Know & Go Volume 2 | Issue13

Volume 2 | Issue 13

Parkway School District

Know & Go

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Nancy’s Nook & Other Reminders Thanksgiving Thought Self Checkout In last weeks newsletter directions and tips were given on how to initiate self checkout in your library.

If you are intending on giving self checkout a go and would like to have a 10 key number pad, then put your order in HERE. Nancy will place the order and it will come out of your LIbrary Services budget ($22.00). If you would like help getting this up and running let Kim know.

End of Life for Panda & Horizon As of January 1, 2015, the Horizon system and the PANDA pages that were used in the past will no longer be available. If there is any information that you would like from the Horizon database or on the PANDA pages, be sure you do that before we return from winter break. If you have questions about how to access or retrieve that data, please talk with Jim.

Destiny Upgrade from 12.0 to 12.5 Your Destiny platform will be upgraded between 9 pm CST Friday, December 5, 2014 and 9 pm CST Saturday, December 6, 2014. Kim will participate in a webinar to learn what is new in the 12.5 version. This information will be shared with everyone via email and newsletter.

Library Database - Plan B Option Jim created a simple site that has the information and links from the library database page, in case Edline unavailable. If the the resource needs to be be modified let Jim know. http://goo.gl/i8jev0

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 3-5 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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"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~ John F Kennedy

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

Resources

ISTE Standards in Our Setting Supporting Technology Standards as Coaches - Continued Last week information was shared on the Essential Conditions that 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 standards are not a top-down structure. Teachers, coaches (LMSs), other administrators, and technology specialists need to work in concert to support student learning, which is the center of our educational efforts. Thinking as a coach, the work that LMSs do on daily basis in technology complements the student and teacher standards and helps to fill an important realization of systemic improvement within your community. The coach’s role is a pioneer that conducts field tests, contextualizes tools for specific purposes, and assists peers in the implementation process. As a coach you are fulfilling critical functions which are the coaching standards categories: ● Helping enact visionary leadership in relation to global learning and technology ● Mentoring and modeling best teaching,e learning and assessment practices ● Creating digital-age learning environments by selecting, evaluating, arranging, maintaining, and managing technologies ● Designing, implementing, and evaluating professional development ● Promoting and modeling digital citizenship ● Developing and continuously improving the your own knowledge and skills The coach is a critical component for school transformation. The coaching standards can also be used to: ● Reflect on practice ● Focus on professional learning ● Guide development needed in your communities

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Creating your own PLN (Personal Learning Network) is key to developing and growing professionally. Finding the correct networks for you are essential to improving knowledge and skills.

Twitter provides the best bang for the buck if you are looking for specific people or organizations to follow. There is a great guide (complete with an infographic of great hashtags) to using Twitter on Edudemic. com If you are interested in the dayto-day weekly librarian Twitter Chats check out the infographic at http://goo.gl/Jjxn8k

As a coach it is sometimes hard to decide what resources provide you with relevant information. Pick a few that you trust and either follow them on Twitter or sign up for a newsletter. Some examples include: EdTechTeacher.org contains classroom resources and professional development for teachers to learn how to teach with technology. It is organized by academic subjects, topics (research and writing, Google Apps, etc.), and learning activities (creation).

Highlighted & Circled Technology, Research & Learning Resources It’s Back...Hour of Code The “Hour of Code” is a global movement with the aim of reaching tens of millions of students in 180plus countries. Last year, many Parkway schools learned about computer programming in “Hour of Code” activities, and already 28,145 events are planned for Computer Science Education Week, December 8-14, 2014. Librarians and educators everywhere are encouraged to host coding-themed programs, including hour-long tutorials featuring Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Angry Birds, and Plants vs. Zombies, designed to show that anyone can learn the basics.

Need an incentive to sign up to host an “Hour of Code?” Here are a few: ■ Every organizer will receive Dropbox or Skype credit as a thank you ■ One public school in every U.S. state will win $10,000 worth of technology ■ 100 classrooms will win video chats with very special guests, such as Bill Gates or Usher ■ 100 classrooms will win a set of programmable robots from Sphero The sponsor, Code.org, will provide promotional posters and “I did the Hour of Code” stickers for participants, too. Don’t know anything about programming or coding? Not to worry—the organizers have thought of everything, from a great “how-to” guide to sample emails and posters. Taken from School Library Journal - http://goo.gl/jfEm3z Wheeldecide.com This is so much FUN! Wheel Decide is a tool that can be used when you are split between a few choices and want to spin a wheel to decide which option to choose. This can be used for deciding where to go to lunch, what movie to watch, what to do for fun, etc… Unlike other tools that are just for meals, the user can quickly enter in what the choices they are trying to decide between and then spin their wheel. You can also check out our common choices page that has some suggestions of things to let the wheel decide for you. Pick from choices like Wheel of Dinner, Magic 8 Ball, and Lunch Wheel and customize them to your liking! Can you imagine having a student say, I don’t know what to read and they go to the What genre of Book to Read wheel and give it a spin? Or create your own!

