Blue Valley West High School

The Blue Valley West Library Jag Stacks Blog will be moving to our Libguides page.  We hope this transition will prove valuable as it allows us to place all items in one spot, on one page.   In the end, we are hopeful it makes a better experience for the user.  If you have any comments or concerns, please let us know.

Libguides Jag Stacks

Two questions that can change your life from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.

Second video with information about Web 2.0 tools.  Click here for last month’s episode.

Tools mentioned in the video:

Edmodo

Google Docs

Wikispaces

PBworks

FotoBabble: Upload photos and you can narrate information about each picture.

ChemSpider: “ service providing a structure centric community for chemists. Providing access to millions of chemical structures and integration to a multitude of other online services, ChemSpider is the richest single source of structure-based chemistry information.”

100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark

KALEIDOCYCLE: Make your own

WallWisher: Build a wall of post-it notes for communication

Google Alerts: Set up to be alerted on most recent news etc.

WebList: Create your own web list of sites to share.

We would like to highlight Mike Alsin’s physics classes for this month!  Students researched an invention or discovery of their choice and created a presentation for the class.

They used library resources to connect physics concepts they have learned this year to their topic and discussed the impact and/or implications for society.   It is always fun to see the creativity of our students!

Libguide for this assignment

Resources Mentioned:

Animoto

Animoto/Education

Xtranormal

Gizmoz

Let us know if you would be interested in trying these resources with your students.  We have helpful hints and handouts.  Let us know how we can help.

For MUCH more information, see the following powerpoint/pdf file.

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy v3.0

Frontline Digital Nation Videos:  “Learn how to be a better parent, teacher or caregiver to the “digital natives” in your life and gain the knowledge and skills for understanding, analyzing and participating in our technology-infused world.”

Using Voicethreads for Writing

PDF my URL:  Convert any webpage into a pdf—instantly!

Living Stories, Google Labs:  “Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL.”

Teaching a People’s History

140 University:  “Discover and share classes in the form of knowledge nuggets and related links to supporting FREE resources (web pages, videos, podcasts, etc) – in less than 140 characters.”

The spotlight this month shines on Bill Durick, Tony Scardino, and Nate Winslow.

Students in Western World classes learned about factory life during the Industrial Revolution by reading articles from first-hand accounts and other history resources from our databases.

After noticing the amount of students copying information online, changing a word or two, and claiming the information as their own, we contacted the Western World teachers for assistance.  We taught students how to correctly paraphrase information and create effective notecards.  This activity provides students with the tools necessary to prevent plagiarism and how to organize information for research papers and projects.

Will Lion Photostream

CommonCraft just posted a great video creating greater awareness of our digital footprint.  Click here to view.