KNOW & GO Updates @your Library

Parkway School District Volume 3 | Issue 7

Contact InformationBill BassInnovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library MediaTwitter: billbass

Kim LindskogLibrary System Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog

Amy Johnson Digital Learning SpecialistTwitter: ajohnson106

Nancy IkemeyerAdministrative AssistantSkype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearlTwitter: NancyIkemeyer

Access the Library Services Webpage

using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv

What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?

● Librarians List 2015-16

● Who To Call● Ordering

procedures● Follett ordering

w/screenshots● Follett Acct #'s● Follett req

Instructions● Building budget● Sample budget ● Substitute librarian

list● Sub Training

Videos● Standing orders● Ordering/renewing

databases HS only● Destiny FAQ Page

of Answers● Mobile

Makerspace Kit Request

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google toneshelfie

Mon ATues Wed Thurs Fri

Nov 2PD Day @ Lib Services High School morning only

3PD Day @ WMSElementary & High School All day Middle School morning only

4MSPLC Late Start

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9 10 11 12 13Edsurge Workshop on Saturday

16American EducationWeek

17 18 19 20 CelebrateInt’l Game Day on Saturday the 21st

Dates at a Glance

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Tech Integration in the Library

AT a recent Educational Technology Association (ETA of STL) the topic of discussion was favorite online tools for use with BYOD or mobile learning environments. The list is for the areas of Formative assessment, student projects and collaboration/back channels. A great thought when thinking about technology tools is: date the tool, marry the ability (Adam Bellow)...because tools come and go.

Formative assessment● Quizlet● Quizizz● Socrative● Exit ticket● Padlet● Answer Garden● Kahoot● Plickers● Pear Deck● NearPod● Edpuzzle

Hi everyone, this should be the last email you'll get from me today. Last year as we were preparing to implement Google Apps I offered any librarian who was interested the opportunity to either be reimbursed for a passed test or given district PD credit. I want to extend that opportunity to you once again. If you are interested in learning more about Google and Google Apps, this is a great, self-paced development opportunity. There are a number of librarians who already participated last year so ask your fellow librarians (or Kim) to get some insight on this. All information (including study materials and the tests themselves) can be found at http://www.google.com/edu/training/certifications/. You can take any or all of the required and/or elective tests that you want. Click on the "Certification" tab to get to the information. If you are interested, please let Nancy know and she will begin to form a list so we can keep track. Each test is $15 and, upon submitting your certificate we will get your credit (at the end of the year) or reimbursed. I hope that some of you will take advantage of this opportunity. Let me know if you have questions.

Hi everyone,If you haven't received it yet, sometime today you will get an email with an invitation to become Google Drive certified. All of the information that is there is valid for you save for one thing, the district is going to support teachers in taking the Google Drive test which is awesome. However, this does not get you recognized as being certified through Google. If you are interested in taking all of the tests, I will support you in that. There are 5 tests total and each of them are $15 each. If you choose to go this route, you have two choices. I will either pay for all five tests once you've passed them and have turned in your certificates, or I can give you 2 district credits (if you complete all five tests). Once you finish your tests, to become certified through Google you have to fill out an application and make a video. Kim and I can help you through this process as well. I'm excited to offer this opportunity to you and support you in it. I think I have all the relevant information here but if I've missed something or you have other questions, please let me know.

>>> Bill Bass 07/07/15 3:11 PM >>>Google announced their new certifications last week. Everything is now available at https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification Each one builds upon the other. I can't tell you what to expect at this point but there are two levels of assessments before trainer. It's brand new so I don't know what the format even is at this point. Here's the FAQ page https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_faq Trainer applications open up tomorrow and I imagine it will close end of August. Here's another more complete breakdown of the certification programs.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FLSjKWqgjHYW3FF3BWUg7IY4hv_CAjWKlYgjsHTRJ60/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1#

Library Lessons

October● National Bullying

Prevention Awareness Month - Wiki & Resources

● National Reading Group Month

● National Book Month● National Go on a Field

Trip Month ● Teen Read Week Oct-

18-24● Digital Citizenship Week

- October 18-24 #havethetalk

November ● Picture Book Month ● International Games

Day - Saturday, November 21st

● Aviation History Month - explore this with makerspace activities on gravity and flight

● Monopoly was released in November 1935 - try using gaming in the library this month

● American Education Week - Nov 16th - 20th Plan events from NEA.org

Just For Fun @your Library

from Buzz Feed Books check out the 19 Hilarious Jokes All Books Nerds Will Appreciate, such as, Bookmark? You mean quitter strip?

Back Channel/Collaboration● Blog● Today's Meet● See saw● Padlet● Backchannel chat● Twitter

Student Projects● Powtoon● Lucidpress● WeVideo● Thinglink● Haiku Deck● Board Builder:

Discovery Education● Prezi● Glogster● BigHugeLabs● GoAnimate● Explain Everything● Piktochart● Smore● VoiceThread● Canva● Weebly

@your Library

Timely TopicsMakerspaces, Gaming,, Library Spaces, Advocacy, Genrefication, and more

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Thinking About our Profession

Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a few leadership sessions with TLA (Teaching, Learning, and Assessment). What can you influence. ..tla retreat video and reflection

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Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a few leadership sessions with TLA (Teaching, Learning, and Assessment). What can you influence. ..tla retreat video and reflection

“I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger. I believe in the collecting, noticing, living work of designing lessons to empower writers. I believe teachers provide vision for students; we live a belief in their success every day we teach." - Penny Kittle

Resource RoundupTechnology, Research & Learning Resources

Are You Getting the Most Out of YouTube?Google Certification for Educators has great resources for learning the ins and outs of all their products. YouTube has high quality educational videos with channels such as Khan Academy, Crash Course and Veritasium that are just a few examples of offerings you may want to subscribe to.When you ‘subscribe’ to an educational channel, you will get an update every time that channel uploads new content.As you continue to subscribe to channels you are letting YouTube know what you like. YouTube will continue to give you updates when your channel subscriptions upload new content, but it will also start suggesting other channels that you might like, too. Every time you go to YouTube you will be greeted with videos and channels that are tailored to you based on your likes, watched videos, and channel subscriptions. This is called the ‘What to Watch’ page. As you continue to use YouTube, it gets better and better at helping you discover content you can use to engage students and teach concept.

