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What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
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Welcome and Review of where IAT has been so far this year Schoology Professional Development Planning Topic: Computer Science in Parkway ○ CS for All Event ○ Parkway Plans for CS Scantron Update BrightBytes - The next round of Brightbytes surveys will be launching this month. More information will be sent to administrators. ALT Project - Planning for ALT 2018 has begun. Technology is meeting with MS principals on 11/15 to discuss end of the year procedures. We are recommending that all MS chromebooks be collected at the end of the school year. We will be reaching out to HS principals soon to begin planning roll-out for 9th grade. Resources: Innovation website - IAT resources
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#Future Ready Resources
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Library Services Policies (Schoolwires login required)
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Librarians List 2017-2018
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Who To Call
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Makerspace Ordering Sheet
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Ordering procedures
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Follett ordering w/screenshots
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Building budget Sub librarian list
Breakout EDU Changes
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Sub Training Videos
Breakout EDU has updated their site. Here's what you need to know... All 300+ games previously available at breakoutedu/games are available for free on the new platform. In each Subject Pack you’ll find a collection of games labeled “user generated” which is where these games reside. We will continue to add free games here. The new Breakout EDU platform allows teachers to have accounts rather than having to enter the generic password every time to access a game. Signup for an account at platform.breakoutedu.com What is paid access? We’ve spent the last six months developing a platform that improves the Breakout EDU experience with enhanced search, 100+ subject-aligned games and a tool for building digital games. These additional features are available with “full platform access”. As a special thank you for our community members, you can use the the code “UPGR@DEB0EDU” to unlock a $35 discount through November 15. You can obtain full platform access by using your discount code here: bit.ly/tycommunity. Additional questions: info@breakoutedu.com
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Destiny FAQ
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Free Lib Books @ Lib Serv
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District Surplus Property Procedures
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Record a PD event
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Travel & Reimbursement (BOE) Guidelines
EdCampSTL February 10, 2018 8:00 - 3:00 Ritenour High School 9100 Saint Charles Rock Rd St. Louis, MO 63114 Click here for registration
Humor @ your Library
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Community Partnership Thinking Beyond the Library Walls: Building Community Partnerships & Flexible Space #AASL2017 In this presentation speakers look at ways to take the library beyond the walls of tradition and offer some helpful tips to get started. The session discussed how to create a Future Ready library by building partnerships within the school and community to serve and redesigning the library space. Examples of these partnerships and ways to develop a visual plan of action were included. See the presentation (and note the before and after pictures of the library...this is a huge marketing tool). Shared Tools: Things to consider when talking to your principal: ❏ What is the library vision? ❏ How does it align with the school vision and mission? ❏ How can your stakeholders help achieve this goal? ❏ Results of a needs assessment from various stakeholders completed.
Possible funding sources: Vendor
Funding Title
Website
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Bookfairs
barnesandnoble.com/h/b ookfairs
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Youth Literacy Grants
www2.dollargeneral.com
Steelcase Education
Active Learning Center Grant
www.steelcase.com
Verizon
Verizon Innovative Learning Grants
www.verizon.com
Suggested Library Updates: ❏ Create zones for flexible activities ❏ Updated fixtures ❏ Tables & chairs suitable for adults and children ❏ A new, smaller circulation desk ❏ New signage (often overlooked but crucial) ❏ Adaptable space for classes and evening programs ❏ A an updated digital & physical book collection As always contact Patrick Shelton if applying for a grant.
