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Big, Big Library News! Coming soon, a media production space!

A  generous  grant  from  an  anonymous  donor  will  allow  us  to  set  up  a  fabulous  multimedia  production  lab  in  the  reference  area  of  our  library.    The  lab  will  feature  new  Mac  desktops,  a  green  screen,  drawing  tablets,  café-­‐style  seating,  and  a  laptop  charging/using  counter,  and  more.    It  will  be  available  for  independent  student  use  as  well  as  class  bookings.    We’ll  be  looking  for  student  volunteers  (with  study  halls)  to  help  staff  the  area.

Our  Library  is  an  app.  (well,  actually  a  mobile  site)Our  new  practicum  student,  Kathie  Jackson,  and  I  have  been  working  on  creating  a  library  mobile  app.    Students  should  be  able  to  easily  access  library  resources  easily  on  their  iPads,  iPhones,  and  others  mobile  platforms.    

We’re  still  working  out  a  few  bugs,  but  for  now,  just  visit:  http://sdst.libguides.com/mobile/1552  to  open  the  mobile  site. 

Volume 12 Issue 2

S P R I N G F I E L D T O W N S H I P :

HIGH SCHOOL L IBRARY

1 8 0 1 E P a p e r M i l l R o a d

E r d e n h e i m , P A 1 9 0 3 8

j o y c e _ v a l e n z a @ s d s t . o r g

T E L E P H O N E215-233-6030 X 2502F A C S I M I L E215-836-5237

Books  and  book  clubs!

Coming  soon:  a  community-­‐wide  One-­‐Book-­‐One  SpringQield  (OBOS)  discussion  featuring  author  Len  Miller.    The  discussion  of  Silent  Thunder:  Breaking  Through  Cultural,  Racial,  and  Class  Barriers  in  Motorsports  takes  place  on  Wednesday,  March  14  at  7:00  PM  and  will  be  led  by  Voices  of  Excellence  students.

In  collaboration  with  the  Retina,  OBOS  is  planning  a  spring  Family  Film  Night  at  the  Ambler  Theater.    Proceeds  will  beneQit  Retina  and  the  James  Taylor  Scholarship.  The  event  is  scheduled  for  Monday  night,  March  26th.    The  title  of  the  Qilm  will  be  announced  shortly.

Andy  Dippell  and  BethAnn  Olesen  have  volunteered  to  lead  the  May  16th  discussion  of  Dave  Eggers  bestseller  Zeitoun:

the   true  story  of  one  family,  caught  between  America’s  two  biggest  policy  disasters:  the  war  on  terror  and  the  response  to  Hurricane  Katrina.    Join  us  on  the  evening  of  May  16th  for  this  community-­‐wide  OBOS  discussion.

This  year  our  student  Book  Club  has  become  somewhat  virtual.  Yes,  we  continue  to  host  face-­‐to-­‐face  meetings,  but  we  also  connect  with  Qive  other  high  school  book  clubs  around  the  country  via  Skype  and  Google  Hangouts.    Our  last  discussion  was  a  comparison  of  The  Invention  of  Hugo  Cabret  with  the  new  Qilm  Hugo  with  clubs  from  California,  Connecticut  and  Oregon.  Our  next  discussion  is  John  Green’s  new  novel,  The  Fault  in  our  Stars.

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Author  James  Kennedy  The  Order  of  the  Odd-­‐Fish,  will  be  visiting  with  our  Book  Club  and  our  Creative  Writing  class  face-­‐to-­‐face  on  April  11th.  (A  big  thanks  to  our  PTA  for  the  mini-­‐grant!)  We  also  look  forward  to  a  virtual  visit  from  really  popular  YA  author  Libba  Bray,  who  has  promised  to  join  us  through  Skype  when  we  discuss  her  latest  book,  Beauty  Queens.

Kindles to go!Thanks  to  last  year’s  PTA  Mini-­‐Grant,  we  have  three  Kindles,  packed  with  most  of  the  titles  on  our  reading  and  lit  circle  lists,  as  well  as  lots  of  classics  and  popular  titles.      Your  students  are  welcome  to  borrow  them.    We  also  have  a  little  money  left  on  our  PTA-­‐funded  Amazon  gift  card  so  we  can  add  titles  you  suggest.    (See  the  current  list  of  titles  on  the  last  page  of  this  report.)

Build  your  own  Personal  Learning  Network  (PLN)  and  attend  our  workshop!Over  the  couple  of  years,  I’ve  learned  about  some  great  new  ways  to  learn  and  grow  thanks  largely  to  social  networking.  I  recently  built  a  LibGuide  for  our  District  Professional  Development  Committee.  You  can  Qind  it  easily  as  a  tab  on  our  Guide  for  Teachers.    The  new  PLN  Guide  includes:  lists  of  educational  hashtags  for  quickly  accessing  relevant  Twitter  discussions  and  regularly  scheduled  chats,  and  a  list  of  online  communities  of  practice  for  educators.    But  if  you  want  a  more  personal  PLN  building  experience  .  .  .

Ken  Rodoff  and  I  will  present  an  after-­‐school  workshop  on  PLNs.

