September 2010 ----

   Media memo sent out to staff...

 OES  Media Moments......

I finished all the Dell computers last evening.. -- the Media will be open next week for sure.. For BOOKS..  The first use of the new refresh cpu’s will be for 3-5 FAIR testing .. In a lab situation.. But after that .. Kdg, 1st and 2nd.. You will receive you new machines..  I am hoping that the Mac order .. Will be delivered next Thursday or Friday.. But that is a much smaller order.  The inventory was completed on Friday also.. I am waiting for her list of what we need to really look for..

On Tuesday There will be a Volunteer Training in the Media Center in the Morning..  
The Entertainment Books will be sent home on Friday (9/24)... This is our first fund raiser for media help... And the Book Fair is scheduled for for October 13-25th...  Please support them both!!!  


   For the September TECH-Tuesday’s Afternoons..
     where I am willing to stay from 2:45 -- ?? for any teachers interested..
      I am suggesting the following topics.. Let me know if anyone is interested in working together..
       9/14 — Britannica Digital Learning --- Kidspiration interactive whiteboard
                 activities...
        9/21 - - Learn360 — using RC to create your own quizzes for chapter
                 reviews..
        9/28 — iPods, BrainPop, Google Docs and Maps!

For all the FAIR testing the shortcut is again posted on our Destiny Media homepage..
   http://destiny.pinellas.k12.fl.us/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home


Flo McGee, Information Literacy Specialist
Florida Master Digital Educator – Trainer
Oldsmar Elementary, PCSB
FSTE/FACE State Exec. BRD
FAME, PALMS, PCUE, ISTE, FAEDS

"If you have knowledge,
let others light their candles at it."
   ~~ Margaret Fuller

 

 

 

Here is a pdf file of the above Memo.. And active hotlinks to those share tabs..

    http://sharetabs.com/?poems

  http://sharetabs.com/?frogs

 

 aprilhints.pdf

 

 

Check out this site for more information about the April 25th event!

   http://www.facenet.org/studentvoices.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

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This is good... I am really glad they have postponed the switch to digital... Don’t know if it will open in school..

       http://www.flixxy.com/digital-tv-conversion.htm

 

And Karl Fisch has really updated his 2006 powerpoint.. want to view some powerful statistics.. Check out his newer

Did you Know?

http://www.flixxy.com/technology-and-education-2008.htm

 

Check out February for the students...  on the school wiki..

   http://oldsmares.pbwiki.com/Student+Owls

 

 I will also have story time sign-up sheets on the counter.. This week the Media center will be closed on Tuesday for FCAT and on Friday for a dental health presentation.  Not sure yet about the make up on Wednesday and Thursday.

 

 

 

2 more great Web2OH sites that I came across.. 

 www.sharetabs.com   and    www.photopeach.com

  http://www.sharetabs.com

 Add a list of links to the form  and submit it to get a single link to them all, conveniently displayed in tabs. Great for sharing in Email, IM, Twitter, or SMS.

Very easy to use.

Here are 2 I did quickly.. One for China and one for Planets. The links are saved with 2 different urls.

-- you should check both of them out..it was really easy...

 Here are the sharetabs for planets:

        www.sharetabs.com/?planets       or    www.sharetabs.com/dt0

 

and for China

      www.sharetabs.com/?china           or     www.sharetabs.com/dtz

 

 

 

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  May media bits... 

     ------> 3 Gossips --  a memory from a great trip to Utah and Arizona just a year ago... right after school was out.. and here we are really close to the end of this school year...

 

Thought you might be interested... May 16th is state science day — focus is on Wind energy.. I don’t know where I read about that..  Just noticed it on my calendar.. If I find a good link I will email it out..

 

That will also be the last day for students to check out books, May 16th.  The day for all books to be returned by is May 21st..  The Media center will be closed for the Volunteer Luncheon on May 22nd. And the last day for students to visit the Media Center, (unless prearranged) is Friday, May 23rd.. As I will begin doing my inventory and end of year reports.

 

Thanks for those of you who completed the survey..         Flo ..

 

Flo McGee, Information Literacy Specialist

Florida Master Digital Educator

FACE President   www.facenet.org

mcgeef.pbwiki.com     mcgeef@pcsb.org

 



 

 

 





Extra little bits .... For your perusual.....

 

Plan Now for Summer Reading

May is Get Caught Reading Month   (G), and it's time to start making your plans to encourage students to keep reading once classes are over. Try these resources to get your students involved in independent reading all summer long.

