Know & Go Volume 2 | Issue 9

Volume 2 | Issue 9

Parkway School District

Know & Go

@your Library

Nancy’s Nook & Other Reminders MASL Proposals Wants Your Workshop Proposals MASL wants to share your information and story at its 2015 Spring Conference, the largest school librarian-specific professional development event in the state. Click here to submit a workshop proposal for this event; proposals are due

by November 1, 2014.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Knowledge is limited.

Imagination encircles the world.”

NEED Funds for MASL During the month of October, MASL is gathering 10-15 seconds-long video clips of members sharing what they like about the MASL Spring Conference. These clips will be used by the Spring Conference Committee to produce a cool new Spring Conference commercial that members can share with their administrators when requesting PD funds. Submit a 10-15 seconds-long video clip responding to one of several Spring Conference-related prompts and you will be entered into a drawing to win the full conference registration. http://goo. gl/2qSJD9

Book Reviews Due If you decided to participate in the METC Advisory Board Book Review, please have the 2-3 paragraph recommendation/review submitted to Bill no later than November 1st.

Ordering with Follett (now with screenshots) Sometimes it can be a long time between Follett book orders. Recently a new QRG (Quick Reference Guide) was created with screenshots to jog our memories. Most importantly, if you have any questions about ordering, ask Nancy. http://goo.gl/wYdJtI

Meeting of the Spooktacular Minds

~Albert Einstein

Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go

It’s time to socialize. On Wednesday, October 29th Bill and I are looking forward to interacting, brainstorming, and celebrating in a social setting with you! No worries if you can't make it! We will have more days throughout the year. Details and RSVP Link:

Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer

When - Wednesday, October 29th 2014 Where - Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant, 1146 Town and Country Crossing Drive, Town and Country, Chesterfield, MO 63017 Google Map for directions ● Time - 4:00-6:00 PM (of course you can stay longer if you choose) ● Food and drink are on your own Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/j4vkRI

Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv

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World Book Ordering Information Please let Nancy know by Friday the October 17th if you wish to purchase anything from World Book.Our new rep is Derek Rhoads and he can be reached @ 314-580-4748 or Derek.rhoads@worldbook.com.

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Technology Operations & Concepts

ISTE Standards in Our Setting We will wrap up looking at the ISTE Standards for students this week by taking a look at Technology Operations and Concepts. Hopefully over the past few weeks you were able to view all the standards: Creativity & Innovation, Communication & Collaboration, Research & Information Fluency, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making, and Digital Citizenship. The idea was to focus on the skills and expertise and less on the technology tools themselves. It was also geared toward providing resources at all grade levels.

The following technology concepts are an attempt to help you plan lessons that incorporate various systems. Exposure to these concepts will help students navigate virtual environments, select and use applications productively, and transfer their knowledge about technology systems. ● ● ●

Technology Operations & Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.

A. Understand and use technology systems B. Select and use applications effectively and productively C. Troubleshoot systems and applications D. Transfer current knowledge Below are some examples of students (in various grades) who are literate with the Technology Operations & Concepts standard (note that an example may have more than one standard addressed): ● ● ● ● ●

Communicate about technology using developmentally appropriate and accurate terminology.

Demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments such as electronic books, simulation software, and web sites Apply previous knowledge of digital technology operations to analyze and solve current hardware and software problems.

Integrate a variety of file types to create and illustrate a document or presentation.

Configure and troubleshoot hardware, software, and network systems to optimize their use for learning and productivity.

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Adaptive Learning (interactive teaching devices) Virtual Classroom(online learning environment) MOOCS (Massive open online course) Blended Learning (combines a face to face and computermediated instructional approach) Flipped Classroom (inverted method of instruction teaching and learning take place online outside of class and homework is done in the classroom) Learning Management System - (provides an a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, assess performance, and participate in threaded discussions, video conferencing and forums) Cloud Based Learning (practice of using a network on the Internet to store, manage, and process data) BYOD Technology (allowing students to bring personal devices for more individualized learning, increased independence, and extended academic opportunities) Gamification (applying game design thinking to non-game applications

See the must have edcuational technology concept cheat sheet at http://goo.gl/cOe4x5 from Educational Tecnology & Mobile Learning site.