What:  Building a Professional Learning Network - A how-to hands-on experienceWhen:  Monday, February 27, 3:00PM - 4:00PMWhere:  High School LibraryDetails: Build a powerful network of colleagues without leaving your laptop.  Learn how to leverage Twitter (Yes, Twitter!), Skype, curation tools, webinars, & online professional networks to inform and inspire your practice.  Bring your laptop to this heavily hands-on opportunity.

Need  help  guiding  your  students  with  a  papers  or  projects?  

Remember  that  our  Research  Guide  (http://sdst.libguides.com/researchtools)  offers  support  for  documentation,  thesis  development,  communication  strategies,  and  much  more.    If  your  students  are  in  a  Google  rut,  please  remind  him  or  her  that  our  subscription  Database  Guide  (http://sdst.libguides.com/databases)  is  the  online  portal  to  a  rich  collection  of  curricular/academic  resources  and  media.    These  resources  represent  the  type  of  content  students  will  be  expected  to  reference  at  the  university  level.    Also  check  out  our  recently  revised  Current  Events  Guide(http://sdst.libguides.com/currentevents)  with  its  links  to  major  news  feeds  and  news  sources  from  around  the  world.

If  you  need  help  developing  any  instruction  or  supporting  student  inquiry  and  communication,  we  can  plan  together.    I  am  so  happy  to  help  you  develop  lessons  and  to  work  with  you  to  create  new  guides.      Some  guides  of  interest  for  teachers  include:  Rubrics,  Teacher  Tools,  Teaching  Portals,  and  e-­‐Curricula  and  Texts.

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Databases  update:

When  EBSCO  and  Wilson  merged  recently,  we  experienced  a  bit  of  database  shift.    I  am  currently  updating  the  links,  but  here  is  a  list  of  the  current  EBSCO  titles:• EBSCOhost

• Business Abstracts with FullText

• Education Fulltext

• General Science Fulltext

• GreenFile (Environmental resources)

• Humanities Fulltext

• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

• OmniFile Fulltext Mega

• OmniFile Fulltext Select

• Readers' Guide Fulltext Mega

• Readers' Guide Fulltext Select

• Social Science Fulltext

• Teacher Reference Center

New TitlesWe just received Gale’s

C r i t i c a l C o m p a n i o n :

Feminism in Literature, a six-volume set, exploring the history of women and

feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern

times.

Information Plus!

Just in are the 2011 volumes of Gale’s Information Plus series, jam-packed with statistics about

important social issues, featuring such titles as:

• The American Economy• Child Abuse and Domestic Violence• Electronic America• Energy• Gambling• Gun Control• The Health Care System• National Security• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs• Animal Rights• Crime, Prisons, and Jails• Genetics and Genetic Engineering• Growing Up• Immigration and Illegal Aliens• Social Welfare• Water

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Tech News you May Have Missed

Wolfram Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com/) the computational search tool we already love, recently launched i t s Wo l f r a m E d u c a t i o n P o r t a l ( h t t p : / /education.wolfram.com/) with highly interactive texts for the high school classroom. The site now offers algebra and calculus, but there’s more to come. For more e-texts, see our e-Curriculum Pathfinder (http://www.only2clicks.com/pages/joycevalenza/350887) which includes Wolfram’s multidisciplinary source, CK-12 (http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/).

instaGrok (http://instagrok.com) still in beta, is a

search tool designed for students. It is a useful place

to begin a search and to gather context and new vocabulary. It offers users the following features:

• retrieves materials in multiple formats• filters out non-educational content• determines difficulty levels• incorporates a rating system

• identifies important concepts• generates interactive visual concept maps similar to

Google’s now defunct WonderWheel• Defines terminology with examples of use in context

Quixey

(http://www.quixey.com/) is a search tool designed to help people easily find apps simply by function--by describing what they want to do.

APPitic (http://appitic.com/) is a collection of 1300+ apps for education organized by theme, Bloom’s taxonomy, multiple intelligences and special ed needs. Apps are selected by Apple Distinguished Educators.

iWitness

http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/

Imagine that you could have 1,000 survivors in your classroom . . .

The University of Southern California Shoah Foundation recently launched the BETA version of a truly important gift–a searchable, interactive archive of more than 1000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses.It is a creatively designed, Common Core standards-aligned portal for instruction.  And if they register, students and educators have permission to make derivative works using the editing tools provided on the site.

The King Center in Atlanta recently launched the King Center Archive, (http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive) making available thousands of never-before-seen documents and images connected to Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.

This year, the JFK Presidential Library http://www.jfklibrary.org/released a great number of primary source documents including the final White House recordings secretly taped during President Kennedy’s time in office.

This one is not new, but it is cool. Looking for a secure social learning environment for your classes? Give Edmodo (http://www.edmodo.com/) a try. The tool features:

• A safe environment for differentiating instruction with one-to-one or whole group communication.

• An anytime, anywhere mobile learning environment with smartphone apps and mobile site.

• Easy access to projects, classwork and school events through assignments, quiz builder, calendar and gradebook features.

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Scenes from the library:

Remember, your laptops can travel. I’d love to work more closely with laptop classrooms. We welcome your learners and your laptops into the Library to use our services, our wireless, our books, and our lovely learning spaces! Hope to see you and

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