Volume 2 | Issue 17
Parkway School District
Know & Go
Contact Information
@your Library Nancy’s Nook & Other Reminders
DPLA - Digital Public Library of America For those of you who were at our development on Jan 3rd and saw the DPLA (resources from America's libraries, archives, and museums) presentation you know that it was not available in the district at that time. It has been unblocked and you should be able to access it at dp.la without issue. This is a great content hub with several tools: ● timeline - do a year search and it will tell you how many resources for that period of time exist - search by decade - great for those era projects ● map - search - if you are studying by region ● book shelf - 8 million items -be sure to refine the search ● manuscripts ● sound bytes ● primary sources
Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go ISSUU Newsletter Stacks: 2014-2015 2013-2014 Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
The Top 50 School Library Blogs This list features the top school library blogs ordered by website popularity metrics and social media engagement including the number of websites that link to a blog and number of followers on Twitter.
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Librarians List 14-15 Who To Call Ordering procedures Follett ordering w/screenshots Follett Acct #'s Follett req Instructions building budget Sample budget (If you would like your own template, email Nancy) Standing orders Ordering/renewing databases HS only Destiny FAQ Page of Answers
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources 100+ Apps for PE Teachers The resource provides ideas on how to transform the PE classroom with mobile apps . Download the PDF here. HEC-TV LIVE Update Program offerings, archived, and curriculum materials are available for Explore Fossils, Let’s Talk Trash, and The First Step Into Deep Space. HEC-TV also has programs related to the new film, Selma. Timelines as Digital Portfolios and Reflections on Learning Building timelines can be a good way for students organize the things they have learned and created in the course of a school year. Creating a multimedia timeline is a good method of displaying the evidence that students have created in the course of the school year. http: //www.freetech4teachers.com
Marketing @ Your Library Create a brochure that shares 10 things everyone must see @your Library. What might you include: highlighted spaces, art work, book collections, production areas, quotes, activities, services or digital devices for use.
If you are thinking about employing this type of display, it might be helpful to have a rubric for self or peer feedback. Click to view. Padlet Walls - Customize Columns Padlet is not new but they have some features that may make life easier. Padlet is a favorite because it is a flexible fit for a lot of different uses. One of the suggested uses is for creating KWL (Know, Want, Learn) charts. To provide students with guidance on where to place their notes a custom background can be created in Padlet. The background is a just a screenshot of a three column page that’ s made in Google Documents and then uploaded to Padlet. Screenshots of the process are included in the post from freetech4teachers.com
Give eBooks a Physical Presence It’s the opportunity to make the intangible tangible. Check out the howto on Overdrive’s blog for promotional ideas.
10 Charts Comparing Ed Tech Tools There are several charts comparing popular ed tech tools but Richard Byrne put them all together in one place. In this Google Drive folder you will find ten charts comparing popular ed tech tools in the following areas: alternatives to Google image search, backchannel and informal assessment tools, building classroom websites, building classroom blogs, creating multimedia textbooks, creating multimedia quizzes, audio editing tools, multimedia timeline tools, mind-mapping tools, and mobile video creation apps
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Follett Destiny Destiny FAQ Page of Answers
Library Lessons Book Trailers See Infographic of the Process and additional resources
Weeding Many of you are doing weeding to create new and exciting spaces, so here are the quick directions that can also be found on the Destiny FAQ site. Select Catalog > Update Copies Click “Track as Weeded” box. Scan books to be weeded. Need advice on weeding - check out Adventures of Library Girl’s blog post - Keeping Your Library Collection Smelling F.R.E.S.H. 1. 2. 3.
Follett BryteWave K-12 App Lately we have received some information from the schools that the BryteWave app is not working. While sometimes the Follet Shelf may be down that is not necessarily always the case. We have found that when downloading the app it is imperative that faculty and staff are downloading Follett Brytewave K-12 edition of the app and not just the Brytewave app. It is very easy to download the incorrect app.
What determines the fee for a book marked Lost? Books marked Lost draw the fee from Purchase Price as listed in the copy. If Purchase Price is blank, they will instead use the Max Fine for the Patron Type/Circulation Type combination in question. In other words, a book (circulation type bk), look under the Patron Type of a person, see the Max Fine in the listing for bk, that is what they would be charged. Purchase Price's may be higher or lower than the Max Fine; Destiny will not limit itself to the "Max Fine" if the Purchase Price is a higher amount. As a final note, borrowers not at your school will use the Patron Type of "Student" for determining Max Fine.
