tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56430761460568479332024-03-12T23:00:42.565-07:00Outrageously Wild (or Wonderful) LibrarianAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-85776914891478492302017-03-01T12:30:00.001-08:002017-03-01T13:10:53.772-08:00Teachable Moments About Fake News and Credible Sources<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="38qi1" data-offset-key="ej98t-0-0">
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<span data-offset-key="ej98t-0-0">Wow, it has been since October when I last blogged! I promised I would blog more often and I haven't. Just like riding and falling off a bicycle, it is important to pick oneself up and do it again. So, I'm picking myself up, warming my keyboarding fingers up, and blogging today!</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ej98t-0-0">Today's post is timely and speaks not only to my heart as a citizen of the United States of America, but also </span>as a teacher-librarian. </div>
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<span data-offset-key="ej98t-0-0">I was incredibly touched and moved by last night's moment when President Trump acknowledged and honored fallen Navy SEAL Ryan Owens and his wife.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ej98t-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;">I got emotional watching that moment. It not only represented Ryan and his wife and the heartache, but it also represented all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to serve and fight for our country. It was during that moment that I thought of and remembered fallen Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson (a close family friend of ours and my two sons, ages 5 and 7, admire and look up to)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ej98t-2-0">, Chris Kyle, Marcus Lutrell, Morgan Lutrell, Boss (Navy SEAL and close friend of the Tumilsons whose daughter, Amelie, is fighting a huge battle against </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Amelies-Angels-915608038572163/?ref=page_internal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">huge battle against Pineoblastoma brain cancer</a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1133rd-Transportation-Company-232210111270/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Iowa National Guard Transportation Company 1133rd</a> (local people that I am honored to know and be friends with), all their families, and many more who have served or are serving and fighting for our country.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span data-offset-key="bv30-0-0">Last week and this week (Wednesday, February 22, Thursday, February 23, and Monday, February 27), </span><span data-offset-key="bv30-0-0">I had the honor and privilege of collaborating and co-teaching about fake news and credible resources with JAMS 8th grade English Language Arts (ELA) teachers </span><span class="_247o" data-offset-key="bv30-1-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="bv30-1-0"><span data-text="true">Stephanie Heft Scholl</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="bv30-2-0">, </span><span class="_247o" data-offset-key="bv30-3-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="bv30-3-0"><span data-text="true">Ashley </span></span></span><span data-offset-key="bv30-4-0">Graf, Kelly Penn, and </span><span class="_247o" data-offset-key="bv30-5-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="bv30-5-0"><span data-text="true">Robin Wagner</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="bv30-6-0"> and their students. </span>Those 3 days were filled with lots of insightful discussion between the students and us, the teachers. It was a great lesson that left me feeling hopeful, inspired, and fulfilled at the end of each day!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-19637751467607925722016-10-20T08:51:00.000-07:002016-10-20T08:51:11.607-07:00Its Been Awhile But I'm Back!Oh my goodness! Its been awhile since I've blogged, but I'm back to blogging with a positive attitude and commitment to consistently blog, and to focus on celebrating the amazing things going on in Mason City CSD as well as in the school library world!<br />
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How could an entire year fly by and I didn't blog about the incredible things that happened in Mason City CSD K-12 school libraries?! Could it be that running 7 school libraries kept me plenty busy?! At least I was on Twitter to share about the great things that happened throughout the year. You can also <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cMzN1JRWbaZlAeVTpIP6XPBm98pwRM8rLAztoviwBS0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">check out this Google presentation of what was accomplished from the 2015-2016 school year</a>.<br />
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I admit it was hard to start this blog post. I've beaten myself up mentally many times about not blogging consistently. Heck, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/10/september-flew-bya-month-in-review.html" target="_blank">check out my blog post from a year ago</a>, where I talk about this same exact thing! Sometimes I get stuck mentally on what I haven't done or accomplished, which is challenging for me to get past that mental block and start back up again.<br />
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Throughout the years, I've learned from family, friends, teachers, coaches, and even students, that all it takes is to get back into the starting blocks and move forward, so that is what I'm doing with this blog post; in the starting blocks and moving forward! My fellow teacher-librarian friends have also taught me in the past year that a blog post can be as something as simple as sharing a picture, or two, or more. So, my blog posts may be just pictures. No matter what my choice of delivering format is, the most important thing is to share and celebrate Mason City CSD and the school library world.<br />
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The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio was filled with inspiration, life stories, and personal testaments of what it takes to overcome challenges and be successful at earning a gold, silver, or bronze medalist, let alone be an Olympian athlete. I am using the 2016 Summer Olympics as an inspiration for me in many aspects of my life; specifically as a teacher-librarian who serves the Mason City CSD in grades K-12. So, I plan on blogging with commitment and consistency to share the incredible things happening in the Mason City CSD K-12 school library program, as well as what is happening in the world of teacher-librarians. I want this year's blog posts to serve as inspiration and celebration, just as the 2016 Summer Olympics did for many of us! Let the blogging begin!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-70770034009687136782015-10-01T10:04:00.002-07:002015-10-01T11:43:32.997-07:00September Flew By...A Month in Review About the Amazing Things That Happened K-12 Mason City CSD LibrariesI can't believe it is the 1st day of October! September sure flew by fast! It goes to show that "time flies when you are having a good time!" The K-12 school libraries in Mason City CSD definitely had "good times" in September!<br />
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Thanks to the awe-inspiring, and the newly retired, teacher-librarian, <a href="https://twitter.com/kakaldenberg" target="_blank">Kathy Kaldenberg</a> (formerly of Solon CSD), she has always encouraged teacher-librarians, colleagues, friends, family, Twitter world, etc. to "share what may be obvious to you, but amazing to others." Kathy's mantra of "share what may be obvious to you, but is amazing to others" is inspired by the following tweet and video.</div>
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Last school year, over this summer, and even at the start of this school year, I've been mentally beating myself up that I haven't blogged like I want to! So, at this time, I am going to declare that I will make an extra effort to blog from now on.</div>
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I want to share and celebrate special moments and events that are happening in the Mason City CSD school libraries. My intentions of blogging is not to brag, but to share, inspire, and pass on special moments and events. You never know what could spark or inspire something in your world.</div>
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Well, September flew by, and I didn't blog. While I can't rewind time to write an individual blog post for every amazing thing that happened last school year, and more importantly, for the month of September across the K-12 Mason City CSD school libraries, I can review and celebrate the month of September in this blog post!</div>
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I lot of amazing things are happening in all of our schools and school libraries, but I can't be everywhere and wasn't able to "lead" in every building in September. The following are highlights on how I was able to "lead" in certain buildings within our district in the month of September.</div>
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<li>I do want to highlight that I had the honor of participating in a painting class with Harding staff in August. I want to share pictures of our fun evening as it illustrates the value and importance of spending time with colleagues outside the work environment.</li>
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<li>This is my first year at Hoover, so when I see former students from Harding and Jefferson I am excited to see them.</li>
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<li>On Thursday, September 17, Hoover Elementary had their annual Back-to-School Night, which also meant it was Book Fair too! We had a fabulous turnout! Unfortunately, I was so busy that I didn't take the time to capture the incredible night in pictures!</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;">Due to the generosity of many, we made close to $4,000 which results in us being able to add a lot of incredibly, amazing </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;">books</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;"> to our school library! Your generosity allows us to select the latest, greatest, hottest reads for all grade levels, that support both an enjoyment of reading for pleasure and to support learning and classrooms. We know that our </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;">Hoover</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;"> students will enjoy reading the many new </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;">books</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;"> that have become part of our treasured collection!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">An extra special thank you goes to </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> teachers, IC para Janelle Bothwell, </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> custodians, </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> PTO, and a parent volunteer (this mom is a parent of former </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> students). Thank you to the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> teachers who took time to set-up and pack up the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">! Thank you to IC para Janelle Bothwell for helping with all the behind-the-scenes prep work as well as also setting up the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">, running the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> registers, and packing up the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">! Thank you to </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> PTO for purchasing a </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> for each classroom teacher! Thank you to the mom</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> for her huge help at the registers as well as maintaining the </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> products and appearance! Thank you to Principal Barb Wells for her support in various forms; behind-the-scenes prep work, management of teacher volunteers, pizza dinner for the teacher volunteers, and more! The </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Hoover</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Book</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Fair</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> was a success thanks to these people! I couldn't have done it without these people!</span></span></li>
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<li>Keyboarding with Ms. Hunter and her 4th grade students.</li>
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<li>International Dot Day Skype Visit in Mr. Ausborn's 2nd grade class with Solon CSD K-12 Teacher-Librarian Ms. Kral and her 2nd grade students.</li>
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<li>I LOVE International Dot Day! It happens around September 15ish. While, I wanted to celebrate it this school year in a huge way (district-wide), the reality was that I couldn't make it happen this year. Thankfully this special day is every year, so I can plan and celebrate it with a big "mark" next year!</li>
<li>To celebrate International Dot Day, Mr. Ausborn and his students read "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds to his students prior to the Skype connection.</li>
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<li>During our Skype connection, students from Mr. Ausborn's class and the students from Solon took turns sharing the dots they colored.</li>
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<li>Following the sharing of dots, the students took turns asking each other questions.</li>
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<li>On a side note, the question and answer time brings such a rich discussion of the differences between the students' different worlds. While this connection was right here in Iowa, both classes discovered that some things are different and some things are the same.</li>
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<li>Side note, the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Same-But-Different-Jenny-Kostecki-Shaw/dp/0805089462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443711792&sr=1-1&keywords=same+same+but+different" target="_blank">Same, Same, but Different</a>" by <a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal" href="http://www.amazon.com/Jenny-Sue-Kostecki-Shaw/e/B001JRYUJA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1443711792&sr=1-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-decoration: none;">Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw</a> is a wonderful addition to Dot Day! I've used this book in the past!</li>
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<li>Students are also practicing their communication skills.</li>
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<li>After the Skype connection ended, Mr. Ausborn and his students used the augmented reality app called <a href="http://quivervision.com/" target="_blank">Quiver</a> to bring their dots to life in 3D form. I wished I would have taken a video of the students' reactions when they saw each dot come to life in 3D form!</li>