Teaching Primary & Secondary Sources (Thanks to Stacia) In case you missed it...last week Stacia came across this site to help with the teaching of primary and secondary sources. It’s available on the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum site which contains classroom resources for teachers. The primary sources toolkit contains strategies to helps students better understand primary sources.

HEC-TV HEC-TV is offering an archived program on Social Media & Current Events: Impacts and Implications.

Materials can be found at http://goo.gl/E0xbVU. The hour long presentaion is at http://goo. gl/1FCp7A More from Open Culture This site has been highlighted before but they have some of the best cultural and educational media on the web. Some of the essentials include: 1,000free online courses, 700 free movies, 550 audiobooks, 600 free eBooks, K-12 resources and much more. This week the free downloadable Philosophy eBooks section from Aristotle to Nietzsche & Wittgenstein caught my eye.

Creating Multimedia Timelines TImeline JS is open source tool that allows you to build visually-rich interactive timelines. It’s available in 40 language (great to use in the modern language classes). To see a demo look at this Richard Byrne YouTube video.

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About Books

OneScreen of Apps for the Chromebook Classroom This Thinglink interactive page allows you to scroll over the app icon and learn about the features.

The Archaeology of Great Writing Draftback is a chrome extension that lets you play back any Google Doc’s revision history (for Docs you can edit). It’s a great way to decipher your own writing process. As a teacher you can use it to actually WATCH students put ideas on paper and edit their work (Thanks Bill).

Google Scholar Search Tips The Educational Technology & Mobile Learning site has seven indispensable Google Scholar search tips and nine thing every teacher should do with it. The academic search engine has huge educational potential for students, especially those entertaining the idea of continuing education beyond K012.

Share the Joy of Reading this Season!

In this infographic the top 12 reason are given as to why books make great gifts.

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Another Quick ILL Request Note:

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There is a little confusion as to what the buttons on the ILL processing page mean.

For for clarification lets take a look at each of those buttons: ● "En Route" means it is being shipped from the owning library to the destination library. ● "Returning" means the book has been checked in by the destination school, and is being shipped back to the original school.

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Basically, the two mean the same thing as "In Transit" back in the Horizon system.

There seems to be some confusion over this. If you see an item has been in "Returning" status for a long time, you should check your shelves to make sure it wasn't reshelved without being received or checked back in. If it's not there, it would be a good idea to talk to the librarian who was supposed to ship it back to you. ~Thanks for the clarification Jim.

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Books are always the right size.

Books are easy to wrap.

Books are a good way to impress people.

Books can be shared.

Books are a present you can open again and again.

Books are cheaper than diamonds.

There’s a book for everyone.

Books last longer than fruit cake.

Books are low in calories.

Books are always in style.

Books can take you anywhere.

Books serve multiple purposes.

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SLCL is excited to introduce Recycled Reads. The program takes surplus library materials and gives them another life by circulating them throughout the community, encouraging people to read while they wait. Displays will be set up at over 60 locations throughout St. Louis County where people typically spend time waiting including laundromats, hair/nail salons, health care providers, auto care shops and more. A complete list of Recycled Reads locations is below.

No library card will be required to borrow the materials. There are no fines or due dates. Individuals are asked to return the items whenever they’re finished to the original locale.

The program will expand to additional sites throughout the county, be sure and check back for updates.

Also @SLCL...

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.

App Smashing: Combining Apps for Innovative Student Projects Monday, Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER HERE Game-based Learning Initiatives for Secondary STEM: Four Implementation Models Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER HERE History Goes to the Movies: Historical Fiction's Place in the Classroom Thursday, Dec. 4 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

~ Unlimited Possibilities are available @ your library every day

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News About the Profession Discovery Education

Flex Scheduling When visiting elementary schools one of the conversations that comes up on a regular basis has to do with scheduling and meeting the needs of students and faculty. In the notes taken from the article, Leadership: Fixed, Flexible, and Mixed Library Scheduling (School Library Monthly, April 2014) information, strategies, and tips were given on how to start having those conversations with administration.

