Give it a try – search everything!

Interested in how we create the above video?

Xtranormal.

Type in text and it will create a movie.  Super easy.

Posterous

Simple way to post everything—articles, files, videos, photos— to one site.

Email post@posterous.com and they push your information to a website/blog.

Now sure what to think?  Click here for an example.

Need more information?  Click the FAQ here.

“Posterous makes blogging easier than ever.”  Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

No time to come to the Library – let us come to you!

You do not have to sign up with us to use and benefit from the library resources.  Students use and love Google and Wikipedia, but there is so much more out there!  It is important for students understand the importance of using more than one source and to learn how to use credible and complete sources such as our databases.

Students struggle with:

• Effective search strategies/techniques
• Creating interesting/logical/effective powerpoints
• Correctly paraphrasing
• Creating works cited pages

Students LOVE our new LibGuides! These allow us to create a webpage to organize all the resources you need for topics and/or projects you are covering in your classroom.  We can post your handouts, videos, widgets (search box), and links for students to easily access from school or home!  We then send you the link to post on your website and we can post on the library webpage.

We can:

• Come to your classroom to talk to students – we accommodate your schedule and timeframe
• Provide a link to a libguide.  You tell us what information to include and we’ll post all the resources your students will need.

Contact us if you are interested in finding out more.

Terry Lindberg and Carolyn Zeligman used the library for a collaborative project for the first time!  After attending the district-wide staff development day, Terry and Carolyn learned about Global Issues, a new database that provides a ton of up-to-date information.  Carolyn was able to determine how to locate actual articles in Spanish from foreign newspapers.

Working with Amanda Davis, they took an existing lesson and integrated Global Issues.  Amanda created a libguide for the students including handouts, note-taking guides, and links to the databases.

“Describe an ecological problem, propose solutions (education to promote a solution), write a slogan, make a poster, and name the organization.”

At the end of the project, Carolyn replied to Amanda that these final projects are the best she has seen with this project yet.

See more examples here…

World Press Photos

Archive of over 10,000 images. “It includes photos that have become icons, by some of the leading names in the profession.”

Creating Characters

Slideshow providing how-to and links to create online characters (avatars)

Screenjelly – What’s on your screen?

Record your computer screen along with audio to upload to your website, email, or twitter.

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School

TIME Magazine Archives

ONLINE GRAPHS AND CHARTS

iGoogle:  personalized home page with immediate access to your favorite resources

Ninth grade students in all social studies classes have set up iGoogle pages.  They can add:

Þ Teacher calendars (if RSS feed available)

Þ Resource widgets (search boxes to credible sources)

Þ Current Events

Þ Personalized themes and other gadgets

Þ Calendar

Þ Task/To-Do Widget

iGoogle is a great tool to organize and locate important information.  No longer are students interested in visiting a bunch of different websites to find one piece of information.  Students prefer technology customized to fit their needs.  iGoogle allows students to customize their needs and integrate teacher calendars, library resources, and other organizational tools.

To see a list of available widgets so far, click here for the libguide page.

Want to know how students can add your teacher calendar?

See Stacey’s Video:  How to set up your calendar so students can add to their iGoogle pages

How can students add the calendar?

Katie Bonnema

Katie Bonnema, Special Education, asked her senior  students if they planned on going to college next year.  Every student said yes.  She proactively organized a small research paper for her senior students focusing on skills that would be beneficial at the college level.  She worked with the librarians to create a research assignment that would be individualized for each student.  Not only did this prepare the students for the upcoming CAIV Senior Research Paper, but they are more prepared for the next level.

Free Documentaries
Watch free documentaries online.

UUorld
Explain the world with Maps:  A map-making and data-visualization tool.

10 Sites to Learning Something New in 10 Minutes at Day
Links to neat things.

Chirbit
Share audio clips

SafeShare.Tv
Not only does SafeShare.TV remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube videos, but it also allows you to crop videos before sharing them.

Learn more about our new database.  It is AMAZING!!

Global Issues from Becca Munson on Vimeo.