<li>This special time was definitely a great reminder that Dot Day is an absolute must celebrate event every school year! I can't wait to make it bigger and better next year!</li>
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<li>Kindergarten students arrive to school, full of excitement and different experiences with technology and letter name awareness.</li>
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<li>I always start out teaching students the parts of the computer.</li>
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<li>Headphones</li>
<li>Mouse</li>
<li>Mouse Pad</li>
<li>Keyboard</li>
<li>Monitor</li>
<li>Screen</li>
<li>Hard Drive</li>
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<li>With each part of the computer, I have hand signals. I have to admit it is so cute to see them state the name of the computer part with the hand signals.</li>
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<li>The best part was when a boy called out "mouse house" instead of mouse pad!</li>
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<li>Once we have identified the parts of the computer, then I model to the students how to access a website. For this class time, Mrs. Kraft's kindergarten students accessed <a href="http://abcya.com/">ABCYa.com</a></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jefferson Elementary</span></b></li>
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<li>Opportunities are awaiting, and I look forward to sharing future collaboration with you.</li>
<li>I've had the privilege and honor of working with Jefferson Elementary for 7 of my 8 years as a teacher-librarian in Mason City CSD.</li>
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<li>We've done amazing things in the past, so I know there is amazing work waiting to happen.</li>
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<li>Social Media Presentation to Staff</li>
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<li>Lincoln Intermediate started Twitter last year, and it has taken off ever since!</li>
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<li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Lincoln_MCCSD" target="_blank">@Lincoln_MCCSD</a> to see all the incredible things happening!</li>
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<li>Principal Tom Novotney and Associate Principal Teresa Schlicting asked me to give a presentation on social media, in particular Twitter, to staff during beginning of the school year professional development.</li>
<li>I loved sharing what Twitter can offer and giving credit to Twitter and my PLN for being where I am today as a teacher-librarian!</li>
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<li>During the first few weeks of school, the 5th and 6th grade literacy teachers brought their students in for a PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) lesson in the IC.</li>
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<li>We had a discussion of what it would look like to follow the 3 Rs at Lincoln Intermediate?</li>
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<li>Following our discussion on the 3 Rs in the IC, students get to check out books! I love capturing students getting lost in the enjoyment of their books!</li>
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<li>Thanks to the generosity of families and students, we were able to purchase the following books to add to the IC!</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Petersen was awesome enough to approach me to collaborate and co-teach on using the Destiny Card Catalog system and Iowa AEA Online resources!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition to teaching students how to use the card catalog and Iowa AEA Online Resources, I gave students a tour of the HS IC.</span></li>
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<li>During that August 21st presentation, Principal Dave Cicetti spoke up throughout the presentation on how he can also see me work with his staff and students.</li>
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<li>I don't have pictures that captured our first meeting, but I wanted to share my excitement for this new endeavor that the school district hasn't ever attempted!</li>
<li>While we are in the early planning stages, I am excited to continue to work with the Alternative High School. I definitely see lots of potential and amazing things to come from the Alternative High School.</li>
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Speaking of a new school year, this new school year I have transitioned to a new position. Instead of serving as a K-6 teacher-librarian at Harding Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Lincoln Intermediate in Mason City CSD, I am now K-12 teacher-librarian for the entire Mason City CSD. This entails serving Harding Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Lincoln Intermediate, John Adams Middle School, Mason City High School, and Mason City Alternative High School! Wow, eight buildings! While it may seem like quite a load, and doesn't necessarily support research on how a full-time, certified librarian positively impacts student achievement, I LOVE the opportunities and possibilities that await this year!<br />
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By the way, Iowa City CSD teacher-librarian <a href="https://twitter.com/MsSimsICCSD" target="_blank">Chelsea Sims</a>, tweeted out a tweet this past week, from School Library Journal Summit, that inspired me to look at my role as a teacher-librarian in a new light. We (teacher-librarians) are here to "lead," so, from now on, I choose to lead as a K-12 teacher-librarian for Mason City CSD!<br />
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Obviously, with my new job role and large load, I haven't had a chance to blog sooner. In fact, I've been mentally "beating myself up" about how I haven't blogged sooner. So, just like a new school year brings new beginnings, I am going to use this blog post as a spark to new beginnings and promises to bring many new blog posts!</div>
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P.S. On top of my new job role, this fall semester, I am finishing up my FINAL graduate class to earn my master's degree in library media education / school library information studies from Minnesota State University Mankato! My Alternative Plan Paper (similar to a thesis) is "The Impact of a Full-Time Teacher-Librarian and Quality School Library Program on Student Achievement." I can't wait to celebrate in December!</div>
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P.P.S. Even though it appears I am busy with my new job role and my final graduate class, I am determined to blog so I can share the amazing things that are happening at Mason City CSD, across the entire district!<br />
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Wow, it is hard to believe that half of the 2014-2015 school year has flown by! A lot of amazing things have happened in the three school libraries I serve during the first half of this school year (and there is more yet to come)! Frustratingly enough, I haven't been able to blog like I would love to about what is happening at Harding Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Lincoln Intermediate. <br />
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Over winter break, I suffered severe writer's block. I wanted to blog but I didn't know where to start. I wondered if followers of my blog would want to read about what happened for the first part of the 2014-15 school year (September-December 2014), even though it was long past gone. If my blog followers did want to read about the amazing things that happened at Harding Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Lincoln Intermediate during the first part of this school year, I questioned how I would share these amazing moments. Should I share all these amazing moments in one super long blog post, or blog "Throwback Thursday" posts to address specific events in greater detail? I questioned myself on what should I write about that would make a great blog post to set the stage for awesome future blog posts. Obviously, I am putting way too much pressure on myself.<br />
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<li>Then something "Godsend" happened. My incredible friend, Sandi Ellis, a fellow rock-star teacher-librarian, (K-8 Dallas Center Grimes Teacher-Librarian) texted me to ask if I wanted to chat via Google Hangout in the afternoon! Of course, I wanted to chat with Sandi! So, at 1:00pm, Sandi and I connected via Google Hangout to chat about what was happening in our personal lives and then we got to business talking about tons of various topics in the teacher-librarian world.</li>
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It made me realize that I truly don't have "writer's block!" Instead, I was afraid to start over, meaning start blogging again. What truly sparked my motivation to start blogging again was reading the part of the quote that said, "It's a chance to rebuild what you want." So, this blog post brings about a new chance to rebuild that brings new beginnings and fresh starts.</div>
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<li>National November Picture Book Month (November)</li>
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Thankfully, goal(s) allow us to re-evaluate and try it again. So, here I am, back to blogging!<br />
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This is a wonderful time of the year with fresh beginnings and new starts! It is the start of a new school year, new weather season, fall sports, and the list goes on! I saw this picture quote on Facebook the other day, and can't resist sharing the beautiful fall leaves, in addition to the words stated, that I am striving to be and do this year, particularly in my new job role as a teacher-librarian in THREE different buildings!<br />
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Yes, you read correctly, this year I am serving three different buildings as a teacher-librarian! Last spring, I faced the unknown of what my job would entail this year. I received an administrative transfer letter in May and didn't find out until June what I will be doing this year. At that time, I predicted I would either be moved to a general education classroom teacher position or be shared as a teacher-librarian among multiple buildings in the district. Sure enough, my administrative transfer letter indicated I would be shared among multiple buildings. So, instead of serving one building, like I did last year at Harding Elementary, this year I am now assigned to be shared among three buildings. Two days I am at Harding Elementary, two days I am at Jefferson Elementary, and one day I am at Lincoln Intermediate.<br />
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I am not a stranger to being shared among buildings. During the 1st five years of my career as a teacher-librarian for Mason City Community School District, I served both Harding Elementary and Jefferson Elementary (2008-2013). While I am proud of the work I did during that time I served both Harding and Jefferson, I fully believe I accomplished more last year, being in one building, than I did during the combined five years among two buildings. Unfortunately, the reality is budget cuts got the best of our school district, and resulted in many changes. I won't go into details about the budget cuts in our district, but I can tell you that our entire district has had to face CHANGE.<br />
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On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, I attended TI 12 (Technology Integration K-12) at AEA 267 Clear Lake office (more details to come about that awesome day of ed. tech. learning), and we came across this YouTube video of "Who Moved My Cheese?" that is also well-worth your time to view!<br />
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So, why am I making such a huge deal about this particular book?! It is because it deals with change, and I have certainly had to deal with lots of changes for this new school year. While I LOVED serving one building last year, I admit that the start of this school year, so far, serving three buildings has been crazy, busy, but completely awesome!<br />
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I could be completely negative, whine, and complain about my new job role as a teacher-librarian for this year, but I choose to be positive and EMBRACE THIS CHANGE!<br />
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I believe so much positive will result from being shared among three buildings!<br />
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Truly, it is all about how a person deals with change! Thanks to the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" and my parents, I choose to embrace and thrive on change! Clearly, I am "Sniff and Scurry"!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-33446412752835904432014-06-25T09:11:00.002-07:002014-06-25T09:13:44.874-07:00Tech Tuesday #2...a day laterI had started blogging the following "Tech Tuesday" post yesterday (Tuesday, June 24), but family and summer fun got ahold of me. My two sons and I took a little trip to Hampton, Iowa with my friend Heather and her adorable daughter Landry to buy <a href="http://www.scratchcupcakery.com/">Scratch Cupcakes</a> from Scratch Curbside! If you have had Scratch cupcakes, then you know Scratch cupcakes are indeed a sweet treat and worth a trip! If you haven't had a Scratch Cupcake, make sure to go to Cedar Falls, Waterloo, West Des Moines Jordan Creek Mall, or Coralville to get your sweet fill of these yummy cupcakes!<br />
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A week ago, I wrote a blog post about how I plan on making every Tuesday "a Tech Tuesday" on my blog! You can <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/06/welcome-to-1st-tech-tuesday-of-many.html" target="_blank">click here to read my 1st Tech Tuesday blog post</a>! Last week, I had indicated that I planned on sharing something I have known about, but haven't had the chance to further explore. By blogging every Tuesday about a tech tool, this holds me accountable to move beyond my knowledge about various tech tools, and move towards becoming "a tech samurai" (can use and implement technology), instead of "a tech ninja" (has knowledge about technology but hasn't actually used and implemented).<br />
