December 2018

TL Workshop Reminder

January 15 is our next TL Workshop at Centennial MS. Dr. Anderson is tentatively scheduled to attend.

Emily Cosmos, Literacy Specialist, Secondary Language Arts Coordinator will be sharing information about Secondary Literacy Adoption. All MS and HS TLs are encouraged to attend to learn how you can participate in this process.

We will be meeting at Centennial's newly remodeled library so if you haven't had the chance to visit the space and talk with Jon Georgitis about the changes and their impact don't miss this opportunity.

If you haven't RSVPd to Google Calendar invite please do so those supplying snacks can plan accordingly.

CS Week | Hour of Code

Share Your Students Work

There were some amazing lessons and activities created for CS Week | Hour of Code to help staff and students experience the power of coding and making. Some of you kicked it up a notch by running a month of coding activities. Be sure to add any images, videos, and lesson plans to our shared CS Week_TLs folder (look for your school sub folder or add one if needed). Check out the videos fro Kim Butler at Birch and Loran Lattes at Whittier (see below).

CS Week | Hour of Code affords students the opportunity to experience not only content standards but ISTE and AASL standards as well as multiple literacies. Highly encourage all TLs to document all the standards students experience via these learn-by-doing activities and share with staff and parents. There's a lot more happening then just coding a robot going on here.

dot and dash travel the world final.mp4

K 3 Little Pigs 2018.mp4

E19.5 | Dynamic Duos-Libraries Are the Collaborative Hearts of Our Schools by Not a Rocking Chair Librarian • A podcast on Anchor

Not a Rocking Chair Librarian Podcast

Episode 5 of the Dynamic Duos series features a conversation with Kelly Sain & Andrew Moore discussing the changes they are seeing in BVSD library spaces, programming, & the positive impact of staffing the collaborative hearts of our schools with licensed & endorsed teacher librarians.

Click on image to the left to listen to podcast NOW on your computer. Or, subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or your favorite listening platform.

Monarch HS Game Night

Game Night offers safe, fun option for students on Friday nights

"It might be hard for some to imagine kids gathered around old-fashioned game boards, given the popularity of video games and the ubiquitousness of Fortnight on high schools’ campuses. Part of the lure of Game Night, however, is the social interactions created when technology is not part of the equation...The first year we had six kids and now we’re up to 35 every other week, said Monarch Librarian and Game Night organizer Beatrice Gerrish."

Click HERE to learn about this weekly event Beatrice & Monarch teachers organize and supervise. You will be prompted to login to access article.

OverDrive

Video Contest Winner

Congratulations to Pioneer Elementary for creating the winning 2018-19 BVSD OverDrive-Sora video. The student team behind this video use green screen effects to create an informational and engaging video that literally transports viewers into the K-12 Sora Reading App. Check it out for yourself!

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