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Are Rochester Public Schools MYRA (Minnesota Youth Reading Awards) members?

Nope:  we each have to send in membership for our own schools this year.

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Elementary meeting will have to be punctual.  I have class this night and it is at my school and I am taking notes.  I love having you here!  But let's keep to a time line.

I will also provide snacks.

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Google Classroom

classroom.google.com

It allows Me, the teacher, to set up a classroom and send each student a google doc.  Students can also share projects with each other.  this allows a quick two-way path for assignments.  no more lost papers!

I am starting a pilot project with one 4th grade class and the 1st grade team.  We are using the iPads.

I am hopeful that this will help teachers go from paper to E projects.

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Willow Creek will be going "1 to 1" on January 26 so we are ramping up!

1. Our principal has purchased the Action 100/American Reading Company leveled "ebooks" up to the white level for this year (and it sounds like the colors black and up to gold will be coming:(  Because so much time is spent on the Action 100 and ipads this year there has been little time for me to do booktalks with classes.  Hopefully, we will be able to purchase some quality ebooks for all students soon through SELCO/MackinVia.

2. One website that was suggested for keeping reading logs (plus access for promoting/suggesting books that I plan to use ) is www.biblionasium.com (which will be sent to all home screens on student ipads). A teacher would have to allow you access to their class and then I plan to give book suggestions based on color and genre (something like Good Reads).  For now it is free and WC is in hopes that the students will be using this website for their Action 100 steps.

3. There is an easybib app for ipads.  Remember... a citation cannot be made manually on the app and  when the citations are emailed it does not alphabetize the entries or do the hanging indents.

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Technology Share

Here is a link to the Minnetonka School District app list.  As we are going 1-1 with iPads, the choice of e-readers and other educational apps is staggering.

https://docs.google.com/a/isd535.org/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhQV5bofSrh8dGxndHNPRFdjLUx0VlRPNmRUb3lWZ2c&single=true&gid=10&output=html

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Library Media Department Publicity

How to we work proactively to combat a public  perception that libraries are not necessary in schools?  See the question in the board docs from the Jan, 6th meeting.

15. If the levy is not renewed and increased

the District will be forced to reduce the access

students have to school libraries.

See board docs agenda from 1/6 item 7.2

From Diane:  I was thinking that the district sees this as important and wants the public to see that we need money in order to continue offering important library services and that is why it was included in the survey.  I took it as a possibility if the levy isn't passed - like a warning.

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Adobe Acrobat app

New to me. Offers reading, annotating and other great features for teachers and students.

http://www.adobe.com/products/reader-mobile.html

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I am going to try this for my Library Media Report this Spring! Piktochart

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SHS Media Center Report | Piktochart Visual Editor

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Do you have any new technology/apps/websites you would like to share?