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Know & Go @Your Library

Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog

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I’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path on behalf of the souls they never know they saved. ~Barbara Kingsolver

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All Library books are due back by May 9th!

The Parkway Summer Reading List is available at www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/secreading.html and on the St. Louis County Library webpage.

Students should also apply for a St. Louis County Library card because they will have access to hundreds of eBooks, databases, and magazine subscrip&ons all online. h'p://www.slcl.org/using_the_library/library_cards NEW from ST Louis County Library—Hoopla is a brand new eMedia service available free to St. Louis County Library cardholders. If you have a St. Louis County Library card you can use Hoopla.

• Hoopla is similar to Ne lix • Instantly stream movies, television shows, music & audiobooks to tablets, phones and computers • All items are available immediately • Check out periods are: audiobooks—21days, TV and movies—2 or 3 days, and music—7 days • To get started, sign up for an account using your library card number, PIN, and email address.

• Once your account is created, you can borrow &tles for complete direc&ons, see: h'p://www.slcl.org/emedia • FREE! Thank you to all the people involved in pu6ng on the May Day Celebra&on!

Highlighted & Underlined Technology, Research, and Learning Resources 7 Best STEM Resources Looking for online STEM resources to share with students and staff, use with Maker Spaces, or Google’s 80/20 innova&on model. The New England STEM ini&a&ve has a many viable op&ons (some have been shared in previous newsle'er, but are worth men&oning again)!

Resources include Makersate, MinecraA Edu, MakerBot Replicator 2, Enterprise City, Hour of Code, Design Squad Na&on (in partnership with PBS), and Northeastern University Center for STEM Educa&on (if you want to stay in the loop about STEM—this is your site). www.enterprisecity.org

Not New But S(ll a Great Awareness Site—Worldometers.info The place to get real world sta&cs on popula&on, economics, media, food, water, energy, and health. They also have other stat sites like Internet Live Stats, USA Live Stats, and 7Billion World. h'p://www.worldometers.info

Wellcome Images releases 100,000 images under crea(ve commons license.

"The Wellcome Library recently made more than 100,000 drawings, photographs, pain&ngs, and adver&sements available to the world under Crea&ve Commons licensing. The images available through the Wellcome Images library are primarily of a historic nature. You can browse the galleries or search for images by keyword." Posted on h'p://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Lesson Plan Map—Teaching Students Effec(ve Search Skills The Educa&on Technology & Mobile Learning site has 15 lesson plans mapped out to teach students who to navigate Google search more effec&vely. The ar&cle has search &ps, lesson plans, and planning map with the Common Core Standards spelled out. h'p://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/04/15-must-have-g%20oogle-lessons-plans-to.html

Close Reading Site to Meet CCSS ThinkCERCA - Provides leveled informa&on texts connected by grade and themes. A unique tool to support problem-based learning. Themes include technology, culture, and social responsibility. Includes wri&ng prompts and rubrics. This is not a free site, Currently free to use texts for grades 4 - 12. Posted on h'p://www.ccedtech.com/2014/04/closereading-sites-to-meet-ccss.html#.U2jk6YFdWAh

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4 Advanced Search Operators to Help Find Elusive Google Drive Files Organizing Google Drive can be a li'le tricky, but luckily you can quickly iden&fy and access what you need by searching Drive more efficiently. The video will cover how to best search Drive by using the following operators: Title—search by the files’ &tle (group phrases in quota&on marks) Owner—search according to who owns the item (works best with owner’s email address) Type—search by the file type (document, spreadsheet, presenta&on, drawing, image, video, .pdf, and textdoc).

Is:starred—search items that are marked with a star

Create and Edit Docs and Sheets with New Mobile Apps Today it’s a lot easier for you to quickly find, edit, and create documents, spreadsheets, and presenta&ons on the go. Introducing mobile apps for Docs and Sheets, with Slides on the way. Learn more: h'p://goo.gl/wGgTJW or get the apps now: Docs Android: h'p://goo.gl/R6zVQ9 Docs iOS: h'p://goo.gl/c2LokJ Sheets Android: h'p://goo.gl/K1zXzi Sheets iOS: h'p://goo.gl/c8mk8t h'ps://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/LZXiV3J8htZ

Student Opportunities St Louis County Library’s Summer Reading Club The Kid Reading Club (ages 3 to entering grade 5) and the Teen Reading Club (Entering grades 6-12) starts on May 12th! There are two promo&onal videos showcasing how the club works and this year’s prizes are now available on the library’s YouTube channel. The direct link: Teen Club Promo&onal Video.

The videos can be use to promote the club to your students and parents. Other ideas for sharing include: showing the videos during assembly &mes, pos&ng them on your website, or sending the link in a newsle'er.