Volume 2 | Issue 25
Parkway School District
Know & Go
Updates @your Library I wish the library had‌ If you know of something that students need in the library, let me know what it is as soon as possible and I will see what I can do. The final day for Library Services PO's to be entered is next week. There will be no more orders processed for fiscal year 2014-2015 after this date. Funding is limited so make your request early!
EOC Logistics From my understanding the library will be in use for EOC testing the week of April 20th. This is actually perfect I will be out of the district most of the week for a library conference. I will not be at Fern that week, but if you need any assistance please don’t hesitate to email me. I will still be taking care of book circulation during that time. Good luck to all involved with EOC testing.
Persistence @your Library What if...
Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go ISSUU Newsletter Stacks: 2015-2015 2013-2014 Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
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Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Libraries in the Internet Age Common Craft says they love libraries and librarians and want them to succeed. So they created a video to help the public understand how libraries have changed in the Internet Age. (Thanks for sharing Katie P.)
St Louis County Library Databases Many of you are looking for extra resources when it comes to biography units. Have you checked out the databases available at SLCL? In a recent visit to SLCL Headquarters, Colleen Hall in the Outreach Services Department showed me a few items that may be of interest to you. When accessing the databases for students go to http://www.slcl.org/research, click on For Students in the Subject Guides Grid. Once in the databases for students select American National Biography. Once a database is selected students will be prompted to put in their library account login information. (If they do not have a card they can sign up and get instant access to a library barcode and pin number at https://webpac.slcl.org/selfreg.) Colleen thought this resource would be appropriate for upper elementary on up. .
Show Me What's Wrong - Provide Tech Help to Students and Colleagues Screencast-O-Matic.com is the service that Richard Byrnes uses for the screencast videos that appear in his Practical Ed Tech playlist on YouTube. In addition to the screen recording tool Screencast-O-Matic offers a service that can help you help others with their tech problems. Show Me What's Wrong is a free service is designed to help you help others with their computer problems. To use the service enter your name and email address to have a custom URL assigned to you. You then send that url to the person who needs help. They open the link and can start recording their screens and talk about the trouble they're having. When they finish recording the screencast is sent directly to you. Applications for Education If you're the person in your school that everyone goes to for tech help, you know that trying to a fix a problem that someone can't quite describe correctly can be a trying experience. Show Me What's Wrong could make it easier for others to show you what they need help doing on their computers. Taken from http://www.freetech4teachers.com
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ReadWorks has a new selection of famous poems available on their website. The selection is organized by grade level. As with every passage on ReadWorks, each poem is accompanied by a set of guided reading questions. BoomWriter has put together new vocabulary sheets for Poetry Month. The poetry vocabulary is part of a larger poetry lesson plan for elementary and middle school students. You can download the vocabulary words and lesson plans as PDFs. Scholastic has assembled a big list of lesson resources for teaching poetry this month. One of the resources recommended by Richard Byrne is the Poetry Idea Engine. The Poetry Idea Engine is a simple, interactive tool that helps students create four types of poems; haiku, limerick, cinquain, and free verse.
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About Books College Bound Reading List
Mark Your Calendar - Google Education On Air - Free Online Conference: May 8th & 9th
A suggested reading list helpful tips to encourage reading! From homescholar.com
Do you wish for the chance to work more closely with other teachers? Now introducing Education On Air, a free online conference. http://goo.gl/wSYlMU You have the best seat in the house (your own!) All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection to learn with other educators. http://goo.gl/CNf1L4#GoogleEduOnAir
Google Fun Waka Waka Waka... Say goodbye to productivity. You can now play #PacMan on+Google Maps. Check it out at http://goo.gl/OyRS8R
Everything You Never Knew About Using Google in the Classroom from eschoolnews.com Did you know you can see all of your copy/paste history in Google Chrome? A panel of Google Certified Teachers share their tips and secrets for using Chrome, Docs, etc.
Searching the google Newspaper Archive One of the ways to get students to find and utilize resources beyond what they’ll find in a typical Google.com search is is to introduce students to tools like the Google News Newspaper archive. In the Google News Newspaper archive you can search for a specific newspaper, search for article titles, or as demonstrated below you can search for a topic. Taken from practicaledtech.com
YouTube Kids And now for something we've all been waiting for...YouTube now offers an app for watching family-friendly videos without having to sort through the stuff that isn't okay for kids to see.
