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Capstone PebbleGo! Disability Inclusivity Enhancement Upgrades Capstone announces significant upgrades to its PebbleGo database coming in Fall 2019. The enhancements are a crucial step in delivering on the publisher’s commitment to inclusivity, equity and accessibility to benefit all students. Among the improvements will include simple and predictable navigation, text-to-speech on all articles, transcripts for all videos, alternative text for meaningful images, screen reader support, access keys for keyboard navigation, and compliance with Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA standards. (www.CapstonePub.com)
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Follett Genre Solutions Follett unveiled Follett Genre Solutions to help simplify genrefication for librarians and media specialists seeking to make the transition from the Dewey Decimal System to a more bookstore-like layout based on genres. Support is provided by the company through Do-It-Yourself Genre Starter Kits, colorful labels and signage, titlewave improvements that allow genres to be automatically assigned to book orders, tips for how to maximize the available features through Follett’s Destiny Library Manager and Titlewave solutions.
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Digital Content Update Kelly has sent many emails with digital content updates (YAY, Kelly!) See all the updates (Gale, SIRS, World Book, Destiny 17.0, OverDrive) in one location here
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Makerspace Order Form Personalized Learning Program Evaluation Guidelines Record a PD event Sub librarian list Sub Training Videos Travel & Reimbursement (BOE) Guidelines Talking Points ○ Building Instructional Partnerships ○ Future Ready Library Spaces ○ Use of Space & TIme: Building a Flexible Program Who To Call
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Updates & Reminders Follet Ordering Process Updates Per finance (DESE rules), ebooks/audiobooks that are accessed via a website need to be ordered separately from books. Audiobooks, like Playaways (physical format) will also need to be ordered on a separate order. If you need clarification, feel free to contact Nancy. (email 7/16 & 9/20) A quick reminder, when placing Follett orders: 1. Email Nancy first (with the Titlewave list name and dollar amount). 2. Always wait for a response before ordering. 3. When creating an order for library books, remember to check you want CATALOGING and PROCESSING. 4. Use your school name and 363 N.Woods Mill Rd 63017 as your Shipping address and 455 N. Woods Mill Rd 63017 for Billing the address. 5. Place order and then print order as a PDF (under the print menu) immediately and share in Follett orders folder located here. The need to print immediately is of the utmost importance. This is when the order is pending and has not been assigned an invoice number. If an invoice number is created and showing on Titlewave before you print, the order will be canceled. If all of the above does not happen, your order may not have a PO generated, and then may be canceled
Soft seating, quiet area, and lighted display at the SLCL Meramec Valley branch in Fenton.
Curates Digital Resources & Tools Helping students become Knowledge Constructors through the curation of information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions (ISTE Student Standards 3C). Friendly Reminder About Digital Tool Consent for Students Under 13 At IAT (Fall 2017) one of the topics discussed was around students under 13 (or sometimes 18) needing parental consent to use digital tools in for digital experiences. As we know this can seem overwhelming to teachers. Recently several people met to think through how to be responsible with student data privacy without discouraging teachers from using tools that are beneficial to student learning. Some best practices to frame this type of consent with teachers would be: ● Sharing with parents what specific digital tools teachers are using for student learning necessitates being transparent. ● Naming specific tools gives parents the opportunity to research the tool for themselves. ● There is a shared, sample opt-in letter that teachers can also put that letter into Google Forms to share electronically. ● If you prefer, you can also have parents opt-out by sending an email that says... ○ This year, in this unit, or next week we’re going to be using this/these digital tool(s) to _________. We are excited about these digital learning experiences! Please reply to this email if you have concerns. ○ As part of a beginning of the year email...Periodically throughout the year I will be updating you with the tools I’ll be using this year for student learning. I will keep you updated as we plan to use new digital tools. (Be sure to include student outcomes) ○ Note that if parents opt-out of using the tool you need to record it somewhere, in a spreadsheet for example. ● With any of these options, the teacher does need to keep a record of the parents response (physically, in a file or electronically). A phone call doesn’t keep a record of the parents consent or concern. I hope this helps as you think through this with teachers and makes it a manageable task. Please let us know if you have questions.Sample letter
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International Fact Checking Day draws attention to the importance of accurate information and this website contains useful information for librarians, teachers, and students. It includes articles, fact finding activities, and educheckmap (projects, resources and organizations worldwide). This resources has great information to weave into the information literacy lessons. Factcheckingday.com
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Wakelet is a free visual content platform helping people, businesses, and academic institutions organize and curate their online information so it is easier to find and share. ...Wakelet is a fairly new content curation startup and free to use at this time. It has a very similar setup to that of Storify and used to create newsletter, portfolios, digital storytelling, organize research, personal development, and resource curation. For additional ideas and video tutorials visit ditchthattextbook.com ○ Terms of Service for use with students (ISTE Educator Standard: Citizen 3D) Wakelet is not currently directed to children and we expect that use by children will only be done with the guidance, supervision and consent of their parents, guardians and/or authorized school officials. Further, we rely on parents and guardians to ensure minors only use the Service if they can understand their rights and responsibilities as stated in these Terms and our Privacy Policy. In the United States, if you are the sponsor of a Sponsored Group (the “Sponsor”), including a School that is using Wakelet, that includes children under the age of 13, you (or your school) assumes the responsibility for complying with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and, to the extent applicable, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”). This means that the Sponsor must notify parents/guardians of the information to be collected and obtain parental/guardian consent before collecting and sharing with the Service the personal information of children under the age of 13 in order to establish an account or use the Service.
