The Eagle's Nest
News from the Eagle Lake Elementary Media Center
Tech Thursdays (3:00pm-4:00pm) 2013 - 2014
This is what I have in mind for Tech Thursdays. Please let me know if you have other ideas. Thank you.
Thursday, December 12 - ipad Training (Marti)
Thursday, January 9th - ipad Training (Marti)
Thursday, January 16th - Splashtop & AirPlay - (Shelly)
Splashtop - This is a $10 iPad App that displays your computer onto your ipad. Now, you can walk around the room and use it to change things on your computer&smartboard and not be stuck to the front of the room. We can purchase this for you if you think that you will use it. (It also needs the free program Splashtop Streamer installed onto your computer and you need to set up a free Splashtop Account.)
Airplay - This is built into your ipads. It needs to have an application called Airserver installed (by Jeremy) onto your computer to work. You can show apps on your ipad to your whole class on the smartboard. No cost to this one. It just needs to be set up.
Thursday, January 30th- Google Drive - Creating new docs, uploading and organizing in Google Drive.
Thursday, February 13th - ipad Training (Marti)
Thursday, February 20th - Mackin Via App & Online ebooks(including our own Tumblebooks Subscription online and for ipads) & Destiny Quest App. Students can view these at school or at home, or on the ipad. You can have your whole group reading the same book on the computer at the same time. Or, students can each choose their own to read. There are many levels to choose from. The books are linked under the Eagle Lake Media Website and also on the app, Via.
http://www.mackin.com/VIAEnter.aspx
Username = Eaglelake77
Password = eagle1
Thursday, April 10th -ipad Training (Marti)
Thursday, April 24th Google Sites - Creating Webpages in Google
Thursday, May 8th - iPad Training (Marti)
Thursday, May 22 - Moodle
Wonder by by R J Palacio
This book would have a great message for any upper grade. I highly recommend it. Here is the publisher's description: August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances? http://rjpalacio.com/book.html
Storm Runners Series by Roland Smith
If you and your class love adventure books, these would also be a great read aloud or book series to suggest to your upper grade readers. (3-5) Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Find out what happens when the biggest hurricane of the century hits. http://www.rolandsmith.com/
Frankly, Frannie by AJ Stern
Frankly Frannie would be a fun read aloud series for K-3 students. I have just started booktalking these and they are all gone already. Frannie is a mix between Junie B. Jones and Clementine. She tries to do the right thing, but trouble seems to follow her. Check it out at www.franklyfrannie.com/.
One More Suggestion for a Read Aloud!
Here is the website: http://bettybirney.com/humphreyville.html
Shelly Weckwerth, Media Specialist
Email: sweckw1@isd77.k12.mn.us
Website: http://www.ele.isd77.org/page/2501
Location: 500 LeSueur Ave, Eagle Lake MN 56024
Phone: 507-257-3530