Know & Go Updates @your Library
Library Services Volume 6 | Issue 3 Library Links ●
Destiny FAQ
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District Surplus Property Procedures
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Follett Acct #'s
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Follett req Instructions
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Free Lib Books @ Lib Serv
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Future Ready Librarian Framework Future Ready Goals (blank) #Future Ready Resources
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Future Ready Wedge Resources ISTE & Future Ready Crosswalk Librarians List 2018-2019
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Library Services Site
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Library Services Policies
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(Schoolwires login required) Lib Prog Guiding Docs Folder Makerspace Order Form Personalized Learning Program Evaluation Guidelines Record a PD event
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Sub librarian list
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Sub Training Videos
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Travel & Reimbursement (BOE) Guidelines
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Talking Points ○ Building Instructional Partnerships ○ Future Ready Library Spaces ○ Use of Space & TIme: Building a Flexible Program Who To Call
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 9/20) A quick reminder, when placing Follett orders: 1. Email Nancy first. 2. Always wait for a response before ordering. 3. Place order and then print order as a PDF (under the print menu) immediately and share in Follett orders folder located here. If all of the above does not happen, your order may not have a PO generated, and then may be canceled.(emailed 7/18) Also, due to new rules from DESE, please order all ebooks/audiobooks separate from books. emailed 7/16)
Destiny 16.0 is Here As a district we are now using Destiny 16.0 which provides us with some new features which include: If they have the permissions, students now have the review length increased to 2000 characters compared to the 1000 they originally had o They will go to the Catalog>Library search, then select the title they wish to review o Then they will go to the Review sub-tab, Review page, Add Review o They will then click on the desired amount or stars they would like to give it (range from 1 to 5, 1 being lowest)
Destiny 16.0 is Here- Cont’d
Continued Notes & Reminders
You are now able to add the cover image to titles on checkout/fine reports and notices - To choose this option, you would go to: o Reports>Library reports>circulation>Current checkouts/fines o It is under the third portion, Details o This is not available for email right now but coming with 16.5
Follett has also updated the Lexile Reading Program Service to ensure the collection only shows the current Lexile measure for any title it appears in the Search Results and Title details
E-readers There have been changes in the e-reader functionality as well o On the top right of the e-book will be different functions o These include text-to-speech, highlighting, bookmarking, searching, etc
Students can now download the ebooks without any special app o They will go to the main menu on the top left o Hit offline access o They will receive a notification once it is ready Planned improvements o Downloading audiobooks o Zoom for e-books o Scrub bar (moving forwards and backwards for e-books) Destiny Discover itself o Used to have three tabs: All, books and digital combined to one called Books o Shows all digital and physical and able to filter down More features coming September 27th o Citations and favorites o Counts on search results - Able to see number of items returned within a search If you have any questions ask Kelly Smeehuyzen
MEDIA LITERACY WEEK NEWS
Curates Digital Resources & Tools
The 2018 Media Literacy Week Toolkit is available now! Download it here. The toolkit includes sample social media posts, memes, graphics and a lot more!
Six Ways to Use Google Photos in the Classroom Library There are six great ideas to help you use Google Photos to document learning in the library or classroom and help students create wonderful multimedia projects. Check out this video to get started! This blog post on techlearning.com and is cross posted by John Sowash on electriceducator.blogspot.com
Posts from the Parkway Pin By Amy Johnson What's new in Classroom Google adds new features to Classroom frequently. This page provides a description of each new feature and a link to more information on using it in Classroom. To get the latest updates on Classroom, follow Google for Education on Facebook or Twitter and subscribe to the Google for Education blog.
Google - Applied Digital Skills Curriculum The Applied Digital Skills Curriculum is a free, video-based online curriculum, that prepares students of all ages (mainly grades 6-12) for the growing number of jobs that require digital skills. Teachers and students use the curriculum to work through and develop projects that combine digital skills with real-world skills. Projects are completed through a series of customizable lessons available to teachers. Through the teacher portal, teachers can assign students activities to complete on their own or in small groups. These activities encourage the 4 C’s (creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking) and foster a multitude of different digital skills.
Curates Digital Resources & Tools
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Here is What We, As Future Ready Librarians, Do in Each One of the Wedges - Padlet Recently Shannon McClintock Miller held a two day workshop where the topic was empowering leadership for school librarians through innovative professional practice. In those two days they created a Padlet that shared what they do specifically to lead, teach, and support in each on of the wedges including links, events, ideas, etc. Hope you find something inspirational.
PDF Candy This might be a useful tool for the school community. PDFs are incredibly useful for all kinds of things. For instance, they are a universal file format that works well on all devices and don't need any additional software for viewing their contents. However, they can also be a very frustrating file format. Have you ever tried to split a PDF, merge it with another PDF, or convert it to another format? PDF Candy may be the answer. To see the complete post check out Grantwood AET Digital Learning.
Design Thinking Challenge for Kids From leftbraincraftbrain.com the Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to help them solve complex problems and create solutions & products that meet people’s needs. It’s solution-based thinking that starts with a general goal, not just a specific problem to help create broader ideas.
