tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85291804571307864462024-02-06T21:04:22.287-08:00Van Meter Elementary Library VOICEA place to be heard through reading, technology, learning, creating, sharing, thinking, and listening. We want you to be heard too!Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-37758495772519826462012-06-06T09:38:00.001-07:002012-06-06T09:38:34.801-07:00Love These TWO New Kid Bloggers!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have three nieces....Riley, Grayce, and Zoey. Riley and Grayce are two of my little besties. When I see them we talk about all kinds of things they have done since the last time I saw them. When we celebrated my sister Heather's birthday last night, they couldn't wait to fill me in about the end of their school year and plans for the summer. <br />
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Riley showed me her journal and was very proud of everything she wrote. I told her that she should turn her journal into a blog....she LOVED the idea. And of course....Grayce wanted a blog too. <br />
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Riley is 8 years old and just finished 2nd grader. She loves writing and is an amazing artist. Riley called her blog<a href="http://rileyfoxesramblings.blogspot.com/2012/06/hi.html" target="_blank"> Riley's Ramblings</a>. Today, Riley is going to start her very own Twitter today too! <br />
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Little Grayce is 6 years old and just finished 1st grade. She LOVES the same things Riley and I do...writing and art! Her blog is called <a href="http://graycessummerblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Grayce's Summer Blog</a>. <br />
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I cannot wait to see what the two of them write and create this summer. <br />
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And as Riley says in her blog....<br />
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<i><b>"Ramble On!"</b></i>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-5066524913278678802012-05-27T19:50:00.002-07:002012-05-27T20:37:23.148-07:00The 2nd Graders Created Their Very Own eBook Using FlipSnack, Evernote, Mackin VIA and Skitch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the last two months, the 2nd graders, their teachers and I have been working on an <a href="http://evernote.com/" target="_blank">Evernote </a>pilot within our school. You can read all about the pilot in the first post, <i><a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-evernote-pilot-project-with-2nd.html" target="_blank">Our 2nd Graders Are Piloting Evernote At Van Meter</a>. </i></div>
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We not only taught the 2nd graders how to use Evernote on the iPads and computers, they also used<br />
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<a href="http://skitch.com/" target="_blank">Skitch</a>, another amazing resource from Evernote, </div>
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to annotate and edit the photographs that they took on the iPads on our community walk around Van Meter and within the school. Once the photographs were Skitched, they saved them into their very own Evernote accounts. </div>
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For this project, we purchased several wonderful community themed eBooks to add to our growing collection within Mackin VIA. The students loved reading the eBooks within the classroom, library, computer lab and at home. </div>
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After they read several of the eBooks, the students used Skitch to annotate a few of their favorite pages. <br />
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It was fun to see which pages they picked and what they had to say about what they had read, learned, and made connections to. <a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/05/2nd-graders-using-skitch-and-evernote.html" target="_blank">As they Skitched the eBooks pages, they saved them within their Evernote accounts</a> too.<br />
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The last few days of school, we took several of the saved pages within the student Evernote accounts and put them together into a <a href="http://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">FlipSnack</a> flippable eBook. Once the pages from Evernote were saved onto the laptops, we then saved them as PDF's to upload into FlipSnack. All of the students logged into my FlipSnack account to upload their pages into the class eBook. </div>
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The pages with text were created using <a href="http://www.wordle.net/" target="_blank">Wordle</a>. </div>
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I love how Evernote even gave the students the information about the specific eBook within Mackin VIA that they Skitched on. This is what we used when we put our FlipSnack eBook together. We took small screen shots and turned them into PDF's to include at the end of our eBook. <br />
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We created <a href="http://www.sharesnack.com/AE56F77EFB5/fz19enpx" target="_blank">Our Awesome Community...By The Van Meter 2nd Graders</a> eBook to share with each other, parents, our school community and YOU. Click on the <a href="http://www.sharesnack.com/AE56F77EFB5/fz19enpx" target="_blank">link</a> to read the entire FlipSnack eBook. </div>
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This was just the start of all of the FUN and innovative ways we can use all of these wonderful tools and resources within the classroom and with our students. <br />
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Next month, at the ISTE convention in San Diego, my friend Nick Provenzano, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/thenerdyteacher" target="_blank">@thenerdyteacher,</a> and I will be presenting together at the Evernote for Schools Workshop on June 26th. This will be a fun opportunity to listen to other ideas for using Evernote and to share our ideas too. </div>
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You can find out more information and register for the workshop on this <a href="http://iste2012evernote.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">EventBrite page.</a><br />
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We hope to see you all there.Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-33399164051201994102012-05-22T13:53:00.001-07:002012-05-22T14:07:48.004-07:00Just Have To Show Off The 3rd Graders Digital Country Projects, FlipSnack Recipe eBook and Little Bird Tale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I<a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-3rd-grade-country-projectsomething.html" target="_blank"> wrote last month</a>, the third graders have been working on a huge digital country project over the last few months. Last week, the third graders celebrate their hard work and what they learned with their families and community at the "3rd Grade Country Potluck".<br />
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At the potluck they shared their <a href="http://littlebirdtales.com/home/default/" target="_blank">Little Bird Tal</a>es entitled Fun Country Facts. They created this together as a class. You can read about the creation of the Little Bird Tales<a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-county-fun-fact-ebook-with-our.html" target="_blank"> here.</a><br />
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<a href="http://animoto.com/" target="_blank">Animoto, </a>(You can see the rest of their country Animoto's on the wiki above. Each country has their very own page for research and storing their digital project.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">FlipSnack</a>, which makes an interactive eBook out of PDF's. In this one, she created pages for her country facts with Wordle. <br />
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I had so much fun working with Ann Volk, the 3rd grade social studies teacher at Van Meter, and all of her amazing students. <br />
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Don't forget to check out the <a href="http://vanmeterthirdgradecountryprojects.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Third Grade Country Wiki </a>to see all of the projects listed under each country page on the right hand side. <br />
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I can't wait to see what they create next!Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-60301131941981119562012-05-12T14:26:00.003-07:002012-05-12T14:26:48.054-07:00Creating a County Fun Fact eBook With Our 3rd Graders and Little Bird Tales<div>
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the work that our 3rd graders, along with their teacher Ann Volk, were doing for their annual country project. <br />
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You can read about it on the post entitled <a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-3rd-grade-country-projectsomething.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Our 3rd Grade Country Project...Something a Little Different This Year</a>. This post discusses how we used a wiki to store their country research, digital resources for their research, and the use of Web 2.0 tools to complete amazing projects. </div>
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We have had a FUN time over the last couple of months! </div>
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Next week the 3rd graders have their "Country Potluck", which is held every year at the end of this unit for the students to share their wonderful work with families and our school community. Everything on this night is about their country....the way they dress, what they bring to eat, the presentations that are given, and the facts that they share in conversations. </div>
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This year, Ann and I wanted to create something different that could be shared throughout the event. We also wanted it to be a collaborative project that all of the students could work on together. </div>
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We explained the project to the students at the beginning and also added a description to the <a href="http://vanmeterthirdgradecountryprojects.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Van Meter Third Grade Country Project wiki. </a><br />
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During their research, we had them find FUN country facts as part of their research. On their wiki page, we added a place for them to also record their FUN facts. </div>
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Within <a href="http://online.culturegrams.com/" target="_blank">CultureGrams</a>, one of the Iowa AEA Online databases that they used for research, there is a special place for each country called "Culture Facts and Contacts." <br />
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This was a great place for the students to find fun, interesting and unusual facts about their country. <br />
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The students then recorded what they found during their research under the "FUN Facts" heading in the wiki.<br />
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I know everyone at the country potluck will love the Little Bird Tale that our 3rd graders created.<br />
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I have been having the best time working with the second graders on their research projects about communities and animals. This is the third week of the project.<br />
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As they learn about <a href="http://evernote.com/" target="_blank">Evernote</a> and <a href="http://skitch.com/" target="_blank">Skitch</a>, I am learning so much too. Just listen to Meridan tell how to use Skitch with the eBooks in Mackin VIA and store them in Evernote....You will see what I mean. <br />
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I purchased several new eBooks about "My Community" from<a href="http://www.mackin.com/Index.aspx" target="_blank"> Mackin </a>for this project. Once they were in Van Meter's <a href="http://www.mackin.com/eServices/MACKIN-VIA.aspx" target="_blank">Mackin VIA</a>, I created a new Group called "My Community", which contains eight eBooks. Last week we let the students spend time reading and researching within the eBooks. They were able to put them into their Backpack in VIA and encouraged them to read at home too. </div>
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On Thursday, I taught them how to use Skitch on the desktops....they had only used it on the iPads when they Skitched the photographs they took on our town walk. Of course, they caught on quickly as there are not a lot of differences between the two platforms. </div>
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As they read the community eBooks, the students found pages that they wanted to annotate with Skitch and include in the class <a href="http://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">FlipSnack </a>we are creating as a culminating activity. <br />
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I loved seeing what pages they picked to annotate.<br />
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They had fun personalizing their reading with Skitch. Riley made a great connection to our firefighters in Van Meter from the eBook she was reading. </div>
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Once they had the eBook pages Skitched, I asked them to store them in their Evernote accounts. By clicking on the "Save" in the right hand corner, they are able to sign into their account and save the Skitched image. </div>
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After the images were saved, I had them check in the History to make sure they were in Evernote. </div>
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I really love how the History also tells the name of the Skitched image. It is especially nice with the eBooks as the publisher and title are automatically named. This is extremely helpful and important as the students are using eBooks and online resources in their research. <br />
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Next week, the second graders will be creating citations using <a href="http://www.easybib.com/" target="_blank">EasyBib</a> to include on a page in the back of their FlipSnack eBook. </div>
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They will also create a super fun title page using ComicLife, Wordle and PicMonkey. </div>
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I cannot wait to see where next week takes us as we approach the end of this project. </div>
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And I cannot wait to share their FlipSnack's with all of you! </div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-42508960245559754222012-04-29T08:55:00.001-07:002012-04-29T09:01:59.817-07:00The Second Graders Community Walk with the iPads and Evernote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week, we continued the <a href="http://www.evernote.com/about/schools/" target="_blank">Evernote</a> project with our second graders. One of the classes is doing a <a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-evernote-pilot-project-with-2nd.html" target="_blank">project with communities for our Evernote pilot</a> so Tracy Ferguson and I took them on a walk through Van Meter with the iPads. <br />
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Before we left their classroom, all of them logged into their Evernote accounts on their iPads. <br />
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They took photos of each other and themselves before we left the classroom. This was the start of their community walk. <br />
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Being the first time that we took the iPads outside, Tracy and I spent a few minutes going over once again how we carry them around town. :) <br />
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I loved watching them make sure they got the one they wanted to use in their community project.<br />
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Once they had a few photos taken, the second graders saved them within their Evernote account. <br />
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They labeled them too. <br />
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We made a quick stop at the playground...<br />
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before we set off around town.<br />
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The little people took photos of themselves in front of the Van Meter Vet Clinic...</div>
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Van Meter City Hall<br />
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and silly ones with the librarian at the<a href="http://www.vanmeter.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={C9C1E630-8674-409F-8AF8-6E6006115D6D}" target="_blank"> Van Meter Public Library</a>. Riley had so much fun with Jolena Welker at the library. <br />
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We made a stop at the post office and<br />
