The media assistants in all of the media centers are working on usernames and passwords for all teachers and para professionals in the district. The username is the same as your computer username. Contact the media assistant or Diane for the default password.
How does this help teachers? 1. Teachers can place their own holds on books they want. This can be a hold on books found in the building the teacher works in or in another building in the school district. 2. Teachers can view or make their own Resource Lists (this is found on the left side of the page of the catalog tab). Teachers can still ask the media assistants to make Resource Lists, but teachers can do it themselves too.
Home access to the online card catalog. Watch for information to be sent home with students with home access information. The website to view the Marshall School District online card catalog is http://librarymedia.swmn.org/
Check it out!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
High School Information
Notice the link to view the availablity of the MHS computer labs.
This is linked to this blog and the blog is linked to the computer lab wiki. If you have a time, date and computer lab you would like to sign up for send an email to Diane Konjura, Diane Doll or JoEtte Swan (we are the only ones that are able to edit this wiki). We will sign up teachers on a first come first serve basis. We are still working on getting two weeks available for all labs on the wiki.
Of course, teachers are welcome to stop down in the media center and sign up in the binder too! We will post your time on the MHS computer lab wiki.
This is linked to this blog and the blog is linked to the computer lab wiki. If you have a time, date and computer lab you would like to sign up for send an email to Diane Konjura, Diane Doll or JoEtte Swan (we are the only ones that are able to edit this wiki). We will sign up teachers on a first come first serve basis. We are still working on getting two weeks available for all labs on the wiki.
Of course, teachers are welcome to stop down in the media center and sign up in the binder too! We will post your time on the MHS computer lab wiki.
District Wide Information
Notice that I have a category titled Web Sites to check out! on the left side of this blog. I will add websites throughout the year. Thinkfinity is a fantastic website sponsored by Verizon. Thinkfinity.org is a K-12 cross-curricular web site making it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school programs.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Middle School Information
Monday is the day Diane will be at the Middle School. This day is primarily for student instruction. Please contact Diane via email if you would like her to work with your classes or introduce the Maud Hart Lovelace books for this year. Sandy Untiedt is willing to provide orientation for classes this year.
Check out the scheduled book fairs for each building!
Check out the scheduled book fairs for each building!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Elementary Information
Story time, computer lab, and library media instruction schedules are finished for Park Side and I am working on the same schedules for West Side. Thank you in advance for your patience.
We will be working to get classes set up for AR this week.
This week's lesson for kindergarten students is about proper book care, quiet voices in the library, and using browsing sticks. Please encourage your students to remember these things when they come into the media center.
Check out the book fair dates for both Park Side and West Side on the left side of this blog. Mark your calendars!
We will be working to get classes set up for AR this week.
This week's lesson for kindergarten students is about proper book care, quiet voices in the library, and using browsing sticks. Please encourage your students to remember these things when they come into the media center.
Check out the book fair dates for both Park Side and West Side on the left side of this blog. Mark your calendars!
High School Information
9th Grade Orientation: Diane will met with all 9th Grade Academy students for orientation this Thursday, and would like to meet with any other 9th grade students. Please contact Diane via email to schedule a 20 minute orientation for 9th grade students.
Reading Incentive Program: Please encourage your students to pick up a Reading Incentive Log to participate in this program. Diane Konjura would be happy to come into your class to explain the Reading Incentive Program and hand out the Reading Incentive Log. Students can win wonderful prizes throughout the school year just for reading!
Overdue books: A reminder that when students have overdue books for more than a month that student’s computer account will be disabled the morning of Wednesday Activity Period. We will send the overdue notices out for Wednesday Activity Period as always, but if a student has an overdue book for more than a month that student will receive an overdue notice with a note YOUR COMPUTER ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DISABLED. PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY. Please send this student down to the media center so the student will make arrangements to either return the overdue materials or pay for them.
I have the Community Book Sale date on the left side of this blog as well as on the calendar of school related events. Check it out!
Reading Incentive Program: Please encourage your students to pick up a Reading Incentive Log to participate in this program. Diane Konjura would be happy to come into your class to explain the Reading Incentive Program and hand out the Reading Incentive Log. Students can win wonderful prizes throughout the school year just for reading!
Overdue books: A reminder that when students have overdue books for more than a month that student’s computer account will be disabled the morning of Wednesday Activity Period. We will send the overdue notices out for Wednesday Activity Period as always, but if a student has an overdue book for more than a month that student will receive an overdue notice with a note YOUR COMPUTER ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DISABLED. PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY. Please send this student down to the media center so the student will make arrangements to either return the overdue materials or pay for them.
I have the Community Book Sale date on the left side of this blog as well as on the calendar of school related events. Check it out!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Primary School and Middle School Information
AR has been renewed for the Middle School. It has the same features as in the past.
West Side now has a subscription to the online version of AR, called Accelerated Reader Enterprise. After much discussion with Annette from Renaissance Learning and Heidi, it was decided to continue with the STAR Reading Test for WS. I will add information regarding websites to help teachers with tutorial information. West Side will also continue with STAR Math and Accelerated Math.
Park Side has been renewed for STAR Math, Accelerated Math, and MathFacts in a Flash.
The library assistants and I will be working to get students ready for AR. If you have a date you'd like your class to be ready for the STAR Reading or Math test, please contact us and we will try to get it done by that date.
West Side now has a subscription to the online version of AR, called Accelerated Reader Enterprise. After much discussion with Annette from Renaissance Learning and Heidi, it was decided to continue with the STAR Reading Test for WS. I will add information regarding websites to help teachers with tutorial information. West Side will also continue with STAR Math and Accelerated Math.
Park Side has been renewed for STAR Math, Accelerated Math, and MathFacts in a Flash.
The library assistants and I will be working to get students ready for AR. If you have a date you'd like your class to be ready for the STAR Reading or Math test, please contact us and we will try to get it done by that date.
District Wide Information
Just a reminder that the Media Centers are not open to students until Thursday, September 10th.
Diane's schedule on this shortened week: Tuesday - Middle School, Wednesday - West Side, Thursday - High School, Friday - Park Side.
Watch for access to the online card catalog to be available from home! I will post the address when it is ready. I will have a letter printed to send home to parents, especially for students in the primary and middle schools. I will include this information for parents of high school students in the conference newsletter. I will also ask the high school to include this information on the Tiger TV announcements.
The library media assistants and I will be working to give teachers a login so teachers can place holds on library materials. As always if a teacher needs help, please contact me via email at diane.konjura@marshall.k12.mn.us or contact the media assistants in your building. I hope to give students at the high school and perhaps the middle school level a login for the online card catalog too. We will start with teacher first though.
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