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On my "to-explore tech list," I want to get into <a href="http://minecraftedu.com/" target="_blank">MinecraftEdu</a>, <a href="http://www.aurasma.com/" target="_blank">Aurasma</a>, and <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/" target="_blank">Code Academy</a>, just to name a few! My plan was going to further explore one of these three tech resources and blog about one of them for this 2nd Tech Tuesday. <span style="text-align: center;">Well, I am going to save my original plan to blog about either Minecraft, Aurasma, or Coding!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Instead, I am going to blog about something that I learned yesterday, Tuesday, June 24, which is very timely, in my opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Special thank you shout-out goes to my colleague, Ben Feight, a 4th grade teacher at Harding Elementary (also currently working on his master's degree in educational technology), for sharing this YouTube tutorial video on how to send emails from a Google Sheet with me yesterday. By the way, you should check out his blog "<a href="http://techinasecforclassrooms.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tech in a Sec for Classrooms</a>!" ;)</span><br />
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Ben shared this YouTube tutorial video via a Facebook wall-to-wall message! Love how co-workers and I stayed connected over the summer to share and teach each other!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">After watching the YouTube tutorial video on how to send emails from a Google Sheet, I couldn't resist making this my 2nd Tech Tuesday blog post! Not only is it "mind-blowing," but it also supports my excitement and passion for Google Apps for Education (GAFE)! I've already blogged about "<a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/3rd-and-4th-grade-have-gone-google-drive.html">Going Google Drive in 3rd and 4th Grade</a>" and "<a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/gclassfolders-and-doctopus.html">gClassFolders and Doctopus</a>," so today's blog post is a perfect addition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, how do you sending emails from a Google Sheet?!</span><br />
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Check out this YouTube tutorial video on how to send emails from a Google Sheet!<br />
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As I watched this tutorial video, I had tons of ideas of how this could be used with colleagues and students!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Colleagues could send emails from a Google Sheet during a PLC/PLN/Data Team meeting, a social planning meeting, etc..</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Grade level teachers could send emails from a Google Sheet to students who have Google accounts for a project, assignment, etc..</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Students could send emails from a Google Sheet when meeting to organize a group project, group assignment, etc.</li>
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Those are just a few of the ideas that came to my mind! I am sure there are many other ideas!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you watch the YouTube tutorial video, what ideas come to your mind?! Please share in the comments section! :)</span></div>
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Stayed tuned for Tech Tuesday #3, next Tuesday, July 1! You are in for a treat, as I will be returning from a two day Tech Integration K-12 (TI12) professional development at AEA267 on June 27th and July 1st! I am sure there will be tons of tech resources I learn about from TI12 that I will be eager to share for the next tech Tuesday blog post! :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-26960090622419024632014-06-17T17:57:00.001-07:002014-06-17T17:57:19.411-07:00Welcome to 1st Tech Tuesday of Many Tech Tuesdays to Come!School has been out for a week and I can fully admit that summer break has kicked in by now! I can't believe I just wrote my 50th blog entry earlier today (click here to read how Kindergarten students got "keyboard happy" for my 50th blog entry)! When I first started blogging, I was a little worried if I would be able to come up with topics to blog about. Well, it isn't the topics that is the challenging part, it is more like finding the time to write about everything I want to write about. This summer will bring a hodge podge of topics, but I plan on writing a blog post on Tuesdays called "Tech Tuesday!" By starting Tech Tuesdays during summer, this will hopefully develop a habit that will continue into the school year!<br />
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<li>Symbaloo - a great tool to bookmark websites</li>
<li>Class DoJo - a great classroom management tool</li>
<li>Google Drive - Doctopus and gClassFolders - a quick, efficient, and easy way to manage a classroom of students using Google Drive!</li>
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While there are many more I can easily add to my list of favorite tech resources, I want to highlight these three tech resources in my first Tech Tuesday blog post because I have actually blogged about them this school year, and thought it would be a good time to review how awesome these websites are! Click here to read about <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/01/2013-2014-iowa-goldfinch-award-unit.html" target="_blank">Symbaloo</a>, click here to read about <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/class-dojo-awesome-website-app-for.html" target="_blank">Class DoJo</a>, and click here for Google Drive's <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/gclassfolders-and-doctopus.html" target="_blank">Doctopus and gClassFolders</a>!<br />
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The following YouTube Channels I highly recommend to subscribe to learn about...<br />
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Stay tuned for the next Tech Tuesday blog post when I blog about a tech tool I have heard about but never had the chance to "play with" until now!</div>
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Today I noticed that I still have a blog post "in the cue," waiting to be written and published. Despite school is out for summer (hope you don't mind the Alice Cooper song reference), I still want to blog about the Harding Elementary Kindergarten students and what I discovered about their computer skills in April and May. I think my discovery is one that should be discussed, pondered, debated, and "food for thought," even if school is out for summer!<br />
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In April, the students and I celebrated National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day. There are tons of different forms of poetry, but I decided that I would have students in grades K-4 write an acrostic poem. Of course, next year I plan on expanding to book spine poetry, shape poems, and hopefully many more forms! You can read about how we <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/celebrated-national-poetry-month-in.html" target="_blank">celebrated National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day by clicking here</a>.<br />
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All students in grades K-4 wrote an acrostic name poem. By having students writing a poem about themselves, not only are they learning about a form of poetry, but they are also getting a chance to express themselves, be creative, and develop positive relationships.<br />
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Despite all grades writing an acrostic name poem, I had students use different forms of media to write his/her own acrostic name poem.<br />
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<li>Students in grades 3-4 used their own Google Drive accounts to write an acrostic name poem, as this allowed third and fourth grade students to practice logging into their Google Drive accounts, use Google Docs with a purpose, and practice their keyboarding skills.</li>
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Well, as kindergarten students were transferring their acrostic name poem from paper to the <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/" target="_blank">Read WriteThink interactive acrostic poem webpage</a>, I discovered something that I had predicted might happen; students had a difficult time finding the letters on the keyboard! Kindergarten students have become so "mouse click happy" that they weren't aware of the keyboard! Largely due to the websites for that grade level and lack of proactivity on my part, these students have become so accustom to the mouse, that they weren't even aware of the keyboard!<br />
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As a cycle passed of watching kindergarten students having trouble finding letters on the keyboard, I pondered the following...<br />
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<li>Should I stop my mini-unit on acrostic poems and switch over to some sort of keyboarding instruction for kindergarten students? Should I also include students in first and second grades in keyboarding instruction, especially so late in the school year?</li>
<li>Am I better off re-thinking keyboarding instruction in the fall with all grade levels, so the entire school year they improve and become more affluent using the keyboard?</li>
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I have always known that keyboarding skills don't just start at third grade, when formal keyboarding instruction begins, particularly in our school district, but they should begin keyboarding skills at a much younger age. There is a HUGE ongoing discussion, debate, questioning, etc. of when should formal keyboarding skills be taught, how it should be taught, etc.. I come across many questions, thoughts, and discussions regarding keyboarding skills via SLIK-12 (UNI school library email list serv I belong to), Twitter, Facebook, blogs, conferences, and face-to-face discussions.<br />
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So, what did I do to resolve the kindergarten students' lack of keyboarding skills?<br />
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Kindergarten students finished their acrostic name poems (that cycle I discovered their struggle to find letters on the keyboard), so it was perfect timing to switch to a keyboarding mini-unit!<br />
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And, what was the result of teaching kindergarten students how to locate letters on the keyboard? Kindergarten students were captivated and excited about using the two websites to locate letters! I observed a HUGE improvement in locating letters! Students became more at ease and fluent when locating letters! The best part was when students were given the option for "free choice" during the last week of school, students chose to use these two websites!</div>
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Now I know that definitely the next step is to introduce keyboarding skills to all grade levels K-4 at the start of the school year, while also continuing to teach students the traditional start of year skills (i.e. using a shelf-marker, taking care of books, identifying parts of a book, identifying Caldecott Award-winning books, identifying fiction and non-fiction books, using the card catalog, logging into Google Drive, etc.), so they can be successful for the rest of the school year!</div>
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Check out the following pictures of kindergarten students getting "keyboard happy!"</div>
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Now that elementary students in Mason City CSD, particularly in the 3rd and 4th grade, have Google Drive accounts, teachers and students will be able to "go green," save time, collaborate, and many more endless opportunities!<br />
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With such a large class load, I wasn't sure how to save time when "sharing" a Google Drive app with multiple students, while also not lose the original document.<br />
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Initially, I started out creating a "template" of either a Google Doc, Google Spreadsheet, or Google Form. Then I would "make a copy" of that "template," followed by renaming the Google Drive App (doc, spreadsheet, form, draw, etc.) with not only the document title but also include each student's assigned number. Then I would click and drag to combine that particular Google Drive App into a class folder. After doing this for three sections of 2nd grade on a particular unit, I was getting annoyed and frustrated with this time-consuming task. Also to mention it was starting to "burn my eyes".<br />
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That is when gClassFolders and Doctopus came to the rescue!<br />
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I had heard of and read about gClassFolders and Doctopus from a few blogs, but it was Mason City Community School District software supervisor and PowerSchool Administrator Doug Abbas who asked me if I have heard about gClassFolders and Doctopus, and offered to help me set it up so I could actually implement it into my library skills classes. This is also a great opportunity for me to try it out, learn about the features, and then share this valuable tool with colleagues! After using it the first time, I was immediately sold and eager to promote gClassFolders and Doctopus!<br />
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gClassFolders and Doctopus are extremely user-friendly, easy to use, and a major time saver!<br />
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It is important to set up gClassFolders first. gClassFolders allows the user to export information from the school district's information about students (in Mason City's situation, this would be PowerSchool) in each graduating class. This information would be the student's first name, last name, and Google Drive account. Once information is exported from PowerSchool, it is then imported to gClassFolders, which allows one to set up class rosters, as these class rosters will be used in Doctopus, an "add-on" in the Google App store for Google Sheets.<br />
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To learn how to set-up gClassFolders, check out <a href="http://www.gclassfolders.com/instructions" target="_blank">http://www.gclassfolders.com/instructions</a> . To learn even more about gClassFolders, check out <a href="http://www.gclassfolders.com/home" target="_blank">http://www.gclassfolders.com/home</a> .<br />
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Once the gClassFolders are set up, then it is time to "install" Doctopus as an "add-on" in the Google App store for Google Sheets.<br />
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Click on this link <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m4Lq6x66Th3O5kCBDlB8KuzN0zMATbqH3fgIPVqIs4U/edit?usp=sharing&newcopy=true" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m4Lq6x66Th3O5kCBDlB8KuzN0zMATbqH3fgIPVqIs4U/edit?usp=sharing&newcopy=true </a> to learn how to install and operate Doctopus.<br />
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Setting up gClassFolders is the first thing that must be completed! This screenshot indicates gClassFolders is set up, using Google Sheets and appears in "My Drive" on Google Drive.<br />
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I recommend creating a folder within "my drive" for those assignments that I will be using with Doctopus. This picture is a screenshot of the folder I created titled "Student Assignments Spring 2014."<br />
