CMS Library News
December 14, 2015
eBooks
We're experimenting with eBooks in the library. We currently only have a few, but we will be getting a few more in January. The books we have now are single checkout books. They work much like a physical copy in that one person reads them at a time. We will be getting some books that allow multiple people to check them out at one time.
Our management system for these books is Follett Shelf through Destiny. I will be showing all students how to check out the eBooks in January.
How to Check Out eBooks:
1. Download the Follett Brytewave K-12 free app on your phone or iPad. Students may use the Guest Wi-Fi and log-in with their school computer log-in.
2. It will ask you to select your location and school.
3. Log-in to the app with your Destiny Quest log-in. The log-in is your last name, first initial and, in some cases, last name and first two letters of your first name. The password is your I.D. number.
Ex: PollackB 94410
4.Go to "Collections" and "eBooks." You can open books available for checkout. You can check out a book and it will appear on your device for two weeks. It will disappear when the check out period is over.
The next newsletter will give the titles available.
AR Goal Update
Goal: 21,000 (semester)
5th: 4,529.8
6th: 5,104.9
7th: 5,281.9
8th: 5,290.8
Tools You Can Use
More info:
There are two modes: storyboard and timeline. Storyboard is the best mode for beginners. You simply upload your photos and drag them to place them in the order you want. You can then click "edit" on each one to add captions. You can also pick music from the free selections.
Cost: Make sure that you go to the education page and get a free account. You can have five minutes published for free. After that, it costs a one-time $10 fee for an additional hour of published time. If your class needs this, we could consider purchasing some minutes as a building to share.
Video I made: https://www.wevideo.com/hub#view/534099837
Top Titles
Lydia and Julie, best friends, are certain there is a secret to being popular that they are missing. Thus, they begin a new research project to study the popular kids and imitate their looks and behaviors. But not everything goes as planned, in this comedy series that is sure to make kids and adults laugh. It has been called The Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls. If you've ever been in Middle School (and we know you have) you are sure to relate to these books. It may take a while to get your hands on one though, because they are rarely on the shelf!
Mrs. Pollack, CMS Librarian
Email: bpollack@cuba.k12.mo.us
Website: http://www.cuba.k12.mo.us/MiddleSchool/Library.html
Phone: 5738852534
Places of the World: Did You Know?
The story of the bones began in 1278 when the abbot of the local monastery brought back soil from Golgotha in Jerusalem. He sprinkled the soil on the cemetery. Everyone wanted to be buried on the sacred grounds. Some believed that the rate of decomposition of the bodies would be accelerated here.
With the plague, many people were buried in a short period of time. Bodies were exhumed for new burial spaces and stacked in the church ossuary. Heaps of bones remained at the church until 1870 when a woodcarver made them into a work of art. Today, this church, known as the Church of Bones, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.