Parkway School District Library Services
Volume 4 | Issue 10
Know & Go Updates @your library
When Talking Books with Students... This excerpt was taken from Scholastic's 2017 trends list and would be a great follow up, especially as you share books with students. Silent conversations: Put books of interest on tables with chart paper and pens. Each paper asks a question, shares a quote, or invites students to respond to a prompt related to the book. Students respond to the books/prompts that they’ve read or that interest them. Then leave the charts out for other classes/students to discover." This would work great on a dry erase wall or board.
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New Books Are Here Right before winter break new books were ordered and are now available. The books are the 2017-2018 Missouri Association of School Librarian Readers Awards final nominees (Gateway-high school / Mark Twain middle school reading level) and Follett’s top selling young adult list from across the nation. The fifty new books are in various forms, hardcover, paperback, and eBook and cover several genres, such as, fantasy, thriller, action/adventure, sports, horror, and realistic fiction. 448 eBooks and 17 Audiobooks available
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Schedule! Focus on the big picture and don't try to conquer everything all at once! Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1
#FutureReady Build Instructional Partnerships Student Engagement Something I heard recently really resonated: Instead of students (elementary) arriving to school to begin work on a packet, we do a makerspace activity in the library. Now students are excited and running down the hall to get to the library.
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How do I get more student engagement, whether it is an online or regular class? In 2016 many articles were written with strategies and suggestions. Three Activities to Engage Students in the First Five Minutes: ●
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January - ALA Youth Media Awards Celebrate February - Black History Month - National Library Lovers Month - Take your child to the library (Feb 4th) - Send a Card to a Friend day (Feb 7th) - Safer Internet Day (Feb 7th) - President’s Day (Feb 20th) March 5 - 11 - Teen Tech Week March - Freedom of Information Day April - Celebrate National Library Week with the Libraries Transform campaign May is National Pet Month so celebrate being a participatory library by hosting a pet’s reading photo contest.
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Looping Slideshow - Prepare a deck of 5–10 slides featuring multiple-choice questions, quotes, fill-in-the blank sentences, and cartoons, reminders/announcements, or conversation starters to spark collaboration among students when they arrive to class. Ordering Exercise - If you have a list of processes or procedures that must be completed in a certain order, you might want to try this focusing activity. Post and out of order list of steps or procedures on the screen. As students come in, ask them to start putting the list in the correct sequence based on established criteria. You can use this strategy for almost any kind of list or categories in your class. Drawing - Prompt your students to draw a process, create a diagram, or illustrate a main point from the course material. A drawing might include creating a mind map of the main points of the course material so you can see how students organize information, a graph of a set of data points collected from a survey, or their interpretation of what’s happening in the story or what a character might be feeling. Alternatively, you can show an existing illustration or drawing and ask students to relate it to the course material, diagram it, or analyze parts of it.
Taken from facultyfocus.com Want more? Check out Six Things Faculty Can Do to Promote Student Engagement.
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11 Common Gmail Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
#FutureReady - Curates Resources & Tools Research Tools that Support Inquiry Learning by @ktenkely These tools have been shared and one time or another in the newsletter but it’s nice to be reminded of some research resources we may have forgotten about.Taken from ilearntechnology.com ❏
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Kiddle – This is a kid-friendly, Google Safe powered search engine. What I appreciate about Kiddle is the ease of use for younger learners. Kiddle searches safe sites that were written FOR kids. Boolify – The best thing about this Google Safe powered search engine is the way it teaches learners how to correctly use a search engine and how to refine their searches. Boolify teaches this skill by asking them to use keywords and Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) in a search to refine results using a drag/drop interface. Wolfram Alpha – This is not really a search engine, but more of a computational knowledge engine. It is a fantastic tool for comparing information (think people in history, weather in different parts of world, etc), exploring mathematics, units and measures, data/statistical information, science, geography, and technology. Creative Commons – This is a great place to search for images, videos, sounds that are listed under the Creative Commons license that lets learners find content they can share, reuse, and mix into something new. The Thinker Builder Graphic Organizer Help learners work toward independence in their research. Click HERE. Visible Thinking by Tracy Ann Clark created a fun-to-use resource for helping learners explore thinking routine. Find it HERE. Better Searches, Better Results with Google Google Modifiers cheat sheet- this is a good one to explore with students and then hang on the wall as a reminder! Download the PDF HERE.
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Even if you use Gmail every day, you might not be using it as efficiently as you could be. Here are 11 common mistakes that people make, as well as how to avoid them so that you can be more productive in Gmail.
More on the Parkway Gmail & Calendar migration: sites.google.com/pkwy.k12.mo.us
3 Ways to Make Your Google Docs Look More Professional We’ve all seen the differences between Google Docs that were clearly slapped together and those that look polished and professional. Here are three tips make sure your Docs fall into the second category: templates, fonts, and flowcharts
Work Faster in Google Docs with These 10 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts One of the best ways to speed up your productivity is to use keyboard shortcuts. Here are ten useful shortcuts for common tasks in Google Docs. All tips from www.bettercloud.com
#FutureReady - Professional Learning PBS DIGITAL INNOVATORS 2017 Program The PBS Digital Innovator program brings together a community of K-12 educators, who are thought-leaders and classroom changemakers, for ongoing professional development and opportunities to share strategies, empower peers and inspire students.
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Certificate in STEM Education June 5-29th Maryville University (9 credit hours) A tremendous need exists in national and global classrooms for educators who integrate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). STEM educators help bolster the pipeline of talented individuals ready for 21st century careers. For more information contact Stacey Ruffin-Buchanan: sruffin@maryville.edu; 314.529.9542. Download brochure of the program.
It's that time of year to think about and register for EdCamp St. Louis. It is the region's largest and best unconference. In an unconference, participants decide the topics of conversation and the direction of the learning. It is truly a conference by you and for you. It includes free breakfast and lunch as well as a ton of great prizes to finish the day. Register: https://goo.gl/XfiFdy
Contact Information Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
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