The Eagle's Nest
News from the Eagle Lake Media Center - October 2012
Tech Tuesdays (October, November & December) 3:00 - 3:20pm
This is what I have in mind for Tech Tuesdays for October, and November. Please let me know if you have other ideas. Thank you.
Tuesday, October 2 - Google Drive - How is this different from Google Docs? Making folders. Putting shared files into your drive. The "recent" button on left. Adding your picture to gmail settings so that others can see your picture. And...Google email Task List. Make and use task lists.
Tuesday, October 9 - Mackin Via - Online ebooks. Students can view these at school or at home. 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. Click on the Media Center tab and drag to Mackin Via Books. Or go to the following website:
http://www.mackin.com/VIAEnter.aspx
Username = Eaglelake77
Password = eagle1
Tuesday, October 16 - Learn 360 - How do you organize Learn 360 videos for your classroom?
Tuesday, October 23 - (Day off - I have a media meeting that afternoon.)
Tuesday, October 30 - Pinterest and Educlipper
Tuesday, November 6 - Worldbook Online and other Online Tools that we have available to us.
Tuesday, November 13 - (Day off - Conferences tonight)
Tuesday, November 20 (No School)
Tuesday, November 27 - QR Codes - How to make them in about 3 steps and use them with your parents and students.
QR Code Help Sheet Link:
QR Code Ideas to use with students - Links:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/04/qr-codes-in-classroom.html
Tuesday, December 4 - App Sharing - Bring an App to share with the group. I will share the following - Smore Machine App (to make this newsletter). Destiny Quest App (to get to our library books from your device)
Tuesday, December 11- Google Reader - What is Google Reader? Read your web pages in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. You don't have to log into all of the websites, just check Google Reader.
Google Reader in Plain English -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y
How to get to Google Reader? It is under the "more" pulldown menu in Google Drive. You will learn two ways to subscribe to Webpages with RSS feeds. "Subscribe" in Reader, or on a page that has an RSS feed symbol. You can also search for topics that are of interest to you.
Show Feeddler RSS App on my iphone. (Probably has the same app for ipad and Droid.) You can then follow the web pages on your phone or ipad.
Tuesday, December 18- "smore" - Newsletter Web Page
More to come. Please leave me a comment or send an email for ideas that you have for training.
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
6th grader, Miss Moses LoBeau, washed ashore in Tupelo Landing, NC 11 years ago during a hurricane. She sometimes wishes that she could find her "upshore" mother, but is happy living with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. Miss Moses ends up trying to save the only family she knows. This story involves a murder, a kidnapping, a car crash and a hurricane. This is a great mystery book.
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. All of the animals that he asks say that they don't have it. But one animal sparks bear's memory and bear goes back to find him. What happened to bear's hat and the animal that took it? Read it to find out. Hilarious ending. You will love it!
Survivors The Empty City by Erin Hunter
Lucky, a golden retriever, has always been on his own in the big, busy city. Then the Big Growl strikes. Suddenly the ground is split wide open. The Trap House is destroyed. And all the longpaws have disappeared. Can Lucky survive on his own, or will he need to join a pack. Read the first in this series to find out what happens to Lucky. Go to the website http://survivors.warriorcats.com/survivors/books/survivors-1-the-empty-city to find out more about this series.
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