Know & Go Volume 1 | Issue 9

Collected the Week of October 14th

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Technology, Research, and Learning Resources ThingLink h ps://www.thinglink.com/ is a free and user friendly digital tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into an interac ve graphic. Create mul ple “hot spots” on specific parts of an image and turn that image into a mul media launcher. Include video, record audio or provide a link to any website with the click of a bu on. Easily embed an interac ve ThingLink graphic into any blog or website. Thinglink—toolkit h p://thinglinktoolkit.wikispaces.com/

SMART Exchange— the online community that is a repository for a variety of high-quality, peer-reviewed digital content you can use for your library lessons.

You will need an account but it is free. A sugges on is to Click and Preview before downloading...why take up the space on your hard drive to see if you like it? You and your students can also open these lessons in SMART Notebook Express (a light version of SMART Notebook) This is a web applica on (internet required) that enables educators everywhere to open, interact with and share SMART Notebook files even if you do not have SMART Notebook on your device . If you are interested in ge4ng started with SMART Notebook Express go to h p://goo.gl/5wrOSw for a guide or go to h p://goo.gl/okWOih to view the video.

Some example library lessons: • Game—arrangement of books and layout of this school's library • Library orienta on—all different grade levels • Learning About Call Numbers • Genre Book reviews • Text Features of Nonfic on Thinkquest—h p://goo.gl/ABLv9Y This website introduces explorers that filled in the map with lands that were previously unknown to Europeans. Students will learn about why they sailed, where they sailed, what they found, and how they treated each other and the people that they met.

Memrise—h p://www.memrise.com/ Memrise is an online learning tool that uses flashcards augmented with mnemonics—partly gathered through crowdsourcing (contribu ons from a large group of people ). The power of Memrise is also available in pocket-sized format for on the go learning. Learn languages, geography, history, science, and pop culture.

Learning Opportunities Parkway Library Media Webinar Series 10/10/13—Google Collabora ve Tools - Bill Bass Archived—h p://goo.gl/q6mBxy 11/12/13—Digital Ci zenship—Tom Swoboda—4 PM 12/3/13—TBD 1/16/14— Seeing Horizon Through Student Eyes - Ka e Stafford - 4 PM 3/4/14—TBD 4/8/4 TBD

Each webinar will be held using Google Hangouts (h p://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/) and will be archived on a Parkway Library YouTube Channel which we will set up soon. If you want to par cipate in the webinar and ask ques ons, you are free to do. You can also just watch as it's happening, or you can watch it aOer the fact as it will be archived on the YouTube channel and a link put on our website.

Yep, it is s$ll going on...Connected Educator Month!

What is Connected Educators about? It’s an online professional network supported by the Department of Educa on. The mission is to help educators like yourself thrive in a connected world. Connected Educators combines research, development, and outreach all year long, but invites you to celebrate and par cipate the whole month of October.

To get you going, Connected Educator has created a Starter Kit for you to peruse in order to get the best experience. The kit is a ached to this weeks updates. Visit the official Connected Educator Month site at h p://connectededucatormonth.org.

Today is CONNECTED LIBRARIAN DAY and this week is Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference http://www.library20.com/2013. The pre-conference event for K12 and Teacher Librarians is an open, online, and free event. h p:// www.connectedlibrarians.com. The hashtag is #cld13. The conversa on this year is about the future of libraries and is scheduled for October 18-19, 2013. If you want to be kept informed about the conference news join the Library 2.0 network h p://goo.gl/Hd4lTv.

DENapalooza Oct. 26! Brought you by Discovery Educa on On Saturday, October 26th Discovery Educa on will present a full day event with formal presenta ons in the morning on topics like Digital Storytelling, Project-Based Learning, and Building Your PLN with the DEN. Then, the aOernoon will be spent unconference style. A endees will choose the topics and lead the conversa ons. More ques ons about DENapalooza check out the wiki at h p://goo.gl/qTxlei The event will be held at Ritenour Middle School, 2500 Marshall Ave., St Louis, MO 63114.

Register at h p://goo.gl/sBbmpy K-12 Online Pre-Conference starts TODAY with Shannon Miller!

See her archived presenta on, Once Voice at a Time h p://k12onlineconference.org/ Check out the conference preview at h p://goo.gl/q2aVHN. This online conference is organized into four strands. Each strand has an invited keynote speaker and (at least) nine addi onal selected speakers.

Strands for 2013 are: Week of Oct 21 – 25: Open Learning and Outside Learning Week of Oct 28 – Nov. 1: Leading Learning and Building Learning

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Struggling Readers & Common core—October 22nd, 1:00 PM Central—video archive available if you register The goal of the Common Core is to accelerate students’ reading achievement to grade level by the end of 2014, but educators can’t begin to make an impact on young adults who are reading below grade level without rich resources to aid them. In this hour-long, free webinar, an expert panel will offer ps about how to implement the Common Core State Standards with struggling and striving readers in the middle- and high-school classroom. Register at h p://goo.gl/XUo Q Par$cipa$on Credits—AOer you have par cipated in the webinar, in order to get credit, you will need to go to h p:// nyurl.com/LibWebinars and record your par cipa on. Remember that district credit is based on the number of hours that you par cipate. Six hours will get you .5 credit and 12 hours will get you 1 credit.

Reminders/News You will start to see this graphic as you read about various resources. It is part of an effort to support the CTA (Campus Technology Access) or BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiative. It will help to identify those apps that can be used with Apple and/or Android devices.

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This week is DARE to READ for the Fun of It @Your Library!

See the 2013 nominated teen spotlight list at h p://goo.gl/ sbkp1y or view them or see previous winners at h p://goo.gl/ pJcvHp.

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Inspire teens to read Ender’s Game before it hits theaters November 1. It might also be fun to pull those other books off the shelf that have also been made into a movie. How fun would that display be!

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Red Hot Crime during the coldest months @ Your Library—As the fall pushes forward into winter what be er me to pick up a good mystery. Generally, mysteries tend to be the most circulated genre.

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PLNs Doug Johnson—Speaks and consults on school technology and library issues! He has written several books, such as The Indispensable Librarian and The Classroom Teacher’s Technology Survival Guide. Check him out on Twitter @BlueSkunkBlog or at blog, The Blue Skunk Blog.

Research—Articles Worth Reading Here is an excerpt from an article from @Your Library that discusses the relationship between eBooks and libraries. “Younger Americans’ priori es for libraries reflect this mix of habits, including various types of brick-and-mortar services as well as digital technologies.

Asked about what it is “very important” libraries should offer, for instance, librarians were at the top of the list:

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80% of Americans under age 30 say it is “very important” to havelibrarians to help people find informa$on they need 76% say it is “very important” to offer research resources such as free databases 75% say free access to computers and the internet is “very important” to have 75% say it is “very important” for libraries to offer books for people to borrow 72% say quiet study spaces are “very important” 72% say programs and classes for children and teens are “very important” to have 71% say it is “very important” for libraries to offer job or career resources”

Read more at: E-books and Libraries: Younger Americans Reading Habits S ll Anchored in the Book: PEW." Atyourlibrary.org. American Library Associa on, n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. h p://goo.gl/dkVokI

Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer

http://tinyurl.com/libserv Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code below.

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Brenda—Henry Melissa—Bellerive Kris n—West Middle Kim—Oak Brook Tina—Barre s Michelle—Sorrento, Shelly—McKelvey