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Within the folder I had created (see step above) to house Google Drive Apps that I share out using Doctopus, then I created other folders for each student assignment,. within that folder! This is a screenshot picture showing three assignments I have shared out with students, using Doctopus!<br />
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A few days ago, I blogged about 4th grade students using Google Drive and CultureGrams to research, summarize, and take notes for a report about a country. You can <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/4th-grade-students-travel-all-around.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read all about it.<br />
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To expand upon how I have used Doctopus to "share" a Google Doc, I am going to use "Country Notes Form 4th Grade" as an example for the rest of this blog.<br />
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Once a folder is created within the folder designated for Doctopus shared assignments, then you are ready for the next step. In this folder (within the overall Doctopus folder), <b><u>the document you plan to share out AND a Google Sheet (spreadsheet) must be in that folder.</u></b><br />
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Here are screenshots of what the Country Report Notes Doc looks like that I shared out with 4th grade students!<br />
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Here is a screenshot of the Google Sheet (spreadsheet) I created using Doctopus!<br />
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Some awesome features of the Google Sheet with Doctopus is...<br />
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As one can see, Doctopus is an awesome "add-on" feature! It is definitely worth using, especially when dealing with multiple class sections and many students! I highly encourage the use of gClassFolders to set up your class rosters, in order to make it a easy, user-friendly, and a major time-saver for Doctopus!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-18170173458504258382014-05-21T14:07:00.000-07:002014-05-21T14:07:26.266-07:004th Grade Students Travel All Around the World with CultureGramsHarding Elementary 4th Grade students in Mr. Feight's, Mrs. Long's, and Ms. Ibis's and Ms. Beatty's classes are travelling all around the world to learn about countries!<br />
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When I found out 4th grade students are going to research a country and write a report about it, I immediately got excited about how I could collaborate with the classroom teachers and their students on this particular project! As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, one of my goals this year is to increase awareness and usage of <a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online</a> resources!<br />
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Of course, these country research reports present itself as a perfect opportunity for these students to learn about another <a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online</a> Resource, CultureGrams!<br />
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Also, the 4th grade teachers and I are also teaming up, as a data team, to work on the goal of improving students being able to summarize a non-fiction text. So, researching and writing a report on a country, while working on the skill of summarizing are perfect opportunities for me to work alongside the classroom teachers and students!<br />
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Check out the 4th grade's learning targets!</div>
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According to <a href="http://online.culturegrams.com/main/aboutus.php" target="_blank">CultureGrams</a>, their goal is "to foster understanding and appreciate of the world's countries and peoples by creating and publishing concise, reliable, and up-to-date culture content." With just a few clicks, students are able to access CultureGrams to obtain the most "concise, reliable, and up-to-date culture content."<br />
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Another bonus about collaborating with the 4th grade classroom teachers and students is this allows me to continue practical applications to Google Drive. 4th grade students recently learned how to login and use their own Google Drive accounts. I thought this would be great timing to have students use CultureGrams alongside Google Docs to research, summarize, and take notes on a graphic organizer I shared out with the students!<br />
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The following are screen shots of the country notes form graphic organizer that students are using for summarizing and note-taking. It meets the criteria that the classroom teachers are seeking for areas on content information on each country. This Google Doc "Country Notes Form Graphic Organizer" was shared out to students from me, using gClassFolders and Doctopus (stay tuned for a future blog post on Doctopus, an AMAZING time-saver)!</div>
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Students were taught how to click between the two tabs of their Google Doc and CultureGrams.<br />
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Check out the following pictures of students "in action" using Google Doc and CultureGrams to travel around the world to learn about a specific country!<br />
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I am quite pleased with students' efforts and work on their country research reports!<br />
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If you know a Harding 4th grade student, ask them...<br />
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<li>How do you login to Google Drive?</li>
<li>What is a Google Doc?</li>
<li>How do you summarize information in a non-fiction text?</li>
<li>How do you access Iowa AEA Online Resources?</li>
<li>What is CultureGrams?</li>
<li>How do you access and use CultureGrams?</li>
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In the meantime, stay tuned for a future blog post on how I use gClassFolders and Doctopus to share out one Google Doc with multiple students, like I did for the 4th grade students' "Country Notes Form Research!"</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-62131084892210397302014-05-16T07:06:00.002-07:002014-05-16T07:06:10.898-07:003rd Grade Go Wild about Brittanica Online<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online Resources</a> is an incredibly amazing and valuable online resource for students in grades PreK-12!</div>
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This school year I made it one of my personal goals to increase awareness and usage of <a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online</a> to staff and students! I even included it on my district individual professional growth plan. I wasn't sure how to go about increasing awareness and usage, as I caution on the side of not wanting to overwhelm teachers, or even "add one more thing to their workloads." I kept pondering the idea of how can I increase awareness and usage, while also incorporating collaboration and a team effort between the classroom teacher and students.<br />
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In the January, I introduced third grade students to BookFlix and TrueFlix. You can read about it by <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/01/book-flix-and-true-flix-are-lot-like.html" target="_blank">clicking here for a blog post</a>. The following quote from a student shows just how much this student, and even others, enjoyed and LOVE these two resources! To this day, they continue to re-visit BookFlix and TrueFlix. I am particularly amazed at how students select TrueFlix, and are eager to learn from what is presented on TrueFlix.<br />
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Three weeks ago, all three 2nd grade classroom teachers and two of the three 3rd grade classroom teachers were in the school library checking out the entire animal book collection for an upcoming animal research project. A day later, another 3rd grade teacher came into the library to also check-out animal books for her students. I could clearly see how upsetting and frustrating it was for her to discover the entire animal books collection had been checked out. The classroom teacher then told me, "I guess I will take the students to the computer lab and have them use Google Search." Yipes, there is more to seeking resources other than Google Search. While I admit that I use Google Search for various tasks, it is one I do not recommend to staff and students. So many things can go wrong with Google Search. Just ask <a href="http://novemberlearning.com/educational-services/educational-consultants/alan-november/" target="_blank">Alan November</a> (@globallearning) and he will tell you that there is more to Google Search than just typing in the a word or phrase into the textbox.<br />
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Of course, the teacher's comment presented a great opportunity and perfect timing to share and teach this classroom teacher about Britannica Online. As I was showing her how to use Britannica Online, another 3rd grade teacher entered the library and was also hooked on Britannica Online! Before you know it, by the next day, all three 3rd grade classroom teachers were convinced that Britannica Online would be an excellent resource!<br />
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Not only did students use Britannica Online to obtain research for their specific animal, but students also used IC Skills class time to find images from Britannica Online to use for a classroom project.<br />
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Students download the images from Britannica onto a Google Doc, so they could use it to print for their classroom projects!<br />
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Check out the pictures of 3rd grade students using Google Drive and Britannica Online!<br />
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3rd Grade Students accessing, logging in, and using Google Drive.</div>
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3rd Grade Students combining the use of Google Doc and Britannica Online to obtain images for a classroom project!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-17478365937037654462014-05-14T12:33:00.004-07:002014-05-14T12:33:36.672-07:003rd and 4th Grade Have Gone Google DriveExciting times at Harding Elementary in the IC! Third and fourth grade students have gone Google Drive! This allows our students to jump into the 21st century to learn technology skills and tools that will benefit them not only this year, but in the years come!<br />
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I consider Google Drive to be an important "life skill," as students will need to use Google Drive for the rest of their lives. Google Drive is becoming more common and mainstreamed into education, businesses, and work areas.<br />
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For the last month, during IC Skills, students in grades three and four have been learning and practicing how to log-in, use various Google Drive's (specifically Google Docs and Google Draw), and the importance of logging off when done working in the computer lab.<br />
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Eventually students will learn how to use Google Presentations, Google Forms, and many other amazing apps! Typing Club, PowToon EDU, ScootPad, Khan Academy, MindMeister (mind map tool), Lucidcharts (mind map tool), RealTime Whiteboard, etc. are just a few additional apps I would LOVE to teach our students how to use!<br />
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I wanted to blog about this exciting and revolutionizing much sooner, especially when we started a month ago, but I quickly learned that students needed quite a bit of my assistance, to start out. The students required more attention and assistance with logging in, which didn't allow me time to take pictures to post on this blog, as well as time to observe and reflect on students' learning, skills, progress, etc.. Thankfully, after introducing how to log-in on the first day to a class section of third grade students and a class section of fourth grade students, I was able to make a few changes in how I explained, modeled, and taught log-in procedures. It went much smoother on Day C and Day E, than it did on that Day A of the first cycle I introduced Google Drive, but it still required lots of assistance.<br />
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So, what is the students' usernames and passwords? Students log-in with a specific username and password, as assigned by our district tech team.<br />
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The username for each student is as follows...<br />
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After spending a month (equivalent to three 6 day cycles), students have become more fluent and at ease logging into their Google Drives.<br />
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If you are a Harding parent, please ask your student, "How do you login to Google Drive?!" Hopefully they will be able to tell you their username, password, and how to access Google Drive.<br />
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Now that we have mastered how to log-in, we are able to move onto bigger and better adventures on Google Drive! Stay tuned for future blog posts on how students are using Google Drive for specific purposes!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-11632703276663881162014-05-08T11:23:00.002-07:002014-05-12T07:01:33.395-07:00Celebrated National Poetry Month in April at Harding Elementary<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Harding Elementary students celebrated National Poetry Month during the month of April! Last week we wrapped up our celebration, and I have some amazing memories and experiences to share! I embarrassingly admit that I have never celebrated National Poetry Month until this school year. I will also embarrassingly admit that I have never enjoyed poetry, up until this school year, particularly as students and I created, shared, and read aloud poems. I can't believe I had missed out on so much fun and learning with poetry, until now! I can't wait until next year! I already have "rough plans" I want to add next year! Creating Spine Poems with book spines and writing even more different forms of poetry are just two examples of what I want to add next year!</div>
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To get ready to celebrate National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day, Shannon McClintock Miller wrote the following blog posts as helpful and inspiring resources. You can <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/celebrate-poetry-month-with-lots-of.html" target="_blank">click here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/04/creating-sharing-and-saving-poetry.html" target="_blank">click here</a>, and <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/04/we-are-getting-ready-to-celebrate-poem.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read her inspiring poetry-related blog posts.</div>
