Parkway School District
Volume 3 | Issue 16
KNOW & GO Updates @your Library
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Librarians List 2015-16 Who To Call Ordering procedures Follett ordering w/screenshots Follett Acct #'s Follett req Instructions Building budget Sample budget Substitute librarian list Sub Training Videos Standing orders Ordering/renewing databases HS only Destiny FAQ Page of Answers Mobile Makerspace Kit Request Mobile Makerspace Site Mobile Makerspace Stories & Quotes
The suggested last day for Library book checkouts is Friday, May 6th. End of the Year Meeting & Narrative Due - Thursday, May 12th 4:00 - 6:00pm at Central High Library Classroom
Nancy’s Notes & Other Reminders ● EOY Information Library Narrative -The idea behind the narrative is that it gives you an opportunity to reflect on your library program and highlight what is special about your school and your library program. The information you wrote is used in conversations with other administrators to advocate and highlight the amazing things that you do in your building.This is an opportunity for you to let people outside of your building know what a great job you do and how crucial you are to the students in the district. Consider the following as you create the narrative. Please know that there is no specific format, length, or approach that you are required to follow in this narrative. We will leave it up to you to know what's important for your specific situation and communicate that. I know that an entire year is a lot to reflect upon and that you certainly can't share everything. Just include the highlights.
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What are you most proud of? What would you do differently? What needs improvement? Review your personal goals for the year. Did your goals change throughout the year? Why? Did you meet the goals you set for yourself? What do you want to do for next year?
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Program/activities developed or started this year. Examples: advisory boards, book clubs, technology initiatives, space configurations, special events (tech petting zoo, etc.) special circumstances (flooding, testing, etc.), programs involving @your library, Teen Read Week, Hour of Code, book fairs, etc.
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MSPLC data that you collected and worked on this year. What did you discover? How did it direct your work?
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Additional ideas to share https://goo.gl/Sd6Hvf (More details on the next page)
Contact Information Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass Kim Lindskog Library System Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog
Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106 Nancy Ikemeyer Administrative Assistant Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer
What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
EOY Narrative (Cont’d)
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May 2nd- 8th Children’s Book Week slcl. org/childrens-book-week May 1-7 - Choose Privacy chooseprivacyweek.org/ National Readathon Day May 21st #Readathon2016, #Parkwayreads - Not only does Readathon Day present an opportunity to generate excitement among readers of all ages, but it also enables children and students everywhere to get involved in an effort that supports youth literacy - Readathonday.com
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When sharing the narrative with Bill use the following file naming convention: "EOY Narrative 15-16_Last name". Ex. EOY_Narrative_15-16_Bass. Since this is also a celebration of your year and really does spell out all the great things that are happening with your program, you could also share it with your administrator. This is a great way to advocate and share where you have been and where you are going.
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If you are comfortable with the idea, please share your ePortfolio with Bill as well before the end of the year. Reflecting on these pieces helps us to know what to focus on for you in terms of development and how to approach our long term goals.
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The narrative and the ePortfolio are both crucial for Bill to advocate for you and for the library program, I need to know what's going on and have evidence as to what's happening. He has lots of conversations and if he doesn’t know what's going on, he can't effectively continue to make the case for the amazing job that you do every day.
Timely Topics & Trends Makerspaces, Gaming, Library Spaces, Advocacy, Genrefication, and more
Sleek, Stylish and Useful - Library Spaces As the end of the year comes to a close and we continue to think about our library spaces in the digital age, many of us are looking for tips around space and services. Here are just a few that come up on a regular basis: ● Make furniture mobile ● Turn tables into whiteboards ● Create a donation wish list with specific guidelines ● Automate processes with Google tools ● Small changes = big impact - brighten up the space with paint, large wall graphics, and use student input ● Use social media to get ideas ● Get buy-in from patrons ○ study how the space is currently being underutilized and why ○ give students choice in helping design a plan ● If something is not working , then change it up ● One size does not fit all - every building has unique needs ● Remember it’s about how the space is going to be used ● Think about it terms of the purpose being to serve as a bridge between educational philosophy being practiced and the real world. What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Just for Fun
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Sites That Fuel the Love of Reading for K-12
The Google Goodies Digital Storytelling with Maps & Google Earth Tour Builder
With summer reading just around the corner graphite.org has several suggestions for giving students a reason to love reading with the use of tech tools to help them discover new authors, genres, and books. These resources would make a great bookmark to pass out to students along with the SLCL website, our Tumblebooks page, and Follett’s e-Book shelf link. Check out Bookshare, Bookopolis, and many more.
