A brief, text-only set of instructions for troubleshooting common errors with a library link resolver.
From the Introduction: Why Do I Need a Policy?
Every library — academic, public, and school (public, private, charter, independent, and international) — should have a comprehensive written policy that guides the selection, deselection or weeding, and reconsideration of library resources. The most valuable selection policy is current; it is reviewed and revised on a regular basis; and it is familiar to all members of a library’s staff. The policy should be approved by the library’s governing board or other policy-making body and disseminated widely for understanding by all stakeholders.
The Sift is a free weekly newsletter for educators delivered during the school year that offers a rundown of the latest topics in news literacy — including trends and issues in misinformation, social media, artificial intelligence, journalism and press freedom. It provides discussion prompts, teaching ideas, classroom guides and a monthly video series that features professional journalists.
Great supplemental resource to support teaching caption writing for teachers of journalism or advisors of yearbooks.
The Siren School District has developed a Library Plan which describes the Future Ready Framework, outlines how the school library is currently meeting those framework criteria, states futures goals, and provides a two-year plan for meeting two of those goals. This will be a fluid document which will continually add competencies and update the school library goals on a two-year rotation.
Use this spreadsheet after students have been taught the basics of spreadsheets: entering and editing data, formatting a spreadsheet, basic functions, sorting, creating and formatting charts. Students use Skittles (can also use M&Ms or another candy or type of food with different colors that can be sorted) to create a spreadsheet. They will sort the data, create functions to analyze the data, and insert a chart.
This resource includes the story of Smartie the Penguin. Smarty is faced with 3 different situations dealing with popups and in app purchasing, inappropriate sites and cyberbullying. The story is accompanied with a lesson plan, discussion questions and follow-up activities.
There is also a video showing how to use this resource in the classroom.
Students will be able to:
-Analyze current teen spending habits
-Examine their role as a consumer and their consumer decisions
-Explain how social media and influencers can impact a consumer’s spending decisions
-Identify steps a consumer can take to decrease the influence of social media on their spending decisions
Lesson length: 80 mins
This guide was created by Scottie Bruch, School Library Coordinator for the South Dakota State Library.
How long will the fidget spinner spin? This 3 Act Task by Graham Fletcher begins with a short portion of a video with a fidget spinner in motion. First students make observations and estimates to begin determining how long the fidget spinner will be in motion. Students are then given the total number of spins and the average spins per second. Using division of a 4 digit dividend by a 1 digit divisor and conversion skills, students calculate the amount of time the spinner will spin.
Channel Description: "Hi, I'm Steve Saylor, I'm blind and I play Video Games! I am an accessibility advocate, consultant, content creator and the Media Editor of http://CanIPlayThat.com. I have consulted with studios such as Ubisoft, EA, PlayStation on such games as "The Last Of us Part 1 and Part 2", "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" "Forza Motorsport", and currently working on the Call of Duty Franchise. I've been featured on CNN, CBC, BBC, NPR, USA Today, VICE, IGN, Gamespot, Kinda Funny Games and Funhaus."
For Video Game Accessibility or Blind Consulting, please contact me via my Business email below.
Website
stevesaylor.net
Twitch
twitch.tv/stevesaylor
Twitter
twitter.com/stevesaylor
Instagram
instagram.com/stevesaylor
Threads
threads.net/@stevesaylor
Bluesky
bsky.app/profile/stevesaylor.bsky.social
Long Range Library & Technology Plan for Swallow School District for 2023-2026. Created by Annie DiPietro- LMS and Melissa Thompson- Superintendent.
Resources: Wisconsin Department of Education, Monica Treptow, DPI, Future Ready Librarian Framework
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. First, they learn a basic foundation of legal principles and vocabulary related to copyright. They understand how such factors as the rules of copyright law, the values and intent of the original creator, and the audience and purpose should affect their decisions about using the creative work of others. Using the Mad Men Student Handout, students then apply these principles to a simulation activity in which they act as advertising executives who have to choose a photo for an ad campaign.
Article from ISTE provides research and strategies for helping students identify reliable information.
Teach your students to guide their own inquiry: Facilitation Materials for Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute. This resource includes a powerpoint to lead students through the steps to construct their own questions to lead their inquiry, has student handouts, and gives exmaples for how to use the Question Formulation Technique in your instructional practices.
This article, found in BadgerLInk, is, " Apersonal narrative is presented in which the author talks about how she got the opportunity to analyze school library spaces with an aim of making them flexible, mobile, creative, and technology friendly; after she had been named Lilead Fellows cohort for 2017-2018."
Literacy, Reading, Math, SPED Specialists may upload this template to modify and use as a daily schedule and lesson plan guide when working with multiple groups across sites.
Future Ready Library Plan for the School District of Tomahawk 2021-2023
Tynker is a creative computing platform where millions of kids have learned to program and built games, apps and more. Tynker offers self-paced online courses for children to learn coding at home, as well as an engaging programming curriculum for schools.
Want a great way to teach proper typing skills? This program allows your students to see and utilize the placement of your fingers to properly learn how to type.