Volume 2 | Issue 29
Parkway School District
Know & Go
Contact Information
@your Library Nancy’s Nook & Other Reminders Mark Your Calendar
The Welcome Back meeting with all librarians will be Friday, August 7th, 8:00-3:00 at West HIgh in the Library Classroom.
Google Academy Information Right now we are really low in terms of the number of people registered for Google Academy. So, please consider telling your friends about the event and post the Academy and Camp flyers in strategic places in your buildings. Google Academy will be offered as a salary credit opportunity for you and teachers in your building. All the information can be found at this link (http://goo.gl/uQu8BS). As a presenter, you have the ability to earn salary credit as well.
2015-2016 Award eBooks on the Way I ordered all 2015-2016 award books that came in electronic (eBook) format. I will be pushing those titles to school shelves in the next few days. Elementaries will see all Show Me's, Mark Twain's, and Truman's. Middle School's will see all Mark Twain's, Truman's, and Gateway's. High School's will see all Mark Twain's, Truman's, and Gateway's. Any books that are 12 month access will not show up on your shelves until June 1. If you wish to 'hide' any of the titles on your shelf, you will have to log on to your administrator account and hide them.
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
Inventory Jim put put together a set of inventory instructions if you are still need of those. https://sites.google.com/site/faqofdestiny/inventoryinstructions. In addition to those directions, there is also a set of instructions from Follett. http://legacyhelp.fsc.follett. com/content/inventory/library_inventory/inventoryform_overview.htm
#Parkway Reads
Library Services Answers to FAQs ● ● ● ●
For our students to meet the Mission, Vision and Learning Principles of the Parkway School District we know that students must be curious, creative, and confident learners but we also know that they must have strong literacy skills both in and out of school.
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Use the hashtag #ParkwayReads to highlight the reading lives of the Parkway community. Post to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with #ParkwayReads and #WhereIRead with pictures of the places that you do your reading. Whether it's at the pool, on vacation, on a plane, waiting for a practice to finish, in the backseat on a road trip or even just at home on the couch, help us celebrate reading in the Parkway community with #ParkwayReads.
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Well Said... The library may be the only area in our schools where learners can direct learning! ~ Joyce Valenza What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
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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 Substitute librarian list Sub Training Videos Standing orders Ordering/renewing databases HS only Destiny FAQ Page of Answers
Timely Topics
Summer Reading
Digital Resources, eBooks, Learning Commons, Scheduling, Leadership, Programing, Makerspaces
Looking Forward
Looking Back
Thank you taking the end of the year survey. When looking at the overall themes and hot From the data collected we found LMSs are topics for the year it is interesting to see the are thinking about how the following topics trends for Parkway libraries. Themes emerged might fit in their library or would like to from conversations had throughout the year that create a plan: included: libraries of today, role of the librarian, ● Gaming/Gamification 63% programming (makerspaces, gaming, production, ● Makerspaces 56% etc.), scheduling (flex/fixed), and partnerships. ● Genrefication 40% Specific topics that increased over the past school ● Rethinking library spaces 38% year were: ● Number of Presentations outside of Professional Learning topics that are of most Parkway +67% interest: ● Newsletter Inquiries +59% ● Technology Integration 83% ● Makerspaces +56% ● Library Advocacy 76% ● Genrefication +50% ● Collaboration/Co-teaching 73% ● Weeding +50% ● eContent/Digital Reading 70% ● Rethinking Library spaces +48% ● Digital Citizenship 68% ● Scheduling (fixed/flex) +43% ● Media Literacy 68% ● Digital Citizenship +31% ● Public Library Partnerships 55% ● Tablets/Mobile Learning +25% ● Partnership work +20% Our attention will focus on these topics as ● Technology Integration +11% we think about the best way to disseminate ● Gaming/Gamification +10% information and resources to help meet your ● eContent unchanged needs for the upcoming school year.
In the May-June 2015 (Volume 31 Number 7) issue of School Library many resources were shared about summer reading (students and librarians). ●
Another article offered suggested packing a summer suitcase of vacation picture books.
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Ideas for moving past the required summer reading list.
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The final resource contained book lists beyond our summer reading lists in .pdf format.
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As the school year comes to an end, some librarians may be thinking about their own learning network and professional summer reading list. There are many resources to inform and inspire (2014).
**percentages were calculated between last year and this years data collection
Snap Shots Mason Ridge author visit and SWM Literacy Night
What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
About Books Humans, Machines and Inbetweens The focus in the current School Library Journal is on Robo Reads! This article has something for all grade levels from fiction to nonfiction. The list contains titles of excellent robot literature from the last few years. What a great way to encourage scientific minds to read over the summer or to create a list the library should probably keep for makerspaces. Who wouldn’t want to read something like Zoobots. The article also contains quick digital picks which includes websites and apps.
New Summer Reading List This summer Parkway will be circulating new summer reading lists in a brochure format for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. The lists were adopted from ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children), MISL (Missouri Association of School Librarians), and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association).The criteria for many of the books on these lists were based on overall appeal, exposure to authors, diversity, genre variety, and relevance. The brochure format creates a manageable list with adequate choice to encourage students to read for fun. Summer reading is a chance for students to learn to read for pleasure. This lists and additional resources can be found on the Library Services page. Also be sure to use the hashtag #parkwayreads to organize social media posts about reading in Parkway.
St Louis County Summer Reading Program Summer Reading Club starts on May 18. The promotional videos showcasing how the club works are now available on the library’s YouTube channel. Here are the direct links to put on your library webpage: Kids’ Reading Club (Kindergarten-Grade 5) Kid Club Promotional Video Teen Reading Club (Grades 6-12) Teen Club Promotional Video The video is to promote the club to students and parents. Ideas for sharing the video include: ● showing the videos to your students during class or assemblies ● posting the video to your school’s website ● sending the link in an electronic newsletter or other communication to parents Encourage your students to not only participate in the club this summer, but to strive to complete the club.
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Additional Resources ● STEM books for Children ● Books for Little Inventors & Engineers
Here are this week’s most popular posts from Richard Byrne’s FreeTech4Teachers.com: ● 20 Good Map Creation Tools for Students ● What2Learn – Create Your Own Review Games ● Thousands of Elementary School Math Practice Activities Aligned to Common Core S ● How to Eliminate Choices as They’re Used on Google Forms ● 12 Good Tools for Creating End-of-Year Review Activities ● A Short Summary of Best Practices for Using Images in Blog Posts ● Three Helpful Updates to the Google Classroom iPad & Android Apps ● By Request – Five Options for Creating Videos on Chromebooks ● 3. Ten Sites and Apps to Inspire Creative Writing ● 4. Mystery Science – Great Science Lessons for Elementary School Students ● 5. Story Prompts – 20 Random(ish) Pictures at a Time ● 6. How to Privately Share Videos Through YouTube