Battle of the Books 2012

Book list:

• Airman ~ Eoin Colfer
• Pop ~ Gordon Korman
• Erak’s Ransom ~ John Flannagan
• Matched ~ Ally Condie
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg ~ Rodman Philbrick
• Thin Wood Walls ~ David Patneaude
• The Warrior Heir ~ Cinda Williams Chima
• Go Big Or Go Home ~ Will Hobbs
• Behind the Curtain ~ Peter Abrahams
• Juvie Three ~ Gordon Korman
• Shooting the Moon ~ Frances O’Roark Dowell
• I Am Number 4 ~ Pittacus Lore
• Code Orange ~ Caroline B. Cooney
• The Grimm Legacy ~ Polly Shulman
• Boy ~ Roald Dahl
• Travel Team ~ Mike Lupica

10 COOL THINGS
TO DO WITH YOUR COMPUTER
THIS SUMMER

You may want to download and install Techsmith’s “jing” so that you can make screen snapshots of projects you can not save to print. http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
(open it up whenever you want to save a portion of the screen)








1. http://bomomo.com/




2. http://virtualguitar.net/ Learn how to play, chords, etc.





3. http://content.photojojo.com/diy/how-to-create-coloring-book-using-photos/







4. Art Rage http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html\








5. make your own music
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm


Or, if you have a Mac…. http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/






6. Warhol-ize your portrait
http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/marilyns.html








Here is another site to learn about silkscreening: http://edu.warhol.org/silkscreen/main.html
Are you ready to make your own? http://bighugelabs.com/popart.php

7.Invent your own board / card game
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/gameboard.htm





8. make virtual graffiti
http://graffiticreator.net/







9. Learn to draw 3-D with Mark Kistler’s Imagination Station lessons
http://mkisdraw3d.com/public/p_mksoi/












10. Origami with printable and video instructions
http://en.origami-club.com//









11. Take an online drawing class or use the web lessons for free:
http://www.drawspace.com/








BONUS:

What can you make with digital photos?

Print them and…..

Make blocks
Puzzles
Coasters


Or, manipulate them online first…..


From BiG Huge Labs
Bead or needle point an image (http://bighugelabs.com/beads.php )
Or motivational posters, or movie poster, or trading cards, or…

Make a video this summer....inspiration!

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Battle of the Books 2012

Stay tuned for the list of books to read for next year's Battle.
They will be posted May 17th so you can start to read them over the summer.

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