Cybersafety

Watch the cybersafety video at vimeo. What are some things you learned from it?

The Dewey Decimal Rap

Online Typing Tutor

When you are done updating your blog, please practice typing.
Here is a great free typing tutorial if you need help
with typing! http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

Blog Info

Please make sure you have a mymail account open and that you have changed your password.
Blogs: You need to have an avatar and a wordle!

Make a Wordle!

Please make a wordle of something you are interested in. (eg: Anthony-skateboards)
Post your wordle to your blog.

Book Report

What book are you reading. Why did you choose it? What do you like about it?

Odeo & Wordle

Make a digital story using photos. Use the website odeo. It is down today. Print out the photo release from the library practice student page Make a Wordle instead.

Grades

Grades are going to be turned in tomorrow.
A Excellent: 2 blog posts and comments per week, 9/10 reading logs, silent reading every day. does daily duties w/o being asked by Ms. Scherr (book processing, cleaning, dusting, helping students) 100% on task
B Good 2 blog posts per week, few comments , 8/10 reading logs, silent reading most days, does daily duties well. 80% on task
C Average 1 blog post per week and one comment, 7/10 reading logs, silent reading sometimes, does daily duties when asked, sometimes works without being asked 70% on task
D Poor No blog posts, 5/10 reading logs or less, rarely reads books, reads magazines instead, needs to be asked to do library duties.
F Fail No blog posts, 5/10 or less reading logs, rarely reads anything, does not do duties, inappropriate behavior in library.

My Library

What do you like the most about the library and media center?

What is a Blog?

Explain what a blog is now that you have used it for a few weeks. What are blogs useful for? See if you can search for blogs that reflect your interests. Comment on 2 other students responses.

Easter

What does Easter mean to you? What did you do on Easter? Try to create a Voki Account.

Spring Break

What will you be doing on your week off?

Cyper Safety FBI Site

Students: Read the material, take the prequiz, go on the scavenger hunt at
www.fbi-sos.org

CUE Conference

Students: most have you have still not posted yet! You are required to have 2 posts per week. Last weeks assignments: Student Link List & Cybersafety Powerpoint.

Friday I attended the Digital Goonies Workshop and came away with lots of cool tools for all you Library Practice Students.

CUE 2010

Hi y'all! I am at the 2010 Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conference in Palm Springs getting smarter about technology. What do you think?

Hey Clinton MS Students. Check out these blogs from LAAMS Student Librarians. (LA Academy Middle School) or the LAAMS News blogs.

Link Lists

Students: Please make sure you complete your link lists by the end of today. You are being graded on this!

Watch the Powerpoint on Cybersafety. It is an attached file.
1) Define Cyberbullying. What % of teens are bullied? Is it more common with boys or girls.
2) Why do teens cyberbully? List several reasons.
3) What % of teens cyberbully?

Student Librarian Assignments

Welcome to the Spring Semester. Take a look at the calendar for February. These assignments are designed to give you some choice, but also to focus you attention on some issues related to information, technology, and literature. The basic requirements for all student librarians are:

1. You must read. Student Librarians should be well read people who can make recommendations to both teachers and other students. In the 8 weeks that make up the first half of this semester, you are expected to read about 4 books. Now, if the books are 800 pages long, then obviously you will read less of them, right?
2. You must read at least one book per week. (see Authors list under Important Documents). I don't care which book by that author you read, but I want you to experience some high-quality literature and this is one way to go about it.
3. You must blog. Every day, every week 15 minutes. One blog post per week can be about whatever you like. One must be a response (a complete and thoughtful response) to the prompts on our class calendar (again, under Important Documents).
4. You must help maintain the library. Help customers, keep things neat and clean, etc.

That's it. Not too tough, right?

Welcome back. I look forward to reading your blogs this semester!!!!