Know & Go Volume 2 | Issue 7

Volume 2 | Issue 7

Parkway School District

Know & Go

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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.

Destiny Quest & Brytewave Mobile Apps Issues

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. ~John Muir

It seems there have been some issues at some schools with Destiny Quest and Brytewave mobile app(s) faculty/staff logins not functioning. If you would PLEASE follow this link, and answer a few short questions, it would be appreciated. If you are not yet using, please still answer. Nancy will then take this to Follett for support.

Collection Analysis Library Services needs your Titlewave information in order to configure Destiny.

Providing this information will allow for the collection analysis report to be created for your building. Please follow this link. You will need to be logged into your Parkway Schools Google account.

Camera Uploads Reading in comfort at SWM

Preparing 4th gr. for growth measures at Barretts

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

Library lessons at WMS

Organizing h.s. growth measures at SHS What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?

Creativity & Innovation Resources ISTE Standards in Our Setting Next in the installment from ISTE in Our Setting we will look at Creativity and Innovation. This standard, like the others is student-centered and performancefocused. It is media-rich and learners construct knowledge from multiple experiences. Through technology rich environments we are able to engage students in activities that interweave technology skills with relevant curricular content.

Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

A. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression C. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues D. Identify trends and forecast possibilities

Below are some examples of students (in various grades) who are literate with the Creativity and Innovation standard (note that an example may have more than one standard addressed): ● ● ● ● ● ●

Illustrate and communicate original ideas and stories using digital tools and media-rich resources.

Use digital-imaging technology to modify or create works of art for use in a digital presentation.

Create original animations or videos documenting school, community, or local events.

Gather data, examine patterns, and apply information for decision making using digital tools and resources.

Design, develop, and test a digital learning game to demonstrate knowledge and skills related to curriculum content.

Create and publish an online art gallery with examples and commentary that demonstrate an understanding of different historical periods, cultures, and countries.

Interactive Physics Simulations The CK-12 Foundation launched a new Android app and new tools for finding and viewing review materials and dozens of new interactive physics simulations..

Each of the CK-12 physics simulations start with an introductory animation that explains the concept being demonstrated. After watching the demonstration students can play with a set of variables to see the effects of changing those variables. http://www.ck12.org/

Comics in the Classroom Webinar Recording Storyboard That sponsored a webinar on using comics in the classroom. The recording for the webinar is available to view online. You can view it on the Free Tech4 Teachers website , just click here.

How to Create Trading Cards for Historical & Fiction People, Places, and Events The Trading Card Creator is a good tool offered by Read Write Think. The Trading Card Creator allows students to create trading cards about people, places, and events both real and fictional. It is available as a browser-based tool, as an iPad app, and as an Android app. An example of how to use it via the browser version can be seen here.

All of theses examples came from Richard Byrne’s Blog, Freetech4teachers.com

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Highlighted & Circled Technology, Research & Learning Resources

I am a Digital Citizen On Thinglink http://www.thinglink.com/, the site that makes your images (and video) interactive, there is an engaging, elementary poster. It contains five interactive buttons that walk students through digital citizenship http://goo.gl/HtBRbe/ The poster was created and shared by The Book Fairy-Goddess, Sandy Liptak (http: //thebookfairygoddess.blogspot.com/)

TED-Ed Original Lessons to Share with your Teachers Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect Earth's temperature Animation by Cedric Richer As the Earth’s surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds.

Jasper Kirkby details an experiment at CERN that aims to do just that. View full lesson »

Where do genes come from? - Carl Zimmer Animation by TOGETHER When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other large organisms, there are a lot more genes to go around.

Where did all of those new genes come from? Carl Zimmer examines the mutation and multiplication of genes. View full lesson »

How cosmic rays help us understand the universe - Veronica Bindi Animation by TED-Ed We only know 4% of what the universe is made up of. Can we also know what lies beyond our galaxy ... and if there are undiscovered forms of matter? Luckily, we have space messengers — cosmic rays — that bring us physical data from parts of the cosmos beyond our reach. Veronica Bindi explains what cosmic rays are, and how they transmit information about our universe from the great beyond. View full lesson »

Recycling with Digital Wish Digital Wish, (the place where educators go to locate funding for classroom technology) now has a Recycle Forward Program. Set up a drop location for used ink cartridges, cell phones, and computer equipment. All you need to do is post a drop box in the lobby, and tell the community. Mailing labels are 100% free. It takes 5 minutes to get set up, we send you flyers, and your school will earn cash for new technology. You can even download fill-in-the-blank flyers, press release templates, website banners, and art.

