GCS Media Matters
Upcoming Task and Dates to Remember for this Week.
Congratulations to our September GCS Reads 20 Schools of the Month
- Southern High
- Kirkman Park Elementary
- Gateway Education Center
- Lindley Elementary
This Week October 19-23
- Remember our Extreme Transformation Challenge... Send before pictures to gruert@gcsnc.com
MTAC committee members PAST DUE
- Elementary
- Middle HighOct. 23- BOB Compliance Forms Due
- Oct. 22, 23 & 24 NCSLMA Conference Winston Salem
- eBook training has been approved and will be rescheduled. Please look for an email with details regarding times and dates of new training.
NCSLMA
Let Tammy know if you are coming to the conference, and join the Group me.
- CLICK HERE to join
- Click HERE to find out more about the conference.
- Click Here to Register for the Conference
Make sure to support our GCS Media Specialist that are presenting. If you are presenting, let Tammy know.
- Jen Worrells and Jes Sherard will be recognize as regional finalists for Media Coordinator of the Year. Be there to support them.
- Karla Regan from Eastern High School “Speaking in the Same Voice: Strategic Planning in Guilford County Title 1 Elementary, Middle, and High School Libraries” Friday at 1:50.
Dates to Remember
Oct. 26 Teacher Workday
Oct. 26 Due Date to Join NCSLMA to participate in BOB
Nov. 5 Technology, Teaching & Learning for the 21st Century Workday 8:30-3:00 Wash. St.Rm 300
Nov. 10 October GCS Reads 20 Minutes Due
Nov. 11 Holiday
Nov. 18 Middle School Media & Tech. PLC 2:00-4:00 Wash. St.Rm 300
Nov.18 High School Media & Tech. PLC 4:00-6:00 Wash. St.Rm 300
Nov. 19 Elementary Media & Tech. PLC 2:00-4:00 4:00-6:00 TBD
Nov. 25-27 Thanksgiving Break
eBook Training DATE Extended Dec. 20 : Due to delay in eBook training, the due date to have all staff and students trained using eBooks has been extended.
IT& I Revised Training Schedule
- Do you want to learn more about Office 365 or how to integrated Discovery Ed into your curriculum? Check out the instructional Technology Training Schedule.
- CLICK HERE to access their Digital Newsletter.
Please share with your staff.
Need NC Books or NC Author Visit?
Please share with your 4th Grade teachers.
Author Julia Taylor Ebel captures stories of North Carolina people from the Mountains to the Piedmont and in picture books, biography, historical fiction, poetry, and folklore: Hansi and the Iceman (New), Jack Tales and Mountain Yarn and more.
Her books broaden cultural and historical awareness, and interactive school presentations share her passion for keeping our stories while engaging students’ awareness of researching and writing processes for fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry.
- Learn how her books might support your curriculum or download study guides at www.JuliaEbel.com
- Ask about author visits or special books rates for schools (best rates for class sets): Contact Julia Ebel at ebel@northstate.net or (336) 454-1957.
Global Education
- Connecting one book to the world through the Global Read Aloud project.
- http://theglobalreadaloud.com/info-for-2015-2/
Just for Fun!
Discovery Education Presents DENapalooza 2015
- What: DENapalooza 2015: A free, full day of learning opportunities from Discovery Education with presentations given by STAR Discovery Educators and members of the DEN Team.
- When: November 14, 2015
- Where: Raleigh, NC
- For more information, click here.
24-7 Online Tutoring for Students
Great news! Guilford Parent Academy’s 24-7 online tutoring for students K-12 (“brainfuse”) and other federally funded student/parent resources are featured online in eSchool News, a national trade publication for educators. Please help spread the word about these great learning opportunities for students and parents – including more than 1,000 e-books that can be downloaded to mobile phones and devices. For more info, see below:
Don't Forget!
Do you want to suggest a title for NEXT Year's HS BOB List?
YA Literature
YA Literature will meet at 6pm-7pm and may be altered to meet everyone's schedule. Karen Meier will send details for location and sign up.
Tuesday, October 13- 6:00 HP Barnes and Noble High Point location
Monday, November 9
Tuesday, December 8
Monday, January, 25
Tuesday, February 23
Weather Make-up date: Tuesday, March 14
Extreme MC Transformation CHALLENGE
- We are seeing many wonderful things going on in your media centers. CLICK HERE to see pictures shared so far.
- Remember to send pictures of your EXTREME Transformation to gruert@gcsnc.com
GASL 31 Day Instagram challenge for Libraries!
GASL is very excited to see how GCS Media Specialists are transforming their libraries (for free!) through the 31 Day Instagram challenge for Libraries! If you’d like to see what they’re doing, look for them on Instagram (names below) and take a peek! Are you also participating and do not see your name below? Send your Instagram name to Jessica Sherard (sherarj@gcsnc.com) for it to be added to the Media Matters Newsletter. Check out this website to get a detailed account of what to do for each day’s picture.
- Tonya Monroe-Leach’s – amslions1
- Karla Raegan – @mrsreganslibrary
- Ashley Morgan - @librarianashley
- Jennifer Worrells and Jessica Sherard - @grimsley_library
- Betsy Crone @SEMlibrary
Photo Directory Pictures Needed
Please send Tammy a picture of yourself for the GCS Media Specialist online Picture Directory.
CLICK HERE to verify if you need to send in a picture.
Library Media Services
Have a wonderful week!
Remember: If you would like text reminders about media services events text @mediaspe to (469)209-4439
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Please CLICK HERE to submit a recommendation or view sub recommendations.
Employee of the Month
CLICK HERE to nominate someone for Employee of the Month.
Email: gruert@gcsnc.com
Website: www.gcsnc.com/lms
Location: 501 West Washington Street, Greensboro, NC
Phone: 336-370-2355
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