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My favorite resource from Shannon McClintock Miller is her <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/poetrypoetrypoetry" target="_blank">Poetry Symbaloo</a>.</div>
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Check out how we celebrated National Poetry Month in April at Harding Elementary in the IC!<br />
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<b>2nd Grade Students in Ms. Zweibohmer's Class Shared Poems Written By the Students!</b></div>
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<b>One student even memorized her poem and recited it out loud to her classmates!</b><br />
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Sometime in March, when Shannon McClintock Miller tweeted out a collaborative Google Doc to sign-up to celebrate National Poetry Month for one week, during the week of April 21-25, of course, I was eager to sign up Harding Elementary students to participate!<br />
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Harding Elementary students and I enjoyed connecting and making new friends during World Read Aloud Day Week so much that we couldn't wait to connect with other school libraries across the United States to celebrate National Poetry Month! You can read about our World Read Aloud Week experiences by <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/harding-students-and-i-travel-virtually.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a> and <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/another-epic-day-of-celebrating-world.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!</div>
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In addition to the activities mentioned and shown earlier in this post, check out how Harding Elementary students connected with friends across the United States during the week of April 21-25! Teacher-librarians Misti Sikes (Forsyth, Georgia), Miranda Kral (Wellman, Iowa), and Alyssa Calhoun (Central City, Iowa) each connected two different times with me throughout the week, but with different classes! I enjoyed the simplicity of repeat Skype connections with these three for the week!</div>
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On Monday, April 21, 2nd grade students from Mrs. Kvigne's and Mrs. Fox's class connected with the incredibly sweet and fun Teacher-Librarian Misti Sikes and her 2nd grade students from Forsyth, Georiga! I connected with Misti and her students for World Read Aloud Day, so of course, I was beyond ecstatic that we connected again for this poetry celebration! Misti's students shared poems they had created. Then, Misti and a colleague of hers read "Stroke" from <i>Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices</i> by Paul Fleischman! I enjoyed reading aloud <i>Guess Again</i> by Mac Barnett to all of our students at both sites.</div>
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On Tuesday, April 22, Misti Sikes and her 3rd grade students connected with Harding 3rd grade students from Mrs. Halverson's and Mrs. DiMarco's class who enjoyed listening to poems created and read aloud by Mrs. Sikes's students. Then Mrs. Sikes and I read aloud a couple of poems from <i>Joyful Noise: Poem for Two Voices</i>.<br />
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Also, on Tuesday, April 22, Harding Elementary teacher Ms. Zweibohmer's 2nd grade class connected with Teacher-Librarian Alyssa Calhoun and her 3rd grade students, from Central City, Iowa. Alyssa's students shared color poems created by her students, which my students LOVED and enjoyed listening! This inspires me to want to write color poems next year!<br />
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Thursday, April 24 was a full day of Skype and Google Hangouts to celebrate National Poetry Month! While I treasure and enjoy each Skype/Google Hangout session this school year, I have to admit that this day was beyond EPIC! There were some wonderful activities and " an all-star" connection made!</div>
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First thing, Thursday morning, 4th grade students from Mr. Feight's class connected with Teacher-Librarian Christy Brennan and her students, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Christy and I had never met, until that morning, and we had not even communicated earlier on our plans! Despite not planning ahead, even though we knew it would involve poetry, this particular Google Hangout session was my absolute FAVORITE and AMAZING! I have to commend Christy for leading the session by creating a pretty awesome "on-the-spot" activity for our students!<br />
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Christy and I started out with a shared read aloud a poem called "Weird in Stuff Lost and Found" from the book <i>Messing Around on the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices</i> by Betsy Franco! Christy wasn't sure if I had this book, but I had actually ordered it last spring and had my own copy! Van Meter CSD teacher-librarian and Christy also did this same lesson during their connection for Poetry Week.</div>
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After reading aloud the poem "Weird Stuff in Lost and Found," Christy and I pulled up a shared Google Doc on our own screens so our students could write a shared version poem about a lost and found box.</div>
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Our students came up with some creative, fun, gross, etc. items that can be found in a lost and found box. Check out what our students composed for a poem about a lost and found box in the school!<br />
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I LOVED this poetry activity so much that I decided to have students, who weren't able to connect with other classrooms, due to scheduling, do this very same activity! They listened to me read aloud a few poems from <i>Messing Around on the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices</i> by Betsy Franco. Then I read aloud "Weird Stuff in Lost and Found," and had students write their own poem of "Weird Stuff in Lost and Found." Students in grades 3-4, used Google Drive and Google Docs to write their poems, while students in grades K-2 teamed up as a class to provide input while I entered it on a Google Doc on the LCD projector.<br />
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Mr. Haselhuhn's 1st Grade Class teamed up to create this Lost and Found Box poem!</div>
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On Thursday, April 21, 4th Grade Students from Ms. Ibis and Ms. Beatty's Classroom Skyped with Teacher-Librarian Miranda Kral's students from Wellman, Iowa. Our students LOVED the spine poems created by Ms. Kral's students!</div>
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2nd grade students from Mrs. Kvigne's and Mrs. Fox's class were treated to a second Skype connection for the week! Earlier in the week, on Monday, these students connected with Mrs. Misti Sikes and her students from Forsyth, Georgia. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 24, these 2nd grade students students connected with teacher-librarian Ms. Alyssa Calhoun and her students from Central City, Iowa.</div>
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Ms. Calhoun's 3rd grade students shared color poems they had written with Mrs. Kvigne's and Mrs. Fox's 2nd grade students! Then I read aloud <i>Guess Again</i> by Mac Barnett! Even though my students had already heard me read aloud <i>Guess Again</i> by Mac Barnett, the week before, they were still eager and thrilled when I read it aloud to both them and Ms. Calhoun's class! I think my students enjoyed listening and watching the reactions of Ms. Calhoun's students to the book, which made it okay to re-read again!</div>
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I hope I am not misunderstood or the following is misinterpreted or misconstrued. I enjoy and love each connection the students and I make with our new friends across the United States, but I have to admit that I was way beyond excited, and even "star-struck," when teacher-librarian <a href="http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mr. John Schu</a> emailed me to see if we could connect for National Poetry Month week, particularly National Poem in Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 24! In the teacher-librarian and educator world, Mr. John Schu is known on Twitter as @MrSchuReads ! He shares the latest, greatest, hot reads in children's literature! I give some credit to <a href="http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mr. Schu</a> for Harding school library's improved book collection! Three years ago, at an Iowa Association School Library conference, Shannon McClintock Miller talked about John and his work as a teacher-librarian and children's literature advocate. She highly recommended following him on his blog and on Twitter, so I did and I am continually amazed and entertained by the books he shares and recommends! He teams up with another person I follow on Twitter, Colby Sharp, a 3rd grade teacher in Michigan. Both are the "stars" of the <a href="http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Nerdy Book Club</a>. John has named <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2011/03/people/movers-shakers-2011/john-schumacher-movers-shakers-2011-advocates/#_" target="_blank">Mover and Shaker 2011</a> from Library Journal for the last several years!<br />
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Harding Elementary kindergarten teacher Ms. Ciavarelli and her students were the lucky ones to Skype with Mr. Schu and his third grade students! Mr. Schu's students read their favorite poems they had copied and put in their pockets for National Poem in Your Pocket Day. A couple of Ms. Ciavarelli's students shared their acrostic poems they had created!<br />
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Because I am such a big fan of Mr. Schu and admire his work, and I would do the same thing if I was meeting any other "all-star teacher-librarian," I couldn't resist asking John to appear on Skype so I can take a picture! I also had to let his students know how lucky they are to have him as a teacher-librarian! It was quite heart-warming and down-to-earth when Mr. Schu replied (to his students), "That is so kind of her, but students, I am just Mr. Schu, right?!"<br />
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As you can see, Harding students celebrated National Poetry Month in a big way! I can't wait until next year to make it an even better and bigger celebration!</div>
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4th grade students recently learned how to access their Google Drive accounts, as Google Drive is a new initiative this school year for our elementary students within the Mason City Community School District.<br />
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Rather than assigning students to create an irrelevant writing piece in Google Doc, for the sake of practicing accessing Google Drive, logging in, and opening up a Google Doc, I was looking for an opportunity for students to create a Google Doc that can be applied from another subject content area that students are currently studying and will be able to use at another time! I want students to see connections and applications made between library skills classes and other subject content classes. It is difficult for students to see the connections and applications of skills learned in library skills classes, when library skills are taught in isolation and are irrelevant. So, of course, the art project made perfect sense to illustrate to students how Google Drive can be used and applied not only in library skills class, but also across subject content areas and what they are currently learning!<br />
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In addition to the art project providing a collaborative opportunity between the art department and library department, it also produced other "win-win" situations for all involved.<br />
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<li>Finally, I found a purpose and reason to use iClipArt! Even more importantly, it would help me achieve a growth plan goal of mine for students to increase use of <a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online</a> Resources website.</li>
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<li>I have been brainstorming ways to use <a href="http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/" target="_blank">Iowa AEA Online Resources</a>, especially iClipArt with students. So, this was a great way to use iClipArt.</li>
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<li>After recent observations of students using Google Search, it concerns me that students don't realize the dangers of using Google Search. Unfortunately, I have observed "blindly" search for images and end up coming across inappropriate images, sometimes unintentional, and sometimes intentional.</li>
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<li>While Google Search has its positives, there are also tons of other online resources available that can do what Google Search does, but are more safe and student-friendly to use! So, this collaborative project allowed me perfect timing to teach students how to safely search for copyright images and input those onto a Google Doc into Google Drive.</li>
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<li><a href="http://novemberlearning.com/educational-services/educational-consultants/alan-november/" target="_blank">Alan November</a>, recently presented at <a href="https://www.smore.com/9pcu-leading-connecting-and-learning" target="_blank">Iowa Association School Library Conference on Monday, April 14, 2014</a>. I had the honor and privilege of listening to this dynamic speaker. His presentation truly hit home when he talked about Google Search and pointed out that people truly don't understand how to use Google Search. This explains why teacher-librarians are needed, as we are the ones that can teach others how to safely and effectively search on the Internet, especially on Google.</li>
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<li>It also saved Mrs. Gilbert time, as she didn't have to personally take an additional class period or two away just for students to search for images. She could focus her time and energies on other aspects within her subject content area.</li>
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After spending two library skills class periods of logging into Google Drive to access a Google Doc for their art project and tweaking the image searches, students finally were able to produce excellent image search results and use their discoveries for their art project!</div>
