FR Know & Go Vol 1 | Issue 14

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Know & Go @Your Library

Contact Information Bill Bass

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Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog tinyurl.com/libserv

Alone we are smart.

Together we are brilliant. ~Steven Anderson

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Bulletin boards are going up

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Books are being withdrawn (and replaced with better)

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Posters are being created

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Partnerships are being looked at

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Highlighted & Underlined Technology, Research, and Learning Resources Google Virtual Field Trips Google launched a new ini a ve on Google+ called Connected Classrooms (connectedclassrooms.withgoogle.com/ that enables students around the world to take “virtual field trips” through Google+ Hangouts. It kicked things off November 4 with field trips to the Sea,le Aquarium, the Minnesota Zoo and the Solar Impulse hangar. Teachers can sign up to take their classrooms on virtual field trips hosted by organiza ons like Na onal Geographic, Ma lda the Musical, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and more than 20 other partners. The official blog for the ini a ve can be found at goo.gl/ir8pHx. The Bri sh Museum This site offers educators guides to life in Ancient Egypt, how mummies are made, and informa on that can be found in tomb pain ngs: bit.ly/bri sh_museum.

The Na onal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra on (NOAA) Another great site to share with your teachers is NOAA. It offers educa on resource collec ons on topics like weather systems and pa,erns, ocean currents, and climate monitoring www.educa on.noaa.gov.

Everybody can be a Super Hero At The Hero Factory you can create a new hero, download it, print it, and make another cpbherofactory.com/.

G-Learning a Blog This blog is all about learning and teaching with free Google tools. The blogger himself is a high school English/mul media teacher. The blog offers ideas for implemen ng various Google tools together for different experiences. Ideas include crea ng digital calendars with Drive and QR codes, crea ng an online trip presenta on with Tour Builder, using Chromecast in the classroom, and many others glearningblog.blogspot.com/.

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Learning Opportunities Cu

Webinars Parkway Library Media Webinar Series 10/10/13—Google Collaborative Tools

Archived—goo.gl/q6mBxy

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11/12/13—Elements of Digital Citizenship Archived—goo.gl/KZeF2g

10 Techie Tools for Teachers—sponsored by SimpleK12.com Are you ready to make grading and collec ng informa on from your students a breeze? Would you like to have real- me collabora on and brainstorming with your students? This session covers ten of the most popular Web tools in the educa on community. Learn how easy it can be to create online bulle n boards, edit photos in just a few clicks, and develop engaging presenta ons. These ten tools are popular for a reason: they are must-have freebies that you shouldn’t teach without. The archived webinar is only 30 minutes! You will need an account and be signed in to view the video. goo.gl/tQcuuc

EdWeb December Calendar of Free Webinars Title include: Innovation, Authenticity, and Games, Using Digital Portfolios to Help Students Demonstrate Learning, Common Core and Text Types: What Should Students be Reading?, The ABCs for Writing a Good Thesis Statement, and more. goo.gl/ew7g7c

View recent Webinars from EdWeb at goo.gl/JrwMW3.

If you missed some of the latest titles from the past couple of weeks they have been archived. (scroll down the page to see the link to each webinar): • Classroom Tools to Teach Point of View and Purpose • Teaching copyright and Fair Use to the Remix Generation • What is Text Complexity? Steps to Implement Common Core Expectations • Using the Big 6/Super 3: More on Putting the Common Core to Work

Student Opportunity Show-Me a Movie is a digital storytelling contest for students grades 2-12 in Missouri and its Border States. These students are invited to demonstrate their crea vity and digital moviemaking skills in one of five categories.

Cash prizes go to the school of the winning movies in each category. See last year's winners and winners from past years.

All winning movies are show-cased at a recep on on February 11, 2014, during the Midwest Educa on Technology Conference (METC). The students from the winnings movie are invited to a,end along with their teachers and families. Informa on, Contest Timeline & Submission Guidelines can be found at goo.gl/u579z4

StudentCam is C-SPAN’s annual na onal video documentary compe

on that encourages students to think cri cally about issues that affect our communi es and our na on. StudentCam’s theme for 2014 is “A Message to the U.S. Congress: What’s the most important issue the U.S. Congress should consider in 2014?” Maximum award includes $5,000, plus $750 to spend on digital video equipment for his/her school. Students grades 6-12, individually or in teams, are eligible. Deadline is January 20, 2014. www.studentcam.org/faq.htm (from AASL)