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And our community walk wouldn't be complete without a stop at the <a href="http://www.bobfellermuseum.org/" target="_blank">Bob Feller Museum</a>,<br />
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Wells Fargo bank and </div>
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Tropical Snow...a favorite summer place for all of us.<br />
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When we got closer to the school, the second graders got great photos of the fields and school. </div>
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When we got back to the classroom, the students took their photographs and used<a href="http://skitch.com/" target="_blank"> Skitch</a> to make remarks about their community. When they were finished annotating, the images were stored in their Evernote accounts. </div>
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This week we will continue our Evernote project by researching within the eBooks we have about communities. <br />
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We are all having so much fun and can't wait to start creating eBooks of our own in FlipSnack!Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-3980709821435223512012-04-24T20:40:00.000-07:002012-04-24T20:45:26.740-07:00Our New Pet "Rocky" Visits Lots Of Awesome Drawings In First Grade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When children's author and my new Twitter friend <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/sauertammi" target="_blank">Tammi Sauer</a> sent me a tweet asking if I would be the home to a little "pet rock" I quickly said "YES." My friends at Van Meter would LOVE our new pet. </div>
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Tammi created these "pets" to send to her friends and readers celebrating her new book <i><a href="http://9781442408104/" target="_blank">Me Want Pet! </a> </i></div>
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So one day in the mail, Rocky arrived! Hagan and I had fun looking inside to find our new pet. </div>
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Last Friday after reading <i>Me Want Pet!</i> I showed the first graders Rocky. We talked about the setting in different books and all of the places Rocky could visit in our illustrations as well. They had a great time drawing a place for Rocky to enjoy. </div>
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Tammi <a href="http://tamarak.livejournal.com/330098.html" target="_blank">wrote</a> about the creation of all her little Rocky's on her blog (this is a picture from her blog too).<br />
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Thank you, Tammi for such a wonderful surprise and for writing amazing and FUN books for all of us to love.<br />
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We can't wait to have YOU visit our library, too!<br />
<br />Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-15925349199703280022012-04-22T17:02:00.002-07:002012-05-27T15:39:05.905-07:00Our Second Graders Are Piloting Evernote At Van Meter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love the words on the <a href="http://www.evernote.com/" target="_blank">Evernote</a> site... <i>Remember everything. Capture anything. Access anywhere. Find things fast. </i></div>
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I have always thought..."<i>Wouldn't Evernote be perfect to use in education?" </i></div>
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So, when I was contacted a few months ago to do a pilot with <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/evernoteschools" target="_blank">Evernote for Schools</a> (on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/evernoteschools" target="_blank">@evernoteschools</a>) I was so excited! </div>
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As stated on the Evernote for Schools site, "<i>Keep a lifetime of learning at your fingertips. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Evernote is a great tool for teachers and students to capture notes, save research, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, record audio and more. Everything you add to your account is automatically synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use."</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">The possibilities are endless on how Evernote can be used within our schools by students, teachers and the school community. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">As I started working with the Evernote for Schools pilot program, I wanted to do a project that would include using multiple devices (iPads, iTouches, laptops and desktops) and the new eBooks in our library collection. I went to the 2nd grade teachers, Tracy Ferguson and Mindy Doggett to see if they were interested in piloting Evernote within Van Meter....and they were in! </span></div>
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After I set up the Van Meter Evernote Group, I invited Tracy, Mindy and the rest of the staff and secondary students to join. Since the 2nd graders do not have school email addresses, I set up an account for each student by creating multiple gmail accounts from my school gmail address. (<a href="http://www.htstechtips.com/2010/09/24/multiple-google-email-addresses-one-gmail-account/" target="_blank">This blog post describes how to do this.)</a> Each student would now have an unique login and password to use with their Evernote account. </div>
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We also worked together to brainstorm what type of project we wanted to do using Evernote. Tracy, Mindy and I decided to focus on two different themes from their curriculum...."Living and Nonliving Things" in Mindy's room and "My Community" in Tracy's room. I worked with Mackin to develop two sets of eBooks. Once they were included in Van Meter's<a href="http://www.mackin.com/ESERVICES/MACKIN-VIA.aspx" target="_blank"> Mackin VIA</a>, I created Groups for each one so they would be easy for the students to find and use. </div>
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In my initial conversations with Evernote, they told me about <a href="http://skitch.com/" target="_blank">Skitch</a>. Skitch is an Evernote product which,<i>"</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><i>Gets your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster." </i>Skitch can be downloaded on a Mac computer and is also an Android and iPad app. This would be PERFECT for us to use with the eBooks and Evernote. </span></span></div>
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After each student has saved pages within their Evernote accounts, we will upload them into a "Flickr Set" using the unique email for my Flickr account. We will save them as PDF's and use all of the pages to create two flippable eBooks with the Web 2.0 tool, <a href="http://www.flipsnack.com/" target="_blank">Flipsnack</a>. We will be able to share our two Flipsnack eBooks with the school community and others. </div>
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So with everything set and ready to go, I introduced Evernote to the 2nd graders last Friday in the library. Each of them got an iPad and we (I had a few of my 8th graders with me too) helped them log into their new accounts. </div>
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They did a wonderful job listening to a few minutes of instructions on what Evernote was and what they could do with it. I taught them how to save different kinds of notes within their accounts. </div>
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I then gave them this simple instruction...<br />
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<i>"I want you to create three notes within your Evernote account. You can save a voice recording, an image or a type a note." </i><br />
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And they were off! </div>
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The second graders were figuring out how to rename the things they were saving and how to delete them from their accounts all by themselves....and I loved watching them help each other. <br />
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This boy couldn't wait to get started with his research so he asked me if he could get a book off of the shelf and "<i>take notes in my Evernote account."</i><br />
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The 2nd graders loved showing off the photographs they were taking with the iPads and storing in their Evernote accounts.<br />
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And they were excited to learn that they would be able to get to these notes anywhere once they signed into their Evernote account. One boy said, <i>"You mean I can log into my account on my iPad at home and look at the pictures I took in the library today?</i>" <br />
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We were so happy that the second graders loved Evernote and the projects that we were going to work on during the last month of school. <br />
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And as you can hear in Meridan's explaination of Evernote, they really loved today. Being given the opportunity and freedom to use a tool like this was a big deal for them....and they did an amazing job.<br />
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I can't wait to see what happens this week as we take walking tours, use Skitch with photographs and the eBooks, and learn even more about Evernote.Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-73944322239324348222012-04-07T22:43:00.001-07:002012-04-23T16:20:50.020-07:00Our 3rd Grade Country Project...Something A Little Different This Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/mrs-volk/" target="_blank">Ann Volk</a>, one of our third grade teachers, and I do a big country project together. When Ann and I started planning the country project together this year, I was so excited when she wanted to do something a little different. </div>
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In this project, the students have certain information that they must find through research. In the past, they use index cards to record the information that they find. This year, Ann and I created the <a href="http://vanmeterthirdgradecountryprojects.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Van Meter Third Grade Country Projects Wiki</a>. By keeping the wiki public the students are able to edit the page and add their research into the wiki. </div>
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The two classes of third graders were able to choose if they wanted to work together or by themselves. They also picked the country that they wanted to research. <br />
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After the students had their country, Ann added a page for each, along with the list of information that they were to locate. </div>
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All of the third graders are doing a terrific job at adding their research to their country pages. </div>
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Ann and I also made sure that the students and parents were able to find the information about the Country Project easily and when they needed it. We created a page entitled <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/mrs-volk/country-project-information-under-construction" target="_blank">Mrs. Volk's Country Project Information </a>on her <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/mrs-volk/" target="_blank">Google Site. </a><br />
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I added the Country Project information, to the<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/van-meter-technology/author-and-book-news/3rd-grade" target="_blank"> 3rd Grade page</a> on the Van Meter Elementary Library and Technology Voice Google Site (littlevanmetervoice.com).</div>
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Also, I included the links to places they could go for their research, including....</div>
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<a href="http://www.school.eb.com/elementary" target="_blank">Britannica School Edition Elementary School...</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/index.php" target="_blank">CultureGrams Kids Edition....</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/" target="_blank">The CIA World Fact Book</a> and<br />
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The World Fact-Book app that I downloaded onto the iTouches and iPads.<br />
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They really liked using the World Fact-Book app...it gave them a lot of the information that they needed. <br />
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Ann and I have been co-teaching and collaborating in the classroom, computer lab and library over the last two weeks. It has been so much fun seeing how much they are enjoying this project. As they do their research, they are excited about what they are learning and anxious to show us. <br />
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I love how she is using her the screen space...she has her page on the wiki open and CultureGrams. </div>
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These two students are researching in both Brittanica and CultureGrams. They were comparing the information that they found about their country before they recorded it in the wiki. <br />
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As the students finish up their research within the wiki, they will start creating their Country Project. They can use FlipSnack/SlideSnack, Animoto or VoiceThread, along with other Web 2.0 tools such as Wordle and Tagul. The students will also find a recipe from their country to contribute to a collaborative online recipe book. <br />
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And the culminating activity will be creating a Little Bird Tale together. The theme of the book will be <i>Did You Know This About...(country)? </i><br />
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The Little Bird Tale and their other projects will be so much fun to share with our school community and the world. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GZICk48vR4vJ8e38WKWm55uh-xUPtgckx4NR9E3fvAx77HqcNaRr563A06sWEdCOsfcdGmdgicM3QOquAiriAkLRbkOlvaMyydO6DUd4XAo2TGWlEde0EKt0vQdlOJnpYECh__GnRfY/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.27.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GZICk48vR4vJ8e38WKWm55uh-xUPtgckx4NR9E3fvAx77HqcNaRr563A06sWEdCOsfcdGmdgicM3QOquAiriAkLRbkOlvaMyydO6DUd4XAo2TGWlEde0EKt0vQdlOJnpYECh__GnRfY/s400/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.27.23+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"<i>Mrs. Miller, my brother showed me the coolest dinosaur book on our computer at home. Can you show me where I can find that book so I can look for other books about dinosaurs and aliens and football all by myself." ~</i>Van Meter Kindergartener<i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the last few months I have been teaching our students, teachers and school community about <a href="http://www.mackin.com/via" target="_blank">Mackin VIA</a>. Through our Mackin VIA Roll-Out Day, connecting with teachers and integrating the eBooks into the curriculum, fun activities, posters and cards throughout the school, an open house during conferences and spreading the word through our library site, blogs, Destiny and by using social media, we have been able to share our new eResources with most everyone at Van Meter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ones that I hadn't reached yet were our littlest ones....the ones in kindergarten and first grade. I have now been working with them for the last two weeks. I introduced Mackin VIA in their classrooms...on the MacBooks and using the iPads. Then in first grade, their fourth grade buddies helped them navigate their way through different eBooks. In kindergarten, I shared an eBook with them about baby animals one afternoon. And some have used it at home, especially if they have older siblings like the boy above. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwjO_egeaFXamkq18DZVmN0wrNrcW7l3iyw1akXs3g1QYk-Im036BUguBJpGP-URQ2mIp90IxALsEVDNV4opRQVqtuqYr1FI5WObVki0l9-XLnVSf9UnPw88OCZ6dUhw1_P43z73aRRU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-07+at+1.23.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwjO_egeaFXamkq18DZVmN0wrNrcW7l3iyw1akXs3g1QYk-Im036BUguBJpGP-URQ2mIp90IxALsEVDNV4opRQVqtuqYr1FI5WObVki0l9-XLnVSf9UnPw88OCZ6dUhw1_P43z73aRRU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-07+at+1.23.16+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week I wanted to teach them about the <a href="http://www.mackin.com/ESERVICES/MACKIN-VIA.aspx" target="_blank">Categories within Mackin VIA</a><a href="http://www.mackin.com/ESERVICES/MACKIN-VIA.aspx" target="_blank">.</a> Within VIA, the administrator can set up Categories, which allows users to search through popular categories to find what they need. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My goal was to teach them how easy it would be to find the eBooks that they wanted to if they knew what first grader Landon learned in the computer lab and library...</div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3iCcjkiFNoA" width="560"></iframe><br />