Empowers Students as Creators
Fall Tinker Tray
This portal is a great resource for projects, crafts, and STEAM books for inspiring the design process and inspiring students to think about the fundamental of engineering.
Simple Machines: Fun Way to Learn Physics Many librarians have a science spin on makerspaces these days, in this Simple Machines app, you can combine gamification with stem and physics. This app is also endorsed by Common Sense Education’s and was selected as an App of the Day. Simple Machines lets kids manipulate tools and see how they help us do work. They'll use a wedge to split up an iceberg, push a lever to destroy a castle, drag planes into the sky with pulleys, lift fish tanks with screws, play pinball with inclined planes, and bike through an obstacle course with a wheel and axle. Each step of the way, kids are changing variables to see how the machine reacts.
Create Your Own National Geographic Cover The National Geographic Society has a neat app on their website that allows people to build their own NGM Covers right in the browser (nothing to download): createyourcover.nationalgeographic.com
Looking for Something New to Do With Spheros Build your battle shell and prepare your Sphero for the Battle Bots tournament of champions! This battle will take place in an arena where bots will compete to be the last bot standing. Use your design thinking skills and think outside of the box to build a battle shell for your Sphero to withstand all challengers. Another way version is like the activity card to the left. OR...What about Cup Characters?
10 Fun Alternatives to Think-Pair-Share All learners need time to process new ideas and information. They especially need time to verbally make sense of and articulate their learning with a community of learners who are also engaged in the same experience and journey. In other words, kids need to talk! Read more about Sticky-Note Storm, Team Huddle, and Flash at weareteachers.com
Builds Instructional Partnerships
Frostbite Theater - 87 Science Experiment Video Lessons Jefferson Lab's YouTube channel includes a playlist titled Frostbite Theater. The playlist has 87 videos and features science demonstrations and experiments. Many of the demonstrations involve the use of liquid nitrogen. You'll also find videos about electricity, insects, and lasers. Applications for Education Rather than just showing these videos to your students, place them into a tool like EDpuzzle or TES Teach with Blendspace to build questions into the videos. Both of those tools will let you add questions into the timeline of a video and let your students respond while watching the videos. See the full blog post at freetech4teachers.com
Record 30 seconds of video using your webcam. The video is automatically saved to Google Drive and the link to the video is copied to your clipboard. This makes sharing the video extremely easy. Note: You will want to change the sharing permissions on the folder in Google Drive to "Anyone with the link can view" to allow others to view the videos you record. Webcam Record by Alice Keeler is designed to allow students to use the webcam to record 30 seconds of them explaining a concept. Teachers can use webcam record to provide students video feedback. Since the video link is automatically copied to the clipboard, teachers can paste the link easily into a gradebook comment. Users of Google Classroom will love Alice Keeler Webcam Record. Students can record themselves using the webcam. The video is saved in Google Drive, thus they can easily add the video to any assignment. Use Alice Keeler Webcam Record to have students do a quick reflection on their learning and include with the assignment. Alice Keeler Webcam Record works with Google Slides. Use the Insert menu in Slides to choose the webcam recording out of the Google Drive folder and it is embedded right in the slide. Default record time is 30 seconds. Right click on the extension icon to change the options. Maximum record time is 90 seconds.
Community Partnerships Use of Time & Space
Contact Information: Chesterfield Location Store Manager - Jolene Meaghan Harned Business Development Manager mharned@bn.com
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Educator Program Application Form B & N Book Fair Brochure Novel Engineering PD
Where Classroom Design Meets Design Thinking The trick to creating an effective learning space is to build in a certain amount of agility when designing it. Teachers/Librarians can start simply, with the overall goals they have for their classrooms/libraries, the types of projects they want to do, and the mindset they want to instill in students. Read about the power of asking students ‘Hey, is this working? Are you able to learn this way? How can we design this better?’ at EdSurge.
Building your PLN
Personalized Use ofProfessional Time & Space Learning
The information age is the ability to instantly get new ideas, helpful tips, and inspiration from social media. Facebook and Twitter are stacked with educational pages full of quick ideas you can use in your library. What new idea will you try?
#ParkwayReads 10 Awesome questions to to get students thinking deeper about books hmmm‌. Character study? From WeAreTeachers
New From SLJ
Humor @ Your Library
Program Evaluation Guidelines Topic 1: Advocacy Parkway libraries will strive for clear communication of the role of school librarians.
Personalized Professional Learning
Missouri 5th Annual Google Summit Saturday, October 6, 2018 (8:00 - 3:00) Featuring Google for Education The Missouri Summit is intended for...educators, administrators, and leaders of all levels, formal or informal. Registration is $80. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will also be provided. Location this year is at St Charles West High School, 3601 Droste Road, St Charles, MO 63301
Visit the edWeb Calendar for upcoming free webinars. Now you can also easily search and view over 1300 recorded edWebinars.
Topic 2: Responsiveness to Community Parkway libraries will be responsive to the community and have a finger on the pulse of each individual building. 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.
Contact Information
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Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
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Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106
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Nancy Ikemeyer Administrative Assistant Twitter: NancyIkemeyer What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?