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Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the students hard at work on this amazing collaborative project, as the students required more of my assistance than usual. This was the first major project done using Google Drive and combining it with iClipArt for fourth grade students. During this project, I discovered students weren't as skilled in downloading images from one online resource to upload onto another online resource. So, downloading and uploading images took more time than I originally had planned. Of course, this allows me the perfect opportunity to plan for future lessons that have students practice more downloading and uploading images!<br />
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Stay tuned for future posts and pictures about students using Google Drive! By learning how to use Google Drive at the elementary school level, this opens up many doors of opportunities for our students, not only now, but in their futures!</div>
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Teacher-librarians are constantly brainstorming ways to "advertise" and "sell" reading! Two ways I like to advertise" and "sell" books in the Harding IC are through book displays and book talks!<br />
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Library skills classes, "five minute meeting" at the start of check-out times, and book fairs are great opportunities to give book talks. West Des Moines Elementary Teacher-Librarian Del Brink is an inspiration to us all with his magical book talks! He is a dynamic book talker, and easily captivates his audience! I first heard Del give book talks when I was a student teacher in West Des Moines. I was amazed at how the fifth graders were eager to check out the books he talked about! He definitely has a magical way of bringing enthusiasm, eagerness, and excitement to each book he talks about! Book talks are truly powerful, as I have witnessed time and time again the books I talk about, and promote, are typically the books that students quickly snatch up!<br />
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Up until this year, I was lucky to have a paraprofessional take care of displaying books. Being shared between two elementary buildings, didn't allow me to the time to display books, so I delegated it to my amazing former paraprofessional, Kathy Corsello. I could always count on her to display books that promoted and encouraged reading! Her displays also created an ambiance of a warm, inviting library!<br />
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During the first half of the school year, I was busy adjusting to "life in one building," as opposed to serving two elementary school libraries. I easily consumed myself in projects that involved weeding out the book collection, re-arranging the entire library, and finding ways to enhance educational technology integration within library skills classes and classrooms.<br />
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It was my <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-best-40-hours-in-4-days-of-my.html" target="_blank">"40 hours in 4 Days" practicum</a>, during spring break, that made me re-think book displays. Ankeny Northview Middle School 8/9 Teacher-Librarian Kate Lechtenberg inspired me with her simple book displays. Despite the simplicity of the book displays, students in her library are constantly snatching up the books on display!<br />
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During my practicum hours, I helped create the following displays!</div>
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Thanks to my amazing practicum experience and Kate's inspiring idea, this is what I have done at Harding Elementary IC to display books! Do you see a book you would want to check-out?!</div>
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Ever since I started these simple book displays, I have noticed an increase of books "flying off the shelves! Clearly, book displays do "sell" books and reading!</div>
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Pretty soon I will be changing up the displays one final time for this school year! Stay tuned for future blog posts about new displays!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have wanted to blog much sooner about the conference, but this time of the school year is crazy busy, and I certainly have been crazy busy! Despite i</span>t has been a little over two weeks since the conference, <span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't help but still continue to feel excited and inspired from this conference! It is an absolute must-attend event! I will do anything to make sure I do not miss the IASL conference! The conference is a great opportunity to connect with other teacher-librarians, learn, collaborate, inspire, make friends, reconnect, rejuvenate, be fired up to finish the end of the school year, and so much more! I am also writing this blog post to fulfill requirements towards my library media education practicum graduate course I am currently taking this spring semester.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The conference included an "all-star" line up of teacher-librarians! Check out who presented at the conference by <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/masoncityschools.org/document/d/15UCwmfjoG6nRf1aH6A7RVc5iT3gkrdH0ELpWNiBiq-8/edit" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year's theme for the conference was "Leading, Connecting, and Learning!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was such an honor to be among the teacher-librarians who presented at this conference! I gave two "lightning talks" on the evening of Sunday, April 13 and one concurrent session on Monday, April 14!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the evening of Sunday, April 13, a group of eight teacher-librarians each gave a "lightning talk" presentation. <a href="http://software.ac.uk/home/cw11/giving-good-lightning-talk" target="_blank">Click here</a> to find more about "lightening talk." At this conference, our guidelines for the lightning talk was five<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> minutes, one slide every fifteen seconds, with a limit of twenty slides total. You can <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/masoncityschools.org/document/d/13ZlJdsYby7bstmD_Hu-EtjENX4cSB7lhTumu2Z-wFts/edit" target="_blank">click here</a> to check out what teacher-librarians gave lightning talk(s)!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I co-presented a "lightning talk" with my teacher-librarian friends Sandi Ellis and Melissa White, both from Dallas Center-Grimes CSD, about Iowa Goldfinch Award! You can view our "lightning talk" on <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17RO80XiLT46e3vFVrbmUlkp458q0VOeh0j9VlY1VrtY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Iowa Goldfinch Award by clicking here</a>! All three of us teamed up this school year to co-plan and collaborate on an Iowa Goldfinch Award unit with our K-2 students! We are passionate and enthusiastic about the Iowa Goldfinch and all it has to offer our students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also presented a "lightning talk" on SAMR Model! You can <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uilv3t67N99DPmOzLRQFbzPJN-g1Vii-iSYABgB_6FY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">click here</a> to view the information I presented on the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uilv3t67N99DPmOzLRQFbzPJN-g1Vii-iSYABgB_6FY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">SAMR Model</a>! Thanks to being on Mason City Community School District's TI12 (Technology Integration) Committee and attending bi-monthly TI12 professional development meetings at AEA267 in Clear Lake, Iowa, I learned a lot about the SAMR model, so I wanted to share more about this amazing model! SAMR Model allows one to implement technology in the classroom to the fullest with purpose and higher-order thinking skills.</span></div>
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Check out Kathy Kaldenberg's tweet about the lightning talks from Sunday evening!</div>
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First thing, Monday morning, conference attendees were blown away by a presentation given by <a href="http://novemberlearning.com/" target="_blank">Mr. Alan November</a>! He is an incredibly dynamic speaker! I consider Alan witty, humorous, and a brain!<br />
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Alan has written books to inspire, encourage, and push educators' thinking!</div>
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At first, I was caught off-guard at the beginning of his presentation as he did not have a PowerPoint, Google Presentation, Prezi, Slideshare, etc.! I didn't want to miss a thing and was afraid I would without some form of presentation tool! Actually, <span style="background-color: yellow;">it </span>was quite impressive that he used Google Search Engine during the entire presentation to pull up fascinating information, various websites, thought-provoking statements, and interactive polls!<br />
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Teacher-Librarian Kathy Kaldenberg said it best in her tweet about Alan November!</div>
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Alan November shared a lot in one hour. Fortunately, I wasn't overwhelmed, because it seems "do-able" and possible!<br />
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I spent more time tweeting and participating in group discussions and his online polls than I did taking notes in my Google Doc.<br />
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Here is a screen shot of the notes I did take in Google Docs during Alan November's presentation...<br />
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The following are screen shots of tweets from Twitter that either I tweeted out or I "retweeted others" as I thought these were main points that I agreed with, intrigued me, blew me away, would have also wrote about, etc.!<br />
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A favorite example that really struck me as an "ah-ha" moment!<br />
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Alan November sharing an example from a classroom! "Ask me how..." and "How you..." are great ways to communicate between students and their families!</div>
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Other tweets about Alan November's presentation that truly highlight his amazing presentation!<br />
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Loved how Alan November used PollEverywhere to make it an interactive presentation with the audience!<br />
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I even had my picture taken with Alan November!<br />
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Following Alan November's keynote presentation, he teamed up with the AMAZING teacher-librarian Shannon McClintock Miller to co-present! Together, the two talked about connecting and collaborating with others outside of the four walls of a school building! Shannon shared an example of how her students are using Rainbow Loom bracelets as inspiration for problem-based learning, connecting with others, and working together for a good cause. Her can read what the Rainbow Loom project is all about it on a SMORE by <a href="https://www.smore.com/n65m-banding-together-project" target="_blank">clicking here</a> ! You can read Shannon's blog posts of this project by <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/01/and-just-how-does-rainbow-loom-fit-into.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-happens-when-you-just-step-back.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/01/easybib-joins-rainbow-loom-project-as.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/01/our-rainbow-loom-research-project-is.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-smore-to-bring-rainbow-loom-pbl.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/02/we-are-in-this-togethermaking.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/02/join-us-for-rainbow-loom-projectlets.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/so-happy-to-see-our-easybib-friends.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/banding-together-with-joyce-sidman-and.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, and <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/children-from-all-over-world-are.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>! Stay tuned to Shannon's blog for more updates on the #BandingTogether project!<br />
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I tweeted the following out when Shannon shared about the <a href="https://www.smore.com/n65m-banding-together-project" target="_blank">VanMeter Rainbow Loom</a> project!<br />
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Here are tweets I sent out or "retweeted" during Alan and Shannon's co-presentation!</div>
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My favorite quote from Alan November when describing Shannon McClintock Miller is, "she is as good as it gets in terms of being globally connected!" How extremely true!<br />
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After the morning keynote presentations, we took a ten minute break and headed to concurrent session #1. There were so many awesome presentations to select from to attend!<br />
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Due to my individual professional growth plan goal focused on technology, I attended Shannon McClintock Miller's presentation "<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/masoncityschools.org/presentation/d/1SSPF9UnhY_ZvynhobL14CbPDR6NDmTmDErTvY6q1zCU/edit#slide=id.g10f4675e7_3_25" target="_blank">How to Be a Connected Leader</a>!"<br />
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Shannon "packs a lot of punch" into one session! It helps me to follow her blog, tweets, Instagram accounts, LinkedIn, etc. throughout the year, as I am not as overwhelmed when she presents the incredible things her students learn and do with technology! Check out the following screenshots of a Google Doc of notes I took during her presentation, as well as tweets I either wrote or retweeted from others!<br />
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While I learned a lot from the luncheon speakers, I have to admit I was more into indulging my yummy lunch and even more eager to hear who the winners are for this year's Iowa Book Awards, which explains the lack of notes and tweets during this time! You can read a previous blog post I wrote about the winners of the Iowa Goldfinch Award and Iowa Children's Choice Award by <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/04/and-winners-are.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!<br />
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Iowa Goldfinch Award Winner 2013-14 IA Children's Choice Award Winner 2013-14</div>
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As soon as I heard the winners, I immediately tweeted out the results! I was pleasantly surprised to receive a tweet back from one of the authors!<br />
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Following the luncheon, it was time for me present "iPossibilities with iPad" during concurrent session #2! You can view my presentation by <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SXRhCRY_mG2VeKClMwIjvuvAAIAjCk-RHtzkejuMhYs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br />