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Resources for Digital-Age Learning
ISTE Standards in Our Setting The Coaching Standards Standard three - Digital-Age Learning Environments In order to maximize student learning coaches are creating and supporting effective digital-age learning environments and the way they approach it are listed below: ●
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Model effective classroom management and collaborative learning strategies to maximize teacher and student use of digital tools and resources and access to technology-rich learning environments ○ identify strategies for the use of digital tools and resources Maintain and manage a variety of digital tools and resources for teacher and student use in technology-rich learning environments ○ maintain and manage a variety of digital tools and resources within the library Coach teachers in and model use of online and blended learning, digital content, and collaborative learning networks to support and extend student learning as well as expand opportunities and choices for online professional development for teachers and administrators ○ coach teachers in and model the use of online and blended learning, digital content, collaborative learning networks to support and extend student learning and opportunities Select, evaluate, and facilitate the use of adaptive and assistive technologies to support student learning ○ help identify adaptive and assistive technologies to support student learning Troubleshoot basic software, hardware, and connectivity problems common in digital learning environments ○ be able to troubleshoot basic software and hardware problems common in digital learning environments Collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources that enhance teaching and learning and are compatible with the school technology infrastructure ○ collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources that enhance teaching and learning Use digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community ○ produce resources related to improving digital-age learning environments that are used by educators beyond your building
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-coaches
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The Office of Instructional Technology offers examples of how students can produce and share new knowledge to demonstrate their understanding of ideas and concepts. The page also contains a how to for common web 2.0 tools.
Digital Learning Day During this event technology is center stage along with how teachers embrace digital learning strategies. The Mindshift site shares articles that shed light on the use of technology , how it supports learning, blended learning, and deciding what technology is needed. PBS Learning Media released a survey and created an infographic that illustrates what teachers are saying about educational technology. Their site also contains over 100,000 digital resources for the classroom.
Google Graphing Calculators for Chrome Desmosalso offers a Chrome app. The Chrome app version of Desmos works like the web version. Along with all of the graphing functions Desmos allows you to share your equations and graphs. Desmos graphs your equations as you type them and redraws them as you alter your equations.
About Books Most Anticipated: The great 2015 Book Preview From themillions.com
Graph.tk is a free online graphing utility that is also available in the Google Chrome Web Store. Graph.tk allows you to plot multiple functions through its dynamically re-sizing grid. To graph an equation on Graph.tk just click the "+" symbol to enter a new equation. One thing that isn't clear the first time you use Graph.tk is that you need to delete the existing default equations before you start. From freetech4teachers.com Great Websites for Read Aloud Books and Read to Me Stories
Google TIps On this site flip a card to learn more about a bunch of stuff you can do with Google. Fun to do with students too. The stuff represents various products such as YouTube, Chrome, Android, Hangouts and much more.
According to EDventures listening to a book helps kids to develop better concentration and listening skills, engages their imagination, increases their vocabulary and enhances their desire to be a reader as they grow. Check out the collection.
Ever Thought About being a Google Certified Teacher, Educator or Trainer? Look at the following infographic and see where are you are. Want to know more, look at Tech Trek. Also check the Google for Education page where you can learn more about the products, training, and resources .
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Personalized Learning One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar and then go to http://tinyurl. com/LibWebinars 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. Discovery Education - Day of Learning: STEAM-ing it UP!
National Readathon Day @your Library National Readathon Day (NRD), January 24, is closer than it appears. Just in its first year, the event came out of the Random House/Penguin merger in 2013 and asks participants to read four hours that day, from noon to 4:00 PM in their respective time zones. A giving site has been set up, and online resources are still available to help promote this in your libraries. For more background on NRD and its supporters, check out LibraryJournal.com. President’s Day @your Library From the Classroom Magic blog there are some activities and videos to watch for President’s Day. One video come from School Tube and it is an audio recording of So You Want to be President. Best Educational Paradies @your Library From Edutopia see the five minute film festival of the best education parodies of 2014. It’s a lot of fun. In addition to the parodies they also have more resources for using humor and music in the classroom. http://www.edutopia.org/ School Library Month The 30th Anniversary is coming up in April! It’s never too early to start planning the library program celebration. http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm
St. Louis Science Center - Friday, January 23, 2015 9 AM - 2 PM Cost: FREE! Register today at http://links.discoveryeducation.com/edplusSTEAM EdcampSTL An Unconference - February 7, 2015! At an UNconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Anyone who wants to initiate a discussion on a topic can claim a time and a space. UNconferences typically feature open discussions rather than having a single speakers at the front of the room lecturing, although any format is permitted. This form of conference is particularly useful when the attendees generally have a high level of expertise or knowledge in the field the conference convenes to discuss, unlocking the creative genius of the attendees so that all may learn and be inspired! http://www.edcampstl.org/
Register for either one here.