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Curates Digital Resources & Tools Posts from the Pin - Amy Johnson Google Classroom users: Important information regarding the Classwork page In August 2018, we introduced a new version of Classroom with additional features, including a Classwork page to help teachers organize classwork. Teachers could also choose to revert to the previous version of Classroom. The previous version (without the Classwork page) will be deprecated and discontinued on September 4, 2019. As a result, from September 4, 2019, instructors will no longer have the option to remove the Classwork page or revert to the previous version. Any classes still using the previous version will be automatically converted to the new version starting on September 4, 2019. Read the entire article and see what this means for teachers here.
Add canned comments, audio comments, and video comments to Google Docs and Slides with the easy to use Chrome extension called e-Comments Save time and provide better writing feedback in Google docs and slides with 200 insertable comments. Insert hundreds of canned comments from each of four different comment levels into Google docs and slides with just one click from the pop-up e-Comments menu. Each instructional comment identifies, explains, and shows your writers how to revise a specific writing issue in stories, essays, and reports. These comprehensive comments don’t simply flag errors or suggest revisions, they help your writers learn. Check out the FAQs and see the entire post at the Chrome Web Store. Expeditions & AR/VR Kits Available You can now sign up on the Mobile Makerspace request form for a 2 week period to have: ● VR only kit of 20 student phones with viewers ● AR/VR kit of 20 student phones with viewers and selfie sticks ● Theta camera kit that takes 360 images to use in Google Tour Creator (3 cameras, 3 phones, and 3 tripods) These are each separate items on the request form. Please sign up for only 1 two week period for each of these kits at this point. Available VR/AR Expeditions (separate tabs by tab) Search with Ctrl+F Google Tour Creator
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Builds Instructional Partnerships Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning. (ISTE Student Standards 2C).
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Math Antics is a website and YouTube channel that teaches the back math concepts. Designed for grades 3 through 8, the video are intended for supplement the math curriculum. The videos are intended to supplement math curriculum and are organized by match concept. Although the videos are free, additional materials are subscription based. Students under 13 need parent permission to use or create accounts. Mathantics.com
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Sixty Symbols is a website and YouTube channel that explores physics and astronomy symbols. Sponsored by the University of Nottingham, the project began with sixty symbols and has expanded to include many more sections focusing on other related topics such as chemistry and math. Sixtysymbols.com
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27: The Most Perfect Album is a project of WNYC Studios. The website focuses on the 27 amendments to the US Constitution that detail our basic rights. The 27 songs by famous musicians explain and amplify each of the amendments. Each song is accompanied by the lyrics and notes that explain the historical significance. This resource provides an opportunity to collaborate with music and history teachers. Note terms of service state: The digital platforms are intended for users over the age of 13. project.wnyc.org/themostperfectalbum
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Mystery.org was started to create better explanations for every question K-5 students have about the world. We began with the 150 most common science questions that children ask teachers. The collection is called Mystery Science. There is a fee but they have free trial until June 2020. This would be great for makerspaces, genius hours, or 80/20% time.
