The Library @PHS
August 2018
Come In and Collaborate
AVAILABLE TOPICS FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS
- TEL-Tennessee Electronic Library—A virtual library w/70 databases that can be accessed anywhere
- Student Livebinder—A livebinder that is geared for student use with a variety of learning tabs such as research, all subject areas, apps, and more
- Card Catalog—We can show the students how best to search on our catalog system
- Google Searches-We can show the students some tips to make searching easier and less time consuming
- Google Drive-We can show the students how Drive works and what can be accomplished using Drive
- QR Code activities
Survey-Project? What Project?
Media Center Events
The Breakfast Club-Student book club
We will meet once a month to read and discuss the following books:
Zenter, Jeff-The Serpent King
Garber, Stephanie-Caraval
Thomas, Angie-The Hate U Give
Green, John- Turtles All the Way Down
Doller, Trish-In a Perfect World
Buxbaum, Julie-What to Say Next
Next meeting will be September 13 @7:30 A.M. in the Media Center. We will discuss The Serpent King.
**This date may change since we had 22 students sign up for book club and last year we had 12 students. With only 11 books, we are having to read in rotations.
The Dinner Club-Teacher book club
Everyone is invited to join us! You can come and go as you please. You can read one book and not the next. Just pop in when the next book is of interest to you. We have a bookshelf in the periodical room with book club books-past and present. You are more than welcome to check it out at any time.
These are the books we are reading next—
The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
Camino Island – John Grisham
The Couple Next Door – Shari Lapena
Tangerine – Christine Mangan
Seeing Red – Sandra Brown
I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai
One Thousand White Women – Jim Fergus
The Woman in the Window – A.J. Finn
The 19th Wife – David Ebershoff
The Female Persuasion – Meg Wolitzer
The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
Eunice – Ellen McNamara
To set your calendars, here are the dates to discuss-
Thurs. Aug. 23 Camino Island
Mon. Sept. 17 The Couple Next Door (get dinner and bring it to the Library…this is Parent Conference night)
Tues. Oct. 16 Tangerine
Mon. Nov 12 Seeing Red
Thurs. Dec 20 I Am Malala (lunch at Milo’s Coffee Shop on Main Street…this is the half day before Christmas)
Thurs. Jan 17 One Thousand White Women
Tues. Feb 19 Woman In the Window (get dinner and bring it to the Library…this is Parent Conference night)
Tues. Mar 19 The 19th Wife
Tues. Apr 16 Female Persuasion
Fri. May 24 The Devil in the White City (brunch somewhere…this is the 2-hour last day)
Sometime in June Eunice (another trip to McKay’s with lunch)
New Books for the Month of August
"If You Liked the Movie, You Will Love the Book
Technology in the Media Center
We have the following items in the library for checkout:
-3 iPads
-1 Windows tablet
-Document camera
-Flip video camera
-Clicker systems
There is a Smartboard and projector in the Library Computer Lab. There is also a projector in the library for large class instruction.
-The Library Computer Lab has 37 computers
-The Media Center has 6 computers
Genrefication of the Library
The new genrefication stickers are:
-Science Fiction
-Mystery
-Historical Fiction
-Realist Fiction
-Horror
-Humor
-Series
-Sports
-Dystopian
-Adventure
-Graphic Novels
-Romance
THANK YOU
Makerspace
- Dot and Dash robots w/accessories (robotics)
- Cubelets (robotics)
- Items for Circuits
- K'nex
- 3-D printer
- Keva planks-wooden blocks for creating original works of art or cleverly designed contraptions
Assistance
Susan and I are here to help you. We would be glad to help with research, the use of the technology in the library and lab, or to help your students check out books. If you want to do a project that is different, give us the idea and we will help you plan. We are willing to come to your PLCs to show you what is available in the library for your subject area.