Parkway School District
Volume 3 | Issue 8
KNOW & GO Updates @your Library
Dates at a Glance Library Services Answers to FAQs ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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
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Nancy’s Notes & Other Reminders Follett Orders Please do not place Follett orders without contacting Nancy. The process on how orders are placed maybe changing!
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
Nancy’s Notes & Other Reminders
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Hour of Code
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Picture Book Month International Games Day - Saturday, November 21st Aviation History Month explore this with makerspace activities on gravity and flight Monopoly was released in November 1935 - try using gaming in the library this month American Education Week - Nov 16th - 20th Plan events from NEA. org
December ● Hour of Code Dec 7-13th Start planning here by reviewing our how-to guide. Remember to take a lot of pictures, share them on social media, and use the hashtag #parkwayschools when posting.
The Hour of Code event is a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries through a one-hour introduction to computer science and computer programming. This year’s tutorial theme is called Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with Code. Check out the article on USA Today. Bonus give away… edSurge is offering a free Bitsbox coding kit to celebrate computer science education.
gofollett.com Go Follett allows you to search your library's Destiny catalog or Follett Shelf collection in one easy place; no tricky school-specific URL required. Simply find your school to begin: once inside, you can search for books, eBooks, websites, and more using this Universal Search interface. You can also log in to Destiny or Follett Shelf to hold and checkout materials, using your provided login credentials.
What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Thinking About Our Profession
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Recognizing What’s Possible - by Bill While perusing Twitter this morning, I came across a link to a post by George Couros entitled, “It’s Possible“. As I read his post, it made me think about the perceived barriers in our schools and the message George brings. Much of my work as an Innovation Coordinator is to strategically break down those very barriers. What I’m finding is that, even though I can question our practices and structures, many of the barriers I’m finding have more to do with mindset and simply not knowing what’s possible. It’s not a matter of teachers being lazy or not wanting to do the work. Far from it. By and large educators are more than willing to do the work, they may just need guidance or a thinking partner because, regardless of their initiative, doing it alone (or even in a team) is a daunting task when you are working with kids in a classroom every day. However, it’s not impossible when you find those strategic partners. So what is possible and how do you find those ideas? Who can help me and what is it we want to accomplish? As I think about the way that I support teachers and librarians, my first inclination is to always try to connect them with others that have similar goals or expertise in the area. I encourage them to take their ideas and tweak them based on what they learned or based on the partnerships they’ve formed with their connections. Sometimes that means providing funding for opportunities for teachers to attend PD. More often, it means bringing awareness to the free or low cost opportunities that already exist. Sometimes these opportunities change lives. I distinctly remember one of my teachers attending EdCampStL and coming away with such a fire for teaching that she put retirement off because she was too excited about the possibilities. (Continued on the next page.)
Inspire young girls to love code with the exclusive +YouTube premiere of CODEGIRL before it hits theaters https://goo.gl/yJioiv #RallyForCODEGIRL
Every +Newsela daily news article is available at 5 different reading levels, so your students can all stay on the same page. Just use the #GoogleClassroom share button: https://goo.gl/KHe2Hy
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Thinking About Our Profession Cont’d More than anything, as a leader, I have to remember what my capacity is for assisting them in their endeavor. I must build capacity with those I’m helping and assist them as I can but not necessarily be one of the main players. When I’m honest with myself, this is challenging for me. I’m an educator. I want to help and be a part of great things for kids. I want to foster curiosity in adults to make those thing happen but I can’t and won’t be everywhere. My work has changed dramatically over the last 3 years and I have to recognize my capacity to do the work. Everyone of us has a role and we all need each other to make it, whatever it may be, possible. George closes his piece with the statement: The thing that is often holding us back is ourselves. Once we realize that we can create something better, we often do better. So what’s holding us back. How can we, as educators realize that we may be the ones holding ourselves back and move beyond that to do great things? This work is hard, it’s rewarding, and most importantly, it’s vital. The next opportunity that you have, help someone realize the possibilities. It’s worth it for everyone. Read more at http://blog.mrbassonline. com/
What will you make @ your library MAKERS dream big, take risks, explore options, imagine new possibilities, show courage, express creativity, & embrace challenge. ~Venspired - Chrissy Venosdale
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.
Webinars 12 Innovative Reading Ideas! New Ways to Inspire Your Students - Wed, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m.
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Getting the Most out of Integrating eBooks in the Classroom: 10 Proven Lessons Makerspaces: The Now Revolution in School Libraries You Need It: Reading Promotional Programming That Really Works! Primarily Speaking: Tips and Tricks for Integrating Primary Documents into Teaching & Learning
#ParkwayMakes From Make Magazine… Let's get mashable! What if the library had a station where students could use the pictures they captured and augmented them with reality by using paper cutting skills. Check out the project on Makezine.com
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St. Louis County Library delivers the first batch of library cards to all students in Parkway beginning with Craig Elementary EdCamp style learning at the November PD days Augmented Reality and Makey, Makey were just a few of the stations available at the South HIgh Tech Fair
Well Said... The great thing about a library is that it’s large enough to fit the entire world inside, yet small enough to fit in the building ~adapted from belcastroagency.com
#ParkwayReads Have you ever wondered how much audio can improve early literacy skills? Sound Learning, the website of Audio Publishers Association, has created an infographic that sums up all major benefits of reading aloud to children, and using audiobooks in schools. Just two essential facts. The spoken words: ● increase reading accuracy by 52%, ● improve comprehension by 76%.
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