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How the School Library Helps Build Strong Blended Classes by David Olson, courtesty of The Journal White Bear Lake Area High School - South Campus (MN) is in its third of year of offering a variety of hybrid or blended classes from economics to health/physical education. This suburban St. This is the first in a series of articles describing 10 ways White Bear Lake High School teachers and the school library are working together to enhance learning in hybrid or blended classes. Learning Commons: Collaboration StationsFor both hybrid and traditional classes our goal is to go beyond offering great reads and distributing textbooks to building and maintaining strong helping relationships with our students and staff. One of our first projects was to begin the process of transforming the library into a learning commons. My principal, Tim Wald, and I also toured the high school media center in Chaska, MN to get a better idea of how flexible seating is being used there. We believe this applies to our high school library as well.

Online Treasures: Doing It Right: Web Design for Library Types When personal computers and laser printers first brought desktop publishing to the masses, there were many documents that were, shall we say, less than aesthetically pleasing. Indeed, many budding desktop publishers produced documents that used so many fonts they looked like ransom notes composed of letters cut out from magazines. I’ve been doing the layout work for my library’s newsletter for several years, and I will admit to being embarrassed when I look back at some of those first newsletters. After the initial thrill of producing my own documents wore off, I realized that in order to produce effective publications I needed to learn and use the principles of good design. This same lesson applies to librarians who design their organizations’ Web pages. Moving from Print Design to Web Design Nearly every library I have ever visited has had a display of printed book lists, newsletters, and other promotional materials prepared by the librarians. Is Your Web Site Cool? Janet L.

The Ultimate STEM Guide for Kids: 239 Cool Sites 22 Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom 22 Of The Best Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff In education, perhaps one of the least utilized talents of iOS hardware is creating exceptional video. While it’s not uncommon for teachers and students to use iPads to create videos, creating stunning videos that are compelling, well-produced, innovative, truly social, and/or something worth sharing with the world isn’t so easy. Truth be told, that’s less about the technology and more a matter of teaching, learning, and planning–who is creating the video, why are they creating it, and who are they creating it for. Below are 22 apps we’ve handpicked as powerful teaching and learning tools to work with digital media in your classroom. How can I help students turn these iPads into tools for magnificent creation? 22 Of The Newest Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom; 22 Of The Newest–And Best–Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom

Social Media Strategy in Academic Libraries – implementation experience at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Libraries « Academic and Research Libraries Section Blog A half-day workshop on Saturday 17 August 2013 Fee : Free for IFLA delegates Many libraries have created social media sites enthusiastically to reach out to their increasingly sophisticated audience. Within a university, it is not uncommon to see a myriad collection of QR codes, Facebook Pages, Twitter accounts, blogs, Flick photos and YouTube videos set up by students, administrative staff and faculty. Beyond using these ubiquitous tools for library promotion and information literacy, NTU Libraries decided to embrace social media more systematically and comprehensively to identify new niches for user collaborations and to create opportunities for enhancing or developing new library services. A key component of the strategy is to adopt a whole-of-organisation approach where all librarians understand the potential of these tools and leverage them effectively, turning every librarian into a consummate marketer of library services.

Middleschool.net - Ultimate Middle School, Home School and Lesson Plan Resource The move to middle school is an exciting time in a student’s life. A student can expect to experience many changes when transitioning from elementary school to middle school. Middle school students have more independence and freedom than elementary school students. However, the expectations and responsibilities placed upon middle school students are much greater than those of elementary school students. Students in middle school may find that subjects are a bit more challenging than they were in elementary school. Emotional and physical changes accompany the move to middle school as well. Language Arts Kids Love A Mystery – Middle school students are encouraged to read on this website, through the intrigue of mysteries. Math Visual Fractions – Middle school students can practice comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions with visual clues on this site. Science ScienceLab – The U.S. Social Studies Physical Activity & Health Healthy Youth! Computer & Technology

Librarian Quick Reference Cards for Research Impact Metrics | Library Connect Increasingly, librarians are involved in tracking and reporting on research outputs. While metrics help illuminate the impact of research outputs, it can be a challenge for librarians unfamiliar with research impact to assemble a basket of metrics and find definitions and resources in one place. Working with librarian Jenny Delasalle, who previously collaborated with Library Connect on the enormously popular infographic "Librarians and Research Impact," we came up with a consolidated quick reference to some key research impact metrics. For those of you who are experts in this area, the cards can be a jumping off point for discussions with early career colleagues or researchers. We also encourage you to provide feedback (link sends e-mail) as we plan to update the cards as new metrics and resources come along. Download the 11x17” poster Download the larger format cards – 4 per 8.5x11" page Golden Rule 1 – Always use quantitative metric-based input alongside qualitative opinion-based input.

King School Library: Book spine poems! Inspired by Travis Jonker's book spine poetry project over at 100 Scope Notes, I thought I'd make some poems of my own! This is my first attempt, so please be kind. Tales for very picky eaters, like pickle juice on a cookie sing a song of tuna fish. My sister the sausage roll, Strawberry Hill. A sweet smell of roses farm morning Little chick, I am going! big red barn These hands, drawing from memory perfect square. Speaking of poetry, it is National Poetry Month, in case you didn't know! About a month ago, many of our students wrote haiku poems for the National Schools Project, and we just found out yesterday that 50 students' poems will be published in the 2012 Young American Poetry Digest! Congratulations, King School students!