I wanted them to be able to not only use this new knowledge about how Mackin VIA was organized at school, but also at home or anywhere they have access to it.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSdatp-TSwPURTPGE6gxxNegbBvx6MZmzL-K121IjOaPiiml5eZVW5hPV0f2tP9ONlZHdMBPqEHvjaD361pzcMdCicpaKt4VmtuJLrK0bjosDAikdR0-v9ln_QrEtXWPN-pg0H95Al1I/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.40.03+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSdatp-TSwPURTPGE6gxxNegbBvx6MZmzL-K121IjOaPiiml5eZVW5hPV0f2tP9ONlZHdMBPqEHvjaD361pzcMdCicpaKt4VmtuJLrK0bjosDAikdR0-v9ln_QrEtXWPN-pg0H95Al1I/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.40.03+PM.png" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I created a fun activity using QR Codes, iTouches and the Categories of eBooks found within Van Meter's Mackin VIA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdQg4TJTDPK3edk_Iri_zqjUpwJNvHNDTMGeglWXKUCzZQlih0yajrQwYFMPyHHNT24uhURu3j4ub2PQ_vueYz-pmUjyZv2vnXBTIE8ZBPOarbM3cldU1-LfP8H8t3VvR-2A53mKY4pQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+10.35.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdQg4TJTDPK3edk_Iri_zqjUpwJNvHNDTMGeglWXKUCzZQlih0yajrQwYFMPyHHNT24uhURu3j4ub2PQ_vueYz-pmUjyZv2vnXBTIE8ZBPOarbM3cldU1-LfP8H8t3VvR-2A53mKY4pQ/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+10.35.41+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are different Categories including Animals, Art and Music, History, Supernatural and more. The Categories can be set up to fit the needs of your library, taking into consideration things like the collection and patrons. This is very easy to do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGtmInq9MjQ6mfUIqodWirAfN0AEA2pCVimweFKAE3RqZxLo9m147yDVPWvyVt5QcsM6Bg9ytm0kgOQExLZmymTNs15UFzWYzibi_F3-APMfMx0ANuTxibZyAKTRcQ_LFjudygpWYgiY/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-07+at+5.31.42+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGtmInq9MjQ6mfUIqodWirAfN0AEA2pCVimweFKAE3RqZxLo9m147yDVPWvyVt5QcsM6Bg9ytm0kgOQExLZmymTNs15UFzWYzibi_F3-APMfMx0ANuTxibZyAKTRcQ_LFjudygpWYgiY/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-07+at+5.31.42+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once logged into the<a href="http://www.mackin.com/Default.aspx" target="_blank"> Mackin Educational Resources website</a>, you will find "My Mackin" on the right hand side. Under this tab, there is a another tab called "My Mackin VIA." In "Settings," the administrator can manage the Categories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we convert our elementary collection to the book store model of classification, the way that I have the Categories set up within our VIA will change too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEl2N6h05X4bjPRHIzzmqw74Sv0AS6RyFJQHjuY82uURDPWt7S57W_eAwYTbJJ9V2iAOON9zg3_dT-O4SVO5HfDZg2PSxxjL-uXpCvh61Hy6OTkTNS43NqNiS9pRKCQa9kZMcHEVg0j0/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.28.47+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEl2N6h05X4bjPRHIzzmqw74Sv0AS6RyFJQHjuY82uURDPWt7S57W_eAwYTbJJ9V2iAOON9zg3_dT-O4SVO5HfDZg2PSxxjL-uXpCvh61Hy6OTkTNS43NqNiS9pRKCQa9kZMcHEVg0j0/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.28.47+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to create QR codes for nine of the different Categories so I took a tiny screen shot of each image. I then uploaded them into a new <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonmmiller/sets/72157629753895751/" target="_blank">Flickr Group</a> I created for this project. I also created one QR code containing a certain eBook that they would find within Mackin VIA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKTap6Sw3ktAVXzkWpr2sNSlaVzydY6QAkPisPjRn9TDXVwLzhkkk4rp1KUcIsl9RDJb1Ip0OixjjizD3Av2WhDWZzhLPpZG63yLLeKyKZXhCm5604z8P8zPSXDFH054rbCK9A__tqyE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.15.15+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKTap6Sw3ktAVXzkWpr2sNSlaVzydY6QAkPisPjRn9TDXVwLzhkkk4rp1KUcIsl9RDJb1Ip0OixjjizD3Av2WhDWZzhLPpZG63yLLeKyKZXhCm5604z8P8zPSXDFH054rbCK9A__tqyE/s200/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.15.15+AM.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EGzYzvn16kp2zEA3MbU1B6REdw8xnyM1-f7hkYcOgGb2OKDXi7BnEWseU-Rbi6sTYzwwcYaXWhNECl08-OAJPTU5uW02ThEyzzkbXj-9f0w4tdAhuezkI5QnacbeKIaOzcQsL515578/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.26.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EGzYzvn16kp2zEA3MbU1B6REdw8xnyM1-f7hkYcOgGb2OKDXi7BnEWseU-Rbi6sTYzwwcYaXWhNECl08-OAJPTU5uW02ThEyzzkbXj-9f0w4tdAhuezkI5QnacbeKIaOzcQsL515578/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.26.23+PM.png" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I created all ten of the QR codes using <a href="http://kawya.com/">Kawya</a>, took a screen shot of each as they were created and uploaded them into the <i>What eBook can you find in this Mackin VIA category? </i>Google Doc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXfnx5d0xVqX49lZtefGLSWs4sJ-G_A8UqfzKewWKaR7alQoDUci96p5mSvep9MibLHLyfqwHhndFRpbn9_ap4CxeMrji1C4GybOHWqBreSNbEUbEtVcOlK9IRQR5XsBK8Kh-wT5ataE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXfnx5d0xVqX49lZtefGLSWs4sJ-G_A8UqfzKewWKaR7alQoDUci96p5mSvep9MibLHLyfqwHhndFRpbn9_ap4CxeMrji1C4GybOHWqBreSNbEUbEtVcOlK9IRQR5XsBK8Kh-wT5ataE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.00+PM.png" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnN9tTXmLcre2waX7Fdesh6sV-sdFHegbQGB-Wvvf0LyMV7G6GVPY_6zqDMaEZexHWFpCtmu_KMzv4DMfUH6-V__vx9tAsMvhiOhxxJq4pGSMznk7Z40Ja7LvfzHs9YaadYmG8jWna1Co/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.31.38+PM.png" width="235" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After I explained the activity and answered any questions that they had about Mackin VIA, we had the students pair up with a purple sheet of QR codes, an iTouch, a computer and a friend. They scanned the QR codes to find the different Categories they would be searching for eBooks in and found a lot of new ones to read and listen to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxZDrdTWHeYPM8prdJN2tAnYnBDxF-B9CI5Cq9njq-ipjm4iVNQI30rxLFEnOYp1ZkLHzY5Sdm5HILkNi9GNWm9Zf74bRzf2CvY6PZ0Wb01Uun0_Z7-Ch9x5eLubtpX5lABLGgZh8BE4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxZDrdTWHeYPM8prdJN2tAnYnBDxF-B9CI5Cq9njq-ipjm4iVNQI30rxLFEnOYp1ZkLHzY5Sdm5HILkNi9GNWm9Zf74bRzf2CvY6PZ0Wb01Uun0_Z7-Ch9x5eLubtpX5lABLGgZh8BE4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.36+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkH0dfY8VEnGhfMKNwnwrZNrAWko9_cn3Jw3nB6db5YaDYmD2A200EzuxYYL0iFcCMGT3mQVbsMOUkEW1VJBwBCL9MDVFk135VGioGrmWHf0iKoBDiQlHmDKn6hTogemPTy3UFIlrcaI/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkH0dfY8VEnGhfMKNwnwrZNrAWko9_cn3Jw3nB6db5YaDYmD2A200EzuxYYL0iFcCMGT3mQVbsMOUkEW1VJBwBCL9MDVFk135VGioGrmWHf0iKoBDiQlHmDKn6hTogemPTy3UFIlrcaI/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.46+PM.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9se0LjFWxlL68NakAZ3m667Qr1nMi3IV6sNqxtzGIklEWjJUk1LgfcEGi55HPMwDggyw09Eqgsn_x2lGqikTzNxRl2dZHu1rDtIKaQFJFsAKiVzWM_tAXWQoZvGp-4XbPbTNYilOsCbw/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.30.18+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9se0LjFWxlL68NakAZ3m667Qr1nMi3IV6sNqxtzGIklEWjJUk1LgfcEGi55HPMwDggyw09Eqgsn_x2lGqikTzNxRl2dZHu1rDtIKaQFJFsAKiVzWM_tAXWQoZvGp-4XbPbTNYilOsCbw/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.30.18+PM.png" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzTqbaAXXAhBolkTv-hNFEQTR9jU1Q_GYfi7ilnSfPW52orguR7cyFbwDykA-e7pEEW5TvJ9NikgE7wkb5UXGwNFa7LHaesvLk-58dk5zUSlx11fvRiJtG2cJFZoagSBAEA3-VJA1ltY/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzTqbaAXXAhBolkTv-hNFEQTR9jU1Q_GYfi7ilnSfPW52orguR7cyFbwDykA-e7pEEW5TvJ9NikgE7wkb5UXGwNFa7LHaesvLk-58dk5zUSlx11fvRiJtG2cJFZoagSBAEA3-VJA1ltY/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.57+PM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMThbLsNcg64ohy1tblEeoWtXo3Bwq1Ilhy2sUj-DuVNiBYblCrCVY5vhxp8gUYQv2dJLhdTVFifb8kOLnhQIUIlJMaqfHbUVz0iSgOqhQIBFISdk3zT5KnPTqaBqX7SBHJxE3BmHh_s/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.43+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMThbLsNcg64ohy1tblEeoWtXo3Bwq1Ilhy2sUj-DuVNiBYblCrCVY5vhxp8gUYQv2dJLhdTVFifb8kOLnhQIUIlJMaqfHbUVz0iSgOqhQIBFISdk3zT5KnPTqaBqX7SBHJxE3BmHh_s/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.43+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As the Categories were found, they started to understand how the eBooks were organized within Mackin VIA. It was so much fun hearing them discuss between themselves why they thought an eBook was in the Animal Category or Science Category. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6Q0pCm7gy4bGhUa-KCGOkw7vyFi0wXSqn4olcePDPo_TVGOxgHaTcinIUlrNmOBrvA0tfmci5xmQ2w1PIHbDkXLVbjS52R8I5ow9j0hxn8Dk8b1WvfguzufMYUeevbJJHBgoS6aPBYU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6Q0pCm7gy4bGhUa-KCGOkw7vyFi0wXSqn4olcePDPo_TVGOxgHaTcinIUlrNmOBrvA0tfmci5xmQ2w1PIHbDkXLVbjS52R8I5ow9j0hxn8Dk8b1WvfguzufMYUeevbJJHBgoS6aPBYU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.29.56+PM.png" width="237" /></a></div>They marked off the QR codes they scanned as new eBooks were discovered in each Category. <br />
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Mike and I worked together in the computer lab during library and technology time this week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzHU3o19ux53Yhx4z4pZvyTVpy6hIUTs3zkmKLH2RQ20i6hjR2FvDjOpOhNlrdwcBuc0CmbpeIsCv6Ef-A1kRSmoDdr4-nSgLch85txuGANhacSEpLy7_qHmlUlqJ9B_klra_DMIfw0s/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.41.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzHU3o19ux53Yhx4z4pZvyTVpy6hIUTs3zkmKLH2RQ20i6hjR2FvDjOpOhNlrdwcBuc0CmbpeIsCv6Ef-A1kRSmoDdr4-nSgLch85txuGANhacSEpLy7_qHmlUlqJ9B_klra_DMIfw0s/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.41.29+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When they scanned QR Code 5, a book cover came up on the iTouch screen. They were to look for <i>Animal Babies ABC </i>within Mackin VIA. Some of the students looked in the Animals Category while others typed the titles in the Search bar. I even had one group start at the beginning of the eBooks and find it that way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzL2Slky6dgS2NnJ5iHVE84ey4re0yiQM_NyhnhGDml7EE2qJpvcG3KJyJUbA5j-rEwxD2Xx5nku6PbFNEVFB2w5-wmWsv1WTZCqITDIuuJfN9kegA9GL4IE9av5WpvqdX7hvAxUR7xU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzL2Slky6dgS2NnJ5iHVE84ey4re0yiQM_NyhnhGDml7EE2qJpvcG3KJyJUbA5j-rEwxD2Xx5nku6PbFNEVFB2w5-wmWsv1WTZCqITDIuuJfN9kegA9GL4IE9av5WpvqdX7hvAxUR7xU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.02+PM.png" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwOXcf3Qr3OQBuJFQwN4ppnid682tZWRGM9B6SxanQDwkiWiE5qXRnKK8u0EPYFlcpGiDnowEwNVe0rCSW4QbRyE4zl74SEul6L-H8Izrv3IOOXfh74O7rarKYq2_yfYT3u_xY3oUNUg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.30.26+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwOXcf3Qr3OQBuJFQwN4ppnid682tZWRGM9B6SxanQDwkiWiE5qXRnKK8u0EPYFlcpGiDnowEwNVe0rCSW4QbRyE4zl74SEul6L-H8Izrv3IOOXfh74O7rarKYq2_yfYT3u_xY3oUNUg/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.30.26+PM.png" width="237" /></a></div>No matter how they searched, they were all very happy when they found the eBook and loved reading it. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsvTm3aUIqUUGc3KggV52pOKm199YuWTVYy-uJG78Qkjl8jnnKxh0o7Q_7FhhymDkEARsfgCHbsSGONwnWS4mWqcD_S5ZxbL9tr7b-dR1W2bOYWujI1jYoisSYnLeeqVlEkM2REphDDc/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsvTm3aUIqUUGc3KggV52pOKm199YuWTVYy-uJG78Qkjl8jnnKxh0o7Q_7FhhymDkEARsfgCHbsSGONwnWS4mWqcD_S5ZxbL9tr7b-dR1W2bOYWujI1jYoisSYnLeeqVlEkM2REphDDc/s320/Screen+shot+2012-04-06+at+11.32.19+PM.png" width="232" /></a></div>As you can see, the little people at Van Meter LOVE all of the new books they now have to read. It gives them a whole new look into nonfiction and the information that they can find online in the eBooks and other eResources contained within Mackin VIA. <br />
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I was at a friends house this afternoon and her first grade daughter said,<br />
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"<i>Mom, we are learning about Mackin VIA in the library." </i><br />
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I loved having my friend Holly ask me to show her the eBooks. For their four children, they now have an amazing online library at home too.Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-85606217751099325102012-03-25T15:33:00.002-07:002012-03-25T15:33:42.913-07:00A Little FUN In The Library.....Mackin VIA Open House and Scholastic Book Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6rO-lhkU8avIVpAKYVpbeBJ4Cm5ogwIJzTx1ToNbbay1S74_jTNT0jb5DWRx0jVI785AJsPlQpaY4jlzul9uwkr6faXRRKskjZb7Vta22G09LcCHLNR1weEVfB2X5g8ohiWs9KbY71g/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.30.13+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6rO-lhkU8avIVpAKYVpbeBJ4Cm5ogwIJzTx1ToNbbay1S74_jTNT0jb5DWRx0jVI785AJsPlQpaY4jlzul9uwkr6faXRRKskjZb7Vta22G09LcCHLNR1weEVfB2X5g8ohiWs9KbY71g/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.30.13+AM.png" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a little FUN in the Van Meter library last week! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcUZY4yHQagZWcaxbI9R8T3If8B0mOmBYx9VabMm1qIIUVuXuvAHKKXDs_F32nTKgxNI0FePmf0hb9b4XRn6gxntChwifgV4BUOPo_8FRQVANjMmZvMQtrLFaZkX7SkJaBKmfg_uNyDg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.37.51+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcUZY4yHQagZWcaxbI9R8T3If8B0mOmBYx9VabMm1qIIUVuXuvAHKKXDs_F32nTKgxNI0FePmf0hb9b4XRn6gxntChwifgV4BUOPo_8FRQVANjMmZvMQtrLFaZkX7SkJaBKmfg_uNyDg/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.37.51+PM.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXCNJFejoWPgLkx6u_bAoqFyzV1GPrPp2otx6_UY4rRL_TZU_1D3M91lpam91YOgDoS3oJt-7Fno2Y0u3QsxCTPTHsSQn0p3d8xO2WOty98FCFaxl9AGULa5mkts0WnwlPJOJLz0k_0o/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.33.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXCNJFejoWPgLkx6u_bAoqFyzV1GPrPp2otx6_UY4rRL_TZU_1D3M91lpam91YOgDoS3oJt-7Fno2Y0u3QsxCTPTHsSQn0p3d8xO2WOty98FCFaxl9AGULa5mkts0WnwlPJOJLz0k_0o/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.33.15+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During conferences, we always hold a Scholastic Book Fair. This wonderful event puts books into the hands of our little people and brings books and other resources to our libraries. It is one of the most exciting events for our families each year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRQZY1-n_EDmwmeOIXm_up4cC2yzNssuXZA_P0MLHFN0xSkj_ZWjKaIIf6g2HH3gyZtzQR1nVPqo0xXBwUiEZ68ydmIO2ut8y57nztNV7rLAFv7gzWnNrN_CciKAWEMP6WMhDjn9TNGA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.25.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRQZY1-n_EDmwmeOIXm_up4cC2yzNssuXZA_P0MLHFN0xSkj_ZWjKaIIf6g2HH3gyZtzQR1nVPqo0xXBwUiEZ68ydmIO2ut8y57nztNV7rLAFv7gzWnNrN_CciKAWEMP6WMhDjn9TNGA/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.25.01+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since we have been celebrating the addition of Mackin VIA and amazing eBooks into our school, I thought it would be fun to also hold an open house where our students could share VIA and the eBooks with their parents and our school community. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sj3C5zJ9_slDDdz7UBy19Gq6R3tX6H3tmVdUWMdOsU0OnUOVbCoMPl1nQRiJ7JRFjjixrAPCgLq8EkwSRvMvOO0ayyR3RrIXEgv3Sc63ws7FDbYrBQpsXOkCdXDJiqCcRM0yftfKu4c/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.32.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sj3C5zJ9_slDDdz7UBy19Gq6R3tX6H3tmVdUWMdOsU0OnUOVbCoMPl1nQRiJ7JRFjjixrAPCgLq8EkwSRvMvOO0ayyR3RrIXEgv3Sc63ws7FDbYrBQpsXOkCdXDJiqCcRM0yftfKu4c/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.32.02+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took the photographs that I have been taking of them using VIA and created fun posters to post around our school. I sent out a poster as an invitation to our entire school community to let everyone know about this special event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qh2dZqddL1B5mZ4dypUiLVLaxdiOZnmDcImhgYAyiWqnxvU1Kn4LE5LTMkVnCJGHiQoJCts7N-59uqsTmKdIhPcqe53WLROgF6mpUkHxBJVYLEYPRFq2NWs0lVd14JDOXRn8cQ4fRFo/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.31.36+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qh2dZqddL1B5mZ4dypUiLVLaxdiOZnmDcImhgYAyiWqnxvU1Kn4LE5LTMkVnCJGHiQoJCts7N-59uqsTmKdIhPcqe53WLROgF6mpUkHxBJVYLEYPRFq2NWs0lVd14JDOXRn8cQ4fRFo/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.31.36+AM.png" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXGbVdbkWwsDURc9p_KXYDBVoB76-PTLFgYhMS7qS-l2zzIaRjnVHlXwnha9Hre3SC2ZStu1zAUj9tkcnF-OCR5w2_sEbgXCKwGyZXDjZiVhSOp_FhQLXY_wuo8zVUDWk5PXhpI29kD4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.30.46+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXGbVdbkWwsDURc9p_KXYDBVoB76-PTLFgYhMS7qS-l2zzIaRjnVHlXwnha9Hre3SC2ZStu1zAUj9tkcnF-OCR5w2_sEbgXCKwGyZXDjZiVhSOp_FhQLXY_wuo8zVUDWk5PXhpI29kD4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-13+at+9.30.46+AM.png" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWookGpAz0DtWlOenCo736qM5QdOWotXOhw15PBH5SoCTYR7ivdwp_0CgUB5HsbGzYbw38fxBiM7CmXuYcl_J6HVmLAZwJ2IsqvMDVqcMiIaWS6mfFocvYViFAwwEgwo_NvNku4w_Y3ko/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.48.54+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWookGpAz0DtWlOenCo736qM5QdOWotXOhw15PBH5SoCTYR7ivdwp_0CgUB5HsbGzYbw38fxBiM7CmXuYcl_J6HVmLAZwJ2IsqvMDVqcMiIaWS6mfFocvYViFAwwEgwo_NvNku4w_Y3ko/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.48.54+PM.png" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2AsuuRHUQw-7osTNj3cBgeEUrf2-YHY2Dq6d9nevM33jvWp5FkeMcaeMPTarpe47YOb07KEJjcPUC8IOBOLzSRDoMBq2AZUVi0TZBS52P_PHyCGNjefr88xBl8S-W0ERoLrDSVOWSpc/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.30.