Dig Lit News
Ocboter 2017
News to Know
Here are some of my favorite tips from the past month:
- Six Ways to Create Screencasts on Chromebooks: I've used Screencastify for many tutorials and other videos. I love how it links directly to Google Drive. Loom seems pretty similar, and it's easy to use. After recording, you can email directly from Loom, download the video, and more. If you are creating video tutorials or flipping your classroom, check out either one of these free Chrome extensions!
- Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers: One of the beginning of the year trainings you all watched was over copyright. This article talks about the importance of crediting photos you post online. To make it easier, I teach students to use sites like Pixabay. These photos are part of the Public Domain and don't need to be credited! Or, students can limit Google Photos to those that are labeled for reuse. Anytime your students are using photos for a project, I'm happy to help them find photos that are free to use and how to give them credit, too!
Grid View in Google Slides
Have students creating a presentation in Google Slides? Easily see all the slides in Grid View! Check out how it works here.
Bit.ly Chrome Extension
Sharing a link with students? Goo.gl is one option, but bit.ly is awesome because you can customize the links to make them easy to remember and type in. For example, the shortened URL for the library website is http://bit.ly/MR_Library.
There's also a Chrome extension-click on the extension on the site you want to share, and a box pops up so that you can customize the link. And, because you create an account, all of your links are saved in bit.ly!
Our Library Website
On our library website, use the "Pages" to find what you need. If you're new to The Mountain, check it out. There are lots of resources, sites, and tools for both students and staff! We have access to many great databases, and it's all available for use off campus, too! Here are just a few examples (the password is mustangs):
- Gale Student Resources in Context
- Gale Global Issues in Context
- Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- World Book Suite
- Explora and the entire EBSCO Suite
- Country Reports-similar to Culturegrams
- and more
Passwords and User Names to all MRHS resources can be found here.
Digital Literacy Partnership
If you ever hear anyone mention the Digital Literacy Partnership (or the DLP), that's me! Across the district, there are Digital Literacy Teacher Librarians or Digital Literacy Teachers in every school. Our job is to support teachers and help our students with information literacy, digital literacy, and technology!
I am available to collaborate and plan with you, co-teach a lesson, work with individual students or groups that need more help, or whatever else you need! I'm happy to come to department or common course meetings or sit down with you individually anytime!
Shout-Outs
Want to tell someone, "thanks"? You can just e-mail me who you want to thank and what you want to say, or you can use this document. Either make a copy and share it back with me or print it and bring it to Tracy or me in the library. No anonymous shout-outs. :)
Photo Credits:
- creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by venspired:http://flickr.com/photos/venosdale/6774128801