Volume 3 | Issue 15
Know & Go Updates @your Library gofollett.com Go Follett allows you to search your library's Destiny catalog or Follett Shelf eBook collection in one easy place. Simply find Fern Ridge High: once inside, you can search for books, eBooks, and websites using this Universal Search interface. You can also log into Follett Shelf and checkout materials using your provided Novell login credentials.
New to the eBook Shelf: Codename Zero Darkness Hidden DB Cooper Hijacking Endure Book 3 FAlls the Shadow Famous Last Words Free to Fall Great Train Robbery I have a Bad Feeling About the Night
Contact Information Kim Lindskog Library System Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106 Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
Promises I made See How They Run Ten Thousand Skies Above You The Body in the Woods Ehe Eternity Key The Immortal Heights The Tattooed Heart The Young Elites Torn Away We Were Liars Zodiac Killer ISSUU Newsletter Stacks: 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl. com/libserv Parkway Innovators Network
Professional Learning Mark your Calendars! Google Camp Parkway Google Camp 2016 Grab your laptop, your sense of adventure, and your curriculum and get ready for Google Camp where you'll learn more about Google Drive, get your Parkway issued Google Apps account and collaborate with others around how to use Google tools in the classroom. This one day camp is meant to get you started with Google Drive and to explore ways to use these tools with your students. Throughout the day you'll get practical ideas on classroom use while learning how this online collaborative tool can simplify and digitize your classes. Be sure to reserve your spot and get a little more Googley summer. Google Camp is offered for .5 district in-service credit. Sign up in PEERS
Google Academy This year, Google Academy will be held on July 25th. Each session will be 70 minutes long. Parkway Google Academy is a one day mini-conference focusing on all things Google. If you attended Google Camp in the past and have been using Google in your classroom, this is the development to help you take your digital classroom to the next level. All sessions will be led by Parkway teachers who will share how they are using a variety of tools in their schools. Some Topics: - Google Classroom - Google Expeditions - Assessments in Google Drive - YouTube - Creating Self-Grading Quizzes, Chrome apps and extensions - And many more - Sign up in PEERS.
Student Opportunities Maryville University Science & Robotic Summer Program The Maryville Science and Robotics Program is an engaging opportunity for students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) fields. They offer high end programming with highly qualified faculty, including professors, engineers, computer programmers, and gifted certified teachers. Check it out at https://www.maryville.edu/robot
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#ParkwayReads How to Get Kids Hooked on Books? Use Poetry‌ Listen to the NPR interview or see him live at Maryville University. See details below. Kwame Alexander, poet, educator, and New York Times Bestselling author, is the featured speaker for the Maryville Talks Books series presentation at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, in the Maryville University Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.Seating is first-come, first-served. The presentation will be followed by a book signing, courtesy of Left Banks Books.
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Discovery VR A New Way to See Your World
The Google Goodies All About those Forms! Google Forms is a powerful, full-featured program that allows you to create forms, surveys, polls, quizzes, and more. However even with all its options, there may still be some features missing from the Forms that you would like. If you would like to see all of the add-ons demonstrated check out the 1-hour recorded webinar and then record it for credit in the Personalized Learning form. Choice Eliminator 2 -Forms Add-on link Choice Eliminator will eliminate options from a multiple-choice, list, or checkbox type of question. Great for signing up for time slots or having students choose topics without doubling up. Form Values - Forms Add-on link Form Values allows you to store and use lists that you use regularly in forms. This could be a list of staff, students, timings, rooms, resources or anything you want. formLimiter - Forms Add-on link formLimiter automatically sets Google Forms to stop accepting responses after a maximum number of responses, at a specific date and time, or when a spreadsheet cell contains a specified value. Great for time-bound assignments, event registrations with limited seats, or other first-come, first-served sign-up scenarios. CheckItOut - Forms Add-on link Used for checking in and out items, this add-on will create a question set or multiple sets. One question is for items that are IN and another for items that are OUT. Questions can be MultipleChoice, List or Checkboxes. When someone fills out the form selected items will be moved between the two questions. This allows a for a very easy check in/out form. See more at Eric Curts blog - Control Alt Achieve
For more than 30 years, Discovery has told stories like no one else — transporting you to places you didn’t know existed and sparking curiosity at every turn. Now we enter a new chapter. Virtual Reality can take you to new worlds like never before, immersing you in time, space and story. Here’s a first look at our latest productions in this exhilarating new space — from shark-infested shipwrecks to freeboarding the windiest street in the world — with much more to come. Discovery VR 360 videos can be viewed on your desktop in most modern browsers. For more immersive Virtual Reality experiences, download the app for your iPhone or Android device and watch using your mobile device, Google Cardboard, or Gear VR.
Highlights from Practical Ed Tech Handbook - Download a Free Copy Last summer Richard Byrne published The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. Since its initial release more than 10,000 educators have downloaded it. If you haven't downloaded it, you can do so here. In the free document he outlines seven categories of ed tech tools and shares his favorite tools in each category and they are: communication with students and parents, web search strategies, digital citizenship, video creation, audio recording and publishing, backchannels & informal assessment, and digital portfolios.