Cyber Center Connections
Blythewood High School Library Cyber Center
First Semester Report 2016-17
Sparkleberry Fair Grant Provides Interactive eBooks
- Renewable Energy
- Water Crisis
- Climate Change
- Disease
- The Great Gatsby
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Macbeth
- Animal Farm
- World War I
- World War II
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- The Great Depression
We've Got a Makerspace!
While our makerspace is growing as we learn what things our students are interested in learning, we currently have the following materials available for use by individual students as well as teachers and classes:
- Paper circuits (copper tape, batteries, LED lights)
- Makey Makey (turn everyday objects into touch pads - we have two)
- Sphero SPRK+ Robot Ball (navigate a maze, learn programming, and more)
- Portable green screen and lighting
- Adult coloring books
- Games
- Markers, colored pencils, glue, scissors, and more!
Coming Soon - A teacher drop-in to learn more about the makerspace!
Light Up Paper Circuit Valentines
Makey Makey
Sphero SPRK Robot Ball
Breakout EDU
Pride and Prejudice Break Out
Using the Black Light to Solve a Puzzle
Faculty Break Out
Read-a-Latte in February
February Contests and Displays in the Library Cyber Center
We have two contests for students in February. First, identify the famous African Americans whose photos are featured in the library display case. We also have a book display in our biography section of famous African Americans as well as a special display of works by African American authors.
Second, since Valentine's Day is associated with everyone's love of chocolate, see if you can identify the candy bars by looking at a cross-section photo of different candy bars. Don't miss the giant Hershey kiss in our chocolate themed book display!
Drawings from correct responses will be held at the end of the month and prizes awarded for each contest.
Media Specialists Earn National Board Re-Certification
First Semester by the Numbers
- 48,000+ visitors came through the library doors
- 15,171 individual student sign-ins (includes during class, before/after school & lunch)
- 181 classes used the library
- 64 events or meetings were held during or after school
- 224 materials added to the collection
- 4,822 materials checked out/borrowed (print/physical items)
- 5,783 database searches in Destiny library catalog
- 183 Follett ebooks read
- 94 Follett audiobooks listened to
- 646 ebooks checked out using Overdrive
- 991 magazines read using Flipster
- 2,280 ebooks used in Infobase ebook database
- 12,000+ visits to Library Cyber Center website since August
- 753 charged IDs issued in the library
- 874 paid IDs issued in the library
CONTACT US
Circulation Desk - Phone ext. 28045
Tracey Baxa - Library Media Secretary -tbaxa@richland2.org - Phone Ext. 28048Crystal Smith - Library Media Specialist -crsmith@richland2.org - Phone Ext. 28046
Amy Whitfield - Library Media Specialist -awhitfie@richland2.org - Phone Ext. 28047
Visit our website: http://bhscybercenter.weebly.com/