A Library Jeopardy PowerPoint

This is so way cool! It is created by none other than Joyce Valenza. She posted it to her blog today, and she describes how it came to be. But I can see endless possibilities here. I have created jeopardy templates to use at school before (for myself as well as other teachers) but I love the simplicity of this design. Wouldn't it be really COOL if we made a PPT like this to play the game against legislators regarding the Strive for 25?? We could sponsor an OEC Jeopardy Library Tournament of sorts, invite our legislators to come out and play, and EDUCATE them not only on the cost of equipping the 21st Centruy Library, but also what today's libraries offer. Maybe this could even be a Foundation Grant, and (on a local level) the invitations could be extended to parents, other teachers, and district administrators! I think it's a good idea anyway....

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Strive for 25!

If you attended the OEC conference on October 9th or the AASL Leadership training in Columbia in June, then you are aware of this opportunity. We are being asked to support this by writing letters to our legislators and by making the public aware of this need - to gain monetary support for books in our media centers. Now that the elections are over we need to flood our legislators with these letters. I feel that we could easily have success in getting our faculty to write, as well. Also parents. I have wanted to pursue this for some time but have lacked the time to do this. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how this could be done so we make a united effort? We were told to be specific as to where our school's needs are, such as "new science books due to new standards", etc. Is this something we should ask Mike F. (OEC) for help with? Let's make this happen!

Web 3.0? Gimme a Break!

Just as I am getting used to the idea of Web 2.0, there is an article in the newspaper this morning about the upcoming Web 3.0. Instead of giving you tons of information gathered from existing sources, it will go a step further and customize information just for you. For instance, instead of giving a hotel a 4 star rating, you can search for the hotels with specific information, such as the most comfortable bedding, etc. Education searches to seek out universities best for you or your child can be identified. Also, (and this is my favorite), you will be able to use it to customize your vacations, just like a live travel agent by specifying what price you want to pay, what kind of climate you desire, and if you have children going with you. You can do this today but you have to sift through tons of information. This will give you a vacation package planned just for you!

How clever of you, Meredith, to make us post to find out information! I'm sorry I missed the informal session, but hope to attend future ones.

Just testing you....

Don't forget that anyone can post a new topic! Just go to www.blogger.com and login!

I'm sure Cathy and I aren't the only ones who have been checking here lately for information, but we seem to be the only ones posting. You can respond to the posts here by clicking on "comments".

So, just to test (and tease) you, I'm going to give you only half of the new information about the November 20th meeting.....yes, it changed even as of today! Some of you may know a little more than others, but no one knows all of the details....(ha, ha, ha....)

Date: November 20th
Time: 1:30 - 3:30
Location: The Flex??? RRMS??? DO???
Topic: DISCUS??? MAPS??? Neither???
Others in attendance: ???

In order to get all of the information, we will need to have at least 16 different media specialists to comment to this post. Your comment can be short and sweet...but please comment! Good sports will get a "prize" at the meeting.

November 1st Informal LMS Meeting

I think everyone who was able to attend the informal LMS meeting last week would agree it was time well spent.

The discussion Cathy Nelson led on media center webpages evolved into a great conversation involving a number of cool technology ideas and Jane Daffine gave everyone helpful information about applying for grants. If any of you took notes and want to post some of those ideas for everyone else to read, please do so!

Perhaps the group would like to do this again on a different day?

Joyce Valenza's Library Webpage Web Quest

http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evallib.html
As promised last week, here is the Library Web Page "web quest" published by Joyce Valenza. She has many examples of what she considers "best practice." Even if you do not want to go through the webquest, you can glean tips, ideas, or useful links from the listed sites to consider as additions to yours.

Her media center website is awesome as well--definitely a best practice example for middle and high school.