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2AsuuRHUQw-7osTNj3cBgeEUrf2-YHY2Dq6d9nevM33jvWp5FkeMcaeMPTarpe47YOb07KEJjcPUC8IOBOLzSRDoMBq2AZUVi0TZBS52P_PHyCGNjefr88xBl8S-W0ERoLrDSVOWSpc/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.30.21+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqzTMhOFUp5Jk-UACswWf5b5nfpHIJ2ZZ6WvjW2Ie7Bp2ewpTef0Na-FqEPKZnzFRo0ZFqYRq8v_2K6U8RHe2ndmqYPnuEaf24TabhtiotJ5qJTieMBEzUfkUMbG30deIU_z2CfrY3mE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.24.44+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqzTMhOFUp5Jk-UACswWf5b5nfpHIJ2ZZ6WvjW2Ie7Bp2ewpTef0Na-FqEPKZnzFRo0ZFqYRq8v_2K6U8RHe2ndmqYPnuEaf24TabhtiotJ5qJTieMBEzUfkUMbG30deIU_z2CfrY3mE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.24.44+PM.png" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUsuUaEt-7hnvfTD67u2z70munRtCK2iG35BovehrPOKt6tYNR31h7QD8UDx2p_Rr1f0ZOm59u5OI4XEQnWxttXb_cGZwpghdg0cYuqbCj_uuW_a12mCMZY_tNkdAsdKImfmckdCWhww/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.27.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUsuUaEt-7hnvfTD67u2z70munRtCK2iG35BovehrPOKt6tYNR31h7QD8UDx2p_Rr1f0ZOm59u5OI4XEQnWxttXb_cGZwpghdg0cYuqbCj_uuW_a12mCMZY_tNkdAsdKImfmckdCWhww/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+5.27.49+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We had over 50 families visit the elementary computer lab to learn more about VIA on the two nights of conferences.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFi6-eosdhusbrWaVhStriSytU4yinzCzMyodNpAwEGrGcoGYFyGpjzuNSXV6P9HY_ykJnuQG2JEFVcFyEuciCA4eOTb5PashDiNOmaJcWGfTxStuy7WurZzJ3ut7mbMYEABiEHfz4dY/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+10.53.39+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFi6-eosdhusbrWaVhStriSytU4yinzCzMyodNpAwEGrGcoGYFyGpjzuNSXV6P9HY_ykJnuQG2JEFVcFyEuciCA4eOTb5PashDiNOmaJcWGfTxStuy7WurZzJ3ut7mbMYEABiEHfz4dY/s320/Screen+shot+2012-03-25+at+10.53.39+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They logged into Mackin VIA on the desktops to show their families....it was great seeing these two brothers enjoy the eBooks together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTSDxxQIQLg6gvummoA_b4ArRRQhhPtzA0XBlQxCLsyKPn1xCdThAkM1DLm-Vrsl7Q4NfGP-k-tRiDsxkhreA5l06QI0ZxTFCONqdQr5NPpDMQs45aCZ6EAmuKXl54m8ZgfWBeZ-ufRE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.41.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTSDxxQIQLg6gvummoA_b4ArRRQhhPtzA0XBlQxCLsyKPn1xCdThAkM1DLm-Vrsl7Q4NfGP-k-tRiDsxkhreA5l06QI0ZxTFCONqdQr5NPpDMQs45aCZ6EAmuKXl54m8ZgfWBeZ-ufRE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.41.41+PM.png" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using the iPads and iTouches, they scanned the QR code on the Mackin VIA cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sP-HTp0LQhj5LE1vb_Ppu9dHaHYWUinLezh8-aDepBp35aYn-p2lVB3Li6rJg7zIyKEoyJi6j2JUh_FPeu6HykLKt6wC8rPyqWj4QufVlxnJVtXhORF7SefAdf15GR3ekyBDBo0vyKs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.54.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sP-HTp0LQhj5LE1vb_Ppu9dHaHYWUinLezh8-aDepBp35aYn-p2lVB3Li6rJg7zIyKEoyJi6j2JUh_FPeu6HykLKt6wC8rPyqWj4QufVlxnJVtXhORF7SefAdf15GR3ekyBDBo0vyKs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.54.23+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I also loved watching the kids grab their parents cell phones to scan the QR codes on the posters hung around the school and log into Mackin VIA.<br />
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What FUN we will have in the library!Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-33388033198829790932012-03-15T12:24:00.001-07:002012-03-15T12:25:03.558-07:00Awesome Cereal Commercials All About Books!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLC31392009738AB17&hl=en_US" width="560"></iframe><br />
The 4th graders in Jenny Stephens classroom have created some AWESOME cereal commercials about the books they have read. <br />
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After the little people created cereal boxes about their book (and even a fun prize for inside the box), they wrote a script for a commercial. <br />
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Then they created their commercials using iMovie with all of the fun themes, sounds, transitions and special effects. <br />
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I loved seeing how these young people worked together as well to make their commercials fun and unique for their audience. <br />
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You can see all of their commercials in the YouTube Playlist entitled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC31392009738AB17" target="_blank"><i>Book Cereal Box Commercials...4th Grade Jenny Stephens</i>.</a>..it is the one embedded above.<br />
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And look at how much fun they had creating their commercials....<br />
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Nikki Hawkins, a student from Grand View University who has been student teaching in Staci Braun's 4th grade classroom, was visiting us in the library. She is awesome! Nikki read <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sock-Monkey-Boogie-Woogie-Friend-Made/dp/076362392X" target="_blank">Sock Monkey Boogie-Woogie, A Friend Is Made</a> </i>by Cece Bell....one of our most favorite authors at Van Meter!<br />
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It is packed with great posts, a link on how to join the "<a href="http://cecebell.wordpress.com/join-the-sock-monkey-fan-club/" target="_blank">Sock Monkey Fan Club</a>"...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJJ98gSll6o?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>and even a video created by Cece called <a href="http://cecebell.wordpress.com/how-to-draw-sock-monkey/" target="_blank">Learn To Draw Sock Monkey the Cece Bell Way.</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRbdg_4tvCdUNbRRa80ty_1KKoWrv3mVjjdHxE3ExD7AIWoj38iUku2FB7WV1eXiI7YYDYF71NWOE-WNP2pt0QbCW0SueN8tHHWatfZRBRgs3pg_ClmiWxTfPZBBsSUubsdWgBMGq8pU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.35.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRbdg_4tvCdUNbRRa80ty_1KKoWrv3mVjjdHxE3ExD7AIWoj38iUku2FB7WV1eXiI7YYDYF71NWOE-WNP2pt0QbCW0SueN8tHHWatfZRBRgs3pg_ClmiWxTfPZBBsSUubsdWgBMGq8pU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.35.36+PM.png" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nikki read to the 1st and 2nd graders. It is such a funny book and we all laughed a lot while she read it....and danced a little too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aYadkucISDxkafXsm6jGvWjTymtzlAqxUWn2c_ht_joewiEILXki_crboZTgNuzjYESvt-iSsnEzJ7vBTb4ZAEFiD_30b776mQZ0_BVg-Z31nWsgGbBND6JXEHkRSgxYFXtrNDkykZE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+4.10.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aYadkucISDxkafXsm6jGvWjTymtzlAqxUWn2c_ht_joewiEILXki_crboZTgNuzjYESvt-iSsnEzJ7vBTb4ZAEFiD_30b776mQZ0_BVg-Z31nWsgGbBND6JXEHkRSgxYFXtrNDkykZE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+4.10.55+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When she was finished reading, I had the iTouches ready with a new app called "<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8" target="_blank">Sock Puppets</a>." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhbsQVboqEdnQYjBCHFslzhwCMp14xztyaHpYBUODIZSjw_gYs4rMl46jECm-54P1qft1GFXA_1XrrmFN14QY0oZDJPXRzMjeT62zFEoAvx1Hata-V51Cr-dH-Tm2LCQuonUyWowPd7s/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.35.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhbsQVboqEdnQYjBCHFslzhwCMp14xztyaHpYBUODIZSjw_gYs4rMl46jECm-54P1qft1GFXA_1XrrmFN14QY0oZDJPXRzMjeT62zFEoAvx1Hata-V51Cr-dH-Tm2LCQuonUyWowPd7s/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.35.00+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As the website for the app states, "Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synced videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating."</span><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3AuOHyq5W73fTXDuAs-rrmKiL4Ju7oXeJoONdP-SCWMQfJN5BtbmS0Ig9T-B6xZGqWY2vqQWUKNG9K8bgAWt4afRQgzM5ayydJC0oykaJV9Mzvu4liAouyFXwu8dMtkRDrxUpHUQ94w/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.53.18+PM.png" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of the groups did a wonderful job of working together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFE0vjzOCMQEHR-7rC945mbeVa5vktQww3VH06vbMJ6FBDpqtvM2bvAlxdNUXpHTKFjkyA-_nv-nOoB0iCt8JPnD3MFkRtVY4cpLR1QJf9sZ4CsxWsCL1DNMaSsDwnpjYSpkp6Dqt_w_k/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.53.48+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFE0vjzOCMQEHR-7rC945mbeVa5vktQww3VH06vbMJ6FBDpqtvM2bvAlxdNUXpHTKFjkyA-_nv-nOoB0iCt8JPnD3MFkRtVY4cpLR1QJf9sZ4CsxWsCL1DNMaSsDwnpjYSpkp6Dqt_w_k/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-25+at+2.53.48+PM.png" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our friend Beth Swantz, who was visiting Van Meter, enjoyed watching the little people create their sock puppet productions too. </div><br />
Next week when the 1st and 2nd graders come to library, they will be creating productions to share with others at Van Meter and online. It is going to be another really FUN day.<br />
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This afternoon my 1st grader Hagan and his friend Easton made this movie called <i>Let's Go To The Library</i> and....<br />
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my daughter Brianna and her boyfriend Jaden created <i>Jaden and Bri Going Off To College. </i><br />
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sock monkeys and sock puppets can bring loads of laughs and creativity to anyone.Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-52077427185000922042012-02-20T14:29:00.000-08:002012-02-20T15:17:57.272-08:00Something Exciting Has Come To Van Meter..... Mackin VIA and eBooks!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="p1"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bbq1ZfmBX3RpYsTHCKrETCPEeOhHOeMa6ZIXl0MIEN2eNst5hFme6J9dxbZoVWGrRAs2QcPjbGFKNvWRn4tLqO7A6SYaB99-_-vMfgQa9fpmCgqs4PrJFYYi707qwMQhgoX5r-QQLKg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.18.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bbq1ZfmBX3RpYsTHCKrETCPEeOhHOeMa6ZIXl0MIEN2eNst5hFme6J9dxbZoVWGrRAs2QcPjbGFKNvWRn4tLqO7A6SYaB99-_-vMfgQa9fpmCgqs4PrJFYYi707qwMQhgoX5r-QQLKg/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.18.30+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students and teachers are so excited for something NEW we have at Van Meter! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is an online eBook management system called <a href="http://www.mackin.com/viaenter.aspx" target="_blank">Mackin VIA</a>. And inside of Mackin VIA are over 160 eBooks which will always be available, 24/7, with no waiting. These electronic resources were purchased by <a href="http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/" target="_blank">Heartland AEA</a> as part of an incredible initiative to bring eBooks into our schools and into the lives of of students, teachers and community. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/" target="_blank">Heartland AEA </a>has provided us with access to Scholastic's<a href="http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php" target="_blank"> BookFlix</a> and <a href="http://auth.grolier.com/login/tfx/login.php" target="_blank">TrueFlix,</a> which is mainly for our elementary students. By adding these eBooks, we are also giving our secondary rich digital content as well. All of our students in kindergarten through 12th grade will benefit from the addition of VIA into our environment here at Van Meter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UR2T8oOd59-dt7GnVcpxt15UxiqkKi8kvRhBLQC8K2YyAk09xsn5PNqC1V_YCElcz_nDhRtxY74zbo_gUbrk_BkndtKXTAX4qm1tjrZql1y7WZhFnCfbY4XRf20uh1IHtY78_ME33x4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.31.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UR2T8oOd59-dt7GnVcpxt15UxiqkKi8kvRhBLQC8K2YyAk09xsn5PNqC1V_YCElcz_nDhRtxY74zbo_gUbrk_BkndtKXTAX4qm1tjrZql1y7WZhFnCfbY4XRf20uh1IHtY78_ME33x4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.31.31+PM.png" width="222" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> Last week at Van Meter, we introduced VIA and the eBooks.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCp1MBB1HJfPlFGT9L9HEXMgeQR12WuBseGm39zzVI22Z-EGVGPy3qWQWbPWiYSTgTkdSrVhjQXatzQwbzaiFjvySFqZnJ3MezsliZanrsEsmpzt6dTltPm_d4czM3QEoXFxTe65o5mk/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.49.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCp1MBB1HJfPlFGT9L9HEXMgeQR12WuBseGm39zzVI22Z-EGVGPy3qWQWbPWiYSTgTkdSrVhjQXatzQwbzaiFjvySFqZnJ3MezsliZanrsEsmpzt6dTltPm_d4czM3QEoXFxTe65o5mk/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.49.00+PM.png" width="244" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">We brought the 7th and 8th graders into the secondary library with their laptops. We visited all of the 6th graders during science class. In the afternoon, we went downstairs and worked with the 5th graders. In between, the American History and Environmental Science classes learned about VIA too.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfZcTqqpyTLdJb2O9r27P6AMeMXRq67-M6FqLgGQ3hTRin5yMBnLtQgHaLJm1i9wEguYsedTDyX_wJfjrglmLLM6c3vQ2hxPKljQk4D8muN1bGWOOAMD-gyuEcTcMYDj251Bw2ro9q9I/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.51.50+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfZcTqqpyTLdJb2O9r27P6AMeMXRq67-M6FqLgGQ3hTRin5yMBnLtQgHaLJm1i9wEguYsedTDyX_wJfjrglmLLM6c3vQ2hxPKljQk4D8muN1bGWOOAMD-gyuEcTcMYDj251Bw2ro9q9I/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.51.50+PM.png" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjGGgbieBqnNOeXYYWpXAiOI2HixBBD1XE7G51mCySDCg-mP6Q52dKW_mxUsORz1KWvGmQpaXMZrRmt5ww5oYUIDBmoEdNFKL17YQnndM0lzkY5UfyxaKHOOlOqj-YMQC5xH5P0PLmI/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.40.24+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjGGgbieBqnNOeXYYWpXAiOI2HixBBD1XE7G51mCySDCg-mP6Q52dKW_mxUsORz1KWvGmQpaXMZrRmt5ww5oYUIDBmoEdNFKL17YQnndM0lzkY5UfyxaKHOOlOqj-YMQC5xH5P0PLmI/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.40.24+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZQZ3e9fk341pzOwgCA2aIaGMxV4bpVnBejQPMeyTxsR_D-8GKQDDZ1e_c_EjHhaZRIOuGp9Qu4VIBjVBz1oetGmuJWQ_bOAYiubmrBB_Bt6t0IsCloWWWTzpQb-yFBTFYrJDi2Nla6A/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.47.43+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZQZ3e9fk341pzOwgCA2aIaGMxV4bpVnBejQPMeyTxsR_D-8GKQDDZ1e_c_EjHhaZRIOuGp9Qu4VIBjVBz1oetGmuJWQ_bOAYiubmrBB_Bt6t0IsCloWWWTzpQb-yFBTFYrJDi2Nla6A/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.47.43+PM.png" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After being told about the eBook initiative....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN3OuYV7_RINMGTAk-7z8sih8vcEFFDOxBkbI6j4SN-BJMdYyDc5TBf182yoscXUM6sR0IhKnqpo4Wv9P4Q1wXnDZOPp62AvoYFunuXnyIaEoSYnjh_M3KOkwzmBKCBUhGREKAmiMpOU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.33.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN3OuYV7_RINMGTAk-7z8sih8vcEFFDOxBkbI6j4SN-BJMdYyDc5TBf182yoscXUM6sR0IhKnqpo4Wv9P4Q1wXnDZOPp62AvoYFunuXnyIaEoSYnjh_M3KOkwzmBKCBUhGREKAmiMpOU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.33.36+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the students logged into <a href="http://www.mackin.com/via" target="_blank">Mackin VIA</a> with the username and password given to us by Heartland. This is the same username and password used for the other AEA resources. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtesHSWRn3iBSfONXKDpRXXMSV-wdFaOOh8hFXswDGMUJj-Of-JY9XjyUXtC0RthH2Tgz5ble002C4rn1VHB4QMBOmEl9sMuOdBPDQUuF_1dxrGEWlv0NojQbTP9bf1BO135j6GyzJ-U/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.39.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtesHSWRn3iBSfONXKDpRXXMSV-wdFaOOh8hFXswDGMUJj-Of-JY9XjyUXtC0RthH2Tgz5ble002C4rn1VHB4QMBOmEl9sMuOdBPDQUuF_1dxrGEWlv0NojQbTP9bf1BO135j6GyzJ-U/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.39.21+PM.png" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3wgRyYp_Hg4W2M3dSUvsAGFwx6wXlv9hc_VIKqP3-refi5z8WW_MfBF1wVnoKhot2eajjvGBM7czsyu6qKlCDlhj_3l9cAOIqYBthQIFBuv_v0FabdgEqqjI71VIPaoz3u_om5zvpdo/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.51.10+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3wgRyYp_Hg4W2M3dSUvsAGFwx6wXlv9hc_VIKqP3-refi5z8WW_MfBF1wVnoKhot2eajjvGBM7czsyu6qKlCDlhj_3l9cAOIqYBthQIFBuv_v0FabdgEqqjI71VIPaoz3u_om5zvpdo/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.51.10+PM.png" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This logged them into the Mackin VIA for Van Meter. On the front page, the eBooks are organized into "Categories" by subjects like Art and Music, Graphic Novels, and Sports and Recreation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXW_XADDTBtHYzCMEBiqsCeIVQA6fmm7Q-zXG47qguYVDLMbGKcC-Q5j-UhIASvk2B0RBh6gon7MDx5YoJDyFFy_aBPefSn8fkITx3JR2gdcSKGEcfaGGC4-_BUeP1qSmcoQSnK4x3W0/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.34.