CMS Library News
January 19, 2016
Makerspaces
One space, Creations with Duct Tape, is located in the library and can be used by students with teacher permission. The other three stations are located in the back of the health room and are intended for our second load students, though teachers may also plan to use them.
Here is a description of our spaces:
1. Duct Tape (library): Student may use the book A Kid's Guide to Awesome Duct Tape Projects as a basis for creations with duct tape. We have many different colors and designs of duct tape on a shower rod in addition to yarn, cardboard, old magazines and construction paper.
2. Fishertechnik Dynamic Fun with Physics: This educational building set contains 690 pieces for building 6 roller coaster models. There are small balls that can be sent through the completed coaster with a motor powered elevator to bring them to the top.
3. Makey-Makey: This is a simple invention kit that allows students to use plugs and clips to attach items to the computer for creating music, game controllers and more.
4. Legos: We also have a giant bin of legos and baseplates for student use.
AR Goal Update
Goal: 21,000 (second semester)
5th: 519.4
6th: 867.4
7th: 497.6
8th: 788.2
Tools You Can Use
If you are looking for an easy and fast way to communicate with colleagues, Tozzl could be for you. Tozzl enables you to have a team meeting without being in the same room.
Tozzl.com doesn't require you to create accounts for everyone or give personal information. It is completely anonymous.
Go to the website, click on "Create Tozzl" and simply give a username, password and topic for your discussion. Immediately, a discussion board comes up. You email others the link to your board and create posts. It's that easy. You can edit your description or delete your Tozzl with the password you created at the beginning.
The only downside to this board is, from what I have seen, you can't delete other members comments without deleting the discussion. Therefore, it would probably not be a good choice for student discussion.
Top Titles
Just released November 3, this title has already climbed to #10 in our circulation list. This tenth installment in the comedy series is filled with all types of mishaps including Greg's ride on the wrong side of the highway, grandpa's online dating, camp tales about a crazy man in the woods and a chase involving the Girl Scouts. All the while Greg's mother gets the town to sign a petition to give up electronics for a week. Life without the screen is grueling, but In the end, we find out who really can't live "old school." Are you up for the challenge? Check out Old School to find out.
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?
In this nation, only about 20% of people have access to electricity. Yet, approximately half of the population have cell phones! People without electricity charge their cell phones at public charging stations such as the one shown below.