CvMS Media Center Highlights
November 2014
Who gives a HOOT about The Day of the Dead?
Mrs. Cravens and Ms. Debord, CvMS Spanish teacher, collaborated on Mrs. DeBords' students constructing stained glass windows depicting skeletons, the well-known symbol of The Day of the Dead. Students colored transparencies and bedazzled them with acrylic gemstones. The following week, in conjunction with Election Day, students voted for their favorite stained glass art using a Google form displayed on the Smart Board. Students that voted received an 'I Voted' sticker. The top two winners were selected and allowed to select new books. Overall, it was a great collaborative lesson providing students a chance to learn about a different culture while accessing digital content.
Stained glass windows created by Mrs. Debords' students
1st place winner with her new books
Students voted using Google Forms
99 Problems But a Book Ain't One
Tech Wednesday and Professional Development
On the November 7th teacher workday, Mrs. Cravens demonstrated how to use Kahoot, as a formative assessment tool. To see what other formative assessment tools are being used in JCS, visit: http://jcsdatacentral.blogspot.com/2014/10/formative-assessment-tools.html.
Mr. Vines instructed teachers on using Google Classroom. There are great things happening at CvMS!
We Love New Technology
Research Collaboration - 7th Grade Genetic Disease Project
Book Fair Success
book fair in March!
Statistics Don't Lie...
- Total Circulation: 2,147 books and other resources
- Nonfiction: 895 nonfiction books
- Fiction: 694 fiction books
- Class Novels: 501 class set novels
- Spanish Books:10 Spanish books
- Open Access: 167 students visited the media center independently to check out books, use computers, or take a test
- Information Literacy Classes: 32 total
- Interlibrary Loan Transactions: 4 total
TRACKING TECHNOLOGY:
*There were 16 school days in November.
- Computer lab booked 16 days
- 8 Chromebook carts
Destiny Digital Content Tools
- Follett Shelf eBooks/Catalist Digital Audiobooks: 74 eBooks checked out/read online
- WebPath Express Searches: 431 searches for November
- One Search Database Usage: 20,289 searches