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXW_XADDTBtHYzCMEBiqsCeIVQA6fmm7Q-zXG47qguYVDLMbGKcC-Q5j-UhIASvk2B0RBh6gon7MDx5YoJDyFFy_aBPefSn8fkITx3JR2gdcSKGEcfaGGC4-_BUeP1qSmcoQSnK4x3W0/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.34.16+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF67Y1zdouMv6v2MJIBrPBBpqdn1JebkdSKjJekOQ6M7nKF0ZL0OOVPUa5cbxToMw6fc1RbWTVD_AS7GC_xg-q28krrtv40sJk8shWgVOXoKp_A8caxWjuzSXV5ox9F37TkTgOjnzVzM/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.45.42+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF67Y1zdouMv6v2MJIBrPBBpqdn1JebkdSKjJekOQ6M7nKF0ZL0OOVPUa5cbxToMw6fc1RbWTVD_AS7GC_xg-q28krrtv40sJk8shWgVOXoKp_A8caxWjuzSXV5ox9F37TkTgOjnzVzM/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.45.42+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">By clicking on the different "Categories", you can go into different sets of eBooks.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCOHOKv7XOyX9MJIv1ZYwt6qZB60s7zIVcBgP2YPPN7vASbBmAWcV1OYCj7drmk5POaQWLQmuGHKePOpBDywlQwi-K-9o7G9yDB3KfIvzhX_0fRHWILAGe6HIC5WRKanjACEArZLq7sc/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.34.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCOHOKv7XOyX9MJIv1ZYwt6qZB60s7zIVcBgP2YPPN7vASbBmAWcV1OYCj7drmk5POaQWLQmuGHKePOpBDywlQwi-K-9o7G9yDB3KfIvzhX_0fRHWILAGe6HIC5WRKanjACEArZLq7sc/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.34.36+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">These are the eBooks found under the "Art and Music" category.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J7CxBoWFAkaI3O-ny1KukPQc7tJq_4B7skN3YUV7TcZJn0KDcgYaTh2PwHil-EVjgKfs37ldbnLZVr3WWQtc5SjqwvBImQpoYzgBkn3-atFeIgQURMkjeuoKHg18MC1deFuNWYsqEsI/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.36.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J7CxBoWFAkaI3O-ny1KukPQc7tJq_4B7skN3YUV7TcZJn0KDcgYaTh2PwHil-EVjgKfs37ldbnLZVr3WWQtc5SjqwvBImQpoYzgBkn3-atFeIgQURMkjeuoKHg18MC1deFuNWYsqEsI/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+10.36.41+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">You can also type in the subject, keyword or title into the "Search" box on the front page of VIA, directly above the links to view "Groups" and "Categories".</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWZtLlVXArz_lDspLH7NUMNPFEH7WWTwAbl8EwSChxoMOTai1wDZ0EJ9057lOTktTFmJPs7dom1zJcHXBmF2ecea79uL6rm59CtbLyM-Hn750dKo0MdD_1fAjZVQgAJEMSR_kSBy24j8/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+4.38.44+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWZtLlVXArz_lDspLH7NUMNPFEH7WWTwAbl8EwSChxoMOTai1wDZ0EJ9057lOTktTFmJPs7dom1zJcHXBmF2ecea79uL6rm59CtbLyM-Hn750dKo0MdD_1fAjZVQgAJEMSR_kSBy24j8/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+4.38.44+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Within VIA, "Groups" can also be set up for the specific classes, teachers, topics, reading groups, events.....anything that you would like to organize a set of eBooks for. I set up several for our secondary and elementary teachers already. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGgMUHqSqJs0f34CkQxSV39HUq6zBdTcScOuvK3S__x_CPExDsnliM59nbn5ElhD3AoAhV9eTFW8ypWCK-vhxeL2zpR2SkzFS2p5XMGoHN0cb_kxV2B5mg_tdu6qS_WSMtNje4u61eSg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+4.39.12+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGgMUHqSqJs0f34CkQxSV39HUq6zBdTcScOuvK3S__x_CPExDsnliM59nbn5ElhD3AoAhV9eTFW8ypWCK-vhxeL2zpR2SkzFS2p5XMGoHN0cb_kxV2B5mg_tdu6qS_WSMtNje4u61eSg/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+4.39.12+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Hailey Beneke and I created a "Group" for her Environmental Science class. She had fun picking out the books that were going to go into the Group. There are so many great books available in our VIA. Hailey especially loved how the students can read the same eBook at the same time, anytime of the day. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXknY4U97X9SxNW8gvEa54ApqeNc14HnNOXBLXWrJw6aaundgIezfUoZWOi85DRogILisqYt87r26HXhDt8xdYTp_W_IQ7_MiSHOoo7zrf0l4YHuejCfdEXAUlREBuHs6JxpjrrrDtpxs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.38.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXknY4U97X9SxNW8gvEa54ApqeNc14HnNOXBLXWrJw6aaundgIezfUoZWOi85DRogILisqYt87r26HXhDt8xdYTp_W_IQ7_MiSHOoo7zrf0l4YHuejCfdEXAUlREBuHs6JxpjrrrDtpxs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.38.21+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">And the students also had fun checking out the eBooks that the teachers put into the Groups. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyiDvMarozU3olm3kFTcOquDsKhLcwwnKha1ayiEke68uigFW3S-vSiCfQit9jyGbD-dvFn13OLLv0p7fNzWx2KGmR-x9yG9LOQCINQuZ94_OuCYDNkJzg5-Sq1F3ntRpByQ3j6Fvaj0/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.46.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyiDvMarozU3olm3kFTcOquDsKhLcwwnKha1ayiEke68uigFW3S-vSiCfQit9jyGbD-dvFn13OLLv0p7fNzWx2KGmR-x9yG9LOQCINQuZ94_OuCYDNkJzg5-Sq1F3ntRpByQ3j6Fvaj0/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.46.45+PM.png" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhyphenhyphenjSnmSuibRA6kyklqivEipJOKBzVNf4PpbzV7paOGEawUn8gSkk8kj0YZwX2aY_jJ6vhHh6FEq7Ncsu9f-PoG4iBJ-5i_LdnxZifRH6KJYRF27SmQDl6ei-t8ULAKPKBk5pk-LQ1UE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.44.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhyphenhyphenjSnmSuibRA6kyklqivEipJOKBzVNf4PpbzV7paOGEawUn8gSkk8kj0YZwX2aY_jJ6vhHh6FEq7Ncsu9f-PoG4iBJ-5i_LdnxZifRH6KJYRF27SmQDl6ei-t8ULAKPKBk5pk-LQ1UE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.44.28+PM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXxAFR6xNBK6NTi40llsmev3VS8H5vgKSiDfowRvlmJsy2MVBYMjWQPzQnSk_L1Qvtyunq2WxQNSUNg7a7dF4Eal0k06xzOz5o9cms3APvBt0wTFfpqJnaWWrtEmI_3PzVJ5_dxHMEW8/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.39.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXxAFR6xNBK6NTi40llsmev3VS8H5vgKSiDfowRvlmJsy2MVBYMjWQPzQnSk_L1Qvtyunq2WxQNSUNg7a7dF4Eal0k06xzOz5o9cms3APvBt0wTFfpqJnaWWrtEmI_3PzVJ5_dxHMEW8/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.39.55+PM.png" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One book that all of the kids loved was <i>Small But Deadly Pufferfish. </i>We all learned so much about these interesting, cute little creatures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVbRTqIFvJmmkzS7byCaMdpfQ4Rc4gE5Plh-ywBmrqvBTPc2IVKZS-k6wcoRXoNy1sc2IHBhyphenhyphenu8wlWt81sYE2vSMDPZzYwq2QcHOs881InPr9fjtRFsMVPqpZrTcMA-YzvhV5SSZ_gtU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.36.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVbRTqIFvJmmkzS7byCaMdpfQ4Rc4gE5Plh-ywBmrqvBTPc2IVKZS-k6wcoRXoNy1sc2IHBhyphenhyphenu8wlWt81sYE2vSMDPZzYwq2QcHOs881InPr9fjtRFsMVPqpZrTcMA-YzvhV5SSZ_gtU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.36.29+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And they absolutely loved the <i>Inside the NFL </i>database from ABDO Publishing. This will continue to be a BIG hit with our elementary and secondary students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcruGv-ak-UfIIgUEbdMZXTiQuYxI9pJgCCyE4UaRRRE-P4L0yehEhTMqyI_0Z0gNFpxjZM-tdOBHsXReXKXgew_obMQcm3TRJWBMyWgqX_KExFgWKNHXSeIqaFWGDSfhql2CrxZMTJZM/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+9.31.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcruGv-ak-UfIIgUEbdMZXTiQuYxI9pJgCCyE4UaRRRE-P4L0yehEhTMqyI_0Z0gNFpxjZM-tdOBHsXReXKXgew_obMQcm3TRJWBMyWgqX_KExFgWKNHXSeIqaFWGDSfhql2CrxZMTJZM/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+9.31.41+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another awesome thing we can do within VIA is create "Backpacks". All of our students at Van Meter have their very own Backpack. They sign into it with an unique username and password just for them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oUHT_Y5K211yTUIXScPmbOuJHBGtSNrayH6INs-9MjiN1ZIwebgLQgDG0iOq_aX3m1q2juAmhKcpb-AnbQq_KvpHsFfZPmydyyb0MBOwNsXgD0Ht5GxAO3AxmxcVh7Vp9UJOQedbZVI/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+8.19.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oUHT_Y5K211yTUIXScPmbOuJHBGtSNrayH6INs-9MjiN1ZIwebgLQgDG0iOq_aX3m1q2juAmhKcpb-AnbQq_KvpHsFfZPmydyyb0MBOwNsXgD0Ht5GxAO3AxmxcVh7Vp9UJOQedbZVI/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+8.19.45+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">My daughter, Brianna, signed into her VIA Backpack one night and loaded a few ebooks into it. It was so easy for her to do and she had fun looking at all of the different titles.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OePR71AO8_tXAirPz8bDaCPMLWQMteDOXpYUAkfrAo5SI0ci4y0TaAAIBYFoINVTM7bLRWex9xEDMnzqnbROrnyW0I4rjIJm5mCq9-SSe2DvgY7Go6QoSb9d329gBZK4uJcG6hNUUHo/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+8.24.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OePR71AO8_tXAirPz8bDaCPMLWQMteDOXpYUAkfrAo5SI0ci4y0TaAAIBYFoINVTM7bLRWex9xEDMnzqnbROrnyW0I4rjIJm5mCq9-SSe2DvgY7Go6QoSb9d329gBZK4uJcG6hNUUHo/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-29+at+8.24.38+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">She now has four eBooks from within VIA that are specially in her Backpack. She can read them anytime and can take them out of her Backpack as well.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Now that we have VIA and the start of a wonderful collection of eBooks, I have found several places for all of us to connect with them. I want our students, teachers and school community to be able to get to VIA from any of our online spaces.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Wz74UFTvuq0KTDoGJcIY9i9Jdng2ZAYCDV8Z4N_QRMDbEh5v9go4FrXzpyKBIYz23JN4Gd64HDjoABM92bQQBplj7klkf-FZ5QpDJfsR81mCw3xXV4Yy2V4iGWVidRTf-j6dHNUWQr0/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.17.25+PM.png" width="320" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">On the <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/van-meter-secondary-library-voice/" target="_blank">Van Meter Library VOICE site </a>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT11YACKGpYZ0FmfbK3FDjCalvTEFwFsghzHwWmQduX2uXZueKPVgzeKjK59ZU_ZNKWRrrmCwsKry3IDpQNIrUzELSlvBjI1rH7-mXV3_khQNSoFC3ysVv9pTnf_cjWosqOTWKttICHs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.17.54+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT11YACKGpYZ0FmfbK3FDjCalvTEFwFsghzHwWmQduX2uXZueKPVgzeKjK59ZU_ZNKWRrrmCwsKry3IDpQNIrUzELSlvBjI1rH7-mXV3_khQNSoFC3ysVv9pTnf_cjWosqOTWKttICHs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.17.54+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">On the <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/van-meter-technology/" target="_blank">Van Meter Elementary Library and Tech VOICE site</a>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL57DBS4ZyBRVb4REK10_Qr2raXyIlALO8nUUORzoQZxFLHeL_oc6GdJb6ux4SVVSVdb34DVb6JEcEB1GZhSpcQEbrsCRdUpLWG8ODcDpLJt9aPDmkCeXrDEYzjC26hyBYz5iLLIT0Oug/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.22.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL57DBS4ZyBRVb4REK10_Qr2raXyIlALO8nUUORzoQZxFLHeL_oc6GdJb6ux4SVVSVdb34DVb6JEcEB1GZhSpcQEbrsCRdUpLWG8ODcDpLJt9aPDmkCeXrDEYzjC26hyBYz5iLLIT0Oug/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.22.02+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">From the homepage of Destiny,<a href="http://vmdestiny.vanmeter.k12.ia.us/district/servlet/presentdistrictloginform.do;jsessionid=9480373DE452AA01B704C0A8589ED0AF" target="_blank"> inside</a> and <a href="http://209.56.200.4/" target="_blank">outside</a> of school.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRGp8bd7VgIf3J9alkbJzvCRoWGQt78gmUZKaDYqBzeT73SsErQkpl1f5pIMCn7ZEKeDnkAIaH1RoRO0pKnnBzfO18yvGQ5rmag3YMkTuCxSY7TOwoRBCpIqo_QhjNm2hKRUHz46sZs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.16.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRGp8bd7VgIf3J9alkbJzvCRoWGQt78gmUZKaDYqBzeT73SsErQkpl1f5pIMCn7ZEKeDnkAIaH1RoRO0pKnnBzfO18yvGQ5rmag3YMkTuCxSY7TOwoRBCpIqo_QhjNm2hKRUHz46sZs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+9.16.35+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Van Meter Library VOICE blog</a> and other ones that I have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zq0FYipG-65t6UP2-mjliUD4FtxaXKjjYMc9CNURxor_WlH8eR7YgxS2pLXlVVMhhcoF-RlB0N3QJBzVk7qsmiek3h-L0Ze1JncUYrxu-WIGBNoiNM2KL4GHEKu4RG-XrxmBWap4dYQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+9.36.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zq0FYipG-65t6UP2-mjliUD4FtxaXKjjYMc9CNURxor_WlH8eR7YgxS2pLXlVVMhhcoF-RlB0N3QJBzVk7qsmiek3h-L0Ze1JncUYrxu-WIGBNoiNM2KL4GHEKu4RG-XrxmBWap4dYQ/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+9.36.44+AM.png" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And on the <a href="http://vmbulldogs.com/" target="_blank">Van Meter School website</a>, we put the VIA widget right on the front page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe4mVEVRVlG_CKLwGdnGPIpylj2_d8hXDxW6FNMxqHJLyLLX7XRwYYfQWLyrLzI_pP_n_iBidO81D6reWeVAIutjKhigFtZHMMe1YJEBPIRCUNJQWlUoztZOFG52bDwSaktW-EuBnBfY/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.54.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe4mVEVRVlG_CKLwGdnGPIpylj2_d8hXDxW6FNMxqHJLyLLX7XRwYYfQWLyrLzI_pP_n_iBidO81D6reWeVAIutjKhigFtZHMMe1YJEBPIRCUNJQWlUoztZOFG52bDwSaktW-EuBnBfY/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.54.23+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I created posters to put up in the library, classrooms and around school. They include the website and a QR code which takes the user right to VIA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUecZWeG7J6egpvDRjudBrSOt0vehl80aS4nzDEp0yF1kgMcmrvlvjYAzHh7Cr7OTyTmSqbQ59MmFyMRxgY56mCBXVGBk4fyRrcBmhj1MvZ1XDENxz_Im7oJei5dPKhgdifaVsckafwV4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.44.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUecZWeG7J6egpvDRjudBrSOt0vehl80aS4nzDEp0yF1kgMcmrvlvjYAzHh7Cr7OTyTmSqbQ59MmFyMRxgY56mCBXVGBk4fyRrcBmhj1MvZ1XDENxz_Im7oJei5dPKhgdifaVsckafwV4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.44.45+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZRS2XWUrej1m2ZjLEb685sEOjLOqAQfm8bsbRkNR92nJ5u7_hPGVeV7AngRoUbzl7UQuteoMPggiGwqTJfX0XO_zb0notGJ2irrwG4JFJzMi-fxjKrcy914rupsqiWlb83JkQZRhcKE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.53.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZRS2XWUrej1m2ZjLEb685sEOjLOqAQfm8bsbRkNR92nJ5u7_hPGVeV7AngRoUbzl7UQuteoMPggiGwqTJfX0XO_zb0notGJ2irrwG4JFJzMi-fxjKrcy914rupsqiWlb83JkQZRhcKE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.53.40+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also created small cards that we handed out to all of the students last week during the VIA rollout. I saw a lot of them tape them right to their laptops. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZnfNgMitVarthJOlSnh8VUgNouZ0C3rWZnAAmBLqxpNPVX1XhyphenhyphenIsIF3Oe57e5ZlWo1HiQrQuj5pvEHiDX-W2jeC7YnDpUnVLn36qQQMY8TqUItIRR4sXg7XmZ9ejUJs_lvrkPFCtDv4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.41.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZnfNgMitVarthJOlSnh8VUgNouZ0C3rWZnAAmBLqxpNPVX1XhyphenhyphenIsIF3Oe57e5ZlWo1HiQrQuj5pvEHiDX-W2jeC7YnDpUnVLn36qQQMY8TqUItIRR4sXg7XmZ9ejUJs_lvrkPFCtDv4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-20+at+12.41.41+PM.png" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They can use their phones, iTouches or iPads to scan the QR code and browse the eBook collection on their own devices at home, school....anywhere they want. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbnoa9nfRTMSm_5corEmXOaXa4t8HRGwLxshO8PFm7n5J5_UL4jmMOOhyphenhyphenNlgq_9bGZUVDc-vAdgSZks2y9jBhREmVkn6OcfrRyj7viDq7TRmA5o1TW65eyYuQSGnOF2QAjLK99KOKhJQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.41.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbnoa9nfRTMSm_5corEmXOaXa4t8HRGwLxshO8PFm7n5J5_UL4jmMOOhyphenhyphenNlgq_9bGZUVDc-vAdgSZks2y9jBhREmVkn6OcfrRyj7viDq7TRmA5o1TW65eyYuQSGnOF2QAjLK99KOKhJQ/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.41.15+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">On the <a href="http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/medianet/library.html" target="_blank">Heartland AEA website</a>, there are tons of resources that you can use for the new eBook initiative. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QXGo1jAIh4kUidZ5hpBxiu3J7MHY7CLnmZKW16o1iPyPCo5r3DW-y2S8G-Itayprio949qgZ-Ob95vYQf3io_n3-wOpq6Sn3lHVWLYI4Nz2voC49nJY2PwCEBnvXYLLi4f90XmA8GXA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.40.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QXGo1jAIh4kUidZ5hpBxiu3J7MHY7CLnmZKW16o1iPyPCo5r3DW-y2S8G-Itayprio949qgZ-Ob95vYQf3io_n3-wOpq6Sn3lHVWLYI4Nz2voC49nJY2PwCEBnvXYLLi4f90XmA8GXA/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-19+at+3.40.39+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The AEA has created these shelf signs or bookmarks with a QR code as well. These <a href="http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/medianet/files/ebook%20strips.pdf" target="_blank">can also be found online</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a question that came up often last week.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"<i>What about reading the eBooks on other devices, not just our MacBooks?"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZZ7yL1xczYwDBvZRn5QXwzjgAq-xbqyVkvuH6fuqA2TUCecocL3kYCNEUVozBw-lUbQLtxv8wGFsRPdhI2VjRrqKZA-08TLAmdo9u-3meMs2sL36xhF4mkuX3GY4PkySiVpU8oQvKCs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.45.