Week 9 October 28-November 1, 2013
Dear 223 Families,
I just returned from a two-day technology conference presented by MassCUE. It was a rewarding experience to work with other New England school teachers to bring the newest innovations for integrating technology into our schools. I am eager to introduce 223 ILT students to some of the ideas I learned--flipping the classroom, Storia, new tools on BrainPOP, more options for animating, and how to develop effective online search strategies. There are a plethora of schools across New England who are 1:1, and BIS sent many of its teachers to MassCUE to learn how to best utilize 1:1 in our building. Our world is at our fingertips, and now is the time to hone the skills necessary to harness the power of technology.
In our 223 realm, we will continue to learn how to use BIS School Tools to enhance our own learning, discussing, managing, sharing, collaborating, creating, and publishing. Week 9 we will finally get a chance to create a glog using GlogsterEDU, and begin creating our own search database using Diigo. Both accounts have a slightly different username so we will also use class time to add tools to our Sites Table.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions please send me an email at dodge_rachel@barnstable.k12.ma.us or post to our discussion here on the blog.
Sincerely,
Ms. Thackston-Dodge
Friday, October 25, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Week 6 October 9-13, 2013
Dear 223 Families,
We are coming to the end of our third unit, Library Media Skills. We toured the physical library to review genres and the organization of the library--thanks to Melvil Dewey--and how to use the online card catalog Destiny to locate BIS library materials. We also learned how to use virtual libraries (BIS Library, Destiny, and C.L.A.M.S.). Did you know you can borrow movies, e-books, video games, and museum passes with your free public library card? And, if you needed to borrow a book from Martha's Vineyard you can have the book delivered to your village library? Go online to clamsnet.org to look through the Cape O.P.A.C. system.
Lesson 3.11 Databases: Although Google search engine lets users find billions of websites, most are not useful or factual for academic needs. When on a fact-finding mission, students may find it easier and safer to use the validated sites found on databases. Thanks to Mrs. Anthony, BIS has access to close to a dozen databases such as Boston Globe, Biography in Context, Kids Info Bits, and Info Trac Junior Edition. Today students learned how to locate, access, and use these databases to conduct research. Our assignment was to prove whether or not 8 statements about Melvil Dewey were true or false by using library databases. Another kid-friendly database, monitored by librarians, is Kids Click, which can be found at www.kidsclick.org.
Lesson 3.12 Review: To wrap-up our unit and provide students an opportunity to review for next week's assessment, today we used library tools on Livebinder and engaged in a whole-class game of Library Review Jeopardy (a link can be found on our X2 technology page). Students were encouraged to take notes as our Unit 3 assessment will be open-notes.
Sincerely,
Ms. Thackston-Dodge
Dear 223 Families,
We are coming to the end of our third unit, Library Media Skills. We toured the physical library to review genres and the organization of the library--thanks to Melvil Dewey--and how to use the online card catalog Destiny to locate BIS library materials. We also learned how to use virtual libraries (BIS Library, Destiny, and C.L.A.M.S.). Did you know you can borrow movies, e-books, video games, and museum passes with your free public library card? And, if you needed to borrow a book from Martha's Vineyard you can have the book delivered to your village library? Go online to clamsnet.org to look through the Cape O.P.A.C. system.
Lesson 3.11 Databases: Although Google search engine lets users find billions of websites, most are not useful or factual for academic needs. When on a fact-finding mission, students may find it easier and safer to use the validated sites found on databases. Thanks to Mrs. Anthony, BIS has access to close to a dozen databases such as Boston Globe, Biography in Context, Kids Info Bits, and Info Trac Junior Edition. Today students learned how to locate, access, and use these databases to conduct research. Our assignment was to prove whether or not 8 statements about Melvil Dewey were true or false by using library databases. Another kid-friendly database, monitored by librarians, is Kids Click, which can be found at www.kidsclick.org.
Lesson 3.12 Review: To wrap-up our unit and provide students an opportunity to review for next week's assessment, today we used library tools on Livebinder and engaged in a whole-class game of Library Review Jeopardy (a link can be found on our X2 technology page). Students were encouraged to take notes as our Unit 3 assessment will be open-notes.
Sincerely,
Ms. Thackston-Dodge
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