Assignments

=Week of January 10=

Exam - shelf check and Dewey test Listen to this story about [|XtrNormal]

[|18 Fun Facts About the Internet]

=Week of January 3, 2011!!! Happy New Year!!!!!=

Here's the link to our site on [|Go!Animate]. Get your script approved and complete your cartoon by **Friday.**

Check out this link: [|Teen Reads]

I may be listening to speeches, and you are welcome to join me. __Our plans are subject to change or modification__ depending on how your help is needed in preparing for the laptop distribution,
 * Senior Boards Wednesday, January 5.**

Look at the [|Go!Animate] videos to get ideas for a video for our Media Center. 1. Make your avatar. (See Mrs. Shinn to log in to the site.) 2. Select at least one other assistant to work with (it does not have to be a person in your class). 3. Brainstorm ideas for an animation to promote our library media center or some feature of our Media Center like the Destiny catalog or one of our databases. 4. Get your idea approved by Mrs. Shinn. 5. Write a script and get it approved. 6. Create a video that is at least 2 minutes long. **Due Friday.** =[|Christmas Break]= =Week of December 20= Christmas Program - December 21 Early release December 21/1:30 pm
 * Next assignment: 6. Pathfinders**

Try this out: [|Wondersay] Leave me a message on your reflections page. =Week of December 13=
 * Progress Reports go out December 15**

Straighten your shelves for a grade. Reference books have been moved below circulating books. Check yours.

__**All**__ shelves should be in good order for grading. =Week of December 6=

Assignments to follow:

[|Media Assistants] Passkey is media

[|Digital Storytelling] Passkey is digital

a) Notate each step and how you accessed it b) Use outline form with clear directions a) Get approval from Mrs. Shinn before you go to the next step. b) You may either create a multi-media project or design a brochure or pamphlet using Publisher. Your work will be shown to students to demonstrate how to use this tool. c) Save in the media wiki.
 * 1) Prepare a help sheet for research through WISEOWL, such as EBSCO. **
 * 2) Select a topic (see Mrs. Shinn for ideas) and walk yourself through each step. **
 * 3) Once you have completed your research, go back and create a WORD document explaining what you did **
 * 4) Demonstrate your steps to another student **

=Week of November 29=

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 * 2) Use these 3 keywords and Boolean search terms to locate information on your topic for this project. You may go to [|Boolify] for help **======

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 * 3) Try the search in [|Destiny]. **======



 * 6) Now compose one paragraph comparing the process of the 3 searches explaining why one worked better for you than the others.**

**Week of November 22 - short week!!! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!**
Shelf read and straighten for a grade.

=Week of November 15 - American Education Week - Thank a teacher!= **__See Mrs. Shinn when you are ready to add links to LiveBinders.__**

Read the [|book reviews]here and make recommendations on your reflections page. Which ones would you like to read?

All booktalks should be finished now. Upload your video to your main page.

We need to decorate for visitors Friday. Create book displays to go with your wordles.

More on **Social Bookmarks**. Go to [|Diigo], watch the video and make an account. Locate and save three sources for a topic you are researching now or one that you are interested in learning about. Go to [|Delicious], click on **Learn More.** Locate and save three sources - same topic or a different one. Go to [|LiveBinders], watch the video, then create an account. Go to [|LiveBinders Blog] and watch the video **Spreading the Word About LiveBinders**.


 * __ See Mrs. Shinn when you are ready to add links to LiveBinders. __**

Continue work on your three book talks. Create a fall bulletin board. Update book displays.
Thursday, November 11 Veteran's Day holiday =Week of November 1= Prepare to record yourself doing your booktalk. __Booktalk should be 2-3 minutes long__. Show Mrs. Shinn the script before proceeding. Complete the two digital booktalks. (Follow the instructions under Teen Read Week.)

Social Bookmarks
Go to the **Media Center LiveBinder** (from the school webpage, go to the Media Center main page and open the "binder") and find the tab for books. Examine some of the sites and write about three that you like. Tell why you like them. Would you recommend to a friend? How would you use them in your personal life? Put your answers in **Reflections.** [|Watch this prezi/video] Headphones or speakers needed.

Write about **social bookmarks** on your Reflections page. What are social bookmarks? How could they benefit you?

=Week of October 25=
 * Next week we will visit LiveBinders, Diigo, and Delicious and open an account.**
 * Progress Reports Thursday.**

Juniors finish research. Freshmen come in for Technology unit. Help freshmen with prezi and glogster.

Continue to work on booktalk 3 ways(read instructions below). New due date Nov. 1 for script and 2 digital booktalks. Video due later next week. I must see your script before youvideo yourself.


 * __Let me know if you have trouble getting access to a computer or laptop__**.

Celebrate Teen Read Week!
Finish your display, photograph it, and put it on the **Teen Read Week** page.

Prepare a booktalk - three ways (see below). Due by Friday, October 22. (See **6. Teen Read Week**)
 * 1) video yourself talking about a book. Create a storyboard or write a script for your talk BEFORE you film.
 * 2) & 3. Choose two resources to make a digital booktalk with MovieMaker, PowerPoint, Prezi, or Glogster.

