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Sonoma Library to Host Minecraft Camp - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This game is a huge hit with kids of all ages, this would be a great idea to incorporate technology instruction in an interesting manner for kids who love the game. 
    • Merrily Sproat
      Merrily Sproat on 04 Feb 14
       
      Wow! This is a grand idea! I know LOTS of children who would thrive at being able to design instead of just play Minecraft. They would truly be happy campers!
  • aught how to work mods: modifications that allow players to alter Minecraft, from making new blocks to creating new pieces
  • A professional coder in the community will be working with students during the first session using Eclipse
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  • Students will use laptops already in the library and connect to a server set up just for the program
  • the ability to personalize a video game is something most children don’t feel equipped to undertake. And that’s something Forth hopes to change
  • We want to take them from consumption to creation
  • We want to emphasize problem solving and teamwork
  • Libraries across the country have latched onto the game, using it to attract students to the library
  • Forth has already fielded calls from parents interested in the program for their children
    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This is a huge win. Having parents call to sign their kids up for the program, amazing.
  • The idea is to create a turnkey program so all the documents are there, as well as curriculum and resources, so they can have what they need.
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Cool Tools for Featuring Student Book Reviews - The Digital Shift - 1 views

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  • Book Trailers for Readers is one of the best models of a book review site for students and by students
  • Wikispaces allows you to arrange your book review in a variety of ways
  • structure it with pages for various genres and use page labels to identify the reading level for each review
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  • you can invite teachers and students to add reviews on their own so that you’re not the only person responsible for maintaining the site
  • Wikispaces has a helpful administrative function
  • allows you to schedule due dates for Wikispaces projects and specify a lock time for your Wikispaces Events
  • Google Apps for Education
  • Google Forms
  • simply create a Google Form where students submit links to their published reviews
  • Designate sections for genres and/or grade levels to make it easy for you to sort the submitted reviews
  • Google Spreadsheet
  • you can then share with your teacher colleagues and students
  • Create QR codes, then print and insert them into the dust jackets of the books in your library.
    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      I love the idea of creating QR codes for book reviews. If all of the reviews for that particular book are in one space, then it is easy for students to see what all students who have reviewed the book thought about it. Definitely going to keep this in mind for the future.
  • scan the QR code with their mobile phones and access a review by one of their peers
  • Goo.gl will also generate a QR code for every link you shorten
  • Goo.gl keeps a record of the number of times a link has been opened
    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      Another great idea for this would be to collaborate with the literature/language arts teacher to have students write reviews for the books they read in class. This will help jump start the review pages for the library. 
  • Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
     
    Tools for student book reviews.
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Lemony Snicket Sponsors Prize for Librarians Facing Adversity | School Library Journal - 0 views

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  • ash prize of $3,000 from Snicket’s book earnings
  • an additional $1,000 for travel expenses
  • an odd, symbolic object from his private stash
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  • a certificate, which may or may not be suitable for framing
  • Lemony had originally contacted ALSC (the Association for Library Services to Children) to establish an award to honor a children’s librarian,
  • ALSC thought it would be better opened up to all librarians—not just children’s librarians who face adversity. They contacted the Office of Intellectual Freedom because usually when people think of adversity, they think of librarians facing challenged books
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    Annual award for "a librarian who has faced adversity with integrity and dignity intact" --  cash prize of $3000 & $1000 travel expenses, as well as "an odd, symbolic object" from Snicket's private stash & certificate!
  • Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
     
    Annual award for "a librarian who has faced adversity with integrity and dignity intact" --  cash prize of $3000 & $1000 travel expenses, as well as "an odd, symbolic object" from Snicket's private stash & certificate!
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How to Assess School Librarians | ALA Midwinter 2014 | School Library Journal - 0 views

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  • Because of Race to the Top, evaluation has become a difficult little game,
  • NY. Librarians now “have to be contractually evaluated by their principal
  • evidence and it must be observable
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  • evidence of efficacy in the students that leads to documentation of the efficacy
  • planning and preparation, library environment, student instruction, and professional obligations
  • Librarians should document student growth and evidence of their outreach efforts to teachers as well as any collaborative projects that followed, suggested the panelists
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SLJ Reviews of Youth Media Award-winning and Honor Books | School Library Journal - 0 views

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  • ELEANOR & PARK, Rainbow Rowell
  • THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
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Georgia Teacher Librarians Aim to Strengthen Role as State Revamps Public Schools | Sch... - 0 views

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  • Georgia is pursuing a major revamp of its public schools system that could allow local communities greater control over school budgets in exchange for meeting higher standards.
  • ome schools (like charters) will opt out of maintaining their library programs,
  • We have to take time to write down all that we do, why we’re valuable, what events we’re hosting, who we’re connecting with, and how that’s impacting the students. I think the best form of self-advocacy is visibility,
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  • moving into working more and more with Bring Your Own Device [programs],
  • we need to be able to bridge that gap
  • the time is now for Georgia’s media specialists—certified teachers in their own right—to focus on expanding their services to other teachers, marketing their media services, instruction, and programs to school and district stakeholders, and encouraging their colleagues to do the same
  • he restructuring actually presents an ideal opportunity to get their feet on the ground, strengthen the skills of their colleagues, and build grassroots support for their changing role in student learning
  • to support the schools, support the students, and support the teachers
  • he first thing is you’ve got to have a good program that students and teachers love, so that when it’s threatened, they will stand up and fight for it
  • most teacher librarians are leaders in their schools when it comes to professional development and the use of instructional technology
  • helping to buck the librarian-as-book-clerk-only stereotype
  • You have people that are masters level and higher—that’s not who you want replacing toner cartridges, especially when, if they have a strong collaborative instruction program, they will raise student achievement
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A Townwide Scavenger Hunt | Programs That Pop - 0 views

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  • Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
     
    Interesting idea to get the community involved in programs for children.
  • Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
     
    Interesting idea to get the community involved in programs for children.
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