Volume 2 | Issue 12
Parkway School District
Know & Go
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Nancy’s Nook & Other Reminders Discovery Education Link Please make sure that all building staff are using the correct Discovery Ed link. pkwy. discoveryeducation.com
Folett Shelf Update Earlier this week Jim finished updating Follett Shelf. Hopefully, staff logins to Follett Shelf will work properly at the schools that were having issues previously. If you experience improvement, please let Jim know. Likewise, if there is no change, let him know. Thank you all for your patience with these technical issues.
You don’t build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them. ~Walt Disney
Newsbank News Bank was not renewed this year, so it is no longer working. All of you should remove the link to it on your Edline library page. If you need assistance on this, feel free to email or call Jim.
Book Reviews for Credit If you participated in the METC Advisory Board Book Review and want credit, contact Kim to have a follow up conversation around your take-aways from the book and how it will influence you as you attempt to influence your building.
Follet Chanllenge Here's the basic description: The Follett Challenge showcases and rewards educators who are aligning their curriculum and approach in order to teach the skills needed in the 21st century, and who are implementing a collaborative program with others in their school. In order to enter, applicants must demonstrate how the program is preparing students for the demands of the 21st century and complete the entire online application, which includes a 35 minute video about the program. Entries close on Jan 9th. http://www.follettchallenge.com/
METC Session Information Visit metcconference.org and you'll find the searchable program. Look up sessions alphabetically, by author, category or date. They also have drafts of program grids available for those interested in an overview of the days.
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Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go
Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
ISTE Standards in Our Setting Supporting Technology Standards as Coaches Library Media Specialists support teachers and students with technology, so what does that really mean? We are coaching and as a coach we are continually learning, teaching, and leading in the digital age. We are thinking globally and transforming education in a collaborative environment. Technology coaching plays a key role in assisting with today’s learning. The NETS Standards along with the Essential Conditions (the necessary conditions to effectively leverage technology for learning) are designed to help teachers, administrators and coaches combine their unique strengths to provide students with the opportunity to learn effectively and live productively in an an increasingly global and digital world. The 14 Essential Conditions impact the way we work and support all the members of our school community. As a leader and coach we play a role in many of these conditions: ● Shared Vision - Proactive leadership in developing a shared vision for educational technology among all education stakeholders ● Empowered Leaders - Stakeholders at every level empowered to be leaders in effecting change ● Implementation Planning - A systematic plan aligned with a shared vision for school effectiveness and student learning ● Ongoing Professional Learning - related professional learning plans and opportunities with dedicated time to practice and share idea ● Curriculum Framework - Content standards and related digital curriculum resources that are aligned with and support digital age learning and work ● Student-Centered Learning - Planning, teaching, and assessment centered around the needs and abilities of students ● Assessment and Evaluation - Continuous assessment of teaching, learning, and leadership
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Resources As a companion to its National Education Technology Standards (NETS), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) identified 14 Essential Conditions to effectively leverage technology for learning. School leaders can use Success at the Core (SaC) tools to develop these conditions. The chart on the site illustrates this alignment and provides modules for implementing the Essential Conditions. http://goo.gl/mTjDEO Success at the Core is a FREE resource for educational leaders and teachers. Register to get immediate access to videos and printable materials.
Highlighted & Circled Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Power My learning http://powermylearning.org/education/learning/educational-games-activities PowerMyLearning is a free K-12 platform to personalize instruction and inspire studentdriven learning. The site curates thousands of academic games, videos, and interactives and then tags them by subject, grade, Common Core Standard, and more. Spark 101 http://www.spark101.org/ Leverages short, interactive STEM videos; educator resources; industry ties; and the success of the 114th Partnership, a national non-profit focused on graduating all students prepared and inspired to thrive in college and careers.
MU Professors Announce 175 Must Reads Professors at the University of Missouri celebrate its 175th anniversary by recommending 175 influential books. If you did not get your free copy of the poster (22.5 wide x 28 inches long), contact Laura Roloff at 573-882-9143 or RoloffL@missouri. edu http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/mustreads
Tween Tribune Smithsonian Articles for kids, middle school, teens from @Smithsonian. Features topics about animals, fashion, entertainment, school, science, technology, national and world news written by kids and professional journalists.
http://tweentribune.com
Minecraft resources If Minecraft has taken over your students and you don’t know who they are or what they're talking about anymore, you're in good company. The game supports 21st-century skills such as creativity, innovation, and collaboration, want to know more so you can speak the language? http://goo.gl/ql7wd0 If students aren’t playing Minecraft they are looking at video about Minecraft. The top 10 videos Minecraft video channels on YouTube can be found at http://goo.gl/lTuuAR
National Geo The National Geographic Education Portal offers free multimedia geography, science, and social studies content resources for K-12 educators, learners, and families.
Newseum Digital Classroom http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-classroom/default.aspx A free, cross-disciplinary classroom resource featuring interactive timelines, archival videos and downloadable historic front pages through the lenses of historical connections, media literacy and civics.
