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"Book" A Trip: What the Library Can Do for Teachers

2/22/2016

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We are so lucky in Champaign to have full time librarians and robust school library programs at every school! At Kenwood, our students have access to more than 10,000 books and weekly library instruction.

But school library services aren’t just for kids, they are for teachers too!

To give you more of an idea of what my job is, here’s an overview of Kenwood Library Media Center offerings. The travel theme is inspired by two outstanding North Dakota school librarians - Miste Werle and Barbara Sandstrom - whose original brochure is on Miste’s blog.
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“Book” A Trip With Your Library Media Specialist

Your Library Media Specialist is here to help you go places! Here’s a short list to start off:
  • Request books or web resources on a topic
  • Integrate tech, web or multi-media tools
  • Plan projects with high quality resources
  • Recruit a community guest speaker
  • Get help finding/creating rubrics
  • Visit for a class research workshop

DAY TRIPS
Sunday Drive
An agent will drive through the catalog to find/purchase books, video, eBooks, and electronic resources to support classroom learning.

Hiking Through the Forest
An agent will hike through the web 2.0 forest to find digital tools to support classroom learning. An agent will assist and provide tech support for account activation and set-up. (ex: Padlet, Wikispaces, Weebly, etc.)

A Day at the Beach
An agent will surf through the web and collect resources, links, and activities to support classroom learning.

Picnic in the Park
An agent will spend quality time with a student to meet his/her individual media/ informational need (ex: student passwords, finding just right books, finding a research topic, etc.)

WEEKEND GETAWAY

Classroom Getaway
An agent will provide a one-time lesson on a topic to support a specific instructional need (ex: technology care, acceptable use policy, database searches, research help, virtual field trip, storytelling, etc.)

Couples Getaway
An agent will be an extra set of hands, for a technology, research, or informational activity.

CRUISES

Unit Cruise
An agent will collaborate with you on a unit of study. Each person will teach a part of a the unit separately, but be working toward a common end goal.

Educator Cruise
An agent will provide a series of Professional Development trainings on a technology, research, or informational resource/tool (ex: website building, technology integration, World Book Encyclopedia, etc.)

Island Hopping Cruise
An agent will join your classroom for rotating small group lessons during a unit of study (ex: Daily 5, Social Studies, Science, etc.)


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Movies for Teachers

5/28/2015

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The Library Media Center has a small collection of DVDs for teachers to check out. There are also an increasing number of free resources online that teachers and families can use to watch videos. Here's a peak at some of the library's resources and a couple places to look for online educational videos. What else do you like to watch with kids? Teachers, what other videos would you like the Kenwood Library to own?

IN THE LIBRARY . . . 


Experience Civil Rights with Selma Lord Selma (89 minutes) - 4th & 5th Grade
Sheyann, an eleven-year-old Alabama schoolgirl, becomes caught up in the turmoil of the civil rights movement after being inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on the book by Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson. Originally produced for television in 1998. (Summary from the publisher)

Laugh aloud with the animated movie The BFG/Big Friendly Giant - (88 minutes) 1-4th Grade 
Roald Dahl's fanciful tale of an orphan girl spirited away by a lone friendly giant.

Check out our animated read alouds including Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (5-10 minute animations) - K-3rd Grade
Ms. Ranney got the kids excited about Ella Fitzgerald so they will connect with this story. We have a large variety of Scholastic animated shorts including Mo Willems, African American History, fables, stories that rhyme and more!

Documentaries and discovery options abound, including Popular Mechanics for Kids: Slither & Slime (approx. 20 minute episodes) - All grades
Discover what's underground, where the garbage goes, insect worlds, and octupi in this collection. The library also has some Bill Nye, Magic School Bus, and History Channel DVDs

ON THE WEB . . . 

Two PBS video resources to explore:
1. NOVA - High interest hour-long documentaries about a variety of topics, all free online with some (kid-appropriate) ads. One that I've seen and recommend is the Ice Age Death Trap

2. PBS Learning Media - They have a wide range of media resources for educators. Kratts Creatures is one animal show archived on PBS Learning Media, which comes in half-hour segments. You can also create an account for free and favorite videos or resources you find. 


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