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What it mean to be librarian in the digital age? Notes &does Reminders
Notes & Reminders 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. I know this is confusing. 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. 2. Always wait for a response before ordering. 3. When creating an order for library books, remember to check you want CATALOGING and PROCESSING (email 10/11) 4. 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 (email 11/5). If all of the above does not happen, your order may not have a PO generated, and then may be canceled.(emailed 7/18)
Community Partnerships World Read Aloud Day, February 1, 2019 Join the Collaborative Google Doc to Connect and Plan The best part of World Read Aloud Day for most participants are the connections that libraries and school communities make with other children, teachers, librarians, authors, illustrators and friends globally. If you want to participate and support literacy and community connections check out the resources available on vanmeterlibraryvoice.com.
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Storyline Online Brings Celebrated Actors To Read Aloud To Your Students, Libraries and Communities A favorite place among librarians is to send young readers to Storyline Online. This site is filled with wonderful actors reading children's books paired with beautifully produced illustrations. From the Storyline Online website.... The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more. Storyline Online receives over 100 million views annually from children all over the world. Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. Teachers use Storyline Online in their classrooms, and doctors and nurses play Storyline Online in children’s hospitals. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners. Read the entire post at vanmeterlibraryvoice.
Genial.ly Interactive Communication Tool Discover the new generation of Presentations, Infographics, Dossiers, Video Presentations, ePosters, CVS, Quizzes, etc. Communicate, educate, and attract bringing visual content to life. Students (under 14 should use with supervision of parents or educators) and teachers can create visual stories and generate amazing communication experiences. Users can sign up for a free account using Google authentication. As with most tools there are several paid plans as well.
Let's Bring Literacy To Life Through Making Padlet There are so many amazing books that we can use with all of the different interests, passions and focuses within our Makerspaces. Shannon Miller created a Padlet to bring together these books in all of the different categories we see in our libraries, classrooms and communities.
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Google launches ‘․new’ links for instantly creating blank Google Docs, Sheets & more
Google introduced a small but useful feature that makes it easier than ever to create a Google Doc. By merely visiting a series of ‘.new’ URLs, such as ‘docs.new’ or ‘slide.new’, users will immediately be taken to a new blank document. The feature works across all document types, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, Sites, and Forms. Google is aiming to make this feature as foolproof as possible, so there are a multitude of options available to create the same type of document. You have three options just to create a spreadsheet, including ‘sheet.new’, ‘sheets.new’ or ‘spreadsheet.new’. From 9to5google.com
Empowers Students as Creators
Three Places to Find Hands-on STEM Lessons Some of the most memorable moments for students in the library are maker related, so this list of activities is great for thinking about what you would like to next in the library makerspace. Take a look at Microsoft’s Hacking STEM Library, Exploratorium’s Science Snacks, and SciShow Kids Super Simple Machines, these sites provide inspiration and guidance to some activities that you may have been thinking but didn’t know where to get started. ● Microsoft’s Hacking STEM Library is divided into activities that take multiple days to complete and activities that can be completed in one day. All of the activities in the Hacking STEM Library include detailed directions, materials lists including places to acquire materials, and lesson objectives. ● Science Snacks is a resource that I have referenced for years when looking for hands-on science activities. Science Snacks features activities that can be conducted with inexpensive and readily available materials. Each Science Snack comes with a materials list and step-by-step directions. Science Snacks are also accompanied by a written explanation of the science at work in the activity. - Maybe share this one with your teachers! ● SciShow Kids has a playlist of videos titled Super Simple Machines. The videos in that playlist feature explanations and demonstrations of simple machines that students could make in your classroom. Taken from practicaledtech.com
Create Your Own Expeditions with Google Tour Creator & Theta 360 Mobile Makerspace Kit
Empowers Students as Creators
