March 2017

March TL Workshop

Thank you Retta K. for hosting our Tuesday, March 14 TL Workshop. Retta's renovated space is physically and pro grammatically flexible. Retta has paired flexible shelving and furniture configurations with a mixed library schedule that encourages student self sufficiency, positions the library as an extension of the classroom, and the librarian as a collaborative planning partner and co-teacher.

We also had some great TL let workshops:

Coding for Primary Grades - Loran Lattes
Starting My Flexible Makerspace - Jon Georgitis
Screen casting - Jolynn Scott
Insignia v8.0.4 Q&A (Rae C.)

TL Monthly Meetings March 2017

LIBinars

Available on Demand:

Remember, you can access all LIBinars on demand via the BVSD YouTube Channel.

*March 8 - Take 5 with Wixie | Carolyn Keeney Daly, Wixie Acct. Manager | Bonus track: Wixie/SeeSaw integration

Feb. 27 -Lessons Learned | Regina H., Becky V., Retta K. and John S. conducted a panel discussion about their library innovation journey. Those teacher librarians in Phase 2 of Bond work and or Innovation plan implementation shouldn't miss this discussion.

Feb. 2 - Embrace Your Inner Weeder | Bobbi Craig, Mackin - walked us through new guidance on collection development and tools to hone weeding efforts.

*Adobe Connect recording.

Guest Blogger - Kim Butler, Teacher Librarian | Birch Elementary

"We meet with the students twice a week for about 40 minutes each and the students work on various projects. Project based learning takes authentic learning opportunities and gives the students freedom to explore a topic thoroughly while producing a project to share with an authentic audience"...read more.

Guest Blogger - Barbara (Barb) Miller, Teacher Librarian | Manhattan MS

"I must admit that I had plenty of things to do and somehow or other, weeding was one of those tasks that just never got done (especially nonfiction). A few years ago, my shelves were past bulging and I could no longer ignore the ugly truth that I had better start weeding"...read more.

Mobile Maker Kits

Mobile Maker Kits (Kits), Version 1.0, have been distributed to an intrepid group of TLs. To learn more about Kits and see a list of the TL "beta" testers click here.

Innovate@BVSD 2017 | June 7 & 8

Save the dates and plan on joining us for this 2 day professional learning event. Event planning is in full gear and a detailed schedule of sessions, workshops, keynotes, and special events will be published in mid April. Come and share the innovative and future ready work you are doing with students?

Are you conducting a session at InnEdCo? If so, Innovate@BVSD is the perfect platform to "test drive" your InnEdCo session. Click here to complete and submit the workshop proposal form.

The deadline to submit a session proposal is 4 PM April 7.

InnEdCO 2017 | June 12-15

registration is now open, click on the image to the left and go directly the InnEdCO registration page. Visit the InnEdCO 2017 site and preview the very impressive list of keynote speakers and the robust schedule of sessions and workshops.

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