Search App Smackdown Google Earth Tour Builder is a slick tool that was introduced awhile ago and is still in Beta. It’s a browser-based tool for creating Google Earth tours. Placemarks in your Tour Builder tours can include up to 25 images and videos, that's the best feature of the platform. Richard Byrne published a video about using the new Google Earth Tour Builder shortly after it was made available to the public. Imagine the possibilities for students to create digital stories based on places or applying this tool to their reading. Think about the options in various subject areas: Social Studies ● mapping a trip around specific countries or continents, ● learning about the local community Science ● mapping scientific discoveries ● creating a geological map of prominent world features ELA ● Story setting Digital Makerspace ● Create the dream vacation ● Family tree
This article in the March 2016 issue of School Library Journal explains how to turn “uncool” database lessons into a fun, challenging, and competitive game. The quick start guide runs through the process of creating the game: ● Select the databases you want to use ● Choose the tools/platform to create your online instruction (flipped classroom style) ● Create the database instructional videos ● Design the advance organizer to guide students through the video viewing ● Write questions that reflect what you want them to be able to do with the databases ● Develop relevant task cards ● Determine the scoring structure (points for organizers, number of rounds for the game, challenge questions) ● Consider how to leverage points and team pressure to encourage completion of the game To see the full explanation and plan for this database instruction lesson go to www.slj.com
Random Writing Prompt Generator for Google Sheets Now you can generate over 2 million random writing prompts for student poems or stories, learn about the Rhyme Finder add-on for Docs, and see how to share student writing with the world. ~from Control Alt Achieve What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Something to Share Pinterest isBoards a fantastic resource for teachers. With tons of searchable activities and lesson plans it’s Pinterest for Math Teachers the perfect place to go to gather ideas for your classroom. Here’s a list of Pinterest pages for math teachers: ● Math Games On this collaborative math games board you’ll find hundreds of pins for a variety of math games. There are holiday themed choices as well as printable activities. ● Geometry Activities This board from Mr. Elementary Math has lots of activities for geometry classrooms. There are hands on activities for students that cover a wide range of learners. ● Math Food The Center of Math’s Math Food board is full of ideas and inspiration that show how math is present in our everyday lives. There are pictures of an edible Periodic Table and articles on how math connects to favorite foods. ● Colorful Math Lessons This board from the folks at Crayola includes over one hundred pins to different math activities. Many use crayons for math lessons to teach a wide range of topics. ● Addition Activities On this board from United Teaching there are plenty of activities for math centers. From using manipulatives to new ways to use pocket charts and playing cards, there are tons of ideas. ● Math Outdoors This page from The Learning Lady includes lots of activities for bringing math outdoors. It’s a great spot to gather inspiration for new activities for your math classroom. ● Chromebooks in the Math Classroom This board includes ideas for using Chromebooks during math instruction. With links to blog posts and infographics it’s a good resource for Chromebook teachers. ● Math Apps and Computer Games The Math Maniac’s board on math apps and computer games has resources for elementary and middle school teachers. There are free and paid apps on this board for K-8 classrooms. Taken from techlearning.com
MakerEd Trying to build your library makerspace resource? Let me introduce Colleen Graves, one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers for 2016. On her website she has put together a list of resources that contains: other maker librarians to follow on social media, STEM facilitators, professors in the know, best resources for elementary makerspaces (my favorite), best Pinterest boards to follow, articles about the maker movement, and other free resources.
What will you make @ your library Digital Photography Several programs and apps can create photo memes and artful pictures. Patrons can add borders, texts, frames, and filters to create original works of art at a digital makerspace station. School Library Journal put together some picture perfect photo apps to use with students.
#ParkwayMakes LEGO Tessellations for All Explore math and art in this LEGO puzzle with basic bricks. Explore math, shapes, geometry, engineering, and design.
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Professional Learning 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 go to http://tinyurl.com/webinars-events to record your participation. 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.
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Code - Debugging the Gender Gap Here's a free event that some of you might be interested. Monsanto is hosting a screening of "Code: Debugging the Gender Gap" focusing on women in technology on April 28th at 5:30pm on the Wash U campus. More information here. St. Louis 2016 Day of Discovery- May 14, 9:00-3:00, Ladue Middle School Register today for the St. Louis leg of the 2016 Day of Discovery tour, a free professional learning experience brought to you by the Discovery Education Community. Focused on three simple but important goals: learn, share, connect, these full-day, professional learning events help teachers and administrators learn more about integrating digital content into their curriculum, provide opportunities for participants to share strategies that are working, and connect attendees to their most valuable resource...each other.
Edcamp St. Charles School District - June 4 - 8:00 am - 12:00 noon The St. Charles R-VI School District is sponsoring an Edcamp! What is Edcamp you say? Well, Edcamp is an UNCONFERENCE where the participants decide on that day what sessions will be offered. Want to share an idea? Sign up to facilitate a session that day. Want to learn something new? Pick a session and be prepared to come away with tons of new ideas to use in the classroom.
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Mark Your Calendar for Google Academy & Camp! This year, Google Camp is will be held on July 12th and Google Academy is on July 25th. Register through PEERS. In Columbia, MO on July 25th? Consider Technopalooza at Battle High School It's the fourth annual Technopalooza conference. It’s a free event open to any teacher willing to come out. Last year, they had around 70 sessions and 350 attendees from districts around mid-Missouri. Click here to be a presenter or attendee.
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Shelfies at Claymont celebrating Library Week 3D printing in Science classes at SWM A great use of space at the new SLCL Rock Road Branch
Well Said...
#ParkwayReads Walking Wednesdays! Each week students listen to audiobooks while walking the hallways with the librarian before school. What a great workout for the body and mind. Karen Czaicki Lindbergh School District
Why Audiobooks? See the benefits at techlearning.com What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?