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Know & Go Updates @your Library Updates & Reminders January 3rd Professional Development Upon our return in January we will meet for a professional learning session: Who? All librarians What? Professional Development When? January 3rd - 8:00 - 11:00 Where? West High Library Be sure to bring a charged Chromebook or laptop to work on for a part of that session.
Destiny Updates In mid-December Kelly shared some Discover updates. Now you can: Use Search Options in the Simplified version You can now enable Search Options in the Simplified version of Destiny Discover (previously available in the Standard version). Search Options let patrons use custom search settings to narrow their results. They can use Search Options with a search term or perform an open-ended search. For more information, see Search for Library Resources and Set Up Versions and Themes.
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On the Library Services Resource Hub website at bit.ly/pkwylibhub you will find: The many resource websites created to support teaching and learning Library Program - guiding documents All the helpful links from previous newsletters Librarian Talking Points Makerspace approaches, purchasing, and reflection survey
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).
BBC Sound Effects (Beta) The BBC have opened up their archive of over 16,000 sound effects, which you can now download in WAV format free of charge.These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
National Scribble Day Join in on National Scribble Day (March 27, 2020) with the book I’m not just a Scribble and create art that encourages kindness and acceptance. Check on the free lesson plans and other printables at new.dianealber.com/scribbleday
NatGeo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topo Maps The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous teachers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out. See the information about this new resource at petapixel.com
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
Empowers Students as Creators Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
What’s going On in This Picture There is a weekly feature in the New York Times called What’s Going On in This Picture where images are stripped of their captions and students are given an opportunity to discuss them. There is also a section called What’s Going on in This Graph? These two sections of the New York Times are part of the The Learning Network that strives to connect the classroom to the world, give students voice, strengthen literacy skills and promote critical and creative thinking through multimedia.
ClassTools.net Classtools Is a free creation platform that hosts several different types of templates, games and activities. The Image Annotator is a simplified Thinglink tool. It allows the user to create hotspots on a photo and share it digitally.
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
Empowers Students as Creators
MakerDirectory.com Looking for a place to locate resources quickly, then look at the MakerDirectory. It was developed to help makers and makerspaces find the resources they need quickly and catalog them all in one place. In addition to the MakerDirectory, here are a few librarians sharing makerspace information Laura Fleming - "Worlds of Learning" Colleen Graves - "Create, Collaborate, Innovate" Andy Plemmons - "Expect the Miraculous" Diana Rendina - "Renovated Learning"
From Digital Promise is Real World Learning Schools want to provide opportunities for students to develop the skills and competencies to prepare them for a productive future. Such opportunities include connecting with students’ lives and interests, and engaging them in solving relevant and authentic problems. Project-based learning, maker learning, and community based learning opportunities are promising, but can be challenging to implement. Resource for including real world learning include: ● Real World Learning - From Digital Promise's Real World Learning Challenge Collaborative, explore a framework and tools to help you engage students in authentic, relevant problems, projects, and experiences that develop career awareness and readiness. ● Project-Based Learning topic page - From Digital Promise, this page provides an introduction and key findings from the research on PBL outcomes and implementation, including links to additional resources. ● Maker Learning Leadership Framework - From Digital Promise, this framework helps school leaders create sustainable maker learning programs. ● A School Rooted in Real World Learning - From Edutopia, this blog describes a K12 school focused on arts and sciences to foster students’ passions and prepare them for future success. ● The Value of Internships: A Dose of the Real World in High School - This article from Mind/Shift illustrates how secondary students can benefit from authentic internship opportunities. ● 10 Innovations that Support Students’ Community Contributions - From Getting Smart, this blog shares and links to global examples of students making real contributions to their communities.
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
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).
Posts from the Pin - Amy Johnson
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
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).
It’s a New Year, Time to Organize Your Google Drive Google Drive is the where many of us curate our entire professional life with thousands of files stored for current or future use. With Google Drive we are able to store files securely and access them from any device, as well as create, open, and edit files as needed. So, how might we organize those files so that we can access them quickly? Luckily, Google Drive has many great features to get you organized and here are some tips: �
Use Consistent Naming Conventions and Numbering â—‹ Keep file names short but meaningful â—‹ Numbering my files and folders keeps the most important folders at the top of My Drive, no matter what they are named.
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Organize into Folders and Subfolders with Color Coding, and Special Characters â—‹ Adding color to your folders can help you visually recognize files faster and give you additional ways to organize your Google Drive. â—‹ Adding emojis đ&#x;˜€ and special characters âœż can add a little extra to your files and folders â—‹ Emojis provide a visual cue, aUsing Drive Priority Workspaces Add Files to Multiple Folders â—‹ When organizing your Google Drive into folders, it can be difficult to decide exactly where to save certain files, so add files to multiple folders without having to make copies. This allows folders to act more like tags or categories. â—‹ To add a file to multiple folders from Google Drive:
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Single-click the file in Google Drive Then use the keyboard shortcut, “Shift + Z.� A pop-up will open and allow you to “add that file to another folder.
