Happy birthday to him!
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Pikas
Do we really think that Margo's dog is trying to catch pikas? They're just so cute! And they eat flowers!
Could pikas really live by Ensign Elementary?
David Attenborough has some good information about pikas. (Sorry the title has the word damn in it.) The video clip is 3 minutes long. Those little pikas work so hard!
Ensign's mascot is the bald eagle. Maybe they should change their mascot to be a pika!
Book Repair
Do you put them in a stack in your back office---with good intentions that you will someday repair them----and then they stay there for years?
If you have an assistant, is he/she ever able to help with repairs?
Do you simply withdraw the book from circulation?
Monday, February 3, 2014
Over and Over Again
If you had to watch the same movie over and over again---every single day---what movie would you like it to be?
Punxsutawney Phil
Are there groundhogs in Utah?
Would you rather have 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring?
Do you have an interesting groundhog fact that you would like to share with us?
New Blog Winners
$50.00 iTunes Educational App Card
Tim
Winners of 5 smaller prizes:
Amy
Marilyn
Jean R.
Joseph
Mary R.
Congratulations and thank you to EVERYONE for your wonderful comments on our Connect Collaborate Share blog!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Joseph's Birthday
Happy birthday to him!
(Joseph sent this image in to be used for his birthday post.) :-)
Monday, January 27, 2014
Newbery and Caldecott Winners Just Announced
The 2013 Newbery and Caldecott winners were announced this morning.
Newbery Medal Winner:
Flora & Ulysses
By Kate DiCamillo
Newbery Honor Books:
Doll Bones
By Holly Black
The Year of Billy Miller
By Kevin Henkes
One Came Home
By Amy Timberlake
Paperboy
By Vince Vawter
Caldecott Medal Winner:
Locomotive
Written and Illustrated by Brian Floca
Caldecott Honor Books:
Journey
Written and Illustrated by Aaron Becker
Flora and the Flamingo
Written and Illustrated Molly Idle
Mr. Wuffles
Written and Illustrated by David Wiesner
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Great Blog Winners
We have new blog winners for the month of December.
Winner of a $50.00 iTunes educational app card is Jean B.!
Five smaller prizes will be arriving in district mail for:
Julie B.
Lori
Jill
Marilyn
Janice
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Possible Caldecott?
Have you seen it? A lonely young girl uses a red crayon to draw herself into another world. It kind of seems like maybe she should have made the acquaintance of Harold (and his purple crayon). :-)
Are there other new picture books that you think might be contenders?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Newbery Predictions
Doll Bones by Holly Black (who wrote the Spiderwick Chronicles) is one of the books that bloggers have been talking about as a possible contender. Has anyone read it yet?
Are there any titles that you've come across this year that you think might be contenders for the award?
Checking Out eBooks
If a classroom teacher checked out The Biggest Snowball of All, he/she would be the only person who could access this title for whatever loan period we set (and we are considering 2 or 3 days). The teacher's checkout would "live in the cloud" which means that he/she could view the book from any computer with internet access. OR the teacher could download the new Follett app which is called Enlight onto his/her mobile device. At that point, the teacher could also have The Biggest Snowball of All on his/her ipad or smartphone. At the end of the loan period, the ebook simply disappears. The teacher would also have the option to return the ebook early.
How do you feel about this? For example, if a bunch of 4th grade students at Bonneville checked out the rock and mineral ebooks because they were doing a project in their classroom -- and then 4th grade students at Rose Park were doing rock and mineral and fossil research in the library, those ebooks would not be available for any librarian for research purposes.
How do you think the classroom teachers in your school would feel about this? We have a concern about some of the popular ebook titles. For example, the Martin Luther King, Jr. ebooks (we have 4 of them) are very popular in January. If we DON'T check out ebooks, those 4 ebooks could conceivably be used by dozens and dozens of teachers over the course of the month. Since most teachers probably only use these ebooks for 20 minutes or so with their students, many many teachers could use these ebooks just in one day. But if we turn on the checkout feature, then those 4 titles could be tied up, and many fewer teachers would be able to use them.
How do you think your students would respond to this? We have recently purchased a small beginning collection of novels (such as Hunger Games) that could be checked out, and we also have a few free novels that are in the public domain (such as Wuthering Heights) that could be checked out. Most of these ebooks are secondary titles. Do you think students would be interested in using the Enlight app on their personal mobile devices and checking out Hunger Games or The Book Thief or The Maze Runner or The Raven Boys or Twilight? We would probably make the loan period 2 weeks for these ebooks. If we make ebooks checkout-able, the features in Shelf where students can take notes and highlight passages and save them would be functionable. We would probably allow students to check out 2-3 ebooks at a time. Students would continue to be able to check out their normal amounts of regular hard copy books as well.
The ebooks cannot check out from the external Shelf link listed on the district page. Students and teachers would check out their ebooks from within your Destiny catalog.
We would love to get your input about checking out ebooks!
As a side note -- we haven't heard yet if UEN has decided to purchase the MyOn ebooks and make them a permanent part of Pioneer Online Library. But IF they do decide to do this, then those ebooks will also be checkout-able through UEN.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Friday, December 20, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Holiday Activities
Kwanzaa? Hanukkah? Christmas?
Monday, December 2, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Newest Blog Winners
The grand prize winner is Margo!
Winners of additional prizes are:
Stephanie
Cathy
Joseph
Tamara
Dawn Ann
Thank you all for your wonderful contributions to our library blog!
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Charlotte Zolotow
I used to occasionally use The Quarreling Book in the library and talk about appropriate behavior.
Here is a list of the many many books that she wrote.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thank you Dawn Ann for being a wonderful example of a Salt Lake City School District Library Technology Teacher! Dawn Ann presented a lesson to fourth grade students in front of several legislators yesterday. She didn't wear this Minnie Mouse outfit, but the one she wore was kind of similar. She described it as something out of "Willy Wonka!"
Thank you!~
Monday, November 18, 2013
Libraries Evolving in Interesting Ways
This is about public libraries and librarianship in general. People have been asking about the future of libraries in the age of technology. Public libraries have been re-inventing themselves and have been embracing "innovative thinking to change their resources, instruction, programming, and services to meet the emerging needs and priorities of their communities." "As a result libraries are redefining the concept of "library collection" by balancing print and ebooks; acquiring materials in multiple formats; providing tools, technology, and software to enable patrons to participate actively in the information world; offering unusual items for checkout, including cookware, fishing poles, and comfort dogs." (American Libraries Periodical Nov./Dec. 2013 pg. 5).
As public libraries re-invent themselves to meet the needs of their communities, how do you feel that school libraries are evolving and changing?
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Where the Wild Things Are
Here is a quiz to test your knowledge of Max and the monsters.
Use this YouTube video to refresh your memory about Max and his wolf suit and his mischief and his boat and the terrible teeth and the terrible claws and the yellow eyes and the wild rumpus.
Do you students like this book? Does it circulate?
Your Students and Public Libraries
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Guesstimate what percentage of your students that you think visit a public library. 2%? 10%? 25%? 50%?
The digital divide is real. We always say that students can use the computers at their public library if they don't have internet access at home. Do you have a feel for whether or not student ever actually do this?
Do you have a relationship with the public library nearest your school? Have you ever done any kind of program with the public library that encourages students and families to get a public library card?
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