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Empowers Students as Creators Requesting Mobile Makerspace Items This just a friendly reminder as to the purpose and procedures for requesting items from the mobile makerspace request form. Parkway's Mobile Makerspace is a project meant to empower libraries, kickstart the maker movement, and minimize the risk of assembling a space and acquiring items. It gives libraries an opportunity to experiment and prototype their own spaces and to think about how it might meet the needs of their communities. As a courtesy to other librarians and to ensure equitable access to all students please refrain from signing up for multiple months at any given time or multiple kits per month. To read more about the procedures go to tinyurl.com/mobilemakerspaces.
Mobile Makerspace Cubetto kits now has a logic pack that includes 4 new books, 24 logic blocks, and 32 flashcards 4 New Story books Four new story books Drift across the skies in a hot air balloon, race through town with your best friend and solve the mysterious case of the missing cat! Experience four new adventures on the World Map (included as part of the original Cubetto Playset). Each adventure will introduce new concepts to stimulate even your most advanced little ones! 32 Collectible Flash Cards Cubetto Tutorial - Negation Block
Expand Cubetto’s world with 32 brand-new illustrated Flash Cards and never-seen-before activities. Use these in conjunction with the stories or in free play, building your own epic adventures along the way. The cards have been designed to encourage open-ended play, offering a great starting point for children to create games based on numeracy, images and flights of imagination. Ace memory games, grasp pattern recognition, play cooperatively or challenge a friend; there are no limits to your imagination.
Cubetto Tutorial - Random Block
Read more at www.primotoys.com.
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Designs Collaborative Spaces Supporting Intentional Design Bold Ideas. Learning Spaces. Systems Design. The focus of this article is how intentional design can reshape how learning happens. So, what is your design strategy for modern learning? Let's think about three questions: Does tradition impact your reality? Mental models about what school and learning mean inhibit the pace and rate of change. How do we resist the gravitational pull of tradition and momentum? What are you doing to stay aware of your confirmation bias? How are you staying fresh with ideas? These are essential questions for change leaders in schools? Take time to defeat one of your current beliefs. Read about the power of confirmation bias. Absorb the world from a different angle. All of these things will grow your intentional design capabilities. What does innovative disruption look like? Take a look at something that is happening in a simple storefront in downtown Glencoe (IL). It is a celebration of all that we know is right about the optimal learning environment for students. It is comfortable, purposeful, and filled with the resources needed for success. This isn't the result of a design firm and a bond issue, and it isn't a school, but it is a first of its kind tutoring lounge called The House. As members, students will have access to tutors, space to relax, an amazing menu, and much more. Take a look at The House at www.the.house.
What are your verbs? Central to the work to modernize learning spaces is knowing your purpose for the space. To get to this answer, we ask what are your verbs? Is the space designed for explanation, discovery, and discussion or is it designed to create, make, and design? This understanding can be the lever of change needed to shift instruction, technology, and space to support students. Continue to know the purpose, be explicit about sharing the verbs, and reflect on whether decision support or inhibit the pursuit of your verbs?
Watch Redesigning Learning Spaces on a Budget This article is from Dr. Dillons newsletter
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Leads Beyond the Library Fun and Simple Back-to-School Night Ideas for Teachers Librarians Back-to-School, Meet-the-Teacher, Open House… whatever you call it, these tips will help you make it spectacular! These are a fantastic opportunity for librarians to get to know students and their families, and vice versa. Fortunately, these back-to-school night ideas and tips will make the experience fun, easy, and meaningful for everyone involved. Ideas & Tips to cultivate community and build partnerships: ● Set-up a series of stations: try out makerspace items, preview award winning books, checkout digital content, highlight special collections, or some of the other ideas below. ● Provide a checklist when guests arrive so that they see everything you want them to see (stations) ● Make it easy to collect items: As parents bring items , have baskets ready to accept each item (and include it on your checklist of places to visit). ● Create library contact and information magnets: Create a business card or bookmark and stick a magnet on the back. ● Help parents and students get to know you and the library: Put together a library menu of services, purpose of the makerspace, information on Future Ready Libraries, and something about yourself. ● Sent them on a scavenger hunt to see all your spaces and what types of activities might happen there: large group area, small group area, quiet/study area, community (safe, social) space, technology-rich zone, and creation/exploration space ● Have a community board where people can respond with post-its or dry erase markers to prompts like: This year I would like to learn…, I plan on coming to the library to…, what should the library be able to do for students, or what type of activities do you like to do when you are being creative? ● Create a photo booth opportunity in the theme of your library or school and make it a station to check off their list. ● Share your wish list with parents: provide a display where people can sign up to bring things to the library (like consumables for makerspace). ● Learn what your community needs from the librarian: make a display or community board where parents and students can give you a heads-up about what they need from the library. ● Have parents write their students an encouraging note: Tuck these notes away and then place them in books as students checkout sometime throughout the year. ● Give parents tips and information so that they understand the role of a modern library: Try a menu or brochure that you could use with staff too ● Provide a fun back-to-school night gift like: a little plastic maze game attached to a card that says, This Year Will be A-Maze-ing! Check Pinterest for additional ideas. ● Or thank parents for their commit-mint to supporting the library: A bowl of mints and a kind a message go a long way (Thank you for your commit-mint, involve-mint, and encourage-mint in your child’s education! ) See all the pictures for these ideas and the original article at We Are Teachers.