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Highlighted & Circled Technology, Research & Learning Resources

Curriki http://www.curriki.org/ is an online, free, open education learning resources service. The curricula and instruction materials are available to teachers, students, and parents. The majority of the resources fall under the creative commons license and the materials are peerreviewed for quality and adherence to standards. Another nice feature is that this website can be accessed within Destiny. Students and staff can select the Universal Search feature, put in their keyword search, and then click on the See All Websites button to access the Curriki resources. Just look for the logo.

Classtools.net Classtools.net is a site that offers teachers creative and organizational tools. Teachers can access the website to create quizzes, diagrams and educational games, which can then be hosted on their own site or blog. The Classtools.net site offers a list of templates to choose from, such as Arcade Game Generator, Random Name Picker, Fishbone, Lights Out, Hamburger and Jigsaw Diagram.

Would You Rather?

Rrrather.com is a collection of user-submitted controversial or thought-provoking questions.

These questions always have two possible answers, usually start with the words "Would you rather". Leave your vote, compare your answers, and discuss in the comments. The questions can be used as a conversation game, often played by students, teens, and young adults. The game goes like this: one by one, each player asks a question that starts with "Would you rather", sometimes with two horrible choices. Participants must choose and defend the best option, or at least the least worst of the two. The fun of the game is the discussion it sparks.

The best questions usually have very divided answers.

For the Chemistry Teacher goREACT is a drag-and-drop laboratory. Experiment with chemistry virtually by combining elements from the Periodic Table to create chemical reactions. Features include: ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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Nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions by dragging elements into the Reaction Area.

Amazing images and videos illustrate the molecules you create.

Select alternate views of the Periodic Table to discover different aspects of the elements’ chemical properties.

Touch any of the Periodic Table's 118 elements to see an image and fun fact about it.

With helpful hints about reactions to try, there’s always something exciting to explore.

“Featured Reactions” menus guide you through themed sets of chemical reactions related to particular applications, such as the environment, beauty products or cars.

Learn more about how the Periodic Table is organized, and follow links to additional educational resources.

http://www.msichicago.org/play/goreact/

321 Free Tools for Teachers From eLearning Industry we can now share free educational technology tools with our teachers. The nice thing about this site is that it separates the tools into 18 categories, like creating infographics, digital storytelling, social bookmarking, video tools, and much more. http: //goo.gl/OgtVDH

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Google

Library Activities

How to use Google Research Tool within Docs While in Google Docs you can conduct research and add citations automatically as you go. Bill Bass has created a YouTube video on this helpful tool and Edudemic. com has a blog post on it as well.

Poll your High School Students with G+ Google has added a new option to Google+ in the form of polls. Google+ polls allow you to create a poll to share with the whole world, one of your circles, or members of one of your Google+ communities. You can add multiple pictures to your poll to add a visual component to your questions and answer choices. Your poll respondents can add comments to the poll just as they can with any other Google+ discussion. That option allows people to explain their votes on the poll. Taken from freetech4teachers.com

Screencastify App in Chrome Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software that uses your microphone and camera for recording. The app can be found in the Chrome store. Once installed you installed the app you will have the choice to to store you recording in Google Drive or locally on your device. http://goo.gl/su66JK

From http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/ Loreen Leedy

Destiny - FAQ Site

Camera Uploads

This week the Destiny highlight will be the FAQ site created by Jim. He has designed the Google site to answer your questions about Destiny Library Manager. He continuously adds commonly asked questions (with answers) from all our libraries. In addition to the questions he has two sections that contain information about Interlibrary loan and self-circulation.

For ease of use you can also search the site in the upper right hand corner (in case you don’t want to read through the questions).

In other Destiny news…

Email Notices - Technology has finished updating some network settings. Email notices in Destiny should now be functional. Let Jim know if you experience any problems or need assistance with it.