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About Books
Want to bring technology into your classroom? Looking to discover new ways of creating meaningful learning experiences for your students? Check out this self-paced, online course is intended for anyone - of any technical skill level - hoping to use Google's educational tools in the classroom. Through videos, use-cases, and examples you'll get ideas about how to bring Google for Education (including Google Apps for Education with Classroom, Google Maps and more) into your teaching. http://goo.gl/Tp4VdO
Typing Accent Marks in Google Teach Foreign/World Languages and need your students to type in Accents? In this week's 30 Seconds of Google, we take a look at a new add-on called "Easy Accents".http://goo.gl/x1JmSF
Simple Search Tools & Strategies for Students In October Richard Byrne presented a short webinar about ten Google search tools and strategies for students. The slides are available on his site at http: //goo.gl/QnZ6m0
In relation to those slides you might also like: How Google Search Works & A Whole Bunch of Tips - http://goo.gl/Sh43Db Lesson Plans and a Road Map for Teaching Search Strategies - http://goo.gl/Ets6cD Google Search Strategy for Students Infographic http://goo.gl/hPB1FF Search Tips for Students - Thinking Before You Search - http://goo.gl/J0QimQ
You now have unlimited Drive Storage in your Parkway Google domain!
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Follett Destiny
Creating a Self Checkout Station With Destiny it is quick and easy to create a self checkout station. ● ● ● ● ●
Designate a self checkout workstation computer Call Jim and get a Circ Only Login Open Chrome, go to the Destiny and login with Circ Only ID (if it asks for you to save that password say, yes). Use a newer scanner that reads symbols. Encourage students to follow the directions posted near the station: ○ Type in or scan your student number ○ Check for your name and picture ○ Scan the books ○ Read the titles on the screen ○ Scan or push the reset button
Tips and Considerations ● Think about obtaining a number keypad ● Turn off auto-fill in the browser settings so students can't see others student ID numbers as they type ● After entering the student number be sure to click Enter ● Students should always check to make sure they see their name and picture (if applicable) ● Students should check that the book title shows up as checked out under their name once scanned ● Students must Reset so the account is not available to the next person wanting to checkout ● Get a Reset barcode for students to scan rather than having to click on the button http://legacyhelp.fsc.follett. com/AutoSearch/library-circulationcommands.pdf ● If students are unable to enter their ID number, it is more than likely because someone has accidentally pushed the number lock button and the keys are not working. ● Need help setting this up, email Kim for an appointment
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Personalized Learning @your Library November is Picture Book Month Research shows that the multisensory aspect of picture books helps to stimulate language, brain, and attention span development in students. what do we do allday.com - 11 books to inspire inventors and enginners http://picturebookmonth.com/ Story Book Read Along Youtube channel featuring popular children's books and newly created video books read aloud with closed captioning so viewers can read along http://goo.gl/Hj3sQo
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.
Global Education Conference The fifth annual Global Education Conference, a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, will be held Monday, November 17 through Friday, November 22, 2014 The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the globe while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity. Last year’s conference featured 200 general sessions and 19 keynote addresses from all over the world with over 8,000 participant logins. To attend this year's conference and to be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please join this network.
Rebranding Digital Citizenship Thursday, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER HERE
Dynamic Databases: Revolutionizing Today’s Research, Teaching, and Learning Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
You Need It: Reading Promotional Programming That Really Works! Tuesday, Mar. 31 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
http://goo.gl/vA8Tjz
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News About the Profession Notes taken from the webinar, Pitching the Library to Improve Your School Library Program. We do amazing things - but no one cares - so LMSs must document, document, document! Examples of data collection: ● ● ● ● ● ●
Count the number times have your library been mentioned in a tweet or facebook Take the yearly surveys (open ended answers) from year to year and put each in a word cloud to see the comparison Create and utilize a YouTube channel and monitor the number of views Instructional portal that contain lessons, such as blogger or Libguides (counter) Database statistic usage numbers Google analytics for documents created
Resources Three Quick & Easy Ways to Advocate for Your School Library Program The site recommends different ways of doing things we might already be doing, but it’s worth a look. Their top three things to do are: ●
Ask students to recommend books they would like to have added to the library’s collection.
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Contact parents with a positive phone call.
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Show administrators what is happening in your library. Keep a camera at your Circulation Desk and use it!
Who LMSs are or are not... ● You are not books, physical space, or specific content ● You are there to help all students Promotional Roles of the LMS Instructional partner - share all files in Google docs folders, make a presence using Google classroom, train/model on mobile apps (ex:socrative) Professional Developer - select specific tool set to get LMSs really good to empower the teachers with instructional delivery Leader - you have a critical role in mobile technology participate in- have a seat at the table Information Specialist - cataloging, weeding, and databases ● Accessing items for projects using Libguides or Blogger ● Importance to open access - learning should be scary - open up all website ● Text your library when stumped - use Google Voice Reading Advocate & Advisor ● Be current - example Malala won peace prize - promote those books right then and there ● Have a...if you like try this display ● Bookmark that “we have this in eBook” ● Augmented reality book information using Aurasma - 30 seconds of infor from students ● Identify new books in your collection for specific subjects - with different levels for each subject - ex Global History Library Administrator/Space Creator ● Weed the nonfiction to make space - Exposing your learning community ● Get as many parent volunteers - get one to round up everyone else ● PTO grants - apply every time - it’s not about the money its an opportunity to show motivated your are to improve your library - shows your impact - and they are generally easy to get- look for other local grants ● Your teachers are your advocates - without even knowing they are doing it …selfies in the library or shelfies - great sign ● Student volunteers - they tell their friends what is going on - free advertising ● Book clubs - the somewhat virtual book club through G+ - joyce valenza - 5 states with 5 different clubs #SWVBC
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Student Opportunities Library Lessons From the kidshealth.org page students can learn about plagiarism in kid friendly vocabulary and use the quick checklist when working on projects.
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Camera Uploads Google Leadership Symposium A portion of the day was designated for many of the leaders from around that state to visit students in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 8th grade utilizing Google Apps on multiple devices.
http://goo.gl/P6UA0
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