Middle School Notes

Reading & Collection Development

• Megan M.: Work directly with a teacher who brings her class to the library for book talks. 5 students are given mp3 players with audio versions of books from Denver Public Library. Matches physical book with audio. Very successful with students on the cusp. Wrote a grant to get more mp3 players. Uses Overdrive software.
• Susan: Uses device that allows multiple access to one mp3 file so that 5 kids can access audio version at the same time Belkin Rockstar 5 way Headphone Splitter
• For fluency, take book from libravox or project Gutenberg (p. Use public domain), kids read orally and make a podcast. Uses Garage Brand. Create beautifully read podcast collections
• 7th and 8th grade teachers come to library. Kids use index cards - list reading goals, favorite books. Kids keep reading lists - those are tallied, kind of a contest between classes. Classes share.
• Movie tickets for kids who participate in book trivia contests
• Use of Kindles - can register multiple kindles with school account http://www.edukindle.com/
• Netvibes: RSS feed aggregation - can publish public page that can be linked to library website or blog Example: Newz4U
• Portal all web 2.0 resources from Library website or blog

• Good Journal for Tweens?
• How to get kids in to the library after orientation? Have to be an outreach library. Separate check-out and research.
• Favorite Databases: Worldbook Online, Ebsco CultureGrams
• Important to partner with Public Library - Possibility of sharing databases

• database
• streaming video: safari montage, CCC: instead of owning large number of DVD in your collections
• library of congress, american memories, western history with the denver public library world digital library, state archives,
• Biography, trialsEyewitness to Historycolect websitesl
• Delicious pre-set web site
• Internation Public Library

• RAFT - teacher resources
• Teach students how to 'read' a nonfiction website. Copy and paste, along with the URl.
• TLAP - digital citizenship: using the web sites for deeper learning
  • vocabulary: not using Excell using spreadsheet
  • why are we using a blog, not just using it
  • can see the prototype of the test during certain times, when are these times
• Educate teachers to be able to use internet effectively
• Send out a website and ask staff to give opinion - quiz of the day, online surveymonkey eval at the end of PD
• 'Tech tip' emails
• Blend the TLAP scores in particular standards and the core curriculum standards

• Bibliography formation
• Explains how to cite
• Easy citation machine
• Teach students why we cite. Use Creative Commons or streaming video to explain 'plagerize'
• You don't plagerize words, you plagerize ideas.
• Creative Commons: easy to build a license for students.
• Copyright info to pass onto staff
• Video on Copyright to share with staff
• schooltube is not blocked for students or staff. Can embed the code from videos and will always open.
• ALA Fair use

Leadership in Learning: Participating in a PLN

• Leadership characterics: 'Leading from the Middle'
• Seen as a teacher and leader once created and mounted wiki, connected to school web site - connecting it to state standards
• Making librarian presentations to all district principals
• 'Model the Way'
• 'State the Library' once a year (accomplishments, collection development, program additions)
• Marketing -
  • To parents, Administrators, teachers
  • Newsletters
  • Weekly scheduled meeting with the principals with written progress
  • Unless what you is as obvious as your budget is you are always on the chopping block
  • Digital student work with comments from the Admin
  • Email all parents when new work is posted on the school web site

• ETIL: Educational Technology Information Literacy