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#ParkwayReads - Literacy
Recommended Books from ALSC The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services. Looking for a book list you thought was on this page? - Check out the ALA Institutional Repository for archived ALSC book lists. 2019 ALSC Graphic Novels Reading List (April 2019) These three lists are offered in the ranges of kindergarten to 2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade and 6th to 8th grade. Graphic novels on this list are defined as a full-length story told in paneled, sequential, graphic format. The list does not include book-length collections of comic strips, wordless picture books or hybrid books that are a mixture of traditional text and comics/graphics. The list includes classics as well as new titles that have been widely recommended and well-reviewed, and books that have popular appeal as well as critical acclaim. 2019 Building STEAM with Día (March 2019) These lists identify promising resources to supplement (S)cience, (T)echnology, (E)ngineering, the (A)rts, and (M)ath programming and that reflect a variety of cultures and languages. The Building STEAM with Día book lists are full of great stories to share with children from birth through 8th grade. They also reflect many characters, authors and STEAM professionals from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Visit the Free Program Downloads tab of the ala.org.dia website to download the Building STEAM with Día booklists for free! 2020-2021 MASL Readers Awards Preliminary Nominees The preliminary nominees for MASL’s 2020-2021 Readers Awards are out. These titles will be narrowed into a Final List of nominees that will be released in December 2019.The Final List will then be voted upon by students in March of 2021; the recipients of the awards will be announced at the 2021 MASL Spring Conference.
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Personalized Professional Learning
Ways to Integrate Digital Citizenship Last year we had several articles in the newsletter about implementing digital citizenship into our programming rather than having one-time events. In this blog post, askatechteacher.com, suggestions for discussing digital citizenship are shared and can be used to reinforce understanding around the topic all year. While the activities are for grades K-8, they can be augmented to be used by any grade level. Topics include: ● Learning the essence of what it means to be good digital citizen ● Why it’s important ● Internet nuances ● Understanding cyberbullying ● Digital rights and responsibilities ● Characteristics of the online world ● Pros and cons of social media
Help students take ownership of their digital lives New K-12 Digital Citizenship Lesson from Common Sense Media All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. These lesson were Designed and developed in partnership with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education -- and guided by research with thousands of educators -- each digital citizenship lesson takes on real challenges and digital dilemmas that students face today, giving them the skills they need to succeed as digital learners, leaders, and citizens tomorrow. www.commonsense.org
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Personalized Professional Learning Back to School With Future Ready Librarians On August 28th at 4:00pm CST, Bill Bass, Elissa Malespina and Nikki Robertson will be joining Shannon McClintock Miller to share amazing tips and tricks that will help Future Ready Librarians, district leaders, and other educators prepare for the best school year yet. You can register at this link. Register even if you can't attend live so you will receive the webinar archive!
How STEAM Activities Prepare Students for the Global Economy Wednesday, Aug. 21 @ 3 pm ET REGISTER HERE This edWebinar will highlight the necessity of global learning now, provide global collaboration options available today, and emphasize the benefits of global inclusion in all aspects of the classroom.
Parkway Credit
One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars and events, such as Edcamps, SLAA events, makerspace open houses etc. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar or go to an event, then record your participation at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. 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.
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