Lola Viets Library
Librarian: Dixie Woodburn
Library Phone: 620-705-5288
Library Assistants: Kris Trimmer & Dawn See
LIBRARY SERVICES
Classroom Library Visits
We offer customized classroom visits to meet your lesson goals. Information-specific topics include AI in the Classroom, Avoiding Plagiarism, Web Page Evaluation, Research Skills, & Digital Citizenship.
Lesson Planning Assistance
We can help identify quality resources for your lessons, both in digital and print format. Resources include webinars, guest speakers, websites, databases, newspapers, books, & classroom novel sets.
Technology Tools
We offer cameras, camcorders, & iPads for classroom use! We can also film school activities during the school day and publish them as Google Drive files or an edited YouTube link.
MakerSpace Services
Our creative corner has three stations: fabric crafts, paper crafts, and poster design. Let us know if your students, a student group, or a club needs help with a creative class project.
CLASSROOM COLLECTIONS
Lesson Resources
Let us help you identify quality resources and create a custom collection for your lesson. We will include books and articles in an easy-to-find online collection; we can also deliver a book cart to your classroom!
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
For Teacher Use
-Technology tools and mini tutorials
-Professional library and classroom novel sets
-Conference table and quiet workspace in the library office
-Keurig, coffee pot, microwave, large percolator, kettle, sinks
-Presentation space teachers can reserve for special class events
(The library staff will set up your supplies and arrange tables and chairs)
CHECK OUT COOL GADGETS BELOW!
WHS LIBRARY RESOURCES
Library Website & Newsletters:
Online databases
Career resources
Newspapers sources
Education APPs
Video tutorials
Online Library Catalog:
Print books
Audio books
Ebooks
New books
Tailored collections
MakerSpace Materials:
Ellison die cutter
Sewing machine
Book binders (staff)
Silhouette Cameo (staff)
Cricut Air 2 (staff)
Tech Tools:
Staff iPads
Classroom iPad sets
Yeti USB microphones
Samsung camcorders
STEAM Spheros
Mini Tutorials:
Projectors
PowerSchool
GoGuardian
E-Hall Pass
Classroom
Gmail
Sites
Calendar
Apps
COOL THINGS:
Let our tech team show you how to use these Tech Tools!
iPADS (24)
24 student iPads and 10 teacher iPads are available on a limited basis to teachers. Depending on how teachers would like to integrate iPads, several websites and platforms provide lesson plans or planning tools specifically suitable for high school such as Digital Wish and Apple Education.
YETI USB MICROPHONE (2)
The library owns 2 microphones for student use that plug into your computer USB and require no installation. Record sound to the camera app on Google, Audacity or online at SoundCloud.
SAMSUNG CAMCORDERS (3)
The library owns 3 camcorders that connect by USB and can be checked out by students to create a variety of projects. Students can upload videos through the USB port, view videos in the video file folder, and import to Google Drive.
SILHOUETTE CAMEO (1)
The Silhouette Cameo is a cutting machine that can cut through paper, vinyl and even fabric. The library can set up a station where teachers and students can access the “Design Studio” and use rolls of vinyl or scrapbook paper to create innovative designs.
CRICUT EXPLORE EXPLORE AIR 2 (1)
The Cricut Explore Air 2 works with the free Cricut Design Space software/APP on a staff device. It is an all-around versatile machine for t-shirt decals, stickers, and paper crafts: check out Explore the App and Getting Started.
BREAKOUT EDU KITS (5)
A smaller version of a ‘breakout room,’ this kit comes with all of the locks you need to create a HIGHLY engaging game. Unsure of how it works? Partner with the librarian and/or check out the library of already setup games at Breakout EDU.
STEAM MOBILE MAKERSTATION SPHEROS (12)
Connect students to coding across content areas while experimenting with these extraordinary robots. Check out lesson plan ideas at Sphero Central.
SPECTRA VR - VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES (3)
Take a virtual reality field trip from your classroom. Load your smartphone with any number of free VR apps, then snap your phone into the headset, put on the goggles, and you are transported as images, sound, and movement surround you!