Middle School Fountas and Pinnell - It's been a while coming but F&P (along with the existing Lexile levels) should be available as a search modifier for the library catalog as of now. If you have any questions, please contact Jim. Brytewave Update from Follett Thank you for sharing with us about BryteWave K-12 Edition. We apologize for any challenges you've had accessing this app. Our goal is to provide you and your students with the best eBook and audiobook experience possible. We're analyzing and resolving the current technological issues, and making additional infrastructure

enhancements to ensure future stability.

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Learning how to select book in Kindergarten at Hanna Woods Experiencing augmented reality at Tech Fest Princess Read-a-lot hosts the bookfair at Oak Brook South High Student get to put the writing on the wall - Answers to: What's your favorite book and "And I quote" are proudly displayed A library lesson on parts of a book at Highcroft Ridge

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@your Library Coming to SLCL Ann M. Martin (Baby Sitters Club Series) and Laura Godwin( I Can Read Books - Creepy Crawly Critters) will be coming to the St. Louis County Library at the Headquarters branch Friday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m.

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.

Connected Educator Month (#CE14) - October 2014 St Louis County Library Card Campaign!

The St. Louis County Library is still running the library card campaign. This year SLCL has implemented an online registration module to streamline the process. They encourage schools to direct students and staff that do not already have a SLC Library card to http: //webpac.slcl. org/screens/schoolregistration.html to submit the online library card application. The staff will create library cards for those students and staff and deliver the library cards to your school to be distributed.

Promotional Ideas

Throughout the month educators can participate in a series of online events and conversations to promote professional learning communities and share best practices. You can find a list of events, activities, and resources on the Connected Educator Month Calendar.

Check out the site for really amazing online learning opportunities happening throughout the day (and night). IT IS FREE! Here's how you can earn .5 District In-Service Credit 1. Register in PEERS "Connected Educator Online Event" 2. Attend six sessions of learning (outside of regular school hours).

3. To get credit - create a google doc with the following information (share with emorrison@parkwayschools.net when completed (no later than Friday, October 31st) - Your Name, School and Position - For each "session" you attend: Title, time and date of the class in which you participated Summary of the key learnings AND how you plan to apply the learning in the library.

Global Education Conference

Via Barb the biblio-nerd

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 (November 23rd in some time zones).

Idea from http://goo.gl/Fo6dSz

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.

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About Books

Student Opportunities FBI Safe Online Surfing Internet Challenge Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched the FBI Safe Online Surfing (FBI-SOS) Internet Challenge for the 2014-2015 school year. Open to all public, private, and home schools nationwide, the initiative is a free, age-appropriate, competitive, and fun online program that promotes cyber citizenship and teaches students in third through eighth grades how to recognize and respond to online dangers—like Internet predators and cyber bullying—and covers topics such as social networking and gaming safety

St. Louis County Library Teen Mini Conventions Each Friday night in October a different Mini Con is happening at one of our branches. Mini-Cons are for teens age 12-18.

Friday, October 17, 6:30 p.m. at Tesson Ferry Comic Con Comic book fans assemble! Superhero-sci-fi-zombie-anime-fantasy fans will over take the branch. Powers will be tested at the arcade, comic design workshop and so much more. Dress as your favorite superhero or fantasy character and interface with friends... or foes. Are you ready to show off your fandom?

Friday, October 24, 6:30 p.m. at Grand Glaize Fantasy Con Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mortal Instruments, Lunar Chronicles and other beyond our realm fantasy at this spectacular event. Crafts, games, food, cosplay, dueling and other activities included for the fantasy character in you.

Take Advantage of a Free Research Skills Course for Students Research Basics is a series of free, self-paced, online lesson modules that provide general instruction and practice in scholarly research skills at the high school level. Research Basics is a beta program produced by JSTOR that aims to support librarians and teachers tackling the complex task of helping teens learn how to conduct scholarly research.

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

Get the printable map at epicread. com

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