Library Media Center Newsletter

March 15, 2016 Volume 1, Issue 5

Open E-Book app = Free eBooks for students

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http://www.citiboces.org/Page/439 LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NEWSLETTER Brain Pop JR Update!! ...... 11 Flocabulary ...... 4 Flocabulary Student Accts...... 7 Tammy Cummings—Library Media Specialist Google Cardboard ...... 2 In The Library ...... 2 Let’s welcome spring! LMC Newsletters Info ...... 3 Music Videos ...... 4 April is National Poetry Month. This year the Library Media Center will Mystery Skype ...... 3 host a Poetry Café at 4th Street on April 18th. The Library Media Cen- Notecard Confessions ...... 4 Open EBook App...... 3 ter will host a Poetry Café/Storytelling Café on April 2oth. Please fill Open EBook letter ...... 5 out the form so I can plan the food for the Café the form is at the follow- Paul Bogush ...... 4 Mystery Skype ...... 3 ing link. Reader Theater ...... 4

Reverse Poetry...... 4 https://docs.google.com/forms/ RSA Videos...... 4 d/1QzcCbZbUvLUWFRMQPVrCzkNLDv6er_qoiM-NgHWqiL4/ Sync Brochure ...... 8 viewform Sync Flyer ...... 10 Upcoming Events...... 4 Please stop by the Library Media Center at any time to talk. I WONDERS: Tammy  Who is looking forward to the Poetry Café?

 Will we get another blast of snow? IN THE LIBRARY REVIEWS OF OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES The following are Each newsletter I will share infor- newsletter. Students can also view the available in the LMC mation on at least two of our digital videos on their own by logging in as  iPad Cart resources. Open EBooks is a new re- citistudent for the username and pass- source and on the next page there is word. Both are identical. This makes  7 Nooks information already on that item. This it easy for a student to view a video month I want to review the Flocabu- with no set up required. You have two  OSMO lary . options for using Flocabulary for students select what works best for you.  Snowball USB mi- As a teacher you have an account al- crophone ready set up if not please contact me and I will trouble shoot the issue and  Elmo get you connected. Flocabulary is an online library  MinecraftEDU of educational hip-hop songs and videos for grades K-12. Over 35,000  3D Printers schools use Flocabulary to engage and  Blu-ray player inspire students. Our team of artists and educators is not only committed  Wii to raising test scores, but also to fos- tering a love of learning in every child.  Raspberry Pi Flocabulary offers videos on ELA, Scratch Math Science, Social Studies, Vocabu-  Collaboration Ta- lary, Current Events, and Life Skills. You can set up classroom accounts and ble with large the directions are attached to this TV—located Cam- pus Room A130  Dictionary GOOGLE CARDBOARD  Thesaurus Who would be interested in learning about Google Cardboard? Tracy Felming is working on making Google Cardboard Expedi-  WebCam A130 for tions available to use. This is his project but I would like to know group Skype ses- who would be interested in spending a day learning about Google sions. Cardboard and how to integrate this into their classroom? Please  List of our Digital take a minute to complete this survey— Resources https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/1cHZek3XRpGUKvgE_eWTQ7rSI- CfX8qvcCsczq5xTyIk/viewform

2 OPEN EBOOK APP—FREE EBOOKS

Open EBook is a new initiative by the Whitehouse to get LMC NEWSLETTERS books into the hands of Low Income, Special Education & I have included this Military Families. I have set up access for High School, Mid- newsletter as a pdf. I dle School, and Elementary School students here at CiTi in have also included a the Exceptional Education department. link to the file online. The app has been deployed to the student You will not need to iPads and the teacher ipads. login to view the newsletter. I have attached a flyer that can be given to https://citiboces-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ students and I will email you the logins for tcummings_oswegoboces_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx? guestac- cesstoken=LlAQwrv4aML0X4Y27znQL9SiLngfwUPdJyEe% your students soon. The app does not col- 2fBSsYnU%3d&docid=05310c6d837d5443aa22acd13d56ea30b lect personal information at all and the logins do not have names attached to them. You will be able Please let me know if to use them over again next year. Students can check out 10 you are not able to eBooks at a time. They can also access this at home through view the newsletter the app on their personal devices. through the link.

The letter explaining the Open EBook app is attached.

SYNC Summer Audiobooks for Teens two fliers attached.