Everything you need is right here: http://www.recycleforwardnow.org

Mozilla Webmaker Teach and learn digital skills and web literacy. This site is full of fun things to discover, make and teach. The Mozilla Firefox community is continually adding new activities, lesson plans and tutorials from across the web that make it easy to learn by doing.

Anyone can use these educational resources—they’re free, open and backed by Mozilla’s non-profit mission. https://webmaker.org/resources What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?

Google Editing Images in Docs & Slides Shake Up Learning provides tips and tricks for being Googley. You can now crop, add borders, and reshape your images in Docs & Slides. The blog contains the directions along with some other helpful tips like how to search images right inside your Doc or Slides presentation. http://goo.gl/uet5Ud

Library Lessons Plagiarism a POSITIVE Approach!

Published by librariana on the site piktochart.com This infographic

Turn your Google Doc into a Web Page This tip is helpful when you want to publish your information online. This is particularly helpful when you are presenting and you don’t want to share the document with your audience. Docs, Sheets, and Slides can all be published to web pages or embedded in your web page. http://goo.gl/RTEtrN

Take Collaboration to a New Level Comments Within your Google Drive the Comment feature found next to the Share button connects comments to specific parts of your document. So, when placing a comment be sure to place your cursor and highlight the text you are referencing. Feedback and peer editing are now easier than ever to incorporate into lessons and projects. http: //goo.gl/Tpc1PT There are many other Google Drive YouTube Playlist videos at http://goo.gl/oGNL7e.

Google Chrome Cheat Sheet If you are just getting into the Google Chrome browser this year and need the see the overall structure and and keyboard shortcuts check out the downloadable reference guide. http://goo.gl/9SezH7

The Shake Up the Learning Website http://www. shakeuplearning.com/ This useful tool will help you to grab those tips and tricks you may need to share with your building. The site has a blog, resources, mobile learning, social media tips, and presentations by Kasey Bell. Her work is licensed under creative commons attribution and can be found on Twitter, G+, Pinterest, Youtube and many more. Great for your PLN. What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?

looks at Why You Cite Crrectly. It’s about being college and career ready. See it at http://goo. gl/OQHbHS

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Destiny Printing Overdue Notice (1 per page in PDF format)

Star Wars Reads Day Commemorate the third annual Star Wars Reads Day http://goo.gl/I3UXH3 October 11th—an initiative that celebrates reading and Star Wars. Also a great opportunity to highlight your graphic novel collection. Need to giggle see the Darth Vader vs. Voldemort picture at http://goo.gl/bENbrC

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Report Tab > Patron Reports Current Checkouts/Fines Default settings should be good, but you want the Format radio button toward the bottom to be Notices.

Click Continue.

Then click Update next to My Patron types, uncheck Faculty, and click OK Click Continue.

Select & Sort by Homeroom in the drop down menu Distributed - Set to Internally You may want to add more patron info, like Homeroom, under the Also Display section Click Run Notices

Teen Read Week Encourage teens to Turn Dreams into Reality @your library during Teen Read Week - October 12th-18th. Books to highlight include a variety of resources, such as, inspirational stories, motivational biographies, career resources, and DIY books.

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.

Follett eBooks Promotion Poster In a Follett advertisement bundle that came through snail mail last week, a fun promotional eBook poster was included.

Look for it!

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Google Drive Certification Last year, Bill offered librarians the opportunity to acquire Google Drive Certification or Google Educator Certification. This opportunity is still available. Google Drive now has level 1 and level 2 training and you'll want to complete both of them. The good news is level 1 is really short and is more of just an overview.