Game Based Learning + Makerspaces = Engagement in the Library

As many of you are working hard on makerspaces, there has been a cross over to gaming as well. The makerspace movement is blending in with the gaming aspects of learning. Which is a positive direction so long as you are ready and able to answer the questions from parents and administrators about how this fits into library programming. I am a huge proponent of gaming and gamification (there is a difference) in the library, but it may need to be defined for your stakeholders, because they will want to know the importance of gaming to student’s learning. In a recent edutopia news post there were many great resources and tips.

● Gamification vs. Gaming ● Game-Based Learning: Resource Roundup● Gamify Any Subject ● 5 High School Novels about Gaming ● PBL & Gamification (this would work with a

makerspace too)

From ALA best websites 2015 www.ala.orgDigital Citizenship Scope & Sequence

Digital Citizenship is part of the invisible curriculum, meaning that it should seamlessly fit into all curricula. Check out the Common Sense Media Scope & Sequence tool to find age-appropriate lessons that address digital literacy and citizenship topics for your classroom. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. From professional development materials, to student interactives, to lessons and assessments, and family outreach materials, our comprehensive curriculum is turnkey to implement.

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In-service CoursesComputational Thinking for EducatorsThe goal of this course is to help educators learn about computational thinking (CT), how it differs from computer science, and how it can be integrated into a variety of subject areas. As a course participant, you will increase your awareness of CT, explore examples of CT integrated into your subject areas, experiment with examples of CT-integrated activities for your subject areas, and create a plan to integrate CT into your own curricula.The course is divided into five units, each focusing on the following:- Introducing Computational Thinking: What is CT? - What is computational thinking, where does it occur, why should you care, and how is it being applied?- Exploring Algorithms - Walk through examples of algorithms used in your subject area. Recognize why algorithms are powerful tools to increase what you can do and that technology can be useful for implementing and automating algorithms.- Finding Patterns - Explore examples of patterns in various subjects and develop your own processes for approaching a problem through pattern recognition.- Developing Algorithms - Increase your confidence in applying the computational process to a given problem and recognize how algorithms can articulate a process or rule.- Final Project: Applying Computational Thinking - Create a statement of how computational thinking applies to your subject area and a plan to integrate it into your work and classroom.Website - https://goo.gl/XkuvHL or PEERS Description

Resource RoundupTechnology, Research & Learning Resources

What will you make @ your library #ParkwayMakes

Professional LearningOne 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 go to http://tinyurl.com/webinars-events to record your participation. 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.

Webinars● 12 Innovative Reading Ideas! New

Ways to Inspire Your Students - Wed, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m.

Archived Webinars Worth a View● You Need It: Reading Promotional

Programming That Really Works!● Makerspaces: The Now Revolution

in School Libraries● Getting the Most out of Integrating

eBooks in the Classroom: 10 Proven Lessons You Can Use Now!

● Getting the Most Out of eBooks in School: 50 Proven Tips That Really Work

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It’s Google Doodle Time

Google Certification Last year as we were preparing to implement Google Apps I offered any librarian who was interested the opportunity to either be reimbursed for a passed test or given district PD credit. I want to extend that opportunity to you once again. If you are interested in learning more about Google and Google Apps, this is a great, self-paced development opportunity. There are a number of librarians who already participated last year so ask your fellow librarians (or Kim) to get some insight on this. All information (including study materials and the tests themselves) can be found at http://www.google.com/edu/training/certifications/. Click on the "Certification" tab to get to more information. There's an FAQ page https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_faq as well.

At the end of the class, you will receive a certificate of completion that you will need to turn in to Bill Bass at wbass@parkwayschools.net by December 22nd.

Designing Digital Media for Teaching & LearningWhether digital media sparks fear or intrigue, it is a fundamental part of students’ lives and can enrich teaching and learning in and out of the classroom. This online course will examine how the creation and consumption of digital media can enhance education by engaging and empowering teachers and students. Throughout this project-based course, you will learn how to use free web 2.0 tools to create, implement, and assess digital media.Website - http://digitalmediaeducation.org/ Syllabus - https://goo.gl/AhmXvz PEERS Description At the end of the class, you will receive a certificate of completion that you will need to turn in to Bill Bass at wbass@parkwayschools.net by December 7th.

EventsEdSurge - Educational WorkshopFree Educator Day on Saturday November 14th . Try out the latest innovations for supporting teaching. Give feedback so companies know how to tune their products to fet your needs. Meet other teachers and expand your network of friends and colleagues.

New to Parkway Mobile Makerspaces Zooligical Bitsbox, littleBits and Q-BA-

MAZE

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Well Said...

Snapshots

● Mason author visit● McKelvey - Take a bite out of

reading #parkwayreads●

#ParkwayReads

Source: http://bit.ly/1JOgQ8t

● Celebrating #molibraries with an author visit at SWM● CMS citation lessons through the window● Goosebumps Book Club #molibraries ● Reading under the loft at Claymont #molibaries ● Finding just in time books with life long readers

#molibraries

St Louis Magazine & Local History Check out the Memorial Milestones: Important Moments in Arch History - 50 fun facts.

http://www.slj.com/2015/10/books-media/top-page-to-screen-adaptations-to-put-on-your-radar/

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