Leading Beyond the Library
#ParkwayReads Literacy
Which Wedge Gives You the Edge? How does the Future Ready Framework overlap with the new AASL National Standards? and What can you differently do in your library to become future ready/prepare to implement this framework? The inputs for the Future Ready Library Framework includes: AASL Standards, ISTE Standards, and a variety of school and district Future Ready plans, much like our program evaluation goals. In an AASL presentation by Shannon Miller-McClintock and Mark Ray focused the audience toward Building Instructional Partnerships and Empowering Students as Creators. These two edges of the wedges focus on personalized student learning. Suggestions included: Building Instructional Partnerships ● Anything you can do to collaborate with teachers is key. Email them, chat in the hallway. Do whatever you can to build instructional partnerships. Make those Instructional Partnerships an important and lasting element for your library program and everything you’re doing in your building. Be sure to also record your interactions, such as when, who, and what you discussed. ● Shannon described an Instructional Partnership in which she turned a basic research project into a fantastic partnership. She was able to connect with an author (Seymour Simon) for a Skype visit to spark Kindergartners’ interest in their research. They were able to formulate questions and speak directly with an expert in the field. That one project resulted in multiple teachers seeing the amazing project and wanting to connect.
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Think about this: do my instructional partners need to just be in my building? No! They can be other teachers, professionals, principals, different districts. Classes can be connected and combined virtually. Co-teach students via the web. Students are able to get great content and instruction from across the globe.
Empowers Students as Creators ● Empowering Students as Creators requires the teacher to facilitate students’ thoughts toward working as creators. To create this atmosphere and thought process, Mark gave teachers were given Legos, Makey-Makey kits, and hummingbird kits and allowed them to “play”. The process began by teaching the teachers to create. In turn, teachers empower the students to create. ● Identify your connections with what is already happening in your district. Identify how you can bring the framework more into focus. What more do you need to know? Who will you partner with? What are your first steps? ● What does a future ready learner look like? Really at the center of the framework is personalized student learning. If we truly look at what a learner looks like, we are able to focus more on what we can do. Taken from knowledgequest.aasl.org
Empowers Students as Creators
#ParkwayMakes
How Schools Make “Making” More Meaningful “What’s the difference between a makerspace and a great makerspace?” asks Laura Fleming. “Great makerspaces are unique to your school community, relevant to your world, meaningful, and sustainable.” Just as we’ve learned with strong 1:1 initiatives that it’s not about the device, makerspaces are not about the products. On the contrary, Fleming says successful makerspaces allow students to connect to their curriculum, their community, and the world. To improve your makerspace, she suggests asking students what they want to learn about. If you want it to appeal to girls, ask the girls what they want. Assess your curriculum, clubs, programs, activities, and offerings, because your makerspace can leverage what’s already happening or it can fill in the gaps. You can even get ideas from global trends, particularly business-related ones. “Last year, every time I turned on the news I saw something about drones,” says Fleming. “They were everywhere —except in our curriculum—so we chose flight as a theme for our makerspace and integrated drones into it.” When done right, your makerspace can extend learning opportunities and take students to incredible places. Click here for stellar examples and the rest of article.
Above photo: SMS sent out a newsletter about Makerspaces and also put drop in student passes in teacher mailboxes for this creator opportunity. Bonus Resource: Want more makerspace challenges? Check out the link below shared by the middle school MSPLC: makerspaceforeducation.com
Builds Instructional Partnerships Ideas to Share with Teachers The New Digital Citizenship: Empower Proactive Digital Learners The new digital citizenship takes students beyond the protective to the proactive. Respect, education and protection are still important foundations of digital citizenship, but today’s digital learners also need to understand the power they have to advocate, collaborate and drive change through technology. The new digital citizenship posits that digital citizens are learners who use their technology-driven powers conscientiously — and with empathy — to help make the world a better place. Learners can become empowered and proactive digital citizens by cultivating the three spheres of the new digital citizenship: digital agent, digital interactor and digital self. The infographic to the right illustrates the three spheres of the new digital citizenship and the characteristics of each. Click on the image to get a printable version for the library or classroom. Or sign up for five days of digital citizenship “coffee breaks” via the form to get the printable poster and additional digital citizenship tips and resources delivered right to your inbox.
Additional Resource: FREE Star Wars #DigCit Posters These are parody Star Wars digital citizenship posters for your classroom for digital citizenship education, made by Lesley Karpiuk (@IHeartEdTech) of mrskarpiuk.com. Just print full page (8.5" x 11"), laminate, and hang.
