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I am continuing the Research Question of the Week virtually. It is something I have done in the library for years. Continuing this weekly contest is giving the students a sense of normalcy and creating more engagement with the children. This month, all of the questions have something to do with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. I post the winners' names in all of the Google Classrooms

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Using Social Media: YouTube Instagram and TikTok to support student learning

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Using Social Media: YouTube Instagram and TikTok to support student learning

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Instagram: @thejlalibrary
TikTok: @Kamilahbooks

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I have created many how to videos related to teaching with tech!

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I have a Google Classroom and Flipgrid for each class that normally comes to the library for class. I have created a research project and other assignments per grade level that relate to that grade levels curriculum/ standards. I grade each one myself and send the grades to the teachers. This is also what I did before the closure this way the kids can feel some sort of normalcy!

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Maintaining connection to your school during a forced shutdown is vital to mental health, so we continued out Blackout Poetry Contest that we had already promoted prior to the shutdown. Students submitted poetry, and then i created a Google Site to post it all and a link to a form for voting. I invited all staff and students to participate in the voting. I had several students email thanking us for continuing the contest as it was a nice way to connect, be artistic, and still learn!

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For May the 4th, I arranged for a Star Wars scavenger hunt by having teachers put up little Star Wars icons on their websites. There were fourteen in all, scattered through five different websites all accessible to all students. We hoped the contest would run a week but had our top three winners in the first day! (prizes were Star Wars hoodies from Hot Topic) Students told me they enjoyed looking for the icons and now know more about these websites than before, so win/win!

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Students learn best when they can see and hear how to do something and then do it themselves at their own pace. To help high school students learn how to access our 24/7 databases, I created a tutorial video.

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Free online storage and sharing with Screencast.com. 2 GB of storage and 2 GB of bandwidth per month for free. We won't compress, alter or take ownership of your content.

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I've been holding may one-on-one sessions assisting teachers and students with technology issues. When repeated questions and problems arise, I create short tutorials and how-to guides easily share with many at once. Example: https://youtu.be/lPLMBzPHVJU

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I created readaloud videos using Screencastify for ebooks and then shared them with teachers.  I also read aloud books during Google Meet sessions with a class as their guest speaker.  The subject is chosen in collaboration with the classroom teacher's instructional topic.  The students get to read along as I read the book.   Here is an example using Our California by Pam Munoz Ryan from Epic!

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I started a whole school spirit classroom. We post weekly challenges that students have the option of participating in. We then share results with the whole school community (parents/staff/students) and post/publish results through email, our website, ebooks, or videos.

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Because I work at a K-8 and a middle school, I have been gathering resources in my Google Classroom for a wide variety of topics in order to support teachers.  It's been fun finding activities from everything to fractions to figurative language, and I'm hearing positive feedback from our lovely teachers!

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I've created a variety of support videos for teachers, students, and parents to help them access digital tools from home. The videos discuss topics such as how to join an LBUSD Google Classroom, how to access our digital databases, and how students can resolve teacher comments in their Google Docs.

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I have managed the distribution of over 300 Chromebooks to our PK-12 students, negotiated broadband and hotspots for at-risk students and hold "Tech Office Hours" twice a week.

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TLs  have been supporting Home Learning in various ways since this pandemic began. This presentation provides a brief overview of how we are leading beyond the library.

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TL's Support Home Learning Opportunities

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It's hard to teach and pay attention the chat at the same time. I've monitored the chat while a teacher presents. Students type questions in the chat and I share with teacher

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I'm helping a HS teacher (from a another school) who lives down the street with technology.  She built a whiteboard in her back garden and needed to "present" the material easily.

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Students can check out digital books, do escape rooms, learn a skill, and find links to support classroom learning.