[|Book Talk]

1) Create a review of one book in 3 different formats. Examples can be found at: [|teacher librarian ning]. a) Look under the **Book** Tab in the **[|AHS Library Media Center LiveBinder]**on the main library page for more Book Talks. b) Formats may include: word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Smartboard, or Glogster. **If you copy pictures or information,**
 * your sites must be appropriately cited. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade.**

c) Once created, store them on your main page in the media wiki. 2) Create bookmarks and a book display for 3 books in one genre. a) After approval, print them and cut them. Use them to create a book display of one of the following genres: historical fiction, biography, mystery, cartoon, poetry or novel. b) Include a synopsis of the 3 books in your display

a. Be sure to include an eye-catching genre heading and some realia in your display.

b. Give an electronic copy of your display to Mrs. Shinn to post in the media web site

Week of October 11-Homecoming
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Open House/Report Cards Thursday, October 14

Complete assignment 2. If you have trouble choosing a website, pick one from this [|link]. Then read all the links on this page. Write about what you learned from it on your reflections page. Try this [|evaluation worksheet]. Complete assignment 3. Due October 12.

We're also getting ready for the **Freshman Technology** unit.
 * 1) Sign up for [|Prezi].
 * 2) Watch the three Prezi videos. You have a sub on Wednesday and Thursday who will teach it to you. Then we will help to teach the freshmen.
 * 3) For practice, create a **Prezi** on Internet Safety or Digital Citizenship. Post it on your main page. Complete by Thursday, October 14.


 * Other Chores:**
 * 1) We will continue to get ready for junior research papers by moving and arranging shelves.
 * 2) Banned Books displays have been taken down. Time to decorate for fall and Halloween. Look at **6. Teen Read Week.** Follow the directions to prepare a display. Complete by Friday, October 15.

Week of October 4
Wed., Oct. 6 End of 6 Weeks Fri., Oct. 8 Teacher Workday

Have your assigned shelves ready for checking by Wed. Create **Reflections** page (see **2. Instructions**). Complete Assignments 1 and 2 by Thursday. If you finish, work on Assignment 3.

1) Demonstrate competence with **Destiny** and **Library Search**. (See Mrs. Shinn or Mrs. Gerringer). a) Check books in. Assist with check-out. Learn to use **Copy Status.** b) Search for books by title, author, subject and keyword and power search tab c) Get a library log-in. Place a hold on a book that you would like to read d) Under **Destiny Quest**, study the top 10 books and list them with today’s date e) Drag and drop 6 books that you would like to read into "your list" Show us. i) Preview print and preview MLA citations f) Post a copy of your work in the media wiki

2) Choose a popular web site and evaluate it. Using the beginning sentence of "This web site is/is not a valid web site because…………" create your 2 paragraph evaluation and post it. a) Who is the author of the page or site? Is the author qualified to write about the topic? b) Is there a link to information about the author or the sponsor? c) Is the site affiliated with any institution, company, or organization? If so, does this affiliation add bias to the information? Or, does it suggest that the source is credible? d) When was the site created or last modified? e) Is the design of the site effective? Do graphics interfere with the site’s readability? Do links to other sites work? Is it easy to navigate the site? f) Who is the intended audience? g) Would you recommend this web site and why? h) Post your recommendation on the media wiki.

3) Locate pertinent information on [|NCWISEOWL]. (From ncwiseowl, click on **High School Zone.** The first choice is a) Explore EBSCO (Student Research) on NCWISEOWL and create your own EBSCO folder. b) Choose a subject and locate primary and secondary sources c) Write a paragraph in the media wiki explaining your subject search and listing both primary and secondary sources that you located.
 * Student Research**. Click there, and you are in EBSCO. Use your standard password.)

Banned Books Week September 25-October 2
Read the links provided with the questions. Put your answers in the form below. 1. What is the underlying principle of the First Amendment? []

2.Why are books challenged? []

3. List the reasons why books are removed from shelves. Why should they NOT be removed?

4. What is a collection policy and why should a library have one? []

5. List 3 definitions of censorship. http://www.freedominlibraries.org/ChallengingIdeas_WhatIsCensorship.aspx

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http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2782

Readings []

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Look at the posters on this link, then creat one to decorate your wiki page. Use Wordle, Glogster, Paint, or an Office product to make your poster. []

Create a banned books display, getting ideas from the pictures in the link above.
1st pd. Harry Potter books with poster.

3rd & 4th pd. Make a display on top of reference and another where new books are (one range).

Week of September 20
Finish with media terms and glog. Upload glog to your wiki page. We are not ready for Camstudio. Let's try Wordle. []



Pick one of the 10 Dewey Decimal Categories, create a Wordle for it. Take a screenshot (instructions here if needed) []. Save your screenshot into a document in your school folder, then upload it to your wiki. Due 9/24/10.

Assigned Areas for Shelf Reading

Ashley 001-359.9 Jorge 360-615 Kim 616-799 Hope Fiction and 800's Tiffany Fiction & 900's Jessica Reference, Video, Magazines, 360-799

Week 1-2 Aug 25 - Sep 3, 2010 We will work on moving and straightening books to prepare for junior research W-F Week 2. Then we will assist students with locating resources.
 * Do We Really Know Dewey? Worksheet**