The Eagle's Nest
News from the Eagle Lake Media Center - November 2012
Tech Tuesdays (November, December & January) 3:00 - 3:20pm
This is what I have in mind for Tech Tuesdays for November, December & January. Please let me know if you have other ideas. Thank you.
Tuesday, November 6 - Worldbook Online and other Online Tools that we have available to us.
Tuesday, November 13 - (Day off - Conferences tonight)
Tuesday, November 20 (No School)
Tuesday, November 27 - QR Codes - How to make them in about 3 steps and use them with your parents and students.
QR Code Help Sheet Link:
QR Code Ideas to use with students - Links:
Tuesday, December 4 - App Sharing - Bring an App to share with the group. I will share the following - Destiny Quest App (to get to our library books from your device)
Tuesday, December 11- Google Reader - What is Google Reader? Read your web pages in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. You don't have to log into all of the websites, just check Google Reader.
Google Reader in Plain English -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y
How to get to Google Reader? It is under the "more" pulldown menu in Google Drive. You will learn two ways to subscribe to Webpages with RSS feeds. "Subscribe" in Reader, or on a page that has an RSS feed symbol. You can also search for topics that are of interest to you.
Show Feeddler RSS App on my iphone. (Probably has the same app for ipad and Droid.) You can then follow the web pages on your phone or ipad.
Tuesday, December 18- "smore" - Newsletter Web Page
Tuesday, January 15 - YouTube Channel - Set up your YouTube Channel. You already have one because you have a Google Docs account. You just need to set it up.
Tuesday, January 22 - Screencast-o-matic.com - Capture and record a video of your computer screen to share with students. You can save to your desktop and upload to your YouTube channel. You might link this to your web page or embed it in your web page.
Tuesday, January 29 - Link your video from YouTube to your webpage, or embed it to your webpage.
http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=171780
More to come. Please leave me a comment or send an email for ideas that you have for training.
The Man In the Moon
The Man in the Moon is the first children's picture book in the Guardians of Childhood series. It is about a boy who becomes the very first guardian who watches over all of the dreams of the children on earth. The illustrations are amazing. 5th graders on down will love this story. This is part of the movie The Rise of the Guardians, where the guardians join forces to protect the hopes and beliefs of children all over the world. Check out the movie trailer at http://www.riseoftheguardians.com/. Also, look for other books in our library from this series.
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper Rabbit feels that the carrots from Crackenhopper field are out to get him. He loves eating the carrots each time he passes the field until he thinks that the carrots are following him...or are they? Find out what is happening in this "scary story"! Unforgettable pictures. A new favorite of mine!
Dark Life by Kat Falls
The oceans rose up swallowing the continents on earth. Their is little land left. Earthquakes shattered the land. People now live in stack cities. The only place that people have more room to live is under the ocean: the Dark Life. Read this story to find out what happens to Ty when outlaws attack his families homestead undersea. Find out more about this books at http://katfalls.com/.
Shelly Weckwerth, Media Specialist
Email: sweckw1@isd77.k12.mn.us
Website: http://www.ele.isd77.org/page/2501
Location: 500 LeSueur Ave, Eagle Lake MN 56024
Phone: 507-257-3530