Digital Citizenship Destiny Collection and Symbaloo.... From #DigCitWeek And All Year Long!
Curates Digital Resources & Tools The Origin of Everything YouTube Channel from PBS investigates the “why” behind many aspects of everyday life. The fun videos are perfect for your most curious students, or for getting students excited about learning on their own. Video topics range from history (Why is there a South and North Korea?) to pop culture (Where does the #Hashtag come from?).
48 Critical Thinking Questions for any Content Areas (and Makerspaces) Critical thinking is the heart and soul of learning, and–in our estimation anyway–ultimately more important than any one specific content area or subject matter. In short, critical thinking is more than understanding something — it involves evaluation, critiquing, and a depth of knowledge that surpasses the subject itself and expands outward. It requires problem-solving, creativity, rationalization, and a refusal to accept things at face value. It’s a willingness and ability to question everything. The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Digital Thinking by Global Digital Citizen Foundation is an excellent starting point for the “how” behind teaching critical thinking by outlining which questions to ask. It offers 48 critical thinking questions useful for any content area or even grade level with a little re-working/re-wording. Taken from teachthought.com.
25 Great Google Add-ons Something from Richard Byrne: On their own Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms are great tools for teachers and students. They become even better tools when you start to install some of the many optional Add-ons that are available to you and your students. On a similar note, Google's Chrome web browser becomes a better tool when you add some helpful extensions to it. Sorting through all of the available Add-ons and extensions can be time-consuming process. That's why Richard created a categorized document that provides an overview of 25 great Add-ons and extensions. That document can be viewed here as a Google Document. Tutorials for many of the Add-ons and extensions can be watched on his YouTube channel. A few highlights from the document include Unsplash and Photo Slideshow for Google Slides, Yob Graph Editor for
Google Docs, and CheckMark for Chrome. Unsplash can be used to quickly find and insert public domain images into slides. Photo Slideshow is the add-on to use if you have a large number of images that you want to quickly turn into a slideshow. Yob Graph Editor lets you plot data and create graphs in Google Docs. And CheckMark could save you lots of time when grading documents by letting you pick from a library of stored feedback marks to comment on your students' work.
Personalized Professional Learning
Program Evaluation Guidelines
50 of the Best Education Accounts on Twitter
Topic 1: Advocacy Parkway libraries will strive for clear communication of the role of school librarians.
Which are the best education accounts on Twitter to follow? Well, that depends on how you define best. Whether you agree with what the following leaders and leading resources included, they still exert influence over the education industry. Give them a follow and use them to discover even more names and faces currently shaping schools across the world. See the list at teachthought.com
Topic 2: Responsiveness to Community Parkway libraries will be responsive to the community and have a finger on the pulse of each individual building.
Curated Resources from #AASL17 and #NOTATAASL Hashtags This LiveBinder of resources can be found at bit.ly/notataasl and includes items collected before, during and after the National Conference for the American Association of School Librarians, Nov. 8-11, 2017. Enjoy!
Visit the edWeb Calendar for upcoming free webinars. Now you can also easily search and view over 1300 recorded edWebinars.
Parkway Credit One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars and events, such as Edcamps, SLAA events, makerspace open houses etc. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar or go to an event, then record your participation at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Remember that district credit is based on the number of clock hours that you participate. Credit is issued as follows: six clock hours will get you .5 credit and 12 clock hours will get you 1 credit.
Contact Information
Vendor Contacts:
Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
Undelivered Post Dispatch: Russell Ham rham@post-dispatch.com
Kim Lindskog Library Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog
Undelivered USA Today & New York Times: Wesley Trammell wtrammell@ebsco.com
Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106
Topic 3: Instructional & Programming Parkway libraries will support classroom instruction and provide relevant, timely programming to meet the needs and interests of each individual community. Topic 4: Educational Leadership & PD Parkway librarians will strive to be seen as leaders in buildings and will have access to just in time, targeted professional learning for librarians. Topic 5: Library Physical Spaces Parkway libraries are multi-use spaces that are inviting and available for learners of all ages.
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