GFHS Library Newsletter
January 2013
December Statistics!
by Robin LeFevers.
How can she deliver Death's vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
by Lisa Jenn Bigelow.
Sixteen-year-old Colby is barely hanging on with her mother dead, her almost-girlfriend dumping her for a boy, and her failing grades, when a stray dog appears and helps her find hope.
by Robert Kirkman.
The zombie plague unleashes its horrors on the suburbs of Atlanta without warning, pitting the living against the dead. Caught in the mass exodus, Lilly Caul struggles to survive in a series of ragtag encampments and improvised shelters. But the Walkers are multiplying.
Tech Resources of the Month!
Playfic, Piktochart, and FreedomFlix
Playfic
http://playfic.com/Play me a story? An online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world.
Piktochart
Create pinterest style Infographics! An alternative to posterboard.
FreedomFlix
http://freedomflix.digital.scholastic.com/
Read it. Watch it. Explore enhanced eBooks which are supported with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content and primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.
Let Mr. Finnerty know and he'll help you with any of these products!
Glens Falls High School Library
The Glens Falls High School Library Media Center is a collaborative learning environment fostering respect for individual differences, and tolerance for differing opinions and points of view. Students are encouraged to investigate, explore and question in order to nurture their thinking, problem solving, and meaningful learning. Our library promotes a spirit of inquiry and understanding the individual strengths and interests of students in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding.
To reach this goal, our school library provides both print and digital informational resources in multiple formats, and instructional experiences to enable students to develop effective research skills and be responsible and successful users of information and creators of knowledge.
Email: mfinnerty@gfsd.org
Website: http://glensfallslibrary.wikispaces.com/
Location: Glens Falls, NY
Phone: (518) 792-6564