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Happy New Year!
I had some information to share and instead of a long e-mail. I thought I would just share on Smore. I hope awesome things will continue.
Pinterest is approved site by ACPS!
Create an account on Pinterest by using your ACPS e-mail. Pin your awesome displays, bulletin boards and creative learning spaces in your library.
Don't forget to obtain permission if using students photos in your pins. Also, send invites to librarians and your administration to follow.
Follow my board: Minnie Howard Library
Happy Pinning!!
Find It VA
Materials are available for all age ranges and interests.
FIND IT VA is a wonderful resource and can be found on the web and is available as an mobile app for iphones and android via play Store or Apple.
Alexandria Library Professional Learning Collaborative
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion that can be used for recertification
points by registering through ERO using the course code# 40016150301.
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015, 12:30 PM
Beatley Central Library, Duke Street, Alexandria, VA, United States
LMC Live Webinars 1/20; 2/17; 3/31
Dynamic Databases: Revolutionizing Today's Research, Teaching, and Learning
Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 4pm EST
Today's databases are no longer just for research. They turn students from passive to active learners and provide educators with the variety of resources
necessary to facilitate learning anytime, anywhere, in any way. Discover proven strategies for integrating databases into 1:1, BYO, flipped, blended,
embedded, and more! Sponsored by ABC-CLIO.
Presenters: Joyce Valenza is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. Brenda
Boyer is a high school librarian and Chair of Information & Technology Resources for the Kutztown School District.
Pre-register for this webinar.
Makerspaces: The Now Revolution in School Libraries
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 4pm EST
The new wave of participatory learners and the change in schools to more student-led learning has a tremendous impact on engaging patrons in school
libraries. Now, the library is a destination. One hot topic hitting public and school libraries is makerspaces where students (and sometimes
staff and parents) create, problem solve, and develop thinking.
Presenter: Leslie Preddy is a school librarian in Indianapolis, Indiana and is a past president for the Association of Indiana School
Library Educators and current President-Elect for AASL.
Pre-register for this webinar.
You Need It: Reading Promotional Programming That Really Works!
Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 4pm EST
Learn the why, how-to, and what-to-expect about Reading Promotional Programming (RPP). It’s supported by research and encouraged by
the experts and this webinar will focus on this critical topic in detail, to help you develop students’ leisure reading. Learn from examples of
collaboration between home and school literacy programming and explore how to build a reading community at your school.
Presenters: Nancy Baumann has been an elementary classroom teacher and a librarian at the elementary and middle school levels and has worked
in the University of Missouri’s School of Information Sciences and Learning Technologies.
Pre-register for this webinar.
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015, 09:00 PM
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Author Nancy Noyes Silcox
Nancy is available for school visits. Nancy visited MH library during Black History month and provided an author presentation and also provided a lunch chat with our students who were aspiring writers.
The fee for the author visit is $200.00 and lunch time chats are free of charge.
Below is her contact information.
nancynoyessilcoxbooks@gmail.com
Book orders
MH Libary
School Librarian
Email: lagina.gross@acps.k12.va.us
Location: 3801 W Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA, United States
Phone: (703)8246768
Twitter: @mhlib