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZZ7yL1xczYwDBvZRn5QXwzjgAq-xbqyVkvuH6fuqA2TUCecocL3kYCNEUVozBw-lUbQLtxv8wGFsRPdhI2VjRrqKZA-08TLAmdo9u-3meMs2sL36xhF4mkuX3GY4PkySiVpU8oQvKCs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.45.31+PM.png" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQwkMA1ZPn-EScJpK5avSq-nRpd_3IJM1ZgwpW7gRP55-1hi8UsyT52ABiLBagHdl7-UlJuhw-lkiMjtGNOj_GdVIPH8OFG5C4JW0fR9Qbe8t5za6Grq4RtHDgfK5V4dOfyV0uJKv8TM/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.46.47+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQwkMA1ZPn-EScJpK5avSq-nRpd_3IJM1ZgwpW7gRP55-1hi8UsyT52ABiLBagHdl7-UlJuhw-lkiMjtGNOj_GdVIPH8OFG5C4JW0fR9Qbe8t5za6Grq4RtHDgfK5V4dOfyV0uJKv8TM/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.46.47+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My son Hagan tested out VIA over the weekend on all kinds of devices.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">He used it on our Nook Color and iPad.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbRZXNW9N2QzY91F3jmUkTwbhCkqZWk9vCAcjWqrSS_VWwv9-gruY1V_W4fUSwmfzueOPjBTS16L0T01H-WTk0ZqLMYJF6bsB8lWnPTOCObq1TdBgiuC0cUYJihyWAdSs5S99EUoRVy8/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.46.18+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbRZXNW9N2QzY91F3jmUkTwbhCkqZWk9vCAcjWqrSS_VWwv9-gruY1V_W4fUSwmfzueOPjBTS16L0T01H-WTk0ZqLMYJF6bsB8lWnPTOCObq1TdBgiuC0cUYJihyWAdSs5S99EUoRVy8/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.46.18+PM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also read an eBook called <i>The Unexplained, Alien Abductions</i> on his iTouch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmOImeFVgfMbfkpcAvIk5T7Ft0hTeVALasHYkosYY8TYB_1PEYu42IgnLU123VgVUttYqsW0w97U6mFtSBDN08S3SFbXvq4I0B_hPSGGbNUMQbibDd-aMYZIykz9csdUSU7IVMr3lJzU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.45.51+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmOImeFVgfMbfkpcAvIk5T7Ft0hTeVALasHYkosYY8TYB_1PEYu42IgnLU123VgVUttYqsW0w97U6mFtSBDN08S3SFbXvq4I0B_hPSGGbNUMQbibDd-aMYZIykz9csdUSU7IVMr3lJzU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-18+at+8.45.51+PM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hagan enjoyed reading the eBooks on all of the devices, including the desktop. To him it was more about the content of the eBook, not the device that he was reading on. He is just very excited about being able to read all kinds of new eBooks anywhere he wants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Especially reading about his Packers on the <i>Inside the NFL</i> database. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are very fortunate to have our AEA's support these types of learning initiatives and resources. Without them, a collection of eBooks such as this would be impossible for us to fund and support. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also purchased a few eBooks and the football datbase last week from Mackin. It is so easy to add to the collection. All of our eBooks, even the datebase, are already in our VIA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next step....adding the MARC record of these eBooks to Destiny. More to come on that. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">For additional information on using VIA, you can refer to the <a href="http://www.mackin.com/Help/VIA_Help/index.html" target="_blank">Mackin VIA Student Guide</a> and <a href="http://www.mackin.com/Help/VIA_TeacherHelp/index.html" target="_blank">Mackin VIA Teacher Guide</a> at <a href="http://www.mackin.com/via" target="_blank">www.mackin.com/via</a>.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">You can also find Mackin online at <a href="http://www.mackin.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">mackin.com</a>, email at via@mackin.com or call 1-800-245-9540.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">I look forward to seeing and hearing how the integration of these new resources will make an impact within our school, the curriculum and the lives of our students.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">This is just the start of something that will truly make a difference. </div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="color: #9d1961; font: normal normal normal 78%/normal Georgia, Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.75em; text-transform: uppercase;"><div addthis:title="Something Exciting Has Come To Van Meter..... Mackin VIA and eBooks!" addthis:url="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/02/something-exciting-has-come-to-van.html" class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"><a class="addthis_button_compact at300m" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4b665b0e6919a283" style="color: #2d8930; cursor: pointer; float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></a></div></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-92027378912373069152012-02-03T22:30:00.000-08:002012-02-03T22:30:56.091-08:00Two Libraries One Voice Celebrate Bubble Gum Day<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="240" id="vp137jwk" width="432"><param name="movie" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1328334347&f=37jwkiiy7yVdtCINgDkM8A&d=265&m=a&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&options="></p><p><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></p><p><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></p><p><embed id="vp137jwk" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1328334347&f=37jwkiiy7yVdtCINgDkM8A&d=265&m=a&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&options=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="240"></embed></object><br />
We celebrated Bubble Gum Day together this week.<br />
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On <a href="http://www.bubblegumday.com/Bubble_Gum_Day/Bubble_Gum_Day.html" target="_blank">Bubble Gum Day</a> everyone who donates 50 cents gets to chew gum at school. It is a great day to have fun and raise money for a cause that you care about. This year we are raising money for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day (<a href="http://twolibrariesonevoice.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-are-so-excited-about-world-read.html" target="_blank">check out how we are celebrating WRAD</a>).<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoPHi1nLv7ZckiVFDxjOlw9ahGemcLtyiA50dxInYm_fjG76Kox9_U7pVrj-l4Q3Al4hUIarR4j3rd0q4WZAtR-6IADoM9jrB9SAECmsOdy3HKLuhBp_4SXdL4bTRDZt3m4FQZdZvrJg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-02+at+9.33.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoPHi1nLv7ZckiVFDxjOlw9ahGemcLtyiA50dxInYm_fjG76Kox9_U7pVrj-l4Q3Al4hUIarR4j3rd0q4WZAtR-6IADoM9jrB9SAECmsOdy3HKLuhBp_4SXdL4bTRDZt3m4FQZdZvrJg/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-02+at+9.33.25+PM.png" width="257" /></a></div>The students at Van Meter raised over $175.00. They sold dozens of packs of gum to the students in kindergarten through 12th grade....even a few teachers came and bought gum. John's students will be celebrating Bubble Gum Day on February 24th.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatG-Ok1wVoZr3TdRkQl1Manlzj0iJRflvDZwXYOuiXCJ8aayG3F5owSdYFDCQXT8Esf0THRWDNnwvD1WdU-3kks0VIx-gmeWzIACVbe_M7UL3zr0WMHG86Ria5rnhyNMo6JPJzzX6Fjs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-02+at+9.33.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatG-Ok1wVoZr3TdRkQl1Manlzj0iJRflvDZwXYOuiXCJ8aayG3F5owSdYFDCQXT8Esf0THRWDNnwvD1WdU-3kks0VIx-gmeWzIACVbe_M7UL3zr0WMHG86Ria5rnhyNMo6JPJzzX6Fjs/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-02+at+9.33.41+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw2CZLXJ_AVIOPDY9WqhmI3xCdCvOttrOzMocEqkZe5N3mEIrVMIXypWNyU1LDvYabeOIVsy-9m6YpOQUC1GKdV2gm4C7VanTYFzquT1BrJSnfM_NkPRGd4hAbEDPRsI8RCcYWg1HHtE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.17.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw2CZLXJ_AVIOPDY9WqhmI3xCdCvOttrOzMocEqkZe5N3mEIrVMIXypWNyU1LDvYabeOIVsy-9m6YpOQUC1GKdV2gm4C7VanTYFzquT1BrJSnfM_NkPRGd4hAbEDPRsI8RCcYWg1HHtE/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.17.21+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS470NjxwrOeoWZxnhwgGIYhfRdX6JDxRUm_HPCSV3gFoi8UVgUKSeMyb5iD3nikb1oS_AqjDrnRcNwyBr21-TBOHU1fF9daFCfxPpqQ-CNKUl9M13Se7TgJQ5LfVa47qv9XR5lnb-oA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-30+at+7.57.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS470NjxwrOeoWZxnhwgGIYhfRdX6JDxRUm_HPCSV3gFoi8UVgUKSeMyb5iD3nikb1oS_AqjDrnRcNwyBr21-TBOHU1fF9daFCfxPpqQ-CNKUl9M13Se7TgJQ5LfVa47qv9XR5lnb-oA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-30+at+7.57.46+PM.png" /></a></div>Author <a href="http://www.ruthspiro.com/hello.html" target="_blank">Ruth Spiro</a> started Bubble Gum Day in 2006. She is the author of <i>Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist. </i><br />
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You can read more about Ruth's story in this wonderful article from the Winnetka Talk, <a href="http://winnetka.suntimes.com/entertainment/10308112-421/deerfield-author-celebrates-life-in-a-bubble.html#.TyyaW_S2Qi4.facebook" target="_blank">Deerfield Author Celebrates Life in a Bubble</a>. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMpopRO9Ps9T8Uau4Ui0keKQ2cyc5SJzuK9LEp0KeftnVv5Ro4g_S56nKGxEV43CW5KMW51YaDS_1r-CYAKrzuTDYInlx05ZCx_DtEoC1O85FWH_y56DyQ0c1OYSfTpKzOLsXqtCocHM/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.24.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMpopRO9Ps9T8Uau4Ui0keKQ2cyc5SJzuK9LEp0KeftnVv5Ro4g_S56nKGxEV43CW5KMW51YaDS_1r-CYAKrzuTDYInlx05ZCx_DtEoC1O85FWH_y56DyQ0c1OYSfTpKzOLsXqtCocHM/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.24.55+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The 6th graders at Van Meter created iMovies on Bubble Gum Day. They were given two pieces of gum and 25 minutes. Their iMovie was to explain how to blow a bubble.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="266" src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/3DnTzRTI-Ik/0.jpg" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3DnTzRTI-Ik&fs=1&source=uds"></p><p><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"></p><p><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3DnTzRTI-Ik&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodmBrWQLmgloseRzu2Q4UsH5xGjoerNZ7beso4lJs3oSkDTXEr2ctGn-e-iXMEz3Gr0bXURgR_XbQBvMzPZjdQabgFEj-exI8bIPiA029BEyXvb7Eq0LbU-lJJukxIx8zg_KM5SBPi2I/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.28.07+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodmBrWQLmgloseRzu2Q4UsH5xGjoerNZ7beso4lJs3oSkDTXEr2ctGn-e-iXMEz3Gr0bXURgR_XbQBvMzPZjdQabgFEj-exI8bIPiA029BEyXvb7Eq0LbU-lJJukxIx8zg_KM5SBPi2I/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-03+at+8.28.07+PM.png" width="237" /></a></div>Shannon taught all of our 4th graders at Oak Brook and Van Meter about FlipSnack today. They are using FlipSnack with a collaborative state project they are working on. The students in Van Meter created a ComicLife page to celebrate Bubble Gum Day and they put it into a FlipSnack to share. <br />
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</div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-37789394706153760262012-02-01T22:15:00.000-08:002012-02-02T20:08:03.831-08:00We Celebrated Digital Learning Day at Van Meter Today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBBM983z_Uf8_Rk243Q2xY11rPyxuO9waEHLIwtzNZZfztjFQtQuBwz-N8U0uKZAPbN4jYe94laoYJ9QrMbKyPK-Lkueagr6TcSGEFyMRbRUu75l3y_krCUpoazQVc_VydaL77LlLEl4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+11.35.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBBM983z_Uf8_Rk243Q2xY11rPyxuO9waEHLIwtzNZZfztjFQtQuBwz-N8U0uKZAPbN4jYe94laoYJ9QrMbKyPK-Lkueagr6TcSGEFyMRbRUu75l3y_krCUpoazQVc_VydaL77LlLEl4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+11.35.17+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today was <a href="http://www.digitallearningday.org/" target="_blank">Digital Learning Day.</a> "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Digital Learning Day is a nationwide celebration of innovative teaching and learning through digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, personalized educational experience," as the site states. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">At Van Meter, we celebrate creating, connecting and collaborating digitally every day. Today was no exception.....except for the fact that we were celebrating with over 2 million other students from around the world. How exciting is that! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbDrCWSmxfs_JoQfkaSs6SngG9JiIV3EhKaY2p6A4eNIR88_z2YsnWv4v2YpD-J-FJoWBee-dbZBRQ1eW5pqxXtRz2YmOJcIBefXfXyrCgepFvrlyVOp6qjvBgmlZjjxoXUsjZPrr2Bc/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+11.44.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbDrCWSmxfs_JoQfkaSs6SngG9JiIV3EhKaY2p6A4eNIR88_z2YsnWv4v2YpD-J-FJoWBee-dbZBRQ1eW5pqxXtRz2YmOJcIBefXfXyrCgepFvrlyVOp6qjvBgmlZjjxoXUsjZPrr2Bc/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+11.44.02+PM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the morning I spent the day with Ann Volk's 3rd graders in the computer lab. They have been creating digital projects highlighting the books they read with their Lit Circles. We let them choose from digital tools such as GlogsterEdu, Animoto, ComicLife, FlipSnack and Wordle to create their book project. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next I helped the 5th graders work on their wonderful science fair presentations. </span><br />
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Steve's students asked me on Twitter last week if they could teach one of our grades about Multiplication Spiroleterals. So we planned a time, sent a few tweets back and forth, and planned a fun math activity in the lab. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LyO_Lfz-Ca4Ji2c_Jt6uMOmCVu1opF_SItmVeQo3tLr9RNE0p2mqfbF712MHwGEQQZ-SV2_BfBDenzT_V8lL_zYeOcdfGcor6Rxt3G1DN-yMJzIGRkn85fvsDySV0gV15ianRcazisA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.03.24+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LyO_Lfz-Ca4Ji2c_Jt6uMOmCVu1opF_SItmVeQo3tLr9RNE0p2mqfbF712MHwGEQQZ-SV2_BfBDenzT_V8lL_zYeOcdfGcor6Rxt3G1DN-yMJzIGRkn85fvsDySV0gV15ianRcazisA/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.03.24+PM.png" width="237" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2Dq3Dlc6WoeLZUFFf_b2TFBzY64JNGCt9zTq50yojXbwS2kEvlv5nnUL4idB5JBza70tckQWIH2FrxIjH7b4d4pf-XguJd4G0wwBug6xKHmWPVOlVYH9tJA_SWdo6_Tam88nPl0_eBA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.22.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2Dq3Dlc6WoeLZUFFf_b2TFBzY64JNGCt9zTq50yojXbwS2kEvlv5nnUL4idB5JBza70tckQWIH2FrxIjH7b4d4pf-XguJd4G0wwBug6xKHmWPVOlVYH9tJA_SWdo6_Tam88nPl0_eBA/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.22.14+PM.png" width="238" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEi2lC2sWl0sGcRNkskBI4qHz6JbFtWtUqBREOJFEiy3QmEPmjyo0YyIvRYlyVV8eXaTz01prWQ1Jl0vlGSMXARKYBEuRuyxleFKF-U6nrLW6drK4d2B23tlll153UbJIUxEUF4T22O6E/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.25.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEi2lC2sWl0sGcRNkskBI4qHz6JbFtWtUqBREOJFEiy3QmEPmjyo0YyIvRYlyVV8eXaTz01prWQ1Jl0vlGSMXARKYBEuRuyxleFKF-U6nrLW6drK4d2B23tlll153UbJIUxEUF4T22O6E/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.25.36+PM.png" width="236" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoU1qkCRUpUh-c8neHws2wqlT8RhSCSxejRkx1SAX4evjAderBYpfw9kl7Dy1BGJZcisqCnOROGkdSz8Bqwnqx4A_lloYs3c5ycwU_HrA4TaDBn1A14X6a_PKp441ZBWIKgBpMTrZutF4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.26.43+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoU1qkCRUpUh-c8neHws2wqlT8RhSCSxejRkx1SAX4evjAderBYpfw9kl7Dy1BGJZcisqCnOROGkdSz8Bqwnqx4A_lloYs3c5ycwU_HrA4TaDBn1A14X6a_PKp441ZBWIKgBpMTrZutF4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.26.43+PM.png" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We also got a little help from Mr. Gagnon himself. It is always great having him visit us at Van Meter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHnGS_8n1-uxBrSFJeqtsDMaPSJubaMvJ2CU-BJlgBfIp4QduYNft4Bln2_vot1bPi5wLkfs5NrwRHDLbT2zH3ErGv78JCVqrFJT48EbNDf7W9qni-MSu6nB-Dqgk2LgOqPkxgPTWht4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.27.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHnGS_8n1-uxBrSFJeqtsDMaPSJubaMvJ2CU-BJlgBfIp4QduYNft4Bln2_vot1bPi5wLkfs5NrwRHDLbT2zH3ErGv78JCVqrFJT48EbNDf7W9qni-MSu6nB-Dqgk2LgOqPkxgPTWht4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+10.27.06+PM.png" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And they taught not just our students, but our teachers too. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our students are going to continue the project in their classroom. When finished, they will Skype with Mr. G's class again and show them the Spiroleterals they created too. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can also read Steve's post about our connection at his blog, <a href="http://mrgagnonsclass.blogspot.com/2012/02/digital-learning-day.html" target="_blank">Mr G Class</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What a FUN day to lift up digital learning within our school, throughout our state and into the world. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are excited to see how others celebrated digital learning too.</span>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-90884429795599483522012-01-04T21:26:00.000-08:002012-01-04T21:31:20.729-08:00What I Learned By Visiting Bookstores in Colorado Over Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I-aSbHJSAFL1pjOeuVqrMZc3KsI9JkUJx1quW0lhwdcPRAZ1sfLk6K6Ns320SUPWPLJ7eesryZgNeTraNlc5zAJaMBj4BvnJmPga9Fc7Yhl32ZwTPUtygP-Oze2tNchwS5PCOyy0WkAG/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.05+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I-aSbHJSAFL1pjOeuVqrMZc3KsI9JkUJx1quW0lhwdcPRAZ1sfLk6K6Ns320SUPWPLJ7eesryZgNeTraNlc5zAJaMBj4BvnJmPga9Fc7Yhl32ZwTPUtygP-Oze2tNchwS5PCOyy0WkAG/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.05+PM.png" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy New Year, Everyone. I hope your holiday break was filled with peace, happiness, and lots of fun.<br />