Mystery Skype Brain Pop Jr NEW items Concept Mapping & Snap Mr. Bogush shared Mystery Skype with everyone at the SLS meeting. This is an Screen Shots added! See item I would like to do in the library throughout the year. We have a webcam letter at end of newsletter. and microphone already set up. The Organizer sets up a time with a class from another location for the event. To reach your Students of both classes take turns asking questions using map skills to figure Library Media out where the other class is located. Be careful you don’t wear a Syracuse Uni- versity sweatshirt during the event or anything that could reveal your location. Specialist It can be a class in a nearby town/city or in another state or even another coun- Mon & Tues—ext. 610 try. Make sure you can hear and see each other. Start out the session with Rock Paper Scissors to decide who goes first. Maps should be available for students W-F – ext 460 to refer to. Or you can email me at Skype can be used but also https://appear.in/ is easy to use and no accounts to [email protected] set up. Great opportunity to practice map skills and to connect with schools around the world and across the country. I can help you connect with a school or you can search “Mystery Skype Microsoft” online to find additional information. NOTE: Since our class sizes are smaller you will want to post that information with your request when you ask for a Mystery Skype online. 3 PAUL BOGUSH PD PRESENTATION

On March 11th I attended a Professional Development put together by School Library UPCOMING Services. Paul Bogush held a terrific training about assessments but my take on the training was great items that will go along with PBL! His blog is located EVENTS at http://blogush.edublogs.org/2014/06/06/24-assessments-that-dont-suck/ March 17—St. Pat- comment-page-1/ These are great additions for PBL projects and a great way to as- rick’s Day sess what students learned during the project. RSA Videos— known also as Whiteboard Animation, Video March 29 Grades 8- Scribing & Animated Doodling. Animated Doodling is a great 12 "President Truman descriptive name. Students use mark & wipe boards to draw and the Steel Cri- out concepts that they have learned about. They video record sis" (PPSP) their efforts and add narration. You now have an RSA video! Students need to research, plan out the drawings, and plan April—National Poetry their narration. Students then set up a video recorder to record the doodling and Month narration, even the eraser has a part in these videos. There are apps for students to create RSA videos but they are not necessary! Stick figures will do if students feel April 18—4th Street they can’t draw. Annual LMC Poetry Notecard Confessions— Most commonly known for the videos online of students Café confessing to things they find hard to voice. These can be heart breaking. Lets turn April 20—Campus these into learning experiences as well. At the conference the presenter shared one on the Trail of Tears his students studied. They wrote Poetry Café/ what they learned or a poem about it on footprint Storytelling Cafe shaped cards. Then they video recorded it. The foot- prints where then displayed in the hallway. You do May 5— Sync Audio need to make sure they don’t go through the cards too Books starts! (Ages fast, someone should be slowly reading the cards to 13+) pace how fast to change the cards. This can be edited out of the recording for the finished project and music can be added instead. May 9, 10 & 16—Ira Marcks visit Campus Reader Theater—This was a great way to get everyone reading a passage of the text. The teacher broke the reading assignment into stanzas and each student read June 3—Science Fair one stanza or sometimes just one line as they went around the room. Everyone had Middle School on Cam- to pay attention to read their lines on time since it moved at a good pace. Record it pus too! We have the Snowball Microphone for group recordings in the Library Media Center. PPSP = 2016 Presi- Reverse Poetry—Students write a poem that when read in reverse gives it a new dential Primary meaning. Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse Au- Sources Project. One thor: Singer, Marilyn. Is an example of Reverse Poetry. week after the event The library has one copy of this book available. the broadcast is availa- Common Craft Style Video— Similar to the RSA video ble online at https:// except they are not drawn at the time of the video recording. Students draw, color & cut out the images for the vid- k20.internet2.edu/ eo ahead of time then use them in the video while they nar- presidents rate.

Music Videos—Student in the presenters class have the opportunity at the end of the year to select a topic of their choice to learn about. The students then get to create music videos, dance or other video of their choice. Not all the students could play an instrument so they faked it to music. Really creative way to share content that was important to the student. 4

Let’s Get eReading!

Thanks to your child’s educator/librarian, you are now able to download and use the Open eBooks app for free. With this app, you and your child can access a library of thousands of popular and award- winning eBooks for free! We hope the Open eBooks app helps you to further support and engage in your child’s learning and foster their love of reading beyond the classroom.

Your code: ______Your PIN: ______

How to download the App:

1. Go to the App Store on your device (Apple or Android).

2. Search for “Open eBooks” and follow the instructions to download.

3. Open the app.

4. Agree to any terms and conditions.

5. Enter your code and PIN combination (provided above) when prompted.

6. Browse the catalog of books available.

7. Download eBooks of interest to your child and enjoy reading! Please note: when using the app, standard data rates apply. Check with your school, afterschool program or library to see if they have free wireless access that you can use when downloading books.

