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Looking for a group of librarians to share ideas, inspiration, tech tools, and programming ideas? Then, Library Academy is for you! Join a group of library professionals who strive to make a difference everyday in the lives of students.
Ice Breaker: Two Truths and a Lie
- Participants say three things about themselves.
- Two should be true and one should be a lie.
- Participants guess which response was a lie and give their reasoning.
Programming Ideas for March
Ideas by Sue Fitzgerald
Read Across America Day March 2nd
Teen Tech Week: March 3rd-9th
25 Easy Celebration Tips for Teens
Looking for easy ways to get teens to celebrate Teen Tech Week? Share the following 25 ideas! Have other easy ideas for getting teens involved in Teen Tech Week at the library? Tell us in the comments!
- Download an ebook or audiobook from your library
- Research and download a new app for your smartphone or tablet - perhaps your library has an app you could try!
- Start a "Twitter", a "Tumblr", or a "Flickr" account as a way to find and share content about a topic of interest to you.
- Write a blog post - about a library book or program you enjoyed, a hobby you enjoy, or something else that interests you!
- Try out a book-focused site like "GoodReads", "LibraryThing" or "Shelfari" .
- Create a soundtrack or book trailer for your favorite book.
- Create a "YouTube" or "Animoto" video about your library or a favorite book.
- Ask your librarian or library staff to recommend a nonfiction book on an area of technology that interests you or a technology-related fiction book.
- Add something to an article on "Wikipedia".
- Set up a "podcast" for a group or club you belong to. (Click the link to check out YALSA’s podcasts!)
- Many young adult authors welcome email from their readers, and many have their own websites, blogs, and Twitter/Facebook accounts. Why not send them a message in honor of Teen Tech Week?
- Check out some video games, DVDs, or CDs from your library.
- Write and share instructions for a skill you already know how to do on "https://www.instructables.com/"
- While you’re at it, find an instructable for a craft or maker project you could do using materials available at your library, and try it!
- Start a tech-related club at your school or public library.
- Read and contribute to a blog about technology.
- Sketch a plan for a piece of technology that would make your life easier or better in some way - it may even be something that you could try to build!
- Learn the basics of coding using a free website. Try "https://www.codecademy.com"!
- Research and write a persuasive proposal to your librarian for a piece of technology, game, movie, technology-related book, ebook, or other tech-related item you think the library should have but does not yet have.
- Volunteer to tutor library customers who are new to using computers.
- Learn how to DJ music or record music with a computer.
- Search in a biography database for an article about your favorite musician.
- Learn how to use some new software, and even create your own mobile app to submit for the "Congressional App Challenge".
- Take a class on graphic design or digital photography.
- Create a database of something you want to organize.
Demco Library Sparks March Calendar
Personalized Book Talks
Booktalks with Fipgrid
Six Word Summaries
Book Talk Read Alouds
Hot Topics: Round Table Discussions
Coding?
What are your favorite resources?
Do administrators know what we do?
"It is important for librarians to share their story because the concept and purpose of the library is changing. The library is a place for more than books. The library has become a place for students to meet and collaborate, build and make, and utilize different types of technology. The librarian is teaching all levels of students challenging their skills and knowledge. These are things that administration knows on an intellectual level because they are hearing it in workshops and lectures they attend, but there is no working or practical knowledge. Librarians need to share so that administration can build an understanding of the evolving library and many different aspects of skills the librarian must possess. They need to know the librarian is more than "just books"!"
-Jerri Davis
Assistant Principal
Eustace Intermediate
"It is important for technology directors to know the stories of librarians because they are facilitators of all things digital as well as paper. Libraries have become media centers where librarians do much more than sort and share books. They interact with all students, sharing a wide variety of resources. Because of this, those in technology departments must be knowledgeable of the needs our librarians have and must ensure that they receive our full support."
-Kevin Bryan
Director of Technology
Henderson ISD
"School Superintendents are well know for grasping the "big picture" and creating a vision for the district as a whole. Many times, this overshadows our need to see how the vision is being implemented at ground level. White Oak ISD set it's sights on the transformation of instruction many years ago. Our goal is to make sure students receive a challenging this century educational experience K-12. The library is a great place to impact a large percentage of your population at any/all grade levels. Knowing how Librarians have embraced the vision and work to create new learning experiences for students is both affirming and empowering to Superintendents. This allows leaders to feel good about the direction they are going while giving them something to point to in an effort to get more staff involved in the process."
--Michael Gilbert
Superintendent of Schools
White Oak ISD
How do you share your library story with administrators?
Whose Rule?
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Google Minute
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24 Ways to use Screencastify
Discovery Ed Minute
Spotlight on Strategies
Mackin Via Minute
MackinVia Makers
MackinVia Authors
Follett Minute
Texas Library Standards
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