Use Advanced Search ○ Click the drop-down arrow from the search box for more advanced search options. You can filter by file type, owner, keywords, dates, and more. For more tips and how to’s go to shakeuplearning.com and organize-google-drive blog
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
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).
Ken Burns in the Classroom Do you use clips from @KenBurns films in your classroom? Now you can, access to clips, lesson plans and interactives from Ken Burns' most popular films are available on PBS LearningMedia and can be sorted and searched by film, topic or educational standard.
Action for Happiness Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier and more caring society. They want to see a fundamentally different way of life - where people care less about what they can get just for themselves and more about the happiness of others. Everyone's path to happiness is different. Based on the latest research, they have identified 10 Keys to Happier Living that consistently tend to make life happier and more fulfilling. Together they spell GREAT DREAM. Learning about the 10 keys and taking action may be a great way to introduce SEL in the library or classroom. Check out the monthly action calendars at actionforhappiness.org/calendars.
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
Designs Collaborative Spaces Provides flexible spaces that promote inquiry, creativity, collaboration, and community.
Building Learning Labs & Innovative Learning Spaces It always helps to have practical guidelines when it comes to re-thinking spaces. The Future Classroom Lab and European Schoolnet did exactly that. Their PDF is way to support schools that wish to create their own learning labs and uppate learning spaces on other innovative ways. These guidelines have been informed by the experiences of an increasing number of teachers, school leaders and teacher educators who have been inspired to set up their own versions of learning labs fab labs, or makerspaces. As we have talked about the Active Learning Theory and the 6 learning spaces (zones): large group area, small group area, quiet/study area, community (safe, social) space, technology-rich zone, and creation/exploration space, so does this PDF. They use zones, such as interact, develop, exchange, create, investigate, and present. Check out the entire booklet to see more on the four stage process, case-study, and impact on student learning.
Building Learning Labs & Innovative Learning Spaces
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#ParkwayReads - Literacy Inspires and supports the reading lives of both learners and teachers. Creates inclusive collections that acknowledge and celebrate diverse experiences and provide instructional opportunities to empower learners as effective users and creators of information and ideas.
Best Books of 2019: a Collection in Destiny On the vanmeterlibraryvoice blog you will find information on the Destiny Collection of all the curated best of books and an opportunity to collaborate on those lists.
Another List for Santa: Post Dispatch’s 25 Favorite Books of 2019 Post-Dispatch reviewers pick 25 books to consider, supplemented by wire reviews and even ideas from local booksellers and librarians. The list includes local favorites, fiction, and nonfiction.
Information Literacy
The 2020 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books This list can be found on the hereweeread.com blog.
Best Young Adult Books 2019 Not only did SLJ put out the best YA books list for 2019 but they also gave us other great lists that include: PICTURE BOOKS | TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS | MIDDLE GRADE NONFICTION | GRAPHIC NOVELS
What would you like to read? Mix and match the filters on NPR’s Book Concierge and explore more than 2,000 recommendations from NPR staff and trusted critics.
What does it mean to be librarian in the digital age?
Personalized Professional Learning Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.
Research Confirms Value of School Librarians The New York State Library has released Roles of the School Librarian: Empowering Student Learning and Success (2019), an informational brief that is a compilation of research studies on the roles and value of school librarians. An executive summary of the document is also available. “The school librarians’ contributions, whether direct or indirect, are consistently shown to be of positive value to not only students and teachers, but the wider school community,” the summary said. “It is important to consider the sustainability of school libraries for the success of all students in New York as well as across the country for generations to come, because school libraries and the role of school librarians have and will continue to evolve to meet the conditions of the world and time in which they exist.” In this 2019 Brief, numerous research studies on student achievement highlight the ways in which school libraries and school librarians are invaluable and integral to the learning process in the library, in the classroom, and beyond the school walls to the global community of learners. The Brief includes six statewide impact studies conducted since 2011 and goes beyond to look at the evolving roles of school librarians in leading technology integration in schools, engaging students with disabilities, assisting students with the transition to college and career, in STEM education, and more. The methodology of the Brief strategically explores the five roles of the school librarian recognized and defined by the American Association of School Libraries (AASL): teacher, leader, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator. By defining and outlining these roles and providing research showing the effectiveness of school librarians when placed in them, this publication emphasizes not only the importance but the versatility of school librarians in assisting the learning process for students. To read the full press release go to www.slj.com
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Personalized Professional Learning Librarian Reflection: What was your ah-ha moment last semester for the library program, your practice, or the space?
AASL Highlights In November the national AASL Conference attendees put together a Google Doc of collaborative notes with resources and thoughts. The Doc is also organized by day, session, notes, and links. It is definitely worth a look and provides a picture of what is trending in school libraries. Go to bit.ly/aasl19notes
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