October 3 and November 7 - New Teacher Meetings at TAC in Library Services from 4:45-6:15
October 23 - Secondary Librarians Team Meeting at TAC, December 12, 2018 at location TBD 12:00-3:00
October 24 - Elementary Librarians Team Meeting at TAC (room 5-151) 8:30-11:30
December 9-11 - Holiday Open House and Book Bonanza TAC, Library Services
The next NSLA PJ PD will be on Saturday September 28th from 8:30-9:30 AM CST. We will be discussing articles from recent issues of Teacher Librarian. You can join us by using this link: https://zoom.us/j/
If you are interested in joining this discussion, please email Courtney Pentland at mrspe...@gmail.com to get the login information and for which issues to choose articles from
Excerpted from the September 2019 NETA NEWS
Baby Monkey, Private Eye—Use the GooseChase Adventures app to take a scavenger hunt in your classroom or library.
Can I Be Your Dog?—Try writing letters as a dog looking for owners. Using a library book, snap a cover of a dog non-fiction book and use Chatter-pix to bring your letter to life. Share using SeeSaw.
Charlotte and the Rock—Navigate a Sphero through a maze (be careful to avoid the dinosaurs/rocks).
Creepy Pair of Underwear—Make an underwear drawer or bedroom alarm using Snap Circuits. How about origami underwear? Draw a face and make them creepy!
Hattie & Hudson—Students can use the 3D pen or Wikki Stix to create a Water Creature.
Hello Goodbye Dog—Students share their favorite part of the story using Flipgrid.
I Want That Nut!—Students can create fake text conversations back and forth using a SMS generator. Try https://ifaketextmessage.com/
Mae Among the Stars—Use the Merge cubes to explore the solar system. Visit YouTube to learn how to wash your hair in space. https://youtu.be/ kOIj7AgonHM
Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors— Have an epic Rock, Paper, Scissors battle using Do Ink and a green screen. I use green science fair project board.
The Word Collector—Connect this with poetry using the Word Mover app. Just like fridge magnets, you can have a blast creating poems.
Heather Osborn Malcolm Public Schools
Find the list of the 2020-2021 Golden Sower Award Nominees HERE
If you have trouble accessing your folders in the OPS School Libraries Notebook, check to see if you need to update your device. On my device, I find this under Settings > Updates and Security. Once you have updated, shut down and restart.If you still have issues, contact us.
To aid school librarians in nurturing inclusive learning communities, AASL tasked a 2019 ALA Emerging Leaders team with developing a guide of reflection activities and resources based on the Include Shared Foundation in the National School Library Standards.
The Developing Inclusive Learners and Citizens Activity Guide uses scenarios, activities, and resources to help learners and school librarians alike seek balanced perspectives, global learning, empathy, tolerance, and equity to support inclusive environments within and beyond the four walls of the school library. An infographic and applied framework further support application of these materials in professional development and instructional settings. This guide is a great example to any practitioner of how the AASL Standards can be used as a lens to address ANY school library issue!
Robyn Woods, MLIS, AHIP
Education and Outreach Librarian
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
MidContinental Region (MCR)
Creighton University│Health Sciences Libraryrobynwoods@creighton.edu
402-280-4156
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