December 2017

Snapshots

There are so many clever, creative, and engaging things happening in your spaces that we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some them.

Thanks for all the inspiration!

Thanks Bobby and Lindsey for sharing your student designed and created book returns.

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Angevine students created a gallery of pots and containers for plants in the library.

Sheena has iPads mounted to bookcases for point-of-need OPAC access.

Maura places StickTogether puzzles in the library to encourage brain breaks, collaboration, and fun!

Retta and Regina are both using coloring table clothes--spontaneous creativity.

Kim & Kelli load a cart with festively wrapped "mystery" books--students cannot unwrap until they get it home.

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Jon G.'s students using Extraordinaires for prototyping & beyond to make their ideas come to life.

Guest Blogger - Loran Lattes| Whittier International Elem

Invention Literacy with Makey Makey

"The class leadership opportunities. The perseverance. Our exploration of Makey Makey was such a success on many levels..." Read more.

Guest Blogger - Kim Butler | Birch Elem

Making the Most of an Author Visit

"We had every fifth grader write a review of the book ...and are going to ask parents to post the reviews on Amazon or Goodreads over Winter Break..." Read more.

Tune in for Mobile Maker Kit Reflections - Dede Pazour | Fireside Elem

And the Winners Are...

The Angevine team was the overall OverDrive (OD) Video Contest winner. They won an OverDrive Media Station (OMS) for the library. The OMS is a kiosk display that patrons can use to explore the OD collection via a touch screen display.

Sanchez won at the elementary level, Aspen Creek for K-8 submission, and Monarch at the HS level. Each of these schools will receive a $50 Best Buys gift certificate.

The marketing folks at OD were completely delighted by these submissions and had a hard time selecting winners, they can't wait to see what students come up with next year.

Thanks to all the students that took on this authentic learning challenge and the teacher librarians that provided guide-on-the-side support to their students.

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