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Updates 2018-2019 Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominees

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The final nominees for 2018-2019 Readers Awards are voted on ● Open GoFollett.com: by students and are listed below.

Missouri ● Enter the School: Fern ● Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin Ridge High School ● When We Collided - Emery Lord ● Click Login in the upper ● The Serpent King - Jeff Zentner right hand corner ● Tell Me Three Things - Julie Buxbaum ● Click on the Google SSO ● The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon button, which is your Parkway Google username ● Heartless - Marissa Meyer and password ● Nemesis - Anna Banks ● Scroll down the page to see ● Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee - Mary Thompson what is available in print or ● The Memory Book - Lara Avery digital ● My Lady Jane - Cynthia Hand Catalog Search ● Three Dark Crowns - Kendare Blake ● Go to the Fern Ridge ● Holding Up the Universe - Jennifer Niven website ● Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys ● Click on the Library tab ● Use the catalog search box ● Scythe - Neal Shusterman on the homepage or ● All the Gallant Men - Donald Stratton & Ken Gire ● Request a book to be These books are either already in the Fern library or are on there way very shortly, See purchased for the library other grade level winners at www.maslonline.org (Missouri Association of School Librarians

METC Virtual Conference

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Do You HyperDoc? Breakout EDU: What’s Inside the Box Doesn’t Matter Winning the Cell Phone Battle Blending Project Based Learning, STEM and Service Learning Future Ready Your Classroom with Chrome Extensions

Reaching & Engaging Gen Z through Technology It’s STEAM-y in the Library Many, many more

Creative Concoction Google, STEM, and Makerspace Gathering Evidence of Student Thinking Using Chrome Promoting Your Library in (Theta) 360 Degrees Mobile Photowalk: Bring Images into the Classroom

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Instructional Partnership Resources 8 Project-Based Learning Strategies for Engaging Lessons When workshopping project-based learning ideas, start by thinking about where you want to go and what you want to accomplish with your students. Although technology may play a huge role in how projects are put together, you want to keep it tangible. The 8 project-based learning strategies below will help you figure things out fast.

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Start with the end in mind: You should always have an idea of how your activity will look. Knowing the outcome when you’re in the planning process will save a lot of time. In this instance, getting to a finish line you already see is the key to PBL success.

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Start small: It’s easy to get excited about project-based learning, but keep it simple and as stress-free as possible. You want to have strong standards to stick to and a reasonable time frame for completion.

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Make tough topics fun: This is the time where you can take a challenging topic and make it interesting and engaging to students.

This could encompass a field trip, elevated levels of research, and hands-on situations. They will not only immerse themselves into the project but enjoy it during the process.

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Be flexible: You may have a plan and deadline in mind, but allow room for some flexibility. When going through the learning process there may be areas that are more engaging than others. In the end, making sure the students are learning is the ultimate goal. Have a timetable and check-in process but don’t keep it set in stone.

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Keep students engaged and informed: Students need to know and feel that they are an integral part of the process. Project-based learning strategies like this make room for everyone to learn at their best levels during the process. From the very beginning of the planning stage, determine how you will introduce the project and your benchmarks for giving feedback to students.

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Factor in room for achievement: At every benchmark your plan should include a space where students will be recognized for completing certain areas of the project. This will keep them motivated and pointed in the right direction.

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Plan for accountability: The plan should be able to hold students accountable for demonstrating how they are learning. There should be areas of assessment for content and skills on both an individual and a group level.

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Have room for conflict: Collaboration is not always pretty. At some phase of the project there may be disagreements brewing. As the facilitator, strive to ensure that conflicts are resolved peacefully and the team moves forward constructively, supporting each other.

These are solid and effective tips for planning and bringing your project-based learning ideas to fruition. Take the time to assess your idea to make sure it is relevant, doable, and can achieve the results you anticipate. Then go try it out on the Solution Fluency Activity Planner, the tool built for project-based learning. It’s a guided system that makes PBL planning both easy and super-fun.

The Activity Planner has tons of project-based learning ideas for you to explore. In the meantime, the following tips can be applied to your next brainstorming session.

This article compliments of globaldigitalcitizen.org

#ParkwayReads Brightly... A Super Cool Site That Helps Us Raise Kids Who Love To Read!

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Brightly looks to bring a dedicated resource for librarians, educators, and families. They focus on celebrating and embracing different kinds of readers, kids, and interests. On the site, users can find age-specific content; news about books and authors from across the children’s publishing world; articles on broader topics like reading aloud to big kids, why parents of teens should read YA, and even book recommendations for grown-ups.

BONUS 5 Teacher Recommended Tips for Exploring Current Events with Students readbrightly.com

Personalized Professional Learning Google Certification Levels 1 & 2 Are you Googly? Do you want to be? Did you know that Google has an entire training program where you can get certified as a Google Educator? This course is online, self-paced, and is meant to get you to earn your Google Educator Level 1 Certification.

In order to receive salary credit, you must pass the Google certification test and submit certificate to Amy Johnson. For level 2 there is a prerequisite: You must complete Level 1 Certification before you are able to complete the Level 2 Certification class.

Humor @ Your Library

Affton Google Show & Tell Affton School District will be hosting the Affton Google Show & Tell on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Affton High School.

The Affton Google Show & Tell is a free half-day event that focuses on all things Google in K12. This event will feature sessions by area educators using GSuite to promote student learning. There will even be open sessions for attendees to create their own sessions similar to Edcamp. Attendees may include teachers, administrators, district leaders, and library media specialists. Seating is limited Click Here to Register

Want to connect with other educators and transform learning? See upcoming spring learning opportunities offered through ConnectED Learning at connectedlearningstl.org Visit the edWeb Calendar for upcoming free webinars. Now you can also easily search and view over 1300 recorded edWebinars.

Contact Information Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass

Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.pkwy.info/pkwylibrary

Kim Lindskog Library Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106

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