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Library Services Volume 5 | Issue 2 Those who walk on the well trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. ~Voltaire
Updates SLCL Open House Learn about all the services that SLCL offers you and your students Thursday, September 19th from 4 to 6pm SLCL Headquarters 1640 S Lindbergh Blvd. St Louis, MO 63131 To rsvp, register email dschumann@slcl.org or call 314-994-3300 with your name, title, and school district. Apps for students that parents need to know about: Yellow, Spotafriend, more As the kids head back to school, Jim Steyer, founder of CEO of Common Sense Media, visits TODAY to alert parents about apps they need to know about, including Yellow, which is being described as Tinder for teens, and Spotafriend, which comes with a mature 17 plus rating in the app stores. Watch the video here.
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Open GoFollett.com : Missouri Enter the School: Fern Ridge High School Click Log In in the upper right hand corner Click on the Google SSO button, which is your Login using your Google username and password Scroll down the page to see what is available in print or digital
Curates Digital Resources & Tools
Book Creator is Now LIve for Chromebooks
Earlier this summer Book Creator, a massively popular iPad app, was made available in a beta version for teachers to try on Chromebooks. Now the Chrome version of Book Creator is available to all teachers and students. You can access the new Chrome version of Book Creator at app.bookcreator.com. With Book Creator, teachers and students can create multimedia books with videos, images, drawings, and text. Books can then be saved in Google Drive and shared.
Learn about the world with Voyager You can tour the world and learn about other countries using Voyager. Voyager is a collection of map-based stories written by Google Earth partners that’s updated weekly. You can see Guided Stories, or tours, on topics like travel, culture, nature, and history. See how to start a guided tour at support.google.com.
Promote Student Ownership at the Beginning of School with these 6 Projects Don’t Wait to Innovate! Teachers often begin the school year with team-building activities or a review of the rules and procedures. But what if we began with student-centered projects? The following is an exploration of six student-centered projects to launch at the beginning of the school year. Taken from the John Spencer blog post. Note that this post was inspired by a comprehensive, practical recent post by A.J. Juliani.
PBS Teacher Back-to-School Toolkit
Year-at-a-Glance Calendar Stay ahead of exciting teachable moments and upcoming PBS shows with this handy, 12-month digital calendar! Preview + download. Lesson Plans, Games, Videos + More Looking for content to amplify your lessons? We’ve got you covered. Explore over 100K resources from PBS LearningMedia! Select your subject: Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Explore All Subjects. New Teacher Tool: The Class Roster PBS LearningMedia just added a "Class Roster" tool that enables you to create a class list and follow your students’ progress. Check it out! Back-to-School Checklist from PBS KIDS Help young learners prepare for the first week of school with this checklist and worksheet from PBS KIDS! The PDF is print-friendly so you can pass it along to parents, caregivers, and grandparents in your community. See more tips and insights at PBS Teacher Lounge
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Grant: Student Grant Writing?! Students in grades 3-12 can apply starting October 1. ITEF SWIIFT Grants Grant Information From Tech & Learning The list of educational grants and deadlines are available on the techlearning.com website. Also available are tips and other ongoing opportunities. Note: Please be sure to contact Patrick Shelton, the District Grants and Funding Coordinator is you are interested in writing a proposal.. Article: 8 Things to Look for in a Student-Centered Learning Environment Article: Back-to-School Wisdom From the Creators of Your Favorite Children’s Books Video: The Danger of a Single Story Teaching Resource: Be Internet Awesome. A great set of digital citizenship resources from Google. Teaching Resource: FREE Technology Curriculum built by google. Apps: Student Portfolio Apps and Resources Note that you may need to get the app or resource “whitelisted” from the Technology to add it to Chrome Article: 7 Ways Mindfulness Can Help Teachers by Patricia A. Jennings
#ParkwayReads 2017 Teens Top Ten Nominee List This year’s list of nominees features 26 titles that were published between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2016. The nominees are as follows: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Black, Jenna. Nightstruck. Tor Teen. Bosworth, Jennifer. The Killing Jar. Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux. Bracken, Alexandra. Passenger. Disney-Hyperion. Braswell, Liz. Once Upon a Dream. Disney Press. Buxbaum, Julie. Tell Me Three Things. Random House. Clare, Cassandra. Lady Midnight. Margaret K. McElderry. Dennard, Susan. Truthwitch. Tor Teen. Dinan, Kurt. Don’t Get Caught. Sourcebooks Fire. Federle, Tim. The Great American Whatever. Simon & Schuster. Freedman, Russell. We Will Not Be Silent. Clarion Books. Glasgow, Kathleen. Girl in Pieces. Delacorte Press. Gout, Leopoldo. Genius: The Game. Feiwel & Friends. Hamilton, Alwyn. Rebel of the Sands. Viking Books. Kincaid, S. J. The Diabolic. Simon & Schuster. Landers, Melissa. Starflight. Disney-Hyperion. Martin, Emily. The Year We Fell Apart. Simon & Schuster. McIntosh, Will. Burning Midnight. Random House. Meyer, Marissa. Heartless. Feiwel & Friends. Mills, Wendy. All We Have Left. Bloomsbury. Nijkamp, Marieke. This is Where It Ends. Sourcebooks Fire. Russo, Meredith. If I Was Your Girl. Flatiron Books. Shusterman, Neal. Scythe. Simon & Schuster. Welch, Jenna Evans. Love & Gelato. Simon & Schuster. West, Kasie. P.S. I Like You. Scholastic. Williamson, Lisa. The Art of Being Normal. Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux. Yoon, Nicola. The Sun is Also a Star. Delacorte Press.
A video featuring actors Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson from the upcoming movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, a 2016 Teens’ Top Ten winner, announcing the nominees can be found on the Teens' Top Ten website. An annotated list of the nominees is also available. the nominees is also available.
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September 28th Banned Website Awareness Day
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Personalized Professional Learning
Missouri 4th Annual Summit Featuring Google for Education Don't miss your chance to get all the Googly Goodness at #gafemo17 Missouri Summit on Saturday, October 14th. The Missouri Summit is intended for...educators, administrators, and leaders of all levels, formal or informal. Registration is $80 (Early Bird pricing available).Breakfast, lunch and snacks will also be provided. Rockwood Summit High School (Rockwood School District) 1780 Hawkins Rd, Fenton, MO 63026
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Learning Space Design with IKEA It started with rows, then we learned about pods. What if we redesigned our learning spaces to amplify learning? Come engage in conversation, prototyping, and design with some of the best leaders in the world in learning space design. Walk away with essential concepts in design, a network of amazing educators and a new look on what your classroom could be. Sat, September 23, 2017 - 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM IKEA St. Louis Home Furnishings - 1 Ikea Way St. Louis, MO 63110 Cost: $35 Register Here
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