LIBRARY 101
MISSION CISD
By Librarians,
Yadira Martinez, Alton Elementary
Elizabeth Mendez, Bryan Elementary
OVERVIEW
OPAC/Destiny
Online Databases/Resources (Research)
Accelerated Reader
Web Apps
LIBRARY AT YOUR SERVICE
ACCELERATED READER
DATABASES
Region One Resources through
district website
Gale Group password: learn
GIFTED AND TALENTED SERVICES
TEACHER-LIBRARIAN COLLABORATION
Organization-GT tub, Study Guides, Independent Investigative Method
Plagiarism- BrainPop
Research Process – IIM Booklet
Works Cited-Owl Purdue, Son of Citation
Presentation Tools
Products
Pathfinders
OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE WEB TOOLS:
Weebly - create your own website
Wordle - toy for generating word clouds from text you provide
Tagxedo – word cloud incorporated graphics
Animoto - create professional quality videos with your photos & clips within
minutes
Voki- free service that lets you create talking characters
Glogster EDU - learning platform that provides digital education content
Spelling City – students can study and learn their word list using vocabulary
games and activities
OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE WEB TOOLS:
Bitstrips for Schools – Safe site where students can make and share easty-tocreate comics.
Turnitin – Student work is instantly checked for potential plagiarism.
Tumblebooks – Tumblebooks is an online collection of animated, talking
picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.
MyBigCampus – learning management system that extends the classroom to
access and share tools.
Explore www.Edudemic.com
OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE WEB TOOLS:
TEACHERS
Pinterest- useful discovery tool to find ideas for all subjects
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/205476801721664709/
Teachers Pay Teachers Free Resources- over a million free and priced
teaching resources created by teachers for instant download i.e. lesson plans
JeopardyLabs- allows you to create customized jeopardy templates without
powerpoint. (students can create their own as well as a challenge)
jeopardylabs.com/edit/library-1018
Web 2.0 Guru http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources
LIBRARY AT YOUR SERVICE
TALK TO YOUR LIBRARIAN ABOUT:
Books on Wheels
Curriculum-driven lessons
Book Clubs for Staff and Students
G.T. Guidance and Resources
Books to teach STAAR lessons
Summarization
Theme
Inferencing
THANK YOU
Education is not the
filling of a pail, but the
lighting of a fire.
-William Butler Yeats
Questions & Comments
*Access this presentation online at mcisd.net/library links