November 2007 Media Center News

Happy November! New GR additions We have received our recent order of books for Guided Reading. These are books that you recommended. They are processed and ready to check out. I have linked the titles to their records in Titlepeek, a cool feature of our new online catalog. You can read a synopsis, reviews, and an excerpt of the book. This feature is available for our entire collection, not just new additions. Check them out! Wolf Brother Michelle Paver This series (Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and Soul Eater) is very popular among students. Spirit Walker Michelle Paver Soul Eater Michelle Paver Dark Water Rising Marian Hale Barcode Tattoo Suzanne Weyn Time for Andrew Mary Downing Hahn (no entry in TitlePeek) Milkweed: A Novel Jerry Spinelli Revenge of the Witch Joseph Delaney Ender's Game Orson Scott Card This Side of Paradise Steven L. Layne A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle Personal Reading Here are some books that I have been reading or re-reading. What are you reading? A Whole New Mind Daniel Pink Wikinomics Dan Tapscott The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century Thomas Friedman Redefining literacy for the 21st century David Warlick Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms Will Richardson Teaching with Digital Images: Acquire, Analyze, Create, Communicate International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Students International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) All are available in the Media Center. If you would like me to order a professional resource, please contact me. I am here to help you! United Streaming Videos The school district still has a subscription to United Streaming. This is a great resource. Not only does it have videos that can be downloaded and screened (or streamed as you display), but there are worksheets, quizzes and other resources available. Check out the nice overview that Chris B. has posted on VINCent. I am willing to locate and preview videos for you. many, but not all, videos are captioned, so I am willing and able to help. Let me know how I can help you . Check out TeacherTube . It is just like YouTube only for educational videos. Teachers all around the world are sharing instructional videos that they have created. They can easily be embedded in your wiki for student viewing. Let me know if I can help. From TeacherTube: "TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007. Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill." The K12 Online Conference occurred Oct. 15-19 and Oct. 22-26, but you can still access all of the materials and presentations. Click on the image above to go to the home page.