Digital Badges Using badges for completing activities/orientation/skills practice in the classroom can be motivating for some students. Want to know what badges are and how to implement them in the your classroom . Read parts 1 & 2 of Badging the Library on webjunction.org (While this article specifically talks about use in the library, it can definitely be modified for the classroom.
The YouTube Kids app is available for Android and for iOS. The app allows children to browse channels and playlists in four categories: Shows, Music, Learning, and Explore. The app has built-in controls that allow parents to set limits how much time their children can spend watching videos. Parents can turn off the search function if they want to limit their children to just the videos in a playlist. Background sounds can be turned off by parents too. Taken from freetech4teachers.com
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@your Library
School Library Month @your Library The 30th Anniversary is coming up in April! It’s never too early to start planning the library program celebration. http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm Poetry Month @your Library April is National Poetry Month and there are many resources to help promote the celebration. http://www.poets.org National Library Week @your Library - April 12-18 Celebrate Unlimited possibilities @your Library
Personalized Learning ConnectED Learning Events 4/11 PlayDateSTL PLAYDATE stands for People Learning and Asking Y: Digital Age Teacher Exploration. No presenters. No agendas. Just playing. Explore the things you've never had time to explore. This is a new kind of conference. Think about the last time you attended an EdTech PD, conference or other professional learning event. Oftentimes, we leave full of new knowledge and a list overflowing with new apps, programs and skills to try out. However, once we return to "the real world" many of us lack the time and support to actually try out all of these new tools. Learn more here or REGISTER HERE Start connecting today using the hashtag #PlaydateSTL 4/28 and 4/29 Future Ready In support of the Future Ready Schools initiative, ConnectED Learning, in a partnership with the United States Department of Education, is hosting an event for district leaders. For us, Future Ready means having a comprehensive approach to the technology integration. Learn more here and pass this on for your district leaders to get involved! They can register here. Follow the hashtag #FutureReady 5/16 EdcampSTL Express Like EdcampSTL? Like learning? Imagine if you didn’t have to wait until next year! EdcampSTL express is all the awesome of EdcampSTL without all the extra stuff. No sponsors, no prizes, no t-shirt cannon, just passionate educators sharing their best ideas with one another in an UNconference format. Learn more and register here! Start connecting today using the hashtag #edcampSTLxp
Teen Literature Day @your Library Celebrate on April 16th with ideas from the YALSA Wiki page. Library Snapshot Day @your Library See the primer available for planning a Library Snapshot Day for ideas to create a Snapshot Day for your school library. This would be a great way to promote your space during School Library Month. Need More Ideas? School Library Monthly Almanac of Events for April.
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Student Opportunities St Louis Summer Computer Camps @ Washington University iD Tech offers high-energy summer computer programs for kids and teens. Co-ed options include iD Tech Camps for ages 7-17, iD Tech Academies for teens ages 13-18, and iD Tech Mini for ages 6-9. They also offer Alexa Café, an all-girls program for ages 10-15.Visit https://www.idtech.com/locations/missourisummer-camps/st-louis/
Special: Time (magazine) For kids Talks to Jane Goodall! Presented by renowned chimpanzee researcher and conservationist Jane Goodall, with Jaime Joyce, Assistant Managing Editor, Education, TIME For Kids, and Laura Blackburn, Associate Editor, TIME For Kids Monday, Apr. 20 at Noon - REGISTER HERE
Parkway Summer School Registration is Now Open Registration for Parkway summer school begins April 2. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, unless otherwise noted in an individual program summary. Some classes have limited enrollment. Sign up early! Summer school for elementary/middle school students takes place June 1-19. High school summer school is June 1-July 2. Read More-
April Book Events for Kids and Teens Sponsored by Left Bank Books and St Louis County Library several book events are in place for April. Get more Info.
What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Library Lessons The 8 Skills Students Must Have for the Future by edudemic.com Education has traditionally focused on the basic “3Rs” of reading, writing and arithmetic. However, as the ever increasing pace of technological innovation drives changes in the world, educators must re-evaluate whether the skills they teach truly provide their students with the best opportunities to succeed in school, the workforce, and in life overall. This naturally leads to the question of what those skills are or will be, and while there are other excellent suggestions out there, Pearson’s 2014 edition of “The Learning Curve” report lists the 8 skills as those most necessary to succeed in the 21st century. Read more at http://www.edudemic.com