Level 2 is more comprehensive and will provide most of the answers that you will need for to pass the test. This is where you should spend most of your time. In this level, there are many videos that help to illustrate the topics and concepts covered. In Lesson 8 you'll find a link that will be important for the certification test as well. Here are the pertinent links: ● Drive Level 1http://www. google. com/edu/training/tools/driv e/level1.html ● Drive Level 2 - http://www. google. com/edu/training/tools/driv e/level2.html ● Google Testing Center https://google.starttest. com/ If you are interested in taking the Drive test or all of the tests they are $15 each. If you choose to to take the test(s), you have two choices.

Library Services will either pay for all five tests once you've passed them and have turned in your certificates, or Library Services can give you 2 district credits (if you complete all five tests). You may also get reimbursed if you opt to take only the Google Drive test.

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.

Missouri Summit featuring Google for Education Saturday, October 4th - Maplewood-Richmond Heights SD 60 Breakout sessions Registration is $80 More info: www.gafemo.com

JSTOR Database Webinar Want to learn what’s new with JSTOR and get the most out of it? They are offering two webinars this fall for secondary school librarians on Tuesday, September 30 (2:30-3:30) and Wednesday, October 8 (11-12:00)

Beyond 3D Printers: Strategies for Makerspace Success When someone mentions "makerspace," do you hear, "Buy a 3D printer?" While digital fabrication tools can be a robust part of a library makerspace, they're not the only options.

From lanyards to laser cutters and crochet to coding, all kinds of crafts and skills are welcome in makerspaces. In this webinar strategies to help create a maker culture in your library that welcomes and supports all patrons and their creations will be discussed.

Tuesday, October 7th at 1:00PM Register at http://goo.gl/ZxrvyT

Free Webinar by Richard Byrne on Google Apps On October 7th Simple K12 is hosting an afternoon of free webinars about Google tools for teachers. The webinars will start at 1pm Eastern Time and run until 5pm Eastern Time.

Richard will conduct two webinars that afternoon where he will share some of his favorite Google Search strategies, ideas for teaching search strategies, and using Google Forms and Spreadsheets to streamline workflow. Click here to register for this free PD opportunity.

Connected Educators Month (CEM) - October 2014 Originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education, this virtual conference provides hundreds of professional development opportunities with diverse and engaging activities to educators of all levels. For more information visit http://connectededucators.org/announcing-cem-2014/

Brain-Friendly Teaching and Learning in Your Think Tank Library Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 4pm EST This one hour could transform your library into a think tank. Brain-based learning and teaching engages, challenges, and succeeds as new standards prompt change. Join us for 60 real-world minutes exploring the WHY and HOW of a Think Tank approach to library instruction. If a child's brain could talk, what would it tell you about optimal learning? How can those strategies be a part of best practice? Research-based strategies, models, plans, and real-world ideas will be shared, and provide a starter kit for your library program. Register at http://goo. gl/T1MnBx

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Student Opportunities

About Books

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 3, 6:30 p.m. at Thornhill TV Con Keep Calm and Don't Blink. T.V. Con is coming with games, crafts, food and more.

Celebrate great shows like Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Sherlock and more.

Bazinga!

Friday, October 10, 6:30 p.m. at Jamestown Bluffs Anime Con Calling all teen anime fans! Win prizes in the costume contest, anime scavenger hunt or for your own anime artwork. We’ll also have a video game tournament, a dance off, and origami.

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.

Show Me a Movie Contest - Edplus & METC Show-Me a Movie is a digital storytelling contest for students grades 2-12 in Missouri and its Border States (Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska). These students are invited to demonstrate their creativity and digital moviemaking skills in one of five categories. New this year, categories are designated for specific age groups. Also new for 2014, the area of focus for all submitted movies is STEAM related.

All winning movies are showcased at a reception in February during the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC). The students from the winnings movie are invited to attend along with their teachers and families. More information at http://goo.gl/4iJmFl What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?

Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago Vs. Today From the Better Ed Blog, Annie Holmquist found a 1908 curriculum manual that contained recommended literature lists for seventh and eighth grades. She then compared it to current offerings in 7th and 8th grade. In looking at the content she found three major areas of differences: time period, thematic elements, and reading level.

To see the two lists and read her findings, go to http://goo. gl/dtOj5U