Please note: You can download 10 eBooks at a time. Each eBook will be available for 56 days before it must be renewed.

That’s it! Enjoy!

¡A leer electrónicamente!

Gracias al maestro o bibliotecario de su hijo/hija, ahora usted puede descargar y utilizar la aplicación Open eBooks de gratis. ¡Con esta aplicación, usted y su hijo/hija tendrán acceso a miles de libros electrónicos populares y ganadores de premios, totalmente gratis! Esperamos que la aplicación Open eBooks le sirva para apoyar y compartir en el aprendizaje de su hijo/hija, y para fomentarle el amor por la lectura más allá del salón de clase.

Su código: ______Su PIN (clave): ______

Cómo descargar la aplicación:

1. Váyase a la Tienda de aplicaciones de su dispositivo móvil (teléfono, tableta o lector electrónico con sistema Apple o Android).

2. Busque la aplicación Open eBooks y siga las indicaciones para descargarla.

3. Abra la aplicación.

4. Acepte los términos y condiciones.

5. Ponga su código y PIN (clave) cuando se lo pida.

6. Vea los libros que están disponibles.

7. Descargue los libros que le interesan a su hijo/hija y ¡disfruten leyendo! Por favor tenga en cuenta: Al utilizar la aplicación, se aplican tarifas estándar. Consulta con tu escuela, programas extracurriculares o biblioteca para ver si tienen acceso inalámbrico gratuito que puedas utilizar al descargar los libros.

Nota: Usted podrá descargar hasta 10 libros a la vez. Cada libro electrónico estará disponible durante 56 días antes de que tenga que renovarlo.

Eso es todo. ¡Que disfruten leyendo!

Flocabulary and Student Accounts

How to set this up:

1. Teachers create classes. This is done through the My Classes tab in the upper right hand corner of your Flocabulary page. Here is a quick guide for teachers creating classes. https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en- us/articles/204616869-How-do-I-create-a-class-

2. Students join classes by creating their own accounts. Students should only create accounts after their teachers have created classes for them to join. Here is a quick guide for students signing up and joining classes. https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204755199-How-do-students-sign-up-and-join- classes-

3. Teachers assign quizzes. Once teachers have classes filled with their students, they are ready to assign them quizzes. Here is a quick guide for assigning quizzes to share with teachers. https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204792495-How-do-I-assign-a-quiz-

2016 SYNC Publishing Partners

What Is SYNC?

● SYNC is an audiobook literacy program

● SYNC introduces the audiobook experience to the teen audience

● Two FREE audiobook downloads are available each week

● SYNC engages summer reading programs in libraries and schools

How Does It Work?

● Visit www.audiobookSYNC.com from May 5 – August 17, 2016 2 FREE audiobooks th ● Select available audiobooks to a week starting May 5 ! download as mp3s

● Sign up for alerts for the next titles Themed audiobook pairs

● Share comments with other listeners, narrators, and authors Summer Literacy

Outreach Tools for Librarians, Educators, powered by and Bloggers

www.audiobookSYNC.com Audiobook SYNC Audiobook SYNC Mission & Goals 2016 Pairs

VIVIAN APPLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD SYNC seeks to develop the audience Katie Coyle (Dreamscape Media) THE GREAT TENNESSEE MONKEY TRIAL of teen audiobook listeners by providing Peter Goodchild (L.A. Theatre Works) free audiobook downloads. Two complete THE SIN EATER’S DAUGHTER Melinda Salisbury (Scholastic Audio) DIVINE COLLISION: AN AFRICAN BOY, AN AMERICAN audiobooks – thematically paired – are LAWYER, AND THEIR REMARKABLE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM Jim Gash (Oasis Audio) available each week to listeners. 100 SIDEWAYS MILES Andrew Smith (Tantor Media) THIS BOY’S LIFE Tobias Wolff (Highbridge Audio) ■ Introduce the listening experience Email Updates EVERY LAST WORD Tamara Ireland Stone (Ideal Audiobooks) – Get the SYNC newsletter at EGG & SPOON Gregory Maguire (Brilliance Audio) ■ Provide librarians, educators, and www.audiobookSYNC.com WORDS IN THE DUST Trent Reedy (Scholastic Audio) parents tools to promote audiobook THE BOY BORN DEAD: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, COURAGE, listening to teens – Options for Professionals AND TRIUMPH David Ring, David Wideman, John Driver (christianaudio) (Educators, Librarians, Bloggers) ZAC AND MIA A.J. Betts (Dreamscape Media) ■ Create a desire for more listening I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN Jandy Nelson (Brilliance Audio) and reading HOW IT WENT DOWN Kekla Magoon (Recorded Books) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN ■ Build interest in listening to Classics Outreach Toolkit James Weldon Johnson (Tantor Media)

and Required Reading – Find tools and resources BOY MEETS BOY David Levithan (Full Cast Audio) DONNY’S BRAIN Rona Munro (L.A. Theatre Works) – Get free posters, bookmarks, THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA: THE SECRETS BEHIND graphic icons to promote the WHAT YOU EAT, YOUNG READERS EDITION Michael Pollan (Listening Library) SYNC program GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE Andrew Smith (Listening Library)

