Elementary+Notes

Reading & Collection Development
New Power Library Rubrics Cherry Creek educators must take a class on blogs or wikis before they can create one for students. These can not be open to the public. || TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES TOP TECH TOOLS [] || [] Kids love this! They can discuss books/characters - more willing to do this online forum than face to face. || Great website/wiki! []
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 * Becky Russell || [] ||
 * Becky Russell || [] ||
 * Becky Russell || Using Google Docs for involving community in collection building using interactive polls and web-based suggestion forms. ||
 * Karen - Widefield ||  ||
 * Maureen Shields - Breckenridge ||  ||
 * Pat White - Cherry Creek || Capstone books becoming more and more a part of the library. Library is a learning laboratory. http://ed.voicethread.com Use this for student final project. Prezi also used - after school program.
 * Denise Cushing, Green Valley ES, DPS || Using blabberize with 1st grade. Love Follett Titlewave for collection development. [] ||
 * Dave Sanger, Director of Libraries, DPS || 131 schools in DPS - half have certified, half don't. Create title action reports for each library. Create stats reports for all of the libraries. Individual libraries don't have to do this. ||
 * Kelly Barry - Adams 14 - TOSA || Works with about 40 teachers - in IT department. Participates in IT dept. walk-throughs. Role is to provide more resources for the paraprofessionals who are running libraries. Expanding into e-readers. ||
 * Jessica Babbs, Ranch Creek, Academy 20 || Going through IB process. Opened the library with the Power Library principles in place. If teacher librarians are going to be effective, we must have principal support. Open up library once a month evenings for community. 6:30 - 7:30 pm Terrific Tuesday - by grade level. Gets books into the hands of students. Electronic Portfolio - ePearl.[] Free software. Includes goal setting and reflection. ||
 * Suzanne Frachetti - K8 School, DPS || About 6 years ago, realized importance of web presence. Now it is her portal to the world for students. Stuck with a fixed schedule. Uses a wiki - links to tools, step by step directions, etc. Kids are used to going to wiki for all of their project information, rubrics, - it is all there.http://msfrachetti.wikispaces.com/Home Use Glogster to link to different tools. Make it a portal to other places - great for collaborative projects. ||
 * Molly Gibney - Adams 12 going to Jeffco || Glogster - motivation is amazing for students. Use of iPods. As a school librarian, our focus has got to be on teaching. We should de-emphasize our role with collection development and circulation. Inquiry - big buzzword. This is the librarians "golden ticket." Also 21st century skills.
 * Christine Smith - Adams 12 Prairie Hills || Will be half time last year. Has to evaluate what she can do when only half-time. Goal - to read a stack of books almost as tall as she is. :-) Try to create a web presence that is more personal. There will be little time to get to know kids when just 1/2 time. Weebly.com.[]Easy to use - free tool. Using http://schooltube.com - can create a school page. Want to make ebooks as accessible as possible. Also using Edmodo.
 * Kimberly || Going to a K-8 school with over 800 kids. Using Glogster, photostory, ||
 * || Retired - Boulder Valley. ||
 * Karen Bolch, DPS || Tumblebooks, International Children's Public Library, Shelfari []

[|Personal Online Resources for teachers]

[|ISSUU - Publish tool Resource]

[|Kidsclick Search Engine]

Wiki PD instruction ||

Information Landscape, Access, Equity, Advocacy and Copyright, Copyleft and Information Ethics
[] || [|http://brainpop.com] ||
 * **Shared by:** || **Notes and Links** ||
 * Becky Russell || CASL School Advocacy Toolkit
 * Becky Russell || Search the term "cyberbullying" for a free cyberbullying video good for elementary
 * Becky Russell || Blue Skunk Blog (Doug Johnson) ||
 * Becky Russell || Anythink Library Model of Cataloging (not using Dewey anymore--using the book store model for nonfiction cataloging. This is easier access for kids ||
 * Molly Gibney || We all need to read the book, __Copyright Clarity__, to get a better understand of copyright issues in the digital age.

[] has some terrific videos that help teach copyright and plagiarism. Then, you can follow up with a quiz on Netrekker.

 and  offer copyright free sound effects. We encourage the use of these. ||
 * Molly Gibney || Here is a nice list of web-based citation generators:
 * [|NoodleTools]
 * [|Son of Citation Machine]
 * Easybib
 * Bibme ||

Leadership in Learning: Participating in a PLN
[] || [] || igoogle.com - create library TAB then share with students ||
 * **Shared by:** || **Notes and Links** ||
 * Becky Russell || CDE School Library Webpage, "Web 2.0 Tools" [] ||
 * Becky Russell || Same link, check "Power Libraries Retooled"
 * Becky Russell || New Colorado Academic Standards and Link to Standards Toolkit
 * Becky Russell || Create an igoogle page to access google reader (easy viewing of rss feeds here), google docs and much more
 * K Bolch || Itunes Podcasts - technology, education - ted talks, etc. aggregates for when you have time ||
 * K Bolch || Annette Lamb -eduscapes,com, Pam Berger - Information Searcher, Joyce Valenza, Chris Harris, Doug Johnson, David Loerscher (sp?) Alan November, MCREL, Colorado Librarian NING, Joyce Valenza Librarian NING, Power Librarian NING, ISTE leading and learning magazine, infosearcher.com ||
 * Group ||  ||
 * Characteristics of a Effective Leader - Professional Learning Networks**
 * Characteristics of a Effective Leader - Professional Learning Networks**
 * Characteristics of a Effective Leader - Professional Learning Networks**
 * Characteristics of a Effective Leader - Professional Learning Networks**
 * Characteristics of a Effective Leader - Professional Learning Networks**

Someone who...

Keeps what is best for our students in mind - in a meaningful way Lifetime learner Knows learning needs to be fun and engaging Approachable Turns challenges into opportunities Effective Listener Willing to take risks Willing to put time in See larger picture Open minded -flexible Straightforward Positive "can do" attitude Creative Patient

Our Personal Learning Networks:
 * Facebook
 * Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog)
 * Itunes
 * Joyce Valenza "Neverending Librarian"
 * Nancy White on Twitter
 * The CASL Blog
 * kidsnetsoft - Chirs Clementi
 * Te Power Library Ning and support from Power Library
 * Elementrary TLC
 * Free Technology 4 Teachers Blog
 * Kathy Schrock
 * Library Sparks magazine
 * IB online curriculum center
 * Learning and Leading Magazine
 * Coworkers
 * PD 360
 * LM-Net
 * https://psi21.pbworks.com

Elementary Participants:

Molly Gibney mgibney@comcast.net Christine Cervera Christine.cervera@adams12.org Kimberly WIlson kim.wilson@adams12.org Fran Klein Klein.fran@hotmail.com Terri Brungardt brungardtt@wsd3.k12.co.us Maureen Shields m_shields@comcast.net Pat White mncconaghy-whi@cherrycreekschools.org Denise Cushing denise_cushing@dpsk12.org David Sanger david_sanger@dpsk12.org Kelly Berry kberry@adams14.org Jessica Babbs jessica.babbs@asd20.org Suzanne Frachetti Suzanne_Frachetti@dpsk12.org Karen Bolch karen_bolch@dpsk12.org Becky Russell russell_b@cde.state.co.us