Learning Commons Lowdown
August/September 2017
2017 Is Looking Good...
The Learning Commons has been a hubbub of activity so far this year, with no sign of slowing down!
We've had 91 + 43 ELAR classes visit for LC orientation, Genius Hour, a fantastic author visit, and other collaborative lessons. Books are circulating like crazy, including robust circulation in OverDrive!
Take a look at what's happened to date, and what's coming up in October!
-Ms. Diaz, LC Librarian
Amazing author Adam Gidwitz visited Tex Hill on September 27th!
LC Presentations
Book Signings
Advanced Writing Workshop
Collaborative Instruction Highlights
Orientations
Genius Hour
CCR: Crowdsourcing Study Skills Media
Tex Hill Tigers are Old Enough to Drive...in OverDrive!
Check out your next book...in OverDrive, our digital library containing thousands of eBooks and audiobooks available for download to your own device! Parents can also request their own account!
Don't have a device? Then consider borrowing one from the LC! The LC now has Nexus eReaders for student checkout! These devices are exclusively for downloading ebooks and audiobooks from OverDrive. The circulation period is 3 weeks, first come, first check out.
There is no technology parental permission form required; however, any loss or damage fees apply just as with lost or damaged books.
A student can check out up to 5 items from OverDrive at any given time...which means that a student could be reading 10 books at one time---5 print books from the LC and 5 digital books from OverDrive!
Britannica School & Britannica ImageQuest
- Britannica School Edition (3 content levels of encyclopedias)
- Britannica Escolar (authentic Spanish encyclopedia)
- Enciclopedia Moderna (authentic Spanish encyclopedia - high school level+)
- Britannica ImageQuest - great resource for copyright-friendly images!
- Britannica E-STAX (e-reference books)
Students can use Britannica for reliable reference information, instead of simply Googling it all! And Britannica ImageQuest includes thousands of quality images that can be downloaded to Google Drive, and include citations, ready for use in any school project!
To access Britannica, students can log into Launchpad from the NEISD homepage using their NEISD login credentials. Britannica and other fabulous "search apps" live inside the Library Resources cluster inside Launchpad (see picture above).
Coming in OCTOBER...
- Power Up WEEK!
- Teen Read Week & SAPL Library Card Event
- Global Read Aloud starts
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER Combined Stats
Total # of Books Circulated/Checked Out
Print Books: 2,765
OverDrive: 852
Total # of Classes Served
- Instruction
- Activities
- Collaboration
- Checkouts
Average # of Individual Students Served Daily
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Twitter: Follow @TexHillLC to stay informed about great resources, events and activities happening 24/7.
Instagram: Follow @TexHillLC to see a visual gallery of the LC's happenings in real time!
Learning Commons @Tex Hill MS
Email: tdiaz4@neisd.net
Website: http://neisd.libguides.com/welcome_hill_library
Location: 21314 Bulverde Road, San Antonio, TX, United States
Phone: 210.356.8004
Twitter: @TexHillLC