Exciting news! Since the release of Google Expeditions, teachers have been asking if students can create their own VR tours. Google has launched an online platform called Tour Creator that allows students to do just that. Tours can be created using 360 images already available in Street View (no extra equipment needed) or students can upload their own 360 images (from Theta cameras). So, we have a new kit available for checkout on the Mobile Makerspace Request Form. The Theta 360 Kit includes 3 Ricoh Theta cameras to take 360 degree images. Currently finished tours will best be viewed full screen on Chromebooks but Google has announced the ability to import tours to the Expeditions app later this year which will provide a more immersive experience. For more information about creating expeditions check out the Tour Creator User Guide. Tips to keep in mind: ● Remember that you don’t have to wait on the kit to have students create. They can use images from Google Street View available within the Tour Creator platform. ● Expedition tours tell a story and/or convey information. Students need to plan out their narrative and images ahead of time using a storyboard. Remind students that they can embed points of interest (linked images and information) within a 360 image (scene). ● The fisheye lens on either side of the Theta camera is what makes the 360 image possible. If these lenses get scratched, it will affect the quality of all images taken with that camera moving forward. Please impress upon students how important it is to be gentle with these cameras and to always lay them down on a soft surface. ● The kit also contains 3 phones that are paired with corresponding cameras to take pictures remotely so that you don’t have to be in the picture. ● Not all students will take pictures at the same time. Think about a strategy to manage how your students will share the 3 cameras. ● Note that Tour Creator is not a collaborative tool. ● Tour Creator only accepts .mp3 audio files. ○ Creative Commons music ○ Vocaroo to record narration ● Right now the best way for students to view their tours is on a Chromebook but in the future, you might consider checking out the Expeditions kit after students have completed their tours to view them with the immersive VR viewers. We will have to wait for Google to release the ability to import tours into the Expeditions app for this to be possible. By Amy Johnson
Computer Science Education Week: December 3rd - 9th Hour of Code is an opportunity for every student to try computer science for one hour. You can also teach the Hour of Code all year-round. Tutorials will work on browsers, tablets, smartphones, or "unplugged." Get tips, tutorials, and videos at csedweek.org and get support at support.code.org. Other resources include: khanacademy.org, csfirst.withgoogle.com, madewithcode.com, and code.org/unplugged
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Google Slides + Screencastify Extension Using the Google Slides and Screencastify extension can help educators rethink lessons and create greater accessibility to learning by making video tutorials, recording presentations, creating video essays or digital journals, producing video blogs, or providing feedback. The Screencastify extension is Chrome’s most trusted and simplest screen recorder. It’s a way to capture, edit, and share videos. The free version allows for 10 minute recording per video, 50 videos per month, and easy sharing with Google Drive and YouTube. Note that there is a small screencastify watermark on the created video. Another interesting feature in Google Slides is the ability to enable real-time closed captioning when you are in presentation mode. While Slides does not store the captioning, Screencastify will record it. In order to activate closed captioning and utilize Screencastify: 1.
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Click on the present in tab feature
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Activate the Screencastify extension to the right of the omnibar
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Then enable Closed Captioning
Note: Be sure to allow camera and microphone when setting up Screencastify on your device See how to record with Screencastify (video)
Scrible Edu is a great tool for getting visibility into the online research and note taking process. Teachers and students should be sure to sign up for Scrible EDU to get upgraded features for free. There is a Scrible Chrome extension that makes note taking easy and a Google Docs Add-on that integrates your notes with your Google Doc. The EDU version also integrates with Google Classroom.
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This site, tinyurl.com/frwedges, is a collection of Future Ready Librarian resources that were presented in the Know & Go newsletter and can also be used with teachers.
Federal, State, & Local Government Infographic This infographic highlights the 3 levels of the U.S. Government in a simple, easy-to-read format. Download at online.kidsdiscover.com
Use of Time & Space
Dos and Don’ts of Classroom Library Decorations What you put on your walls can affect students’ ability to learn.
