twitter may have taken second place in Bing’s 10 most searched topics of 2009, we’ve now learned that it has become top dog in something far bigger: the entire English language.

The Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends, has once again compiled and released its yearly list of the most popular words and phrases within the English language. In 2008, the #1 most popular word was “change” (referring to the mantra of the top name of 2008, Barack Obama). However, Obama has been supplanted this year by the 140 character sensation that is Twitter ().

Yes, Twitter may very well be the most popular word in the English language this year.

Cyber Fraud

Cyberfraud.org.uk is a public service dedicated to protecting the consumer from becoming a victim of Internet fraud and Identity theft. This is the only site in the UK to provide a central platform covering all aspects of cyber crime.

Google Earth & Climate Change Education

The University of Wales Newport have produced a learning resource exploring the impact of climate change. http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/news/show_story.asp?nid=336 It aims to help educationalists and climate change activists use Google Earth to explore the impact of climate change on a global scale and it should be of use to teachers and students alike.

This e-publication provides a case study that employs Google Earth in examining climate change impacts and sustainable development issues in North Africa. Click the link below to access it.

http://idl.newport.ac.uk/celt/sandsoftime/

 

Academic Earth

After sifting through all the soul-destroying clips on You Tube,  you may want to give yourself a headache and try Academic Earth. This educational ecosystem, as they call it, has high quality open courseware videos from US universities like Harvard and Yale, covering subjects from both the arts and sciences.

Contaminated Land Use – Best Practice

For research or assigments – some links to get you going on the subject of contaminated land and sustainable land use. You cant make more land for a growing population, so is this one of the better solutions – the ultimate recycling?

CL:AIRE - Contaminated land, applications in real environments. Non-profit organisation (as referenced in Issue 176 IRN)

   The Envrionment Agency - Contaminated Land definition and regulations

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  Defra – Contaminated Land legislation and responsibilities

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Welsh Assembly – Contminated Land statutory guidance

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CIRIA – Contaminated land information portal

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Safegrounds – Learning network for developing good practice

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EUGRIS – EU soil and water management

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Environmental Protection UK – Contaminated land risks and solutions

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CLARRC - Contaminated land research and remediation document library

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Camden Council – Historical landuse tool  

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Example local campaigns – Bedwas Colliery , Wolverhampton gardens, Conwy school relocation.

So you think you can spell?

Spelling Bee is a highly addictive, but very useful, spelling game hosted on the Visual Thesaurus website. The thesaurus itself is a subscription service, but the spelling game is free to use. You’ll need headphones, then click on the Start button to hear the first word then type in your best guess. You’ll also get a definition and example of how the word is used.

If you’re correct the word will turn green, if not you get three more goes before you can surrender! Points are scored for the number of correct guesses and the number of times you need a hint. You can click on the ‘Play Word’ button at any time. If you are a thesaurus subscriber you can create your own spelling contest or try contest based on other peoples saved favourites. Let the games commence!

Their, there,they’re – we’re all a bit confused

Which is right word for your sentence – affect/effect, capital/capitol, insure/ensure and my personal stumbling block stationary/stationery?????

Type your chosen word into the Confusing Words database and they’ll help you put the meaning of the word into context – all from the privacy of your own PC with no need to ask/arsk embarrassing questions!