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Last year at 2013 IASL Conference, Van Meter CSD K-12 teacher-librarian and tech integrationist Shannon McClintock Miller and I co-presented "<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T1H8E705lBZzJqbbg78BJzWu_FwvEjh98EYqenspD0Y/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">iPad Imps and Apps: Implementation and Applications</a>." We focused on how ipads are implemented in our school buildings and a shared a few apps. This year I wanted to expand upon that presentation by focus solely on sharing a wide variety of apps that can be used across a wide range of grade levels and subject content areas. This presentation was a mixture of apps I use, as well as apps I have either personally researched, read about on various blogs and educational technology-related websites, or received recommendations from colleagues. Next year I hope to present on actual examples of various apps I use with students, both in the library and in the classrooms. Hopefully those who attended my presentation walked away with a plethora of apps to use!<br />
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Following a break that involved table talks, vendors, and time to chat with fellow-teacher-librarians, it was time for concurrent session #3, the final presentations of the day! As mentioned earlier, my individual growth plan for this school year focuses on technology, so, of course, I attended another presentation given by Shannon McClintock Miller on <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/masoncityschools.org/presentation/d/1BcsfghAEkd7sP3VaEJJticar7v3QkK3UrHAFccyr47s/edit#slide=id.p" target="_blank">10 Digital Tools and Projects for Your Library and Classroom</a>! I knew I would be in for a treat to hear about all the incredible digital tools and projects that Shannon and her students use and create! While it is one thing to read about all the awesome things that Shannon and her students do at Van Meter CSD with technology on her blog and twitter, it entirely takes on a whole new meaning and is easier for me to understand and not be as overwhelmed when actually hearing Shannon present, in person, about how her students use digital tools to create projects in both the school library and general classrooms. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14V641jz0SUAJEBD7xajQXMhqVcKfPoR4xrk5o13XzC0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here</a> for notes I took during her presentation!<br />
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Check out the tweets I sent out on Twitter about Shannon's presentation...<br />
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<li>It is one thing to have knowledge of digital tools, websites, and apps, but it is even more important to be just as "well-versed" and experienced in using digital tools, as well as actually implementing them with students. It really resonated with me especially after reading this<a href="http://www.curbyalexander.net/2014/04/technology-ninja-samurai/" target="_blank"> blog article, "Are You a Tech Ninja or Tech Samurai?"</a> This explains why I want to do a better job of showing personal experiences and examples of how students and I use digital tools, websites, and apps, in both the school library and in general education classrooms, in future presentations I give.</li>
<li>I have always known it is possible to "layer" different apps, and combine them together to create one powerful project, but Shannon's examples and experiences she shared during her presentation really "hit home" with me. It is my goal to now use multiple digital tools to combine into one project for students to illustrate their learning!</li>
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While I enjoy every minute of listening to keynote speakers and presenters at this conference, I love connecting with other teacher-librarians within our state! It is incredible how much I learn just by the talking with other teacher-librarians during breaks, meal-times, in between sessions, and at the end of the conference. I have formed many valuable friendships and relationships because of the moments we get to chat, socialize, and share during those "down times." Each conference I attend, there are new friendships formed. It is amazing how we can see each other once a year, at this particular conference, and pick up right where we left off last time. When, us, teacher-librarians are together, we feel validated, supported, encouraged, motivated, inspired, and so much more! I truly believe #iowatl is one powerful group of teacher-librarians! This conference proves even more why we play an integral part in the school building!<br />
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To sum up this conference, Solon CSD K-12 teacher-librarian Kathy Kaldenberg did it best by creating a Storify about the conference! Check out the Storify <a href="https://storify.com/scsdmedia/iasl-spring-conference-2014" target="_blank">https://storify.com/scsdmedia/iasl-spring-conference-2014</a> and YouTube Video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQMgqL7bnk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQMgqL7bnk</a>! They truly portray the inspiration, encouragement, motivation, connecting, sharing, leading, learning that takes place at this incredible conference!<br />
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You can read past blog posts about what we did in the Harding IC with the 2013-2014 Iowa Goldfinch nominees books by<a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/01/2013-2014-iowa-goldfinch-award-unit.html" target="_blank"> clicking here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/01/chicks-run-wild-part-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/01/symbaloo-webmix-for-2013-2014-ia.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/students-and-i-are-baking-some-ugly-pies.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/ant-and-grasshopper-teaches-valuable.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/2-lessons-i-learned-from-runaway-wok.html" target="_blank">here,</a> <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/press-here-and-memoirs-of-goldfish-wrap.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/memoirs-of-goldfish-is-splish-splashin.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/let-voting-begin-for-2013-2014-favorite.html" target="_blank">here</a> .<br />
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Students vote the last week of March, so they can be counted as part of the overall state vote (<a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/let-voting-begin-for-2013-2014-favorite.html" target="_blank">click here</a> for the blog post about voting). The winner is announced at Iowa Association School Library Conference held traditionally in April. This year's conference was April 13-14, 2014. During the conference's luncheon (held on Monday, April 14) the winners of the Iowa Book Awards were announced! Eek, I was beyond excited when the Iowa Awards Committee Chairs approached the podium to announce the winners!<br />
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This year's Iowa Goldfinch and Iowa Children's Choice Awards nominees were beyond amazing! I can't wait for next year when students and I share in the joy of reading books nominated for the 2014-2014 Iowa Goldfinch Award and Iowa Children's Choice Award! I can't help it, but be even more excited next year as there are some authors who I absolutely LOVE and have made personal connections with!</div>
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At this time, I also want to give a special shout-out to my teacher-librarian friends from Dallas Center Grimes, Sandi Ellis and Melissa White, for collaborating with me this school year on the Iowa Goldfinch Award! I can't wait to work together next year!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-38720415513340053262014-04-18T12:29:00.005-07:002014-04-18T12:29:59.045-07:00Celebrating National Poetry Month with Guess Again! by Mac Barnett<div style="text-align: center;">
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While every day presents itself as a perfect opportunity to read poetry, National Poetry Month allows us to truly zone in, embrace, and celebrate poetry! In <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy-national-poetry-month.html" target="_blank">an earlier blog post</a>, I confessed that I haven't celebrated National Poetry Month, until this school year. After two cycles of poetry unit during IC Skills, in addition to other library skills curriculum, I LOVE how students and I truly celebrating poetry month!<br />
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To introduce National Poetry Month thematic unit in the library, I wanted to select a poetry read aloud that "hooks" and piques students' interests! I even put extra pressure on myself, when I challenged myself with the idea "I want this book to captivate students' interests and begs them wanting more poetry." Thankfully, I think I found the perfect book to create excitement and enthusiasm for poetry!<br />
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"Guess Again" by Mac Barnett is a great combination of poetry, rhyming, non-rhyming, riddles, and illustrations!<br />
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I read aloud this book to all grades K-4, and I am pleased that every student was fully engaged! It was fun to read it to a wide range of age levels, as I received different reactions from different students and the different age levels. The giggles and students' reactions are what made this book so much fun to read aloud!<br />
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What I love about this book is that each page "forces" the students to blurt out a certain answer, based upon the rhyming words and pictures. When it comes time to turn to the next page to find the answer, a different answer is actually revealed! It is not at all what the reader is expecting!<br />
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While a follow-up activity of creating poetry riddles would be appropriate for this book, due to the 30 minute time period class and splitting time with "How the Library is Organized" thematic unit, I decided the first poem I would have students create is an acrostic poem.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.639999389648438px;">Creating an acrostic poem will allow students an excellent opportunity to share their acrostic poems with students in Skype sessions from across the United States,</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.639999389648438px;"> during the week of April 21-25, to celebrate National Poetry Month and National Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 24)! We spent last week creating acrostic poems on a paper template! This week students will be entering their "rough drafts" onto a Google Draw (more details about that will be shared in a later blog post) as a final project!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px;">Already, the students and I are having a blast celebrating National Poetry Month, and the month isn't even over yet!</span><br />
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<li>A Favorite Read Aloud Poetry Book I Read Aloud to Students Recently</li>
<li>Winners of 2013-2014 Iowa Goldfinch and Iowa Children's Choice</li>
<li>Presenting at Iowa Association School Library Conference on April 13-14, 2014</li>
<li>Book Fair Results</li>
<li>3rd & 4th Graders Go Google Drive</li>
<li>National Poetry Week</li>
<li>What I Love About Being a Teacher-Librarian (in honor of School Library Month and a follow-up to #WhyLib)</li>
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<li>Collaborating with Harding Elementary 4th Grade Teacher Mr. Ben Feight</li>
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When I started blogging in January, I admit that I was a little worried that I would run out of topics to blog about, but, obviously that doesn't seem to be the case! Until next time...</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-60562539990145303632014-04-16T10:58:00.002-07:002014-04-16T10:58:19.347-07:00A Book Fair Fiesta is Coming to the Harding Elementary ICA book fair fiesta is coming to the Harding Elementary IC on Thursday, April 17, 2014! It is the same night as PTO Pizza Night and Imagine.Create.Discover.Explore Family Event!<br />
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Last week, the students and I enjoyed watching the Scholastic Book Fair Preview DVD! The book fair DVD is a favorite for both the students and me! It is a great way to celebrate books and promote a genuine love for reading! It is a chance to expose students to a variety of authors and illustrators! It allows the students to find out what their favorite authors have been up to. We get to find out what latest, greatest books are going to be available for sale at the book fair! This is a perfect opportunity for students and me to get excited about books together! So much positives come from taking the time to watch the book fair DVD! <br />
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The book fair DVD offers many opportunities for excitement, enthusiasm, and eagerness for the books that will arrive at the book fair. Even if students don't come to the book fair or can't afford books, I believe the book fair DVD allows all students to be exposed to many amazing authors and illustrators! It allows all students to become aware of the latest, greatest, hottest, reads! Although students know I will also purchase those books to be available for check-outs, it creates an eagerness for future check-out times!<br />
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The book fair DVD may take away a cycle of teaching library and technology skills, but it is completely worth it in many ways! The DVD is a must-show, in my opinion! Every time I host a book fair, I tell the Scholastic Book Fair Representative to never get rid of the book fair DVD!<br />
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I use the book fair DVD showing as an opportunity to tweet authors and illustrators "on the spot" to indicate a specific class's enthusiasm for a particular book! The students are excited and awed when I receive a tweet instantly from that author or illustrator!<br />
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Check out the following pictures of students watching the book fair DVD and their reactions filled with enthusiasm, excitement, and happiness!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Feight's 4th Grade class</span></b></div>
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The students and I are super excited about the book fair fiesta coming to the Harding IC on Thursday, April 17! All purchases benefit the Harding IC! It allows the Harding IC to purchase the latest, greatest HOT reads to add to our library collection!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-66928974531548737642014-04-08T12:30:00.002-07:002014-04-08T12:30:17.446-07:00Incredibly Touched by the Mail Package I Received TodayYesterday, while my colleagues were hard at work, grading Iowa Assessments writing tests and unwrapping the standards, at a district-wide professional development day, I was home with my 2.5 year old son, Jacob Donavon, who was sick with a fever of 101-102. I loved all the cuddles I got from my Jacob Donavon yesterday, but it was not fun watching my little boy battle high temperatures. Thankfully, last night, Jacob Donavon bounced back to his normal, energetic, busy self, and we are back to our usual routine today!<div>
