Updates @your Library

• All Library books are due back by May 9th!

• The Parkway Summer Reading List is available at

www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/secreading.html and on

the St. Louis County Library webpage.

• Students should also apply for a St. Louis County Library card

because they will have access to hundreds of eBooks, databases, and

magazine subscrip&ons all online.

h'p://www.slcl.org/using_the_library/library_cards

• NEW from ST Louis County Library—Hoopla is a brand new eMedia

service available free to St. Louis County Library cardholders. If you

have a St. Louis County Library card you can use Hoopla.

• Hoopla is similar to Ne�lix

• Instantly stream movies, television shows, music &

audiobooks to tablets, phones and computers

• All items are available immediately

• Check out periods are: audiobooks—21days, TV and

movies—2 or 3 days, and music—7 days

• To get started, sign up for an account using your library card

number, PIN, and email address.

• Once your account is created, you can borrow &tles for

complete direc&ons, see: h'p://www.slcl.org/emedia

• FREE!

Thank you to all the people involved in pu6ng

on the May Day Celebra&on!

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 2 6

Contact Information

Bill Bass

Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3

Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog

tinyurl.com/libserv

I’m of a fearsome

mind to throw

my arms around

every living

librarian who

crosses my path

on behalf of the

souls they never

know they saved.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Highlighted & Underlined Technology, Research, and Learning Resources

7 Best STEM Resources

Looking for online STEM resources to share with students and staff, use with Maker Spaces, or Google’s 80/20

innova&on model. The New England STEM ini&a&ve has a many viable op&ons

(some have been shared in previous newsle'er, but are worth men&oning again)!

Resources include Makersate, MinecraA Edu, MakerBot Replicator 2, Enterprise

City, Hour of Code, Design Squad Na&on (in partnership with PBS), and

Northeastern University Center for STEM Educa&on (if you want to stay in the

loop about STEM—this is your site). www.enterprisecity.org

Not New But S(ll a Great Awareness Site—Worldometers.info

The place to get real world sta&cs on popula&on, economics, media, food,

water, energy, and health. They also have other stat sites like Internet Live

Stats, USA Live Stats, and 7Billion World.

h'p://www.worldometers.info

Wellcome Images releases 100,000 images under crea(ve commons license.

"The Wellcome Library recently made more than 100,000 drawings,

photographs, pain&ngs, and adver&sements available to the world under

Crea&ve Commons licensing. The images available through the Wellcome

Images library are primarily of a historic nature. You can browse the galleries

or search for images by keyword." Posted on h'p://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Lesson Plan Map—Teaching Students Effec(ve Search Skills

The Educa&on Technology & Mobile Learning site has 15 lesson plans

mapped out to teach students who to navigate Google search more

effec&vely. The ar&cle has search &ps, lesson plans, and planning map

with the Common Core Standards spelled out.

h'p://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/04/15-must-have-g%20oogle-lessons-plans-to.html

Close Reading Site to Meet CCSS

ThinkCERCA - Provides leveled informa&on texts connected by grade and

themes. A unique tool to support problem-based learning. Themes

include technology, culture, and social responsibility. Includes wri&ng

prompts and rubrics. This is not a free site, Currently free to use texts for

grades 4 - 12. Posted on h'p://www.ccedtech.com/2014/04/close-

reading-sites-to-meet-ccss.html#.U2jk6YFdWAh

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4 Advanced Search Operators to Help Find Elusive Google Drive Files

Organizing Google Drive can be a li'le tricky, but luckily you can quickly iden&fy and access what you need by

searching Drive more efficiently. The video will cover how to best search Drive by using the following operators:

Title—search by the files’ &tle (group phrases in quota&on marks)

Owner—search according to who owns the item (works best with

owner’s email address)

Type—search by the file type (document, spreadsheet,

presenta&on, drawing, image, video, .pdf, and textdoc).

Is:starred—search items that are marked with a star

Create and Edit Docs and Sheets with New Mobile Apps

Today it’s a lot easier for you to quickly find, edit, and create

documents, spreadsheets, and presenta&ons on the go. Introducing

mobile apps for Docs and Sheets, with Slides on the way. Learn

more: h'p://goo.gl/wGgTJW or get the apps now:

Docs Android: h'p://goo.gl/R6zVQ9

Docs iOS: h'p://goo.gl/c2LokJ

Sheets Android: h'p://goo.gl/K1zXzi

Sheets iOS: h'p://goo.gl/c8mk8t

h'ps://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/LZXiV3J8htZ

Student Opportunities

St Louis County Library’s Summer Reading Club

The Kid Reading Club (ages 3 to entering grade 5) and the Teen Reading Club (Entering grades 6-12) starts on May

12th! There are two promo&onal videos showcasing how the club works and this year’s prizes are now available on

the library’s YouTube channel. The direct link: Teen Club Promo&onal Video.

The videos can be use to promote the club to your students and parents. Other ideas for sharing include: showing

the videos during assembly &mes, pos&ng them on your website, or sending the link in a newsle'er.