The background knowledge for you to know as you begin thinking about appropriate scheduling for your building is: ● The library schedule is a reflection on the school's teaching and learning philosophy ● Library programs embrace a model of dynamic library access. .. at the point of need. .. on demand resources ● Flexible schedule ensures that planned co-teaching occur ● It supports curriculum-based need for library resources ● Flexibility facilitates the as-needed basis to foster research, training, and utilization of technology with guidance ● Fixed scheduled classes to provide release or prep time prohibits best practice. according AASL’s position statement ● Flex time encourages an open access atmosphere to use information sources, read for pleasure, and collaborate ● Flex scheduling is a foundation for deeper learning ● Teaching students once a week on a fixed schedule is ineffective and learning is not assured ● Mixed scheduling can be effective for teaching and learning as long as there is sufficient time over consecutive days for sustained engagement with resources and the librarian ● Research suggests that flex scheduling can result in a positive correlation with student achievement ● Peggy Milam Creighton provides guidance for librarians who are leading the transition to flex scheduling - Flexible Scheduling:Making the Transition, (Library Monthly, January 2008) Strategies to Advocate for flex or mixed schedule include: ● Most important advocacy element is to keep the conversation focused on student learning outcomes and helping teachers meet state standards in the areas of information literacy, language, and technology ● Publicize the value of open access and library-based teaching at the point of need ● Research the AASL position statement for more key points ● Show colleagues the benefits of resources and meeting learning needs in a dynamic, flexible library Tips from Building a Flexible School Library Program, (School Library Monthly, Feb. 2014) ● Utilize teacher collaboration before trying to implement flex scheduling a part of your library programming ● Attend monthly grade level meetings or clt meetings - be available to meet individually or in teams ● If there is a master scheduling meeting or committee. ..do attend and plead the importance of not being release time ● There has to be a high level of trust between Admin and librarian for collaboration and flex scheduling to work ● Librarians have to be attuned to different personalities and planning styles ● Have knowledge of the state mandated curriculum and be very familiar with grade level curriculum. ..this encourages teachers to quickly trust you with their students

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Discovery Education has many features to use and share with students. One feature that is fairly new and allows for student creation is Board Builder.

Once you are logged into the Discovery Education Parkway portal at pkwy. discoveryeducation.com it can be found under the Builder Tools tab.

If you are not sure what you want students to be able to do with the board, check out the 50 Uses Board Builder with Students site. Examples include digital science projects, book reports, author study, poetry collection, and more.

Getting started is easy: ● Decide on a topic about ● Gather resources, ● Write the content, ● Publish

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Library Lessons How to Make a Movie Poster: A Template for Students With all the books coming out as movies lately. Signs like “don’t judge a book by its movie” have been popping up. So, join the craze and invite students to take an existing book and create a movie trailer complete with poster.

The movie poster template from designinspiration.net is worth a look.

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Google password safety lesson at Carman Trails Follett Rep, Gina D. working with Andrea at Highcroft Ridge Tyra assisting students with Culturegrams at Ross Learning about databases at Ross Google lessons at Shenandoah with Stacia

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Student Opportunities 2015 White House Student Film Festival The Impact of Giving Back

The White House announced that from now through January 20, submissions are open for the second White House Student Film Festival. The theme of this year’s festival is The Impact of Giving Back, and it’s open to U.S. students, grades K-12. So tell a story about paying it forward, about community service, or what making a difference looks like in your eyes and through your lens. It can be a fictional story or a short documentary, so break out the lights, write a script, get the camera ready, and show us your passion for service and giving back. For inspiration, take a look at the official selections from last year's White House Student Film Festival, when the theme was the power of technology in education.

Films can be short – in fact, they must be 3 minutes tops. The official selections will be featured on the White House website, and shared across the world on White House sites and official social media accounts. If selected, you may have a chance to attend the film fest yourself at the White House.

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All films must be shorter than 3 minutes.

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All films must be made by students in grades K-12.

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No film may use copyrighted material including music, TV shows, or movies.

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All films must be uploaded to YouTube

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All film submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 20, 2015.

More //goo informati on at .gl/4i http: JmFl

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St. Louis regional recitation contest to be held at Springboard office.

Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest open to all high school students and conducted in all 50 states by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 10 years, over 50,000 students and 2500 teachers have participated in the nationwide event. Poetry Out Loud builds students' speaking skills, develops appreciation for poetry, increases selfconfidence and poise, and provides scholarship prizes. On Monday, February 2, 2015, Springboard hosts students from the St. Louis Region who have successfully competed at their school competitions. Winners from the St. Louis region will advance to the state finals in Jefferson City on March 12, 2015. Very exciting! For more information, please contact Debora Grandison at 636-2366254 or dgrandison@springboardstl.org.