THE YOUNG WORLD Chris Weitz (Hachette Audio) Sync:YA Literature Into SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD: Your Earphones Program Dates DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH AND THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD – May 5 - August 17, 2016 M. T. Anderson (Brilliance Audio) FAT ANGIE e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (Brilliance Audio) @audiobookSYNC – 2 FREE audiobooks each week ON THE JELLICOE ROAD Melina Marchetta (Bolinda) for 15 weeks! MANDELA: AN AUDIO HISTORY Nelson Mandela (Highbridge Audio) THINGS FALL APART Chinua Achebe (Recorded Books)

Text Message alerts JUBA! Walter Dean Myers (HarperAudio) TEXT PENNIES FOR HITLER Jackie French (Bolinda) TEXT syncya to 25827 Week-by-Week Schedule – go to www.audiobookSYNC.com THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS Cristina Henríquez (Penguin Random House Audio) MOST DANGEROUS Steve Sheinkin (Listening Library) www.audiobookSYNC.com BONE GAP Laura Ruby (HarperAudio) CLASSIC AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and O. Henry (Naxos AudioBooks) 2 FREE downloads a week May 5 – August 17! TEXT syncya to 25827 for alerts on the SYNC title releases. www.audiobooksync.com

May 5 - May 11 VIVIAN APPLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD June 30 - July 6 THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA: by Katie Coyle (Dreamscape Media) THE SECRETS BEHIND WHAT YOU EAT, THE GREAT TENNESSEE MONKEY TRIAL YOUNG READERS EDITION by Michael Pollan by Peter Goodchild (L.A. Theatre Works) (Listening Library) GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE by Andrew Smith (Listening Library) May 12 - May 18 THE SIN EATER’S DAUGHTER by Melinda Salisbury (Scholastic Audio) DIVINE COLLISION: AN AFRICAN BOY, July 7 - July 13 THE YOUNG WORLD by Chris Weitz AN AMERICAN LAWYER, AND THEIR (Hachette Audio) REMARKABLE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH AND by Jim Gash (Oasis Audio) THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD by M. T. Anderson (Brilliance Audio) May 19 - May 25 100 SIDEWAYS MILES by Andrew Smith (Tantor Media) July 14 - July 20 FAT ANGIE by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (Brilliance Audio) THIS BOY’S LIFE by Tobias Wolff (Highbridge Audio) ON THE JELLICOE ROAD by Melina Marchetta (Bolinda)

May 26 - June 1 EVERY LAST WORD by Tamara Ireland Stone (Ideal Audiobooks) July 21 - July 27 MANDELA: AN AUDIO HISTORY EGG & SPOON by Gregory Maguire (Brilliance Audio) by Nelson Mandela (Highbridge Audio) THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe (Recorded Books) June 2 - June 8 WORDS IN THE DUST by Trent Reedy (Scholastic Audio) THE BOY BORN DEAD: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, COURAGE, AND TRIUMPH July 28 - August 3 JUBA! by Walter Dean Myers (HarperAudio) by David Ring, David Wideman, John Driver PENNIES FOR HITLER by Jackie French (Bolinda) (christianaudio)

August 4 - August 10 THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS June 9 - June 15 ZAC AND MIA by A.J. Betts (Dreamscape Media) by Cristina Henríquez (Penguin Random House Audio) I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson MOST DANGEROUS by Steve Sheinkin (Brilliance Audio) (Listening Library)

August 11 - August 17 June 16 - June 22 HOW IT WENT DOWN by Kekla Magoon BONE GAP by Laura Ruby (HarperAudio) CLASSIC AMERICAN SHORT STORIES (Recorded Books) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN by Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, EX-COLORED MAN by James Weldon Johnson Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and O. Henry (Naxos AudioBooks) (Tantor Media)

June 23 - June 29 BOY MEETS BOY by David Levithan (Full Cast Audio) powered DONNY’S BRAIN by Rona Munro (L.A. Theatre Works) by Cummings, Tammy

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