April 14, 2016 Volume 1, Issue 7

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER NEWSLETTER

Tammy Cummings—Library Media Specialist

Spring Break is almost here! A whole week to do what you want

when you want! The catch … you also need to rest up and be

ready to finish the school year! YES! Oh, wait, we have to come

back? Yes there is still plenty of the school year left and plenty of

activities to do.

Please stop by the Library Media Center at any time to talk and collaborate. Tammy

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Atomic Learning ................................... 4

Free Comic Book Day! .......................... 5

In The Library ....................................... 2

Kahoot! ................................................. 4

Make Way for the Ducklings ................ 4

Newsletters ........................................... 3

Open EBook .......................................... 5

Public Domain Books ........................... 2

School Library Month .......................... 4

Schoology PBL ...................................... 5

Student iPad Reset! .............................. 3

Sweet Search ......................................... 2

Upcoming Events ................................. 5

I WONDERS:

How much students will enjoy the Poetry Café?

What surprises the rest of the year will hold?

CiTi Digital

Subscriptions

Library Website

http://www.citiboces.org/

Page/439

IN THE LIBRARY

The following are

available in the LMC

iPad Cart

7 Nooks

OSMO

Snowball USB mi-

crophone

Elmo

MinecraftEDU

3D Printers

BlueRay player

Wii

Raspberry Pi

Scratch

Collaboration Ta-

ble with large

TV—located Cam-

pus Room A130

Dictionary

Thesaurus

WebCam A130 for

group Skype ses-

sions.

List of our Digital

Resources

MP3 Players

PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOKS

The Library of Congress of-

fers access to books that

are now in the public do-

main.

http://read.gov/books/

These books can be read

online in ebook format.

The books are not in a for-

mat for downloading, but

has a nice appearance and

page turns.

For printing books that are

in the public domain I

would recommend Project

Guttenberg.

Keep in mind that newer

editions of the books are

under copyright and can

not be copied, but the origi-

nals are under public do-

main.

Another item to keep in

mind is that both websites

provide access to the origi-

nal stories in exacting de-

tail. This means there may

be language that is original

to the times and may not be

appropriate for today.

Pre-read any of these books

before using them in the

classroom!

SWEET SEARCH

Sweet Search is a great search engine for use with stu-

dents in school and is geared to all grade levels. There is

also SweetSearch4Me that is geared

toward elementary students. http://

www.dulcineamedia.com/ provides

additional resources to digital re-

search.

Don’t forget, You have a Library Media Specialist (LMS)

that can help too. Also the best place to start is with our

online databases located on the Library website. Ask

your LMS for information about these resources. 2

Kahoot is a free resource for creating a game.

Join a game of Kahoot! Kahoot! is a free game

-based learning platform that makes it fun to

learn – any subject, in any language, on any

device, for all.

Teachers go to https://

getkahoot.com/ and set

up a free account, yes

totally free! Teachers

can select from pre-

made games and topics

or create an original

game. This can include

images and videos!!!!!!

Students go to https://

kahoot.it/#/ and enter the pin displayed on the pro-

jector screen. No app is needed students can play

from a desktop computer (not the best way), iPads,

Nooks, or a phone if need be. This is done through a

web browser such as Chrome. You do not have to

create student accounts.

The teacher just needs to start the game on their

computer and enjoy the activity!

3

The Library Media

Center Newsletters

are available on the

Library website at

http://citiboces.org/

Page/439

Past issues can be

downloaded from the

website from any-

where.

The student iPad

carts will be returned

to the tech barn at

the end of the school

year. This allows the

tech department to

reset the devices. If

you have material on

these devices they

will be deleted at this

time. Please plan

ahead and save your

work.

NEWSLETTERS Kahoot!

Library Website

http://www.citiboces.org/

Page/439

STUDENT IPADS RESET!

Atomic Learning—https://www.atomiclearning.com

is available to all teachers and staff. This is a great place to learn

how to use a lot of the computer programs we use. Such as office

and office for the iPad. The tutorials are terrific!

SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH

April is School Library Month! Take a look at how your Library Media

Center can support you. Click on this link: http://www.slideshare.net/

Dimac4/school-librarians-every-educators-trusty-sidekick

A fun overview of the services that your school library offers to help sup-

port you.

ATOMIC LEARNING

Make Way for the Ducklings by Robert

McCloskey turns 75! NPR report at

http://

www.npr.org/2016/04/12/473565285/

make-way-for-celebration-these-ducklings

-are-turning-75?

utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=

facebook.com&utm_medium=social

MAKE WAY FOR THE DUCKLINGS!

5

UPCOMING EVENTS

April—National Poetry Month

April—School Library Month

April 18—4th Street Annual

LMC Poetry Café

April 20 - 21—Campus Poetry

Café/Storytelling Cafe

May 5— Sync Audio Books

starts! (Ages 13+)

May 7—Free Comic Book Day

May 9, 10 & 16—Ira Marcks

visit Campus

June 3—Science Fair Middle

School on Campus

PPSP = 2016 Presidential

Primary Sources Project. The

recordings of these events are

still available online at https://

k20.internet2.edu/presidents

The annual Free Comic

Book Day is May 7, 2016.

This event is held every year. Visit your local comic book shop early to

receive a free comic book. Only while supplies last!

Find out more information at http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

Home/1/1/27/992. The comic store in Destiny Mall, the one in the

Great Northern Mall, and The Comic Shop in Oswego are participating

this year. They even have a Dr. Who comic book on the give away list!

Wish I wasn’t going to be away at a conference that day!

Let your student’s know about this event!

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Schoology PBL Group

There is a Schoology group for PBL. This resource will be

kept up to date. You will have a place to share your PBLs

and look at others. This will also hold resources to help you

with your current and future PBL projects

To join the group you will need the group

code:

QJRZQ-7WF44

I sent out the codes and pins to teachers for the Open EBook app access, if you did not get them for your class please contact me. I will need to know the grade level that you teach or that you would like all grade levels. I will al-so need to know how many students.

Open Ebook App