 

Introduce book clubs to your students now with the ReadWriteThink lesson plan Book Clubs:Reading for Fun <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/326/0/>  (E) -- then encourage your students to meet and read during the summer months. The English Journal article "Reading Adolescents: Book Clubs for YA Readers <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/8862/0/> " (S-TE) examines what happened when college students in an adolescent literature class met young readers encountering young adult literature in a book club setting.

 

To learn more about the ways book groups can create for faculty and students an informal space to connect meaningfully through reflective discussion of texts, read the English Journal article "Facilitating a Summer Reading Book Group Program <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/8863/0/> " (S). For another take on book clubs with older students, check out "Watch Out, Oprah! A Book Club Assignment for Literature Courses <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/8864/0/> " (C) from Teaching English in the Two-Year College. If face-to-face meetings aren't possible, suggest online discussion of the books students read.

 

To structure independent reading and support summer reading, have students complete a reading plan, a simple wish list of books they hope to read in the future. The ReadWriteThink lesson Developing Reading Plans to Support Independent Reading <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/1777/0/>  (M) invites students to reflect on the texts that they have read and then compile lists of books they want to read next. To prepare older students, invite students to create brochures and fliers that suggest books and genres to explore during the summer months with the ReadWriteThink lesson Authentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Real Summer Reading <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/330/0/>  (S).

 

For more ideas for summer reading, see the Summer Reading and Learning Teaching Resource Collection <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/1780/0/>  and the Summer Activities <http://lists.ncte.org/t/1322876/4787154/6667/0/>  for families page on the ReadWriteThink site.

 

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Children’s Book Week Is May 12–18  <http://message.scholastic.com/W0RH01F52F640F22DFBCC2A131CAF0>

Since 1919, National Children’s Book Week has been an annual tradition dedicated to spreading the joy of reading. Here is a bouquet of ideas for how to celebrate in your classroom!

 

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Teaching Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Teacher Advisor Kechia Williams shares a just-right lesson that shows students how to identify the themes in a literary text

 

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Conversation: Al Roker's Book Club for Kids: Chasing Vermeer

Subject: Al Roker's Book Club for Kids: Chasing Vermeer

 

Al Roker’s Book Club for Kids: Chasing Vermeer <http://message.scholastic.com/W0RH01F52F14EF22DFBCC2A131CAF0>

Watch the video booktalk and get your students excited to read Chasing Vermeer, a fast-paced mystery about two 6th grade sleuths trying to discover who stole a valuable painting. Send in questions for Al to ask author Blue Balliett when she visits NBC’s TODAY show.

 

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Once your students watch the new video booktalks <http://message.scholastic.com/W0RH01F52C7C4F22DFBCC2A131CAF0> , books will fly off the shelves straight into their hands.

 

 

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Check out the following website template for a vocabulary bookmark:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/worldwords2.htm 

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TECH Tip of the Month

Have you ever wanted to send a PowerPoint presentation as an email attachment but it was simply too big? More than likely it’s the graphics that are causing the  file size to be larger than acceptable. Learn how, in less than a minute, to compress  the size of those images without losing their quality.

http://www.nortellearnit.org/LearniT/howtocompresspowerpoint

 

 

 

 

 

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March Media Memo... OESmediamemo3.08.cwk (DR).pdf

 

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READING Counts Awards are done .... And another 700 + quizzes have been added. All schools in the district were given a list of 400 quizzes added to the main scholastic server. We are now in the process of trying to identify which books we have in our library.. (not too many of them- as I think the titles are geared more to MS & HS)  With my state allocation I purchase 370+ - which puts our total number of quizzes ...

 

schedule for classes

Tues, 2/5	Bates
Wed. 2/6	Brelsford
Thurs 2/7	Agar, Giddings
Fri. 2/8	Wiegerink, Sayre, Loughlin
Mon. 2/11	Curtis, Kinnison
Tues. 2/12	Wilson, Hecker
Wed. 2/13	1st grade, Bigler, Dutter
Thurs. 2/14	ESE- King, Mrs. V's
Fri. 2/15	Lewis, Middleton
Tues. 2/19	Mazirow
Wed. 2/20	Powers
Thurs. 2/21	Ring

 

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        2 Teachers from Puerto Rico  Mrs. Lockard, one of the teachers we will be working on the Sink or Spit Global Project.

 

Links from Memo:

 

My wiki:   http://mcgeef.pbwiki.com/It%27s+all+about+BOOKS%21

 

Book Battle Blog from the St. Pete Times: http://tampabay.com/nie/bookbattle/

 

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