Dynamic Databases: Revolutionizing Today’s Research, Teaching, and Learning Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time Makerspaces: The Now Revolution in School Libraries Tuesday, Feb, 17 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time You Need It: Reading Promotional Programming That Really Works! Tuesday, Mar. 31 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
Other Opportunities Write for you national organization! AASL is seeking bloggers for its newly expanded Knowledge Quest website. To apply, please visit www.ala.org/aasl/kq/bloggers. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is now accepting applications for Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries, a small grants program that encourage libraries and archives to prototype and evaluate innovations that result in new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. Libraries may qualify for $10,000 to $25,000 in small grants, and there are no matching requirements. More information can be found at: http://www.imls. gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19
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Professional Relevance Digital Resources, eBooks, Learning Commons, Scheduling, Leadership, Programing, Makerspaces
Digital Age Library Spaces Lately I have been fortunate enough to work with many librarians on looking at their space with a different lens. The conversation goes through several topics such as: ● defining what a digital-age library is ○ characteristics ○ the big picture ● considering what it could become ○ the snapshot in your mind ○ the dynamics of the community ● identifying what their current reality is ○ the frustrations, interactions, themes and frustrations ● deciding on purpose and goals ○ addressing needs ● preparing for conversation with administrators ○ background information needed ○ concepts/needs being addressed ● configuring library zones ○ traffic flow ○ furniture/wall graphics ○ shelving ○ social vs collaborative areas ● creating 1-5 year plans and prioritizing needs ○ curriculum ○ space ○ budget ○ timeline ● looking at current trends ○ zones/spaces ● discussing what it means to reinvent the library space ○ changing the rules ○ physical vs virtual space ○ flexibility ● indicators of success ○ gathering data ● promoting the space ○ share the vision with stakeholders While it may seem overwhelming, it is a very exciting time to think about the direction of the library in your building. If you want to start or continue the conversation let Kim or Bill know. We are here to support you as you start or continue this journey. This is the golden age of librarianship. ~ Joyce Valenza References: Design Thinking for Educators is…http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/ New & Improved Libraries - October 2014 - techlearning.com Teen library spaces - http://www.ala.org/tools/guidelines/standardsguidelines#TeenSvcs What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Librarians of the Future
Snap Shots
By the Numbers
The METC committee is preparing for another great conference in February. The committee photo idea might be fun to do with students. Have them take a selfie with their device and then take a picture of them with their device as their face. Faces of technology @your Library
The acquisition of eBooks continues to rise steadily. 20% of teens are actually buying their reading material in this format, compared to 23% of 18-29 year-olds, and 25% of 30-44 year olds. ~ Reported by Nielsen
New furniture, paint, and shelves at Wren Hollow. More changes coming
Quotes to Share
Student Opportunities St. Louis County Library will begin a new program series in January designed to help teens gain skills to transition to adulthood. The series is called In the Know @ Your Library and will explore topics such as budgeting, interview tips, how to buy your first car and more. A full program schedule is available here. The series is free and open to the public, but registration may be required.
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Much of your success as an educator has to do with your attitude towards teaching and towards kids. The rest of your success is based on your willingness to relentlessly search for what engages students in the classroom and then having the guts to do it ~ Dave Burgess Teach Like a Pirate
Student Contest Penguin Books has launched an Out of the Easy college scholarship essay contest for students! This title has been nominated for MASL's 20152016 Gateway Readers Award. The contest is open to 12th grade students and homeschooled students aged 17 or 18, and the prize is a $5,000 scholarship towards college. Click here to learn more about this contest and how to get your students involved.