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Inclusive role models and quotes can boost students’ sense of belonging.
School walls should feel warm and lively but not overcrowded—keep 20 to 50 percent of the wall space clear, and fill the rest with student work, inspiring pictures, and learning aids. Decore should engage not distract. So what does research suggest? ● Display student work and don’t forget to include the process and not just the final product ● Feature inspiring role models - Strive for inclusion, but avoid token or stereotypical representations ● Avoid clutter. Keep at least 20 percent of your wall space clear and resist the temptation to keep adding decorations—it’s better to swap them out than to keep adding more ● Visual aids—like anchor charts, maps, and diagrams—are OK. Posters that reinforce a lesson, but don’t forget to take down ones that are no longer helpful ● Avoid displays of student scores or grades, especially if it is personally identifiable data ● Let in natural light, students who are exposed to more natural light in their school spaces tend perform better in math and reading ● Balance wall colors. You don’t have to stick with four white walls—try having a single feature wall painted a bright color, with the rest being muted Read the full story at www.edutopia.org
Opportunities Over Fear: Digital Citizenship This is a follow up to the November Newsletter on the new thoughts and actions around digital citizenship.
Personalized Use ofProfessional Time & Space Learning
Without speaking to each other, or collaborating in any way, a definite theme emerged from the three speakers at a recent conference: Olivia Van Ledtje, Jennifer Casa-Todd, and Richard Calcutta: It’s time we stop harping on cyber safety (which is NOT digital citizenship) and time we talk about the many ways we can use technology in positive and powerful ways. Olivia Van Ledtje’s (@thelivbits) talk was a powerful and heartfelt one in which she shared that she had been bullied in person, before embarking on her “Livbits” journey. She spoke to the power of words, and the importance of being kind online. She also emphasized the importance of being open to the fact that “kids can teach us”; a common refrain. Liv is as exuberant in person as she is online; which isn’t always the case for young people. Her message was of love and kindness and she is one that lives it both on and offline. Richard Calcutta shared four fundamental ideas about digital citizenship as ISTE has newly defined them in their Citizenship strand. He emphasized that Digital Citizenship is about: ● using tech to make your voice heard by public leaders and shape public policy ●
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using technology to make your community better
As for Jennifer Casa-Todd’s talk, she is passionate about showcasing kids who are learning and sharing learning, empowering and celebrating others, and making a positive difference using technology and social media. She shared three personal and powerful classroom experiences, wonderings, and learnings around each experience that showed how social media has a place in our schools and classrooms. Each speaker had their own way of sharing, but the message is clear. We need to stop focusing all of our energy on cyberbullying and ensure that we balance our fear with the opportunities the online world affords us and our students. Taken from jcasatodd.com blog Check out other blogs about what Digital Citizenship means to them: Tina Zita’s blog4 Mark Carbone’s blog
Announcing the 2019 NCTE Children's Book Awards
Program Evaluation Guidelines Topic 1: Advocacy Parkway libraries will strive for clear communication of the role of school librarians.
#ParkwayReads - Literacy
Topic 2: Responsiveness to Community Parkway libraries will be responsive to the community and have a finger on the pulse of each individual building.
Books have the power to transform lives, and the Charlotte Huck, Orbis Pictus, and Excellence in Poetry for Children awards celebrate works that have the highest potential to do so. These awards are a valuable resource for teachers looking to introduce students to important themes and subjects, and they provide an opportunity for both teachers and readers to discover new books and authors. See the whole the list and read more from this blog at www2.ncte.org.
Topic 3: Instructional & Programming Parkway libraries will support classroom instruction and provide relevant, timely programming to meet the needs and interests of each individual community. Topic 4: Educational Leadership & PD Parkway librarians will strive to be seen as leaders in buildings and will have access to just in time, targeted professional learning for librarians. Topic 5: Library Physical Spaces Parkway libraries are multi-use spaces that are inviting and available for learners of all ages.
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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