fr know & go - volume 1 | issue 18
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Updates @your Library, Learn Egg, Common Sense Media - posters, Airpano, Google Webinar-Simple K-12, Function Follows Form Google Webinar, Educator Field Trip - Big History Project, and Student Opportunity - video contest for AASL.TRANSCRIPT
Updates @your Library
Updates
• The horizon program is working
for easy check out of books...if
you would like to learn how to
conduct check out, let me know.
• Don’t forget that we now have eBooks for students to read
either online or though an app.
• We have just received the Gateway award books from this year
and the nominees for next year. Ready for checkout!
E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R E S P E C I A L L Y F O R
F E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G EF E R N R I D G E Know & Go @Your Library V O L U M E 1 | I S S U E 1 8
Contact Information
Bill Bass
Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3
Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog
tinyurl.com/libserv
To read a book
for the first &me
is to make an
acquaintance
with a new
friend; to read it
for a second &me
is to meet an
old one.
~Anonymous,
Chinese saying
Collec&on Development for Fern—Collec&ng, sor&ng, re-packing, and a lot of
weeding is happening in the back room at Library Services.
Highlighted & Underlined from METC 2014 Technology, Research, and Learning Resources
Learn Egg—The Global Educa�on Guide—
Their mo1o is Learn Something New...They are a trusted source for opinions,
features, guides, and incredibly useful resources on global educa&on. One of the
topics I found par&cularly interes&ng was the ar&cle on 15 Powerful Educa�on App
(and how to use them). It directed me to the Global Educa&on Database, a space that
contains curated tools and gadgets in an easy to use database.
h1p://learnegg.com/
Many of you already use Common Sense Media, the organiza&on that advocates for
digital ci&zenship and safe technology use, but did you know that they have some great
new posters for the classroom. h1p://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/posters
AirPano is a non-commercial project focused on high
resolu&on 3D aerial panoramas. The AirPano team is a group
of Russian photographers and panorama enthusiasts. Come
back to this site o;en, because they intend on shoo&ng a
variety of aerial panoramas and create virtual 3D tours of the
most interes&ng places of the planet. Note the files are very
large and may take &me to load. h1p://www.airpano.com/
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Student Opportuni�es
h1p://www.ala.org/aasl/slm
Learning Opportunities
Func�on Follows Form: How Google Apps Can Transform 21st Century Learning—Feb. 26th—4:00PM
Schools across the country pledge to teach 21st century skills, but building a culture of
collaborators can prove difficult. Luckily, Google Apps for educa&on provides tools to
transform an insular learning community into a collabora&ve one. In this session, the pre-
senter will introduce Google applica&ons that will empower teachers and students to
learn together outside of the boundaries imposed by geography and &me. Sponsored by
Folle1—REGISTER HERE
Educator Field Trip—Big History Project
The director of educa&on, Bob Regan, and the lead curriculum writer,
Bob Bain, will be the lead presenters for this FREE event. This is an
exci&ng effort to integrate technology with history teaching. The
a1ached brochure gives you a number of links to get an overview of
Big History prior to the recep&on and introduc&on on March 12 from
4:00-7:00 at the Forest Park Visitor’s Center. Lessons are integrated
with Common Core, the work of Sam Wineburg on reading and think-
ing like a historian, the importance of science in the shaping of his-
torical development and much more. There is no cost for the recep-
�on or for implemen�ng Big History, however you need to regis-
ter. Visit the Educa&onPlus website h1p://edplus.org and click on
the Calendar and Registra�on icon to register!
Learn More:
Read the course guide HERE.
Check out our TED talk at h1p://www.ted.com/talks/david_chris&an_big_history.html
Visit us on Facebook at h1ps://www.facebook.com/bighistoryproject
The Big History Project – website h1p://course.bighistoryproject.com