Mind Dump

I really need to think about everything I have going on!

Get ready for class on SIRS Discoverer and Researcher.

Helen Smith (Marion County) is coming either Wednesday or Thursday morning to discuss how I have a 6-12 library arranged.

Work on TeacherWeb. Is there a way to hide series links from taskbar?

Robin Greene (Wilcox Middle(?) School sent me a list of questions regarding renovating the library. She needs responses for her NOVA class.

April 28th - Valdosta Media Conference - Potpourri - Google Docs, Google Earth project (images), library decor

Gail Carson Levine

helped write Space Camp script??

Dave at Night - fictionalized account of her father's childhood

Children's Literature Conference

Web 2.0 for YA

http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com/yalit2oh

book trailers on the plasma tv??

pageflake can be used as a webquest

I really need to investigate twitter.

Delicious can be organized - need to figure out how - search by tags, so I need to clean up my tags

YA Lit 2.0: How Web 2.0 is Reaching Teen Readers. Buffy Hamilton/ Creekview High
School. How is Web 2.0 firing up teen interest in YA lit? Explore the innovative Web 2.0
presence of YA authors and publishers through web 2.0 tools MySpace, YouTube, blogs, and
Twitter. Learn how you can utilize these tools in your classroom and media center to reach out to
teen readers.

Children's Literature Conference

http://literatureandweb20.pbwiki.com/

This is a great session. I need to investigate all of their links.

Wordle is not filtered, so it is more of a teacher tool.
One school has the kids copy/paste their writing into Wordle to see how often they use the same words in their passages.

Use surveys to select book awards.

Set up book discussion around Twilight.

Virtual school library????

Using Web 2.0 with Literature to Enhance Student Learning. Dr. Lucy Bush/ Jefferson
Elementary & Diane Griffin/ graduate student, Georgia Southern University. How can
we enhance student learning using literature and Web 2.0? Two teachers explore this question in
their demonstration of the use of Web 2.0 tools to provide opportunities for students to respond to
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literature, i.e., a discussion board to build ideas, a wiki to collaboratively construct information
and knowledge, a blog to publish and communicate ideas, and a Voice Thread to create book
talks. These and other tools will be demonstrated as a way to enhance student learning. GPS and
AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner will be addressed.

Children's Literature Conference

How to Get Middle School Boys, At-risk Students and Exceptional Education Students Interested in Reading.
Allyson Richardson/ Indian Creek Middle School. This presentation will
cover strategies that will help you reach adolescents who typically don’t like to read. The ideas
presented will be of immediate use once you return to your school or library.

She seems very unprepared. Special Ed teacher. She really doesn't have anything to say that is worthwhile. She uses AR, but I don't think she said anything new.

Idea - Millionaire's Club = Million Words - Number can be found in AR

Children's Literature Conference 2009

Dianne and I just arrived in Athens for the conference. The room is great and we ate way too much for lunch, so dinner is not happening.

I am going to show her blogger.com and Google Docs. She is wanting to use blogger for her presentation.

United Streaming

I have spent the better part of two days getting ready to teach this class. I am concentrating on the Teacher Tools. I think everybody already knows how to download videos.

Destiny Asset Manager

800.323.3397

Representative is supposed to call me.

I am looking into this because we do not have a good method of equipment inventory.

1/30/2009 Follett rep called me back. Cost for one school is $4000 upfront and $800/year annual license.

I told Dennis Proctor about it and will forward the formal quote to him.

McQuaig's Research classes

Beth is bringing in three classes for orientation to careers. I am showing the SIRS Discoverer and Worldbook Online.

Tech Thursday paperwork

I have all the paperwork from RESA that I needed and have sent out an email to the teachers. A couple of them have asked if they have to attend all ten classes if they don't need a PLU. I told them to come to as many as they want. The PLU is just a little extra incentive.

Terry Spell and Louise Roberts have expressed an interest.

Tech Thursday class topics

Thinkfinity - February 19
United Streaming - February 26
WB Online - March 19
Novelist (also K-8) - March 26
Student Research Center - April 2
You Tube / Real Player - February 5
Ebscohost (persistent bookmarks)
TeacherTube
Delicious (exporting bookmarks) - February 12
SIRS Discover/Researcher (double session) - March 12

Tech Thursday classes

I need to make a list of these classes and assign dates. I also HAVE to fill out the paperwork and send it to Deena Harper for approval. If I am going to start these on the 5th of February, I have to start advertising.

UPDATE - 1/26/2009 11:43 faxed RESA forms to Deena

Plagiarism

What does the student handbook say about plagiarism?

HS handbook section on plagiarism (p. 16).

1st offense - 0 grade, Parent/Guardian will be contacted.

2nd offense - 0 grade, Parent/Guardian will be contacted, Administrative referral, removal from honor clubs or activities may occur.

MS handbook does not address plagiarism. I will ask Heather if we can add it to their handbook. - Done.

Laptops for Thursday tech classes

I need to see about getting the laptop cart from Guidance for these classes. I want to run the updates before hand.

Blogging for teachers

I will have the teachers set up blogging accounts on blogger.com and get the urls from them. Then I will need to have Tommy unblock those accounts.

Edmodo

I think I will start out the Tech Thursday classes using Edmodo. If I can get the hang of it, it will be a wonderful way to teach the teachers about blogging and how to use it in the classroom. I wonder if they have to set up Edmodo accounts first?

I will probably not do this the first class because I don't want to overwhelm anyone. The homework assignment could be to setup their own accounts to use in their classes.