Updates @your Library

Updates

• The horizon program is working

for easy check out of books...if

you would like to learn how to

conduct check out, let me know.

• Don’t forget that we now have eBooks for students to read

either online or though an app.

• We have just received the Gateway award books from this year

and the nominees for next year. Ready for checkout!

E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R

F E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G E Know & Go @Your Library V O L U M E 1 | I S S U E 1 8

Contact Information

Bill Bass

Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3

Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog

tinyurl.com/libserv

To read a book

for the first &me

is to make an

acquaintance

with a new

friend; to read it

for a second &me

is to meet an

old one.

~Anonymous,

Chinese saying

Collec&on Development for Fern—Collec&ng, sor&ng, re-packing, and a lot of

weeding is happening in the back room at Library Services.

Highlighted & Underlined from METC 2014 Technology, Research, and Learning Resources

Learn Egg—The Global Educa�on Guide—

Their mo1o is Learn Something New...They are a trusted source for opinions,

features, guides, and incredibly useful resources on global educa&on. One of the

topics I found par&cularly interes&ng was the ar&cle on 15 Powerful Educa�on App

(and how to use them). It directed me to the Global Educa&on Database, a space that

contains curated tools and gadgets in an easy to use database.

h1p://learnegg.com/

Many of you already use Common Sense Media, the organiza&on that advocates for

digital ci&zenship and safe technology use, but did you know that they have some great

new posters for the classroom. h1p://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/posters

AirPano is a non-commercial project focused on high

resolu&on 3D aerial panoramas. The AirPano team is a group

of Russian photographers and panorama enthusiasts. Come

back to this site o;en, because they intend on shoo&ng a

variety of aerial panoramas and create virtual 3D tours of the

most interes&ng places of the planet. Note the files are very

large and may take &me to load. h1p://www.airpano.com/

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Student Opportuni�es

h1p://www.ala.org/aasl/slm

Learning Opportunities

Func�on Follows Form: How Google Apps Can Transform 21st Century Learning—Feb. 26th—4:00PM

Schools across the country pledge to teach 21st century skills, but building a culture of

collaborators can prove difficult. Luckily, Google Apps for educa&on provides tools to

transform an insular learning community into a collabora&ve one. In this session, the pre-

senter will introduce Google applica&ons that will empower teachers and students to

learn together outside of the boundaries imposed by geography and &me. Sponsored by

Folle1—REGISTER HERE

Educator Field Trip—Big History Project

The director of educa&on, Bob Regan, and the lead curriculum writer,

Bob Bain, will be the lead presenters for this FREE event. This is an

exci&ng effort to integrate technology with history teaching. The

a1ached brochure gives you a number of links to get an overview of

Big History prior to the recep&on and introduc&on on March 12 from

4:00-7:00 at the Forest Park Visitor’s Center. Lessons are integrated

with Common Core, the work of Sam Wineburg on reading and think-

ing like a historian, the importance of science in the shaping of his-

torical development and much more. There is no cost for the recep-

�on or for implemen�ng Big History, however you need to regis-

ter. Visit the Educa&onPlus website h1p://edplus.org and click on

the Calendar and Registra�on icon to register!

Learn More:

Read the course guide HERE.

Check out our TED talk at h1p://www.ted.com/talks/david_chris&an_big_history.html

Visit us on Facebook at h1ps://www.facebook.com/bighistoryproject

The Big History Project – website h1p://course.bighistoryproject.com