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We have a coding club for girls in our pk-2 library @CESMediaCenter
We use Dash, code.org, Daisy the Dinosaur and Scratch

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Every month our high school book club, The Booklings, chat with an author during lunch live on Twitter. We created our own hashtag: #booklingschat so anyone can follow along or join in. We've chatted with Sarah Mlynowski, Laura Dockrill, Sue Wallman and others. It's a great way to connect students with inspiring professionals. - Lucas Maxwell @lucasjmaxwell on Twitter and @glenthorne_library on Instagram.

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Norwood Avenue Elementary School, Northport, NY. Building a story from the base plate up!

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The group that wanted to breathe life into old books, inspired by William Joyce's The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

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At the Davis Academy, the library is the birthplace for the unknown, the curiosities, the nontraditional. For us, that has meant being a part of 3C's: coding, copyright, and connectivity. Holding others accountable for continuing what we start and introducing coding into the classroom, carrying on the conversation about copyright so that it too, becomes part of the culture, and finally seeing that our voices extend beyond our classroom walls and we connect with a larger world.

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We have been using Kizoa to make campaign commercials in our fifth grade Meet the Candidates project. Yesterday we had an election rally - 3rd-5th grade watched the commercials and then voted. P.S. Hillary won!

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Kizoa Movie Maker - Video Editor: 5R Group 3 Global Warming

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Kizoa Movie Maker - Video Editor - http://www.kizoa.com

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Always trying something new! Connecting the Library and Classrooms with Breakout EDU 

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Always trying something new! Connecting the Library and Classrooms with Breakout EDU 

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Like us on Facebook BMGSLibrary
-Lisa Lindeman
@lisalibtech

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QR Code Mania in West Islip High School! 

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QR Code Mania in West Islip High School! 

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Students in West Islip High School have discovered the power of QR codes. This years 9th grade orientation classes had students snapping away  QR codes to help them discover all the amazing materials available to students this year in their new LMC. Students in grades 9-12 also used QR codes via SnapChat to open the links for presidential candidate bios as well as to vote in the 2016 National Mock Elections. -Christine Maniscalco (West Islip High School)

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Woodward Parkway students connect with authors and students beyond the walls of our school

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Woodward Parkway students connect with authors and students beyond the walls of our school

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Woodward Parkway students have been excited to go beyond the walls of the school by connecting with authors, such as Adam @Lehrhaupt and @amedyckman through Skype and Google Hangouts. They also enjoy doing Mystery location and Mystery number hangouts with students all around the country!
-Lidia Horyn @wwplib

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Having a library period and a STEM/TECH period that is co-taught with classroom teachers has opened up great opportunities for EXCITING collaborative projects with our K-2 kids!  Researching, writing about and making videos have been done across grade levels. The entire school will also be participating in Hour of Code again. And this January I am introducing a Coding Club for first & second graders.
Judy Ashby, Library Media Specialist
@Liv2Lrn

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We have been having fun creating green screen videos using the DoInk app on the ipads.  First we researched extreme weather using Pebble Go, then shared what we learned using the green screen.  :)
Follow us on twitter @semlibrary

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Nesaquake Middle School will be filming their first student run newscast today! They will be involved in all aspects of creativity, including editing, filming, writing, reporting, producing and so much more. Stay tuned for our first broadcast @SCSD_NMS

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Students are developing the five components of Social Emotional Learning (self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making) through literature and creativity.

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Smithtown HS East Writerspace is growing authors!

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Smithtown HS East Writerspace is growing authors!

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Smithtown High School East students have been exploring their creative sides in the school's Writerspace. Encouraging young authors to spread their wings, the Writerspace is promoting National Novel Writing Month, and has a new initiative called Authors After School which brings published writers in for workshops. We're on Twitter @hseastlibrary

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Skyping with Lindenhurst High School Alumni Authors!

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Skyping with Lindenhurst High School Alumni Authors!

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Graphic art students were able to sketch and imagine while skyping with Lindenhurst High School graduate and science fiction series  author, Ken Lozito.

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While we are avid technology enthusiasts in our media center- from coding, to making, to researching on the databases to publishing and creating using G-Suite for Education, we, as library media specialists, often forget our foundation--reading! To create a spark in our library, we have been fostering a LOVE of reading and connecting readers to books they love. Reading is about building relationships with our books and with each other. From a graffiti wall, to a reading nook, to using biblionasium and signs sharing our books-we are encouraging students to connect and think about books.  Of course, we also create a SPARK through the use of Twitter and connecting with media specialists around the country to share ideas and encourage our students to READ READ and READ! Look for us on twitter: @erinmariemarone
-Erin Marone

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Long Island LEADS (Learn, Educate, Advocate, Develop, and Support)/SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo

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Long Island LEADS (Learn, Educate, Advocate, Develop, and Support)/SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo

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Having been invited to the National Week of Making Kickoff event, representing SLIME and Long Island makers (https://www.islipbulletin.net/3632/Making-is-learning), my husband, a former student, and I are establishing a non-profit.  Long Island LEADS (formerly Long Island Makes) is formed for the educational purpose of promoting STEAM initiatives for k - 12 grade public school, private school, and homeschool children on Long Island. It will promote opportunities (such as our Maker Meetups sponsored by our formerly named Long Island Makes) for educators, librarians, museum directors, and community members to learn from and educate each other with the purpose of advocating, developing, and supporting STEAM programs in schools and communities.

Each year, the work of Long Island LEADS participants will culminate in SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo. Our 3rd Annual SLIME is on track to take place in June, 2017 at a major venue on Long Island.  It is an all-inclusive event where students, educators, parents, community members, and organizations can celebrate the innovation and creativity on Long Island.

These initiatives will demonstrate to students, parents, community members, and organizations the importance of school and public libraries and librarians as leaders.

longislandleaders@gmail.com
http://limakes.weebly.com/
(to be longislandleads.org)
slimemakerexpo@gmail.com
slimemakerexpo.com

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Wacky Lab Edu Science Goo Factory Opening & Review

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SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo

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SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo 2016

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I love seeing students work together, both electronically and in person, throughout the day. Making websites, podcasts, chatting in Classroom or NoodleTools...making connections! Also, seeing readers connect to readers via the library website with book reviews...so many connections.

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Students experience more than just STEAM at Islip High School’s makerpace, namely compassion and civic engagement through our MakerCare Program. Dedicated to nurturing public service among our students and benefiting organizations both local and international. Students carry out hands-on service projects, creating things not just for the sake of making stuff, but to make a difference in the world.

-Gina Seymour @ginaseymour
For more on this program see SLJ: http://www.slj.com/2016/10/programs/struck-by-tragedy-a-ny-high-school-heals-through-compassionate-making/

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Together with a friend, share your passions with other educators! Invite your principal who will Tweet for you!

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Students at Commack Middle School are researching ideas for our Makerspace this year! Pokemon hunt and paperclip bookmarks. Look for us on Twitter @commackschools!

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Connecting technologywith literature using Chromebooks! -Tina Mottl, Lindenhurst

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Junior Library Makerspace