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This morning I checked my mailbox in the teacher's lounge and was greeted with this mail package I received! My eyes lit up, I smiled from ear-to-ear, and my heart was filled with warmth and gratitude! I am completely touched by the mail package I received from teacher-librarian Misti Sikes from Forysth, Georgia!</div>
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I met Misti Sikes on Twitter. We joined our two libraries together for World Read Aloud Day/Week! You can read about Harding Elementary's amazing experience of celebrating World Read Aloud Day/Week in March <a href="http://outrageouslywildwonderfullibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/making-new-friends-on-world-read-aloud.html" target="_blank">by clicking here</a> . It is beyond AMAZING how many friendships were formed thanks to World Read Aloud Day.</div>
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It was so much fun to read aloud "Otis" by Loren Long to my new friends in Georgia and my kiddos at Harding for World Read Aloud Day/Week at the end of March!</div>
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I wasn't expecting a package at all, especially from World Read Aloud Day! I certainly appreciate the mail package that Misti and her students sent! The package was a bunch of "thank you" notes from the students! I am beyond touched! I will treasure their notes forever! Please check out pictures of the notes I received! They are so incredibly sweet and heart-felt! I LOVE how my little friends from Georgia are excited about Otis, and so happy I was able to share Otis with them!</div>
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Thank you so much to Misti Sikes and her students, my friends! I can't wait to connect with you for National Poetry Month for the week of April 21-25, 2014!</div>
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<li><a href="http://padlet.com/wall/whylib" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://padlet.com/wall/whylib</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.thelibraryfanatic.com/2014/03/whylib-my-story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.thelibraryfanatic.com/2014/03/whylib-my-story.html</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">April is the perfect month to share our stories about why we became teacher-librarians, because it's School Library Month! It means even more to share our stories on School Librarian Day (April 4, 2014)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">This is my tenth year as an educator. My first year I served as a Title I Reading Associate at Clarion-Goldfield Elementary. While I would have loved a job right out of college, I am actually grateful and appreciative that I started out in this particular position! I learned so much that year! The summer between my first and second year of teaching, I earned my K-12 reading endorsement. It was completely meaningful and beneficial to have one year's experience as a teacher to apply to what I was learning that summer, and then be able to implement it that following year, my second year of teaching. My second year I was honored to be hired </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> as a one-year long term substitute </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Title I Reading Teacher. That was my first official year as a teacher, and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that year! After the year was up, it was time to start interviewing for another teaching job, as the Title I Reading Associate position was cut and the long term position was up. I was lucky, fortunate, and blessed to be hired as a </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">K-12 At-Risk Teacher at CAL CSD in Latimer, Iowa for m</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">y third year and fourth year. In addition to K-12 At-Risk Teacher, I also taught 7th-12th 2nd Chance Reading and 7th-8th junior high school exploratory Careers. During my 4th year, I got married and moved from Clarion to Rockwell. While I learned a lot and enjoyed my experience at CAL, I wanted to find a job that was closer to my new home. More importantly, I was seeking a job that served students in at the elementary grade level, as my bachelor of arts degree from University of Northern Iowa is elementary education, and elementary students are more "my style." A friend of my husband's family, who is a teacher in Mason City, informed me (spring of my 4th teaching year) that there were a few teacher openings at the kindergarten and first grade levels. So, I interviewed for those kindergarten and first grade teacher positions. When I received a phone call from Martin Gordon, (retired head of human resources for the school district) indicating that others were hired for the open teaching positions, I admit I was completely </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">devastated</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">. At that time, I wondered if I would ever have a classroom position, or even something solely at the elementary level. However, during that phone call, Mr. Gordon immediately offered me an interview the following week for the open elementary teacher-librarian position. I wasn't sure I had heard him correctly, so I asked him again to repeat what he just asked about the elementary teacher-librarian position. He once again offered an interview for that particular job position. I was shocked. I can still remember gently telling him that I wasn't properly endorsed and not sure if I would be fully qualified. He reassured me that the district is looking for the right fit and a willingness for someone to work to earn the proper certification. So, I interviewed. </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">I will also never forget, during the interview, admitting that my only technology experience was working with a computer on a limited basis and an overhead projector. I made sure to quickly add that I am a eager, passionate learner, and, more </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">importantly</span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">, I embrace technology. Currently, in my sixth year as a teacher-librarian, I can't help but take a moment to reflect every now and then, especially when I write my yearly reflection for my individual professional growth plan. I still can't believe how much I have grown from my original limited technology knowledge and experience to currently being beyond eager and driven to learn about the newest, latest, greatest, hottest, etc. tech tools and resources. My friends and colleagues like to tease me about becoming such a "tech geek."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">I was beyond </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">ecstatic</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> when Dr. Humphrey (retired Jefferson Elementary principal) called to inform me I was hired as the elementary teacher-librarian! I remember joking with him that I am no longer a "Little Cyclone." You see, I am a 2000 high school graduate from Ames High, which is a rival of Mason City. I went on to inform him that "I am now proud to be a "Mohawk." I will always remember Dr. Humphrey laughing and saying, "Welcome to the Mohawk family!" So, that is how I became a teacher-librarian. Little did I know, at that time, how much I would LOVE this job and how much I would grow a teacher-librarian, educator, and person. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">I LOVE how my role as a teacher-librarian allows me to create, connect, collaborate, inspire, share, encourage, etc. both staff and students. I believe I have the best job in the world. Now I can never imagine being anywhere but in the library as a teacher-librarian.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">In the meantime, one may be asking what about being properly certified for the teacher-librarian position. I am proud to inform, after this spring semester, I will officially earn my K-12 school library media education endorsement. I plan on completing two more classes (research methods class and thesis paper class) this summer to earn the master's degree in library media education. I am completing my coursework through Minnesota State University Mankato, and have had the honor and </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">privilege</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> of completing all but two of my courses under Dr. Deborah Jesseman. Her classes have helped shape me into the teacher-librarian I have become. I appreciate her guidance and leadership, and am grateful for all she has done.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">There are so many</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> librarians and educators who push me to stretch and grow as a librarian. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">The librarian community is particularly inspiring. There are so many educators within our profession doing amazing work. "Each year, I add layers onto my own role as librarian and new layers onto our library program because of these great people." "Each year I understand more about using technology to consume and create, and how digital literacy weaves together with so many other kinds of literacy" (Plemmons, March 29 2014, </span></span><a href="http://barrowmediacenter.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/how-i-became-a-librarian-whylib/" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">blog post</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">). There’s no way I could name them all, but just to start, I give so much thanks to the following all-star teacher-librarians who inspire me! A special thank you shout-out to Shannon McClintock Miller, Kathy Kaldenberg, Christine Sturgeon, Ernie Cox, Sandi Ellis, Melissa White, Arin Anderson (my sister-in-law and a teacher-librarian), Chelsea Sims, Kate Lechtenberg, Kelly Reinhold, Kenya Arrants, Alyssa Calhoun, Miranda Kral, Bob Follmuth, </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">Cheryl Carruthers</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">, Jane Frizzell, Jean Donham, Dr. Deborah Jesseman, John Schu, Buffy Hamilton Jennifer LaGarde, Matthew Winner, Sherry Gick, Shawna Ford, Jennifer Reed, Jenny Lussier, Okle Miller, ….the list goes on and on. Each day, I connect with someone new and my understanding of library grows. About a month ago, I tweeted out the following, which I completely believe with my heart, and so it I will end it with this...</span></span></span></div>
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April is an awesome month to celebrate National Poetry Month and School Library Month! It is also the month my oldest son, Levi, was born on April 16, 2009! It is hard to believe Levi will be 5 years old this month!<br />
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I am embarrassed and ashamed to admit that I have never celebrated National Poetry Month, up until this year. So, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">why a change of heart and action?! About a month ago, teacher-librarian <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/celebrate-poetry-month-with-lots-of.html" target="_blank">Shannon McClintock Miller</a> tweeted and blogged (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><i>It's Almost National Poetry Month....Time To Start Connecting & Planning Some Fun)</i></span> to invite teacher-</span>librarians and teachers to join her and others to connect to celebrate National Poetry Month (week of April 21-25). She created a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q5ESij5ObOWOXEuHYXzQf3JIxl1WPUAeoXAiJ3y9TGU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Doc</a> that allows us to sign-up to connect with others to celebrate National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day! Thanks to my amazing experience during World Read Aloud Day/Week (WRAD), I didn't hesitate to sign-up! I loved connecting and making new friends during WRAD, so, of course, I want to continue to build upon these connections and friendships! My students loved WRAD just as much as I did, based upon post-event conversations, so there is no doubt they will be just as excited to connect and celebrate poetry during the week of April 21-25!<br />
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By celebrating National Poetry Month, this is the perfect opportunity for me to discover poetry and all it has to offer! It will allow me to change my previous viewpoint and misconception of poetry! Up until now, I haven't understood poetry, despite learning about poetry in previous classes. Unless I was not being a good listener as a student, I totally missed the boat on understanding, appreciating, interpreting, etc. poetry.<br />
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So, please join me in celebrating National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day! Stay tuned for future blog posts this month on celebrating National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831303625794706317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643076146056847933.post-9798117668964814902014-04-01T18:33:00.002-07:002014-04-02T08:59:34.838-07:00Happy School Library Month!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Happy School Library Month! This month is the perfect opportunity to celebrate school libraries and all we (teacher-librarians) have to offer staff and students! To read more about School Library Month, please check out <a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm" target="_blank">American Association of School Librarians website</a> for more information!</div>
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To celebrate School Library Month, American Association of School Librarians asked <a href="https://projeqt.com/aasl/school-library-month-2014/54/l" target="_blank">authors and illustrators to share their experiences of how the school library changed their lives</a>! I hope you take the time to read they awe-inspiring experiences! I love reading what these authors and illustrators say about the school library!</div>
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John Schu, teacher-librarian, posed the excellent, thought-provoking questions at the end of <a href="http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy-school-library-month.html" target="_blank">his blog post from today</a>. I can't help but also ask the same questions.</div>
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Please join me in celebrating School Library Month! After all, "lives change @ your school library!" Why not discover how the library has changed your life?!<br />
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