Innovation & Design Center
Formerly District Library Media Center, a DCSD IT Department
December 2016 Newsletter
Happy Holidays!
We at the Innovation & Design Center want to wish you a happy holiday season of peace. May you take time to rest, reflect and enjoy your families.
Inside this issue, please find helpful information for what's new at the IDC. Feel free to forward our newsletter to your colleagues. As always, contact us with any questions.
The Innovation & Design Center Holiday Hours
The Innovation & Design Center will be closed to the public December 19 ~ January 2.
Please call us or email us for service.
We will be closed:
Friday, December 23
Monday, December 26
Monday, January 2
Click here to learn how to search for e-books through Destiny Discover.
Don’t have WIFI at home? No worries. If your library subscribes to Overdrive, these books can be downloaded for offline access (available in book view mode, under the main menu). Students can also download e-books through the Destiny Discover mobile app!
Need more e-book presence? Call Tracie Seurer, Digital Integration Librarian at 303-387- 0611.
Winter Break Activity
Activity for 2nd - 6th Graders
The Winter Break Marshmallow Reading Challenge (by More Than a Worksheet)
Set a goal together as a class and then send home over winter break. Students complete reading challenges at home, and decorate hot cocoa mugs with marshmallows.
See this handout for more information.
It is what you read when you don’t have to
that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
– Oscar Wilde
Destiny Booking Deadline being implemented
Need assistance with placing a booking on Destiny? Contact Francie Billings at 303-387-0615.
Teacher Librarian Networking held on December 5th
Congratulations to the following teacher librarians for winning resources for your school in our raffle drawings:
Pete Vincellette of Mountain Ridge Middle School
Carrie Denman of Legend High School
Monica Harmon of Buffalo Ridge Elementary
Julie Jacobs of Mountain Vista High School
Local Learning and PD Opportunities
Jan 5-8: American History Association (AHA) Conference at the Colorado Convention Center
February 1-4: Colorado Council International Literacy Association (CCIRA) Conference.
February 4th: Saving Places Workshop with Colorado Preservation and Rocky Mountain PBS.
February 24th: Teacher Library Day 2017 at History Colorado.
Contact Us Today!
Email: idc-questions@dcsdk12.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/dlmp/
Location: 985 South Plum Creek Boulevard, Castle Rock, CO, United States
Phone: 303-387-0600
Facebook: facebook.com/DCSDDLMP