Volume 4 | Issue 13
Parkway School District Library Services
Know & Go Updates @your library
#Parwkay Reads Currently Parkway is putting together the summer reading list for 2017. That list consists of books selected by the International Literacy Association Young Adults’ Choices Reading List, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults, and Missouri Association of School Librarian (MASL) Gateway Award Nominees. Here is a preview and availability of the books from the Fern library. Young Adults’ Choice List: All the Bright Places - ebook The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire: The World of Dan and Phil - ordered Backlash - ebook & teacher resources Believarexic- ebook Code of Honor hard copy The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall - ordered The Dead House - ordered The Detour - ordered Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans - ebook Everything, Everything - ebook & teacher resources Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles: Levana’s Story - audiobook The Game of Love and Death - ebook House Arrest - hard copy Hunter - audiobook
I Am Princess X - hard copy Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War ordered Nimona - ordered Orbiting Jupiter - ordered P.S. I Still Love You - ebook Read Between the Lines - hard copy ordered, ebook, & teaching resources Red Queen - ordered The Remedy - ebook The Rose Society - ebook Saint Anything - ordered Six of Crows - hard copy srsly Hamlet - hard copy ordered & ebook Until Friday Night - ordered When - ebook
Ebooks require Destiny Discover Reader app See descriptions at www.literacyworldwide.org YALSA - Best Fiction for Young Adults Burn Baby Burn - hardcopy, The Female of the Species-ebook, Ghost - ebook, The Lie Tree - hard copy, The Passion of Dolssa - preorder not available , The Reader hardcopy, Salt to the Sea - hard copy, Scythe - hard copy, The Sun is Also a Star audiobook, The Serpent King - hard copy, audiobook, & teacher resources See descriptions at www.ala.org Also available now MASL Gateway Award Winner List
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#FutureReady Build Instructional Partnerships Ideas for Using Comics in the Classroom
Events @your Library April ● ● ●
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National Poetry Month - see 30 ways to celebrate School Library Month April - Celebrate National Library Week with the Libraries Transform campaign D.E.A.R. Drop Everything and Read Month (April) April 30th Children’s Day/Book Day - Dia
There are several tools that students can use to create comics, and earlier this school year Richard Byrne hosted a webinar on the topic(the recording is available here). Regardless of which comic creation tool you choose to have students use, the ideas for using comics in your classroom are the same. Here are some ways that students can use comics in the classroom. ● A fun alternative to traditional book reports. ● Illustrate an alternate ending to a favorite book or an epilogue to a book ● Create biographies ● Create autobiographies (maybe a superhero) ● Create goal or vision boards ● Illustrate procedures ● Summarize events Pixton offers some extensive lesson plans based on that idea ● Craft a visual timeline of events ● Write and illustrate fiction stories ● Illustrate concepts and or vocabulary terms ● Model conversations
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May 1- 7 -Children’s Book Week May 4 - Star Wars Day May is National Pet Month so celebrate being a participatory library by hosting a pet’s reading photo contest. Summer Reading Ideas
5 Tools for Creating Comics Storyboard That and Pixton both offer comprehensive lesson plans that incorporate the ideas listed above. Of course, you don't need to use those tools to create great comics. You could also use Google Slides to create comics which is demonstrated in this video. To create simple, single frame comics you could try a tool like ToonyTool. Or you might try Make Beliefs Comix for creating comics in multiple languages. Make Beliefs Comix also provides PDF comic templates that you can print for your students. Adapted from www.freetech4teachers.com
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How to Insert Video into Slides w/o using YouTube You can now insert videos into Google Slides without them being hosted by YouTube. When you go to insert a video, you now have the option of choosing a video in your Google Drive. See how at freetech4teachers.com
Poetry Month is Here! This is such a special time to bring poetry books, poets and lots of wonderful ways to create, read, share and celebrate poetry in your libraries and classrooms. Shannon Miller updated the Poetry Poetry Poetry Symbaloo and it is ready to use and share as you plan Poetry Month in your school community too. You will find it here! Another post from Nikki Robertson also highlights things to do with secondary students. Check on National Poetry Month here.
12 Ways to Create Videos on Chromebooks Creating a video on a Chromebook is a commonly asked question. At the beginning of March Richard Bryne shared some great options. He also included a planning template. See them all at www.freetech4teachers.com
Finding Creative Common Images Earlier in February Creative Commons released a new image search tool. When you use the new Creative Commons image search tool all of the images that you find will include all of the image attribution information that you need. The attribution information is formatted for digital and printed use. In the video embedded below you can learn how easy it is to use the new Creative Commons image search engine. Taken from practicaledtech.com
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Google Keep The great tool is now linked to Google Docs! In Google Docs, look under the "Tools" menu for "Keep Notepad." The video below shows how it works. https://youtu.be/59A8PFj-boU 30 Ways to Use Chromebooks in Education This presentation goo.gl/nknsmV was created by Google Certified Innovators a few years ago but still has some good ideas to think about in regards to integration. It is also a great follow up to the February IAT meeting conversations. Search for the best Chrome Apps & Extensions to use in your classroom! The Chrome App & Extension Database created by Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning. You can filter the 150+ apps and extensions by category, subject area, and grade level. Remember...if you find one you want students to use, be sure to send a request to the helpdesk to get it on the whitelist if it isn't already. www.shakeuplearning.com
#FutureReady Professional Learning STL Summer Coding Institute 2017 to be held at UMSL June 20-22 from 8:30-4:30. This institute is held by the eMINTS National Center in partnership with with Agent Sheets and the University of Colorado, Boulder.Stipends for a total of $500.00 will be paid for completion of the institute and for implementing in the classroom. For more information, please contact Carla Chaffin chaffinc@emints.org Sign up for UMSL Coding Institute
Tynker Cad Learning Opportunity Blue Ribbon Educators get access to tools, curricula, premium PD, local and national presentation opportunities. Most importantly, they're part of the larger coding-teacher community with a broad mission: Making computer science for everyone a reality. Are you ready to go beyond an Hour of Code? .www.tynker.com
Talent Development is very excited to share the Professional Learning Course Guide for Summer 2017. To view courses, click on the tabs across the bottom of the spreadsheet after opening. Courses will open April 1 in PEERS. You will find courses to earn both inservice credits and salary credits. Wondering how this all works? Please click HERE to see the Professional Learning FAQs. Registration Opens: April 1, 2017 at 10:00 am Registration Closes: May 11, 2017 Access: 2017 Summer Learning Catalog
Student Opportunities Vocational & College Fairs @ SLCL The St. Louis County Library will be hosting two different fairs for high school students in April at our Headquarters branch (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, 63131) in the Auditorium. Vocational Fair on Saturday, April 8 at 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Click on the flyer for details.
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