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And of course a lot of wonderful books and reading too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">When I went to Colorado over Christmas, I looked for places with books. Libraries, bookstores, even in the lodge that we stayed at. I looked for fun, cozy, little places to read too....one of my favorite things to do on vacations is to read and bring books back from these special visits. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found the cutest bookstore in Steamboat called <a href="http://www.steamboatbooks.com/" target="_blank">Off the Beaten Path. </a> They had a sweet little comfy spot for children. I just loved sitting back in that area reading and looking at all of their books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iQwnIuiQMiGGVlTJE2xAyxVfQvtzg_ly3khG-Ff0LUgPKcuPTx5NNyxvnrZp_ax_x6RjuF1zntecylbrm3dfn22E0L8QcAe468ONwQvMSO4N97juE44d5hmW9k6LG8UPD6JsoxRpLHJj/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.51.07+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iQwnIuiQMiGGVlTJE2xAyxVfQvtzg_ly3khG-Ff0LUgPKcuPTx5NNyxvnrZp_ax_x6RjuF1zntecylbrm3dfn22E0L8QcAe468ONwQvMSO4N97juE44d5hmW9k6LG8UPD6JsoxRpLHJj/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.51.07+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIOA64l227V7ZxB77SNdgdnpxyZfmEiuc5-E7dNHjr778EjzIxHmZPXpnsgz7do27988k-mVM4mVEx7E2TGPmhIOiwo-xx5tLglPWTIj9t2gNuIxpFO1jOXUPPQT0jDy2455Dm7S5WzuS/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.51.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIOA64l227V7ZxB77SNdgdnpxyZfmEiuc5-E7dNHjr778EjzIxHmZPXpnsgz7do27988k-mVM4mVEx7E2TGPmhIOiwo-xx5tLglPWTIj9t2gNuIxpFO1jOXUPPQT0jDy2455Dm7S5WzuS/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.51.19+PM.png" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hagan, Brianna, and I bought several books at this bookstore during the week because of the great book talking that happened while we were there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8hUEOX7Rl1dfn0Vxwb1S6hGAqtUQrWFKcgyUcu_fJ-Ewxu56q6T2WP0x4k-4ra0MQWMSXGMFtjz9sSsOTIQc2Q_L8Vos8Pvn7ETMl6mBCdbWZxYoFLYOPistQKM4JcZlXQrOruZ4jLsn/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.50.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8hUEOX7Rl1dfn0Vxwb1S6hGAqtUQrWFKcgyUcu_fJ-Ewxu56q6T2WP0x4k-4ra0MQWMSXGMFtjz9sSsOTIQc2Q_L8Vos8Pvn7ETMl6mBCdbWZxYoFLYOPistQKM4JcZlXQrOruZ4jLsn/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.50.49+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only were there people talking about the books that they read, they also had a big section that featured "Staff Picks" (as you can see in the photo above). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqHZNL1i3Mzvu1E5Q4OF0Es9fm-1T6jyBE2sAYdIuBdsQ8sqDIHebsWsKzp0pv_Iju-YzQSisAfuvpJcSF-K17n6zFeu07AUgPG20vBorq56VMjkJIwPGykTqlSAKf2zKW2iyVoP0HdHb/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqHZNL1i3Mzvu1E5Q4OF0Es9fm-1T6jyBE2sAYdIuBdsQ8sqDIHebsWsKzp0pv_Iju-YzQSisAfuvpJcSF-K17n6zFeu07AUgPG20vBorq56VMjkJIwPGykTqlSAKf2zKW2iyVoP0HdHb/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.29+PM.png" width="236" /></a></div>At the end of the week, we went back to Fort Collins and spent the day walking around town.<br />
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The first place we went was to <a href="http://www.thebeancycle.com/" target="_blank">The Bean Cycle Coffee House</a>. The coffee house was super cool but tucked into the back of the store was something very special. <br />
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It was the <a href="http://www.wolverinefarmpublishing.org/matter-bookstore.html" target="_blank">Matter Bookstore, </a>which is part of Wolverine Farm Publishing. On their <a href="http://www.wolverinefarmpublishing.org/matter-bookstore/about-matter-bookstore.html" target="_blank">website</a> it states, "A non-profit run solely by volunteers, Matter Bookstore's mission is to provide the community with a valuable resource through our carefully selected books and publications, weekly events, and the support of various causes. All the money generated from book sales goes directly to funding publications such as the <i>Matter Journal </i> and toward various literacy outreach programs."<br />
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Their children's area was amazing. It was one of the most inspiring, creative spaces that I have ever seen. From the original art work on the walls to the tree branch greeting you at the entrance .....everything was so special. <br />
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I could just imagine how a child would feel being able to read and dream within this space. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTw7HpTTv-l0xJFEbbzMwRU2ZuXyMKHJcga9Ru1r4JKzSOMJG19WzIWJwekWBLoZN0qX5Jxk298bioCxamzzntQJNMW4QVaQshi3f34Tl7lqOaMFRTMBGRxaEyoGSzSurOrmcJJA2x9FkR/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTw7HpTTv-l0xJFEbbzMwRU2ZuXyMKHJcga9Ru1r4JKzSOMJG19WzIWJwekWBLoZN0qX5Jxk298bioCxamzzntQJNMW4QVaQshi3f34Tl7lqOaMFRTMBGRxaEyoGSzSurOrmcJJA2x9FkR/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+9.52.46+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And once again there were people talking about books...sharing favorites and picking up new ones to read. One thing I really loved about the Matter Bookstore was how they sold old books too. I saw a lot of my childhood favorites on the shelves for sale (notice how they are organized by the color of their spine too.....cute!) and had so much fun sharing them with my own kids. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjP9E2qZrgV8uRwiT5OEg0ujuOyyMy_wD7-VtRjWa5os9XYAdVPiHFkXOcUu0jdDYTFbqu8gYBrMMI698eRDteIP-UXmJr-Tklhj8E8EUrUYG8e0x0icgZj_EED7ZJ0b1ZPzH2h35ECah/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-04+at+3.11.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjP9E2qZrgV8uRwiT5OEg0ujuOyyMy_wD7-VtRjWa5os9XYAdVPiHFkXOcUu0jdDYTFbqu8gYBrMMI698eRDteIP-UXmJr-Tklhj8E8EUrUYG8e0x0icgZj_EED7ZJ0b1ZPzH2h35ECah/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-04+at+3.11.11+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Being in these spaces made me think about our elementary library. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the space that we have. It is welcoming, warm, and a place our students enjoy reading, creating, thinking, and learning. It is a space where they have fun. We have a new loft that they love to read in....they also love reading underneath the loft too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we start a new semester this week, I thought of a few new ideas to bring to our library and students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifILdZuugZrbxFT5mnQze5dYekSp7LIuu3kmZopk2BZH-C_PGG8ox3AOkkcCaPGRJABVhtvvnlDmyklNDIf_YqI9gWUy1cD1RhHYaCuB_fbdpWL-CB3R-3ygSZiQ9lyS0tj1GbTZC7I2ex/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+12.13.52+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifILdZuugZrbxFT5mnQze5dYekSp7LIuu3kmZopk2BZH-C_PGG8ox3AOkkcCaPGRJABVhtvvnlDmyklNDIf_YqI9gWUy1cD1RhHYaCuB_fbdpWL-CB3R-3ygSZiQ9lyS0tj1GbTZC7I2ex/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+12.13.52+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I went out to the garage and found a box of books from my childhood. I found my Judy Blume books like <i>Blubber, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, </i>and <i>Freckle Juice. </i>I also found books that I read for my classes at school like <i>The Pigman </i>and <i>A Christmas Carol. </i><br />
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It was so much fun seeing which book I would pull out of the box next. I was so excited to show my students. <br />
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I decided to create a special "Book Talk Box" for the books I would be book talking for the week. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3qoL2DZD6NrsaXWLwI3aauonZjxsSMQii_aMtUXsU0aZ_GkPepXoQwcsErc9MmxG2SVLa7aaw2wk2OOaE1j6Js3miUw2uTn_O6hmfSLlJzOmLjcHW1i0QwCFQNorNLCo5kg3BA_JSQHP/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+12.15.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3qoL2DZD6NrsaXWLwI3aauonZjxsSMQii_aMtUXsU0aZ_GkPepXoQwcsErc9MmxG2SVLa7aaw2wk2OOaE1j6Js3miUw2uTn_O6hmfSLlJzOmLjcHW1i0QwCFQNorNLCo5kg3BA_JSQHP/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-02+at+12.15.33+PM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only would the "Book Talk Box" hold the books I read when I was young, but also books from our collection.....new books, classics, nonfiction favorites, poetry, books about people I wanted them to learn about too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another special place in our library.....just like the places we found on our trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The "Book Talk Box" can even travel around the school, maybe even with other people besides me. There will be lots of possibilities for our box. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So remember to always keep you eyes and mind open to new ideas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They will fill your libraries and schools with happiness.</div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-82451136757475921772011-12-21T20:24:00.000-08:002011-12-21T20:39:20.531-08:00My Fifth Graders Join Club Click, Our Virtual Student Photography Club!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAM1DdkHE4YNCzj9OiVqdsJXRUYpbsoPr_x25CkXNnV1BCtRlYTcU8FDMqVO9fbbWq36e3ULxcxhefFHv2K0Hv5tp6IBWL3YCmuSvxieXMc2IL4hEb3_mYQR2wBslDuttLWMTEfnHzloC/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+10.56.04+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAM1DdkHE4YNCzj9OiVqdsJXRUYpbsoPr_x25CkXNnV1BCtRlYTcU8FDMqVO9fbbWq36e3ULxcxhefFHv2K0Hv5tp6IBWL3YCmuSvxieXMc2IL4hEb3_mYQR2wBslDuttLWMTEfnHzloC/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+10.56.04+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last spring, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/dmcordell" target="_blank">Diane Cordell</a> and I thought it would be fun to get others involved in "<a href="http://vanmeterclubclick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Club Click</a>", the student photography club that the two of us started with students at Van Meter, after we had lots of interest from friends on Twitter. What fun to make our "virtual" photography club reach even more places, students, and teachers. After all....Diane is in upstate New York....over 1,000 miles from Van Meter so what is a few thousand more miles between all of us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was also the first year that I would bring Club Click to the elementary students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/mrschureads" target="_blank"> John Schu</a> and I spoke about Club Click coming to his school, we decided that our 5th graders would be a great place to start. We both introduced Club Click to our students and set off to create slideshows of our schools to share with one another through Skype. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">John's 5th graders at Brook Creek presented their slideshows in small groups to our students in the computer lab this fall. They were amazing! My students were so excited to create their slideshows to show them too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the BEST parts of this project was talking to the students about photography. Diane Skyped in with the students and talked about the photos that she takes. I showed them many examples and different devices that I used. I showed them photographs from my camera, iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. We talked about different apps that can be used and editing the photographs in iPhoto. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also discussed using images in works that they produced. I touched on copyright and fair use. From the Little Van Meter Library Voice website, I showed the students places they could find images to use. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I told the students that they could bring their own device to take photos. Some of the students brought cameras but most of them had phones and iTouches. I also have 10 iTouches and two cameras in the library that they can use anytime. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They were so excited to set off in their groups to capture photographs of Van Meter to tell their story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And when they got back to the library....they couldn't wait to get started and show off the photographs they had taken. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MZvVo4QRwVFZildtUTOVF9TOlvDqDukFHVgJZqd0tHxyH11NBc8xx8PqaC9fitm0vo32vZtqf5veQeN-C8MUUYsq2NVxK67ljQAEVdLL03Eyi1p2BIj67ENa1SFe68GyE0BJ1V-BO0Uz/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+9.58.52+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MZvVo4QRwVFZildtUTOVF9TOlvDqDukFHVgJZqd0tHxyH11NBc8xx8PqaC9fitm0vo32vZtqf5veQeN-C8MUUYsq2NVxK67ljQAEVdLL03Eyi1p2BIj67ENa1SFe68GyE0BJ1V-BO0Uz/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+9.58.52+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The groups worked together to choose and edit the photographs they were going to include in their iPhoto slideshows. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfpPaAL5Qkoq1f5khm9IqDebGZ9RlxX8EPxkCHPnFs3ZEj6SdN6wh56ycrvgCDRmq1P1aeYrXlCEriYQKvUVVTCFcc5WsTZAS8AjQkeFq7TnyXi7UbKTth3wJ2Z5hsLLpyeo5byYzo6gn/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+10.01.04+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfpPaAL5Qkoq1f5khm9IqDebGZ9RlxX8EPxkCHPnFs3ZEj6SdN6wh56ycrvgCDRmq1P1aeYrXlCEriYQKvUVVTCFcc5WsTZAS8AjQkeFq7TnyXi7UbKTth3wJ2Z5hsLLpyeo5byYzo6gn/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-21+at+10.01.04+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I loved watching the groups work together too. They would ask each other to watch the slideshows and then go back into them for more editing. Some of the groups decided that they needed more photographs so would go out and take a few more. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hope you enjoy the slideshows of Van Meter, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/q5ph7KPbq-8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/XCvL_Vq23Bo/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCvL_Vq23Bo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCvL_Vq23Bo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbSIzgSKDiA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iOmccang-nU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/WpGMpmrhmSc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/AzEOl7-zJdo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-72577758421910767142011-09-10T16:39:00.000-07:002011-09-10T16:53:17.945-07:00Next Up....."DOT DOT" Celebration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This post is from John Schu and Shannon Miller's <a href="http://twolibrariesonevoice.blogspot.com/2011/09/next-updot-dot-celebration.html">Two Libraries One Voice blog. </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkV59IddsthKcNww2RaInNtCna8j4FRhb6S4WJAb-O22i2YWzaD8e8_3dyyiJkPS0YVGavil1tFWXSfcxAlfMJaykUnH55UrPT4jfnEx3gZg83-YRD3tPOUF8dmev1TbF_O5oy_cqHM4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-07+at+11.20.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkV59IddsthKcNww2RaInNtCna8j4FRhb6S4WJAb-O22i2YWzaD8e8_3dyyiJkPS0YVGavil1tFWXSfcxAlfMJaykUnH55UrPT4jfnEx3gZg83-YRD3tPOUF8dmev1TbF_O5oy_cqHM4/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-07+at+11.20.29+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are so excited! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week we will be celebrating <a href="http://fablevisionlearning.com/dotday/">"International DOT Day</a>" together. DOT Day is on September 15th, which is when <i>The Dot</i> by Peter H. Reynolds was first published in 2003. On this day, Peter and <a href="http://fablevisionlearning.com/">FableVision Learning</a> challenges people all over the world to "make your own mark and see where it takes you." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have been doing a lot at our schools to get ready for this super fun day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ISjFZaY87r2EvuQcsCblT5K41VILi6Gjy5YgLk4Fd5avb3VsyxWuL3Ay0x2sHdpd7hAzMxPGcwvC7Ql1dQYCyvB8h49nATX5Qwiw4UcCh12IDp0ucMtlOWjJeRfPIU2jnzLS1oHMhn4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-08+at+9.01.10+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ISjFZaY87r2EvuQcsCblT5K41VILi6Gjy5YgLk4Fd5avb3VsyxWuL3Ay0x2sHdpd7hAzMxPGcwvC7Ql1dQYCyvB8h49nATX5Qwiw4UcCh12IDp0ucMtlOWjJeRfPIU2jnzLS1oHMhn4/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-08+at+9.01.10+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students are welcomed into John's library at Brook Forest Elementary with this amazing display. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVEbU-m3pk0eQt9G7qxKC7TTs8ir88pA_UBnluIrPLcNWgXZLt0rAjmSBNbnmg0guYbDPf3Qpa7QcAhXMXxewdYRkic6anYpZ9zCoEPtMjVLqLQdoW3tYTFTUmOaO5rvh5z_L7ivnUqM/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+5.36.34+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVEbU-m3pk0eQt9G7qxKC7TTs8ir88pA_UBnluIrPLcNWgXZLt0rAjmSBNbnmg0guYbDPf3Qpa7QcAhXMXxewdYRkic6anYpZ9zCoEPtMjVLqLQdoW3tYTFTUmOaO5rvh5z_L7ivnUqM/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+5.36.34+PM.png" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And can learn more about Peter and FableVision here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ggdWOEUQflM9gX7lCPeFBZwlsUvqJc-S7_MecJNENAUUu8cHnjz3U580E3O-PMQWvduwiptQG2-9MQSLzwVLZe6TKFS2gJD7RrlZBOxwQIQrO2qaU_Yf-2jlHRF-V9EfNPsMWHL4PzU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+9.50.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ggdWOEUQflM9gX7lCPeFBZwlsUvqJc-S7_MecJNENAUUu8cHnjz3U580E3O-PMQWvduwiptQG2-9MQSLzwVLZe6TKFS2gJD7RrlZBOxwQIQrO2qaU_Yf-2jlHRF-V9EfNPsMWHL4PzU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+9.50.38+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shannon and her students created this new display in the Van Meter Elementary Library and they are enjoying all of the new books they added to their collection too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ek3nHq0xLUC2fkapPrR8tChwhLaOi_g9VGCNHU9we4mbJcF21tUkizKlkKbwXO8TUecfoOilG5mQxU94dJzoG_zGyDKsNlh4BEOqYmNHJxCYg5vUmmnvM5aYddPakWOtXAZRK5L7zPo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+9.51.37+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ek3nHq0xLUC2fkapPrR8tChwhLaOi_g9VGCNHU9we4mbJcF21tUkizKlkKbwXO8TUecfoOilG5mQxU94dJzoG_zGyDKsNlh4BEOqYmNHJxCYg5vUmmnvM5aYddPakWOtXAZRK5L7zPo/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+9.51.37+PM.png" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiMOxvA_88eieHe3PmX-g6AHDfeGnYk8r6HvihuRWeCoXxWCVHZhyphenhyphenFUMJfKtZUnVoMrMZrjFOBFYepIKY_P6CgrKUPVVxnSKoEiWM4sTaWyjWfoLoKHJdjHlDH83gi2kEEp41aU8BtxU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-07+at+10.50.42+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiMOxvA_88eieHe3PmX-g6AHDfeGnYk8r6HvihuRWeCoXxWCVHZhyphenhyphenFUMJfKtZUnVoMrMZrjFOBFYepIKY_P6CgrKUPVVxnSKoEiWM4sTaWyjWfoLoKHJdjHlDH83gi2kEEp41aU8BtxU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-07+at+10.50.42+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week, a big group of Shannon's 7th and 8th graders created beautiful DOT art work outside. She wrote about this day on the Van Meter VOICE blog.... <a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2011/09/today-students-made-their-markon-each.html">Today The Students Made Their Mark....On Each Other, The World, and ME!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysOxZDj2BP8SVjDSt6AP-otzzEQb4QIe3HSRCuYkU6wnvR3iKqZi9PYt61LqBu6ZhU44fUtpE9fJmqV-zcZAAB4x_eWstgT8yVvJ8hnkCKlEPAHwRu1afG9IsdwUXBcijgzVv7NWkE9A/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+11.53.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysOxZDj2BP8SVjDSt6AP-otzzEQb4QIe3HSRCuYkU6wnvR3iKqZi9PYt61LqBu6ZhU44fUtpE9fJmqV-zcZAAB4x_eWstgT8yVvJ8hnkCKlEPAHwRu1afG9IsdwUXBcijgzVv7NWkE9A/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+11.53.58+PM.png" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She created signs for DOT DAY on the library and art room doors. The students created signs throughout the school with the banners. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53DWnnUAOS2hf7qRvYNfQFBccPb9SX6onQ5ApsHgkR7qgu0Ioar2zroviPGLIcLCVjS0r5E3w8pCdF0pjhJEhcA2vHK0-0aHda4R1tnFYEvPDCpkPcHi2nMlgmWTxr0FE8043XNal2bk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.41.54+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53DWnnUAOS2hf7qRvYNfQFBccPb9SX6onQ5ApsHgkR7qgu0Ioar2zroviPGLIcLCVjS0r5E3w8pCdF0pjhJEhcA2vHK0-0aHda4R1tnFYEvPDCpkPcHi2nMlgmWTxr0FE8043XNal2bk/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.41.54+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And John's students started decorating paper with their DOTS too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To celebrate in the libraries this week, we have planned a lot of literacy and art activities for the students. We are going to be painting and drawing with watercolors, finger paints, crayons, colored pencils, and sidewalk chalk. There is even an activity involving coffee filters, markers, and water bottles...Oh my. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_JPjajPFUURtf-BPH2YUhaBXNLGp6MW_BXoPz_lsd5dW6Uy8B6Bsys_-zXy_TFBdDUc7MKqxE0z6NsxuhoA88b9x-AFRpGY_WTJJaJmkKtEkdSAskfRaPf9wM3qoCrb5_TnQ7mXYKQ4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.05.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_JPjajPFUURtf-BPH2YUhaBXNLGp6MW_BXoPz_lsd5dW6Uy8B6Bsys_-zXy_TFBdDUc7MKqxE0z6NsxuhoA88b9x-AFRpGY_WTJJaJmkKtEkdSAskfRaPf9wM3qoCrb5_TnQ7mXYKQ4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.05.19+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our kids are going to create DOTS using the iPads and drawing apps. We will be sharing these creations with each other over Skype. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhTV8Zui0OBQgUosH9KuHciPePhzoNTYDQMR5O6yreA7UwN2a_-KJx3b02-gVaq8dsq0gzsedAYPaF8Hu6ndtI3WRdToKyOU94ycE8aRp-k-LOfk8QrP1NPQuVBFf3hCIxHC9NYwBSyw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.05.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhTV8Zui0OBQgUosH9KuHciPePhzoNTYDQMR5O6yreA7UwN2a_-KJx3b02-gVaq8dsq0gzsedAYPaF8Hu6ndtI3WRdToKyOU94ycE8aRp-k-LOfk8QrP1NPQuVBFf3hCIxHC9NYwBSyw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.05.35+PM.png" /></a></div>John had a great idea today.....ROLL OUT the "Read" carpet for the week and have our students add dots throughout the week.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-e0ooDKVczXd84yZx9onztDqdQEiJUN1cou7wmql08eLmSYZm0dPMt8hQnQ7Oi3OOHgmYS_QTPRNG-0V76YoiDFouv-y4UMBv7dBwA0l5PPtwzvt73QN0wSh8gh-KYfnkcVy_F5DmmI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.07.37+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-e0ooDKVczXd84yZx9onztDqdQEiJUN1cou7wmql08eLmSYZm0dPMt8hQnQ7Oi3OOHgmYS_QTPRNG-0V76YoiDFouv-y4UMBv7dBwA0l5PPtwzvt73QN0wSh8gh-KYfnkcVy_F5DmmI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+4.07.37+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And even our students are planning things.....like Alissa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-QjapPqoOBz1Ap2MRRrYPg0AfxcIScj9zHtKTsaEsEZzBg2VAh0DMIIpeHr06UrobyTqrP-GLxcVCR72x1_6481rSaIf-VL0xuMyqoGN1wErNTpr4NmZAhFibnrRVfDYpUey-5a6zog/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.16.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-QjapPqoOBz1Ap2MRRrYPg0AfxcIScj9zHtKTsaEsEZzBg2VAh0DMIIpeHr06UrobyTqrP-GLxcVCR72x1_6481rSaIf-VL0xuMyqoGN1wErNTpr4NmZAhFibnrRVfDYpUey-5a6zog/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.16.14+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We will be sharing<a href="http://www.peterhreynolds.com/dot/"> <i>The Dot</i> </a>and other special books like<a href="http://www.ericaperl.com/dotty/"> <i>Dotty</i> by Erica Perl</a>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE2ZYhC3W1xhVUWF6-tzIh3Y2CNFLUpcSR7YkPEW1NGW87Cf4Ohyr1dRnwCynIqSzRQ5hqlMJx5_6fFEQJnvsb5dXJnO26hjzbh4XtoDndWC5rMH5L1yGXcIbESvuvomthiH9t5k5Y5E/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.20.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE2ZYhC3W1xhVUWF6-tzIh3Y2CNFLUpcSR7YkPEW1NGW87Cf4Ohyr1dRnwCynIqSzRQ5hqlMJx5_6fFEQJnvsb5dXJnO26hjzbh4XtoDndWC5rMH5L1yGXcIbESvuvomthiH9t5k5Y5E/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+6.20.02+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dotbypatriciaintriago"><i>Dot </i>by Patricia Intriago</a> over Skype with our students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And of course a DOT Day celebration would not be complete without DOTS for everyone. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6a-q8VY3ERd4AnQBFvt9jIEKOTG-d3woADOpVI0nm40ykzZEn5R2Vl7ssHzRFO1UuZh9BrOLeejCCaQUs7tLzK8cn6LSc2lY0uq8BOQ09zwFQKRrj_AX1iDa5ysCikzRGcoA0StMVkLY/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+3.05.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6a-q8VY3ERd4AnQBFvt9jIEKOTG-d3woADOpVI0nm40ykzZEn5R2Vl7ssHzRFO1UuZh9BrOLeejCCaQUs7tLzK8cn6LSc2lY0uq8BOQ09zwFQKRrj_AX1iDa5ysCikzRGcoA0StMVkLY/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-10+at+3.05.57+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So just as the sweet character Vashti learns in <i>The Dot</i>, anyone can make a mark on the world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week in Oak Brook, Illinois and Van Meter, Iowa, we will celebrate the marks of every single person in our schools and the uniqueness of them all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>We cannot wait to hear how you are going to celebrate DOT Day too!Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-68825904233765761892011-09-05T20:08:00.000-07:002011-09-05T20:08:41.065-07:00Our Kids Caught the Gingerbread Man With a Little Help From a QR Code<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb6Qf0DFhyphenhyphen_IFfOrPX5lJp_O5APjlvm7FXQMX5KfACVQrSGnN1AIUKNgUu6er-fD73AmXAc7V7W0fHN8L5sa2YuVcOgXOSar-6yRsdzB_wBMQCs5Q5DDmCTnDDt2WMdPF_45ltBbuFCU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-08-25+at+12.59.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb6Qf0DFhyphenhyphen_IFfOrPX5lJp_O5APjlvm7FXQMX5KfACVQrSGnN1AIUKNgUu6er-fD73AmXAc7V7W0fHN8L5sa2YuVcOgXOSar-6yRsdzB_wBMQCs5Q5DDmCTnDDt2WMdPF_45ltBbuFCU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-08-25+at+12.59.16+PM.png" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To start off the year, I read Laura Murray's new book <i><a href="http://www.lauramurraybooks.com/index.html">The Gingerbread Loose in the School </a></i>to the kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CwLQ7Rd_xZSSPlN8ZIsVl7_3wSya944JVmaYr9CX3ccIlqAfqlxDsAl0KU6m4Ge1fvizBxrOuRpBHDesqw_lvuPVXTNaXE2ReKeMCr0lUN7npSYiAtiAt2fQYXDw2fiWFaDaWA5XMGQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.39.48+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CwLQ7Rd_xZSSPlN8ZIsVl7_3wSya944JVmaYr9CX3ccIlqAfqlxDsAl0KU6m4Ge1fvizBxrOuRpBHDesqw_lvuPVXTNaXE2ReKeMCr0lUN7npSYiAtiAt2fQYXDw2fiWFaDaWA5XMGQ/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.39.48+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k8ti3yScAIcxNRG8PNQugEnXurZN0EZ9hD7U9mOdeqkwkVQxYXqyTp4HAo3pKcWJ8WRfwVLppCPpKGuIvh-HHF-UPBx8JSdxxeU3a6xJFubyjEURoqUihjon7Pi3y5sPaFvBZhgJgnY/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.39.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k8ti3yScAIcxNRG8PNQugEnXurZN0EZ9hD7U9mOdeqkwkVQxYXqyTp4HAo3pKcWJ8WRfwVLppCPpKGuIvh-HHF-UPBx8JSdxxeU3a6xJFubyjEURoqUihjon7Pi3y5sPaFvBZhgJgnY/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.39.57+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Laura did an amazing job writing this book and the illustrations created by Mike Lowery are perfect! . <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Vv2oUyzthzg1GkEZjUBGYt4wCBMhwDDj2m6BqXsGSWjyGfFT857e9Utg5Z0tfmicey8fvWVO3XPYmBX-Ws0Jgrli5OEDvIq3nD9y5it6b0LWCj2I1N6fM7yLjtLTegB3C1lwn8RoKMg/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-08-27+at+9.15.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Vv2oUyzthzg1GkEZjUBGYt4wCBMhwDDj2m6BqXsGSWjyGfFT857e9Utg5Z0tfmicey8fvWVO3XPYmBX-Ws0Jgrli5OEDvIq3nD9y5it6b0LWCj2I1N6fM7yLjtLTegB3C1lwn8RoKMg/s320/Screen+shot+2011-08-27+at+9.15.11+PM.png" width="184" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This adorable story takes the readers on a journey through the school with a newly baked Gingerbread Man. I had lots of friends (including 8th graders Ben Trent and Isaac Benton) come to the elementary library to read this story to the little ones. It was a book that we all laughed out loud as it was read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After we read the book, I thought that it would be fun to create a scavenger hunt and find some of our own special people at Van Meter School. I decided to create one using QR Codes (quick response codes). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFq1eNfoqLyfspPnMEpWWWTlgO1rqylopk2RG8cBvNvcZA_CvJexnQmGkkfelOS_xrSUAH7WjxpF1vRQWa2-CHfk937X3WRGoLyVnGJCLCoTYtyNS7Vw6pAK88-TZiHTS8ej_3_667Ho/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.36.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFq1eNfoqLyfspPnMEpWWWTlgO1rqylopk2RG8cBvNvcZA_CvJexnQmGkkfelOS_xrSUAH7WjxpF1vRQWa2-CHfk937X3WRGoLyVnGJCLCoTYtyNS7Vw6pAK88-TZiHTS8ej_3_667Ho/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+6.36.40+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first thing I did was decide which locations I would have the children search. I took photographs of these people and uploaded them to Flickr. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GLtUfvnBATwiYg8uhdNlpEp3RazP2cuuIjBf_5AG651Wsjdcqj0I66mhZTtyuQ7FrYLLxVb7cNAARbDQAvfqQGflux7TEWysVkQOctqmNCZmAkK7bgbLu61KFegUrUA1HMLdLH0O3bs/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+9.09.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GLtUfvnBATwiYg8uhdNlpEp3RazP2cuuIjBf_5AG651Wsjdcqj0I66mhZTtyuQ7FrYLLxVb7cNAARbDQAvfqQGflux7TEWysVkQOctqmNCZmAkK7bgbLu61KFegUrUA1HMLdLH0O3bs/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+9.09.06+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I used the site <a href="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/">Kaywa </a> to create the QR codes. For each image, I created a QR code using the url for that image from Flickr. Once the QR code was created, I took a screen shot of each one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDepq2KMPCU1cDL_O7e9-McpsFNrSBgFPi3Y_j6R_GQIALou_QKpWjQCumtodiOLBNSI5xms83fYLTVR5I-6ax4Q8d3RHxhjVqODV4xghIiD9ayxgHUBcvv5dXIW08HXWCss4yDTFyJM/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+8.15.51+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDepq2KMPCU1cDL_O7e9-McpsFNrSBgFPi3Y_j6R_GQIALou_QKpWjQCumtodiOLBNSI5xms83fYLTVR5I-6ax4Q8d3RHxhjVqODV4xghIiD9ayxgHUBcvv5dXIW08HXWCss4yDTFyJM/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+8.15.51+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then pasted each QR code into a Google Doc that I opened just for this project. I labeled each code at the top of the page, copied it six times in the Google Doc, and ran the entire document off when it was complete. This was very helpful because you need to make sure you know which code goes to each unique location.....or it will be a lot of extra work when hanging up the clues around the school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LHANpXmBjmup2URYg-y-zcxqOYXgpYm2rQSjmlByldv9Llj5TjmVt7PyurJlehamw8zrdfRWkksvb700Dvp3yP_e5Py-Yf36kHBTk_BMLicwyE3GwHnARwtcEJdgW9lGQPB_R3k9lhk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.33.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LHANpXmBjmup2URYg-y-zcxqOYXgpYm2rQSjmlByldv9Llj5TjmVt7PyurJlehamw8zrdfRWkksvb700Dvp3yP_e5Py-Yf36kHBTk_BMLicwyE3GwHnARwtcEJdgW9lGQPB_R3k9lhk/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.33.16+PM.png" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cut out each set of QR codes and pasted them onto copies of the cover and little pieces of black paper. I made sure each location had six scanning sites so the children could spread out during the scavenger hunt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgtmqF9sS2sh3cNZJvOAO45o0sOJvJPkhZ1DKB_29k1YERGoZ9WfmuBoVd0zE6Z25NMy2nZeFMZSjzLV1x75TbRLb4iC5Zqvb8GN8x0F80tvCtjQU4KS1784iPBXiRjdL4VLiBXXdbGs/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.29.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgtmqF9sS2sh3cNZJvOAO45o0sOJvJPkhZ1DKB_29k1YERGoZ9WfmuBoVd0zE6Z25NMy2nZeFMZSjzLV1x75TbRLb4iC5Zqvb8GN8x0F80tvCtjQU4KS1784iPBXiRjdL4VLiBXXdbGs/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.29.56+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When they came for library time, I explained to them what QR codes were and how they can hold all kinds of information, images, music, and other things. A few of the students raised their hands to tell us how they had seen them at stores or in magazines. One little boy even scanned a QR code before on a pop can. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed them how to open up the scanning app and place the camera over the QR code. They were so excited to see a photograph of me pop up on the screen of the iTouch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zfOfA1kcCgfLJPuyiq0WyMC0xB6u-Kf8ciLmc1Dv3x6lMtZ7ylitmESBcLzXDQepQv3OzFIhkL5Vi_qsO0Ypv084grA7Q0SPYE4yARMxMT9-K323XTepWZrDocepIlfmZtqL9OXUYtA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.35.34+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zfOfA1kcCgfLJPuyiq0WyMC0xB6u-Kf8ciLmc1Dv3x6lMtZ7ylitmESBcLzXDQepQv3OzFIhkL5Vi_qsO0Ypv084grA7Q0SPYE4yARMxMT9-K323XTepWZrDocepIlfmZtqL9OXUYtA/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+5.35.34+PM.png" width="245" /></a></div>Next, it was time to put the iTouches into the hands of the students. For a lot of the little ones, this was the very first time they had even held an iTouch. I loved watching their faces and listening to the excitement in the library. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnw2n425h0CUjQ5nEAcH3oivzHiFT_rMXRqTRHYvEE6ex-KgyfHNoZhmRIs840jq37c1Qn7RG9MDxpGQqsenryHWApKotjrJrckqTuwdLubrB-Es-AZQ8khyd3YT053YGto_YIqiao2Us/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+6.40.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnw2n425h0CUjQ5nEAcH3oivzHiFT_rMXRqTRHYvEE6ex-KgyfHNoZhmRIs840jq37c1Qn7RG9MDxpGQqsenryHWApKotjrJrckqTuwdLubrB-Es-AZQ8khyd3YT053YGto_YIqiao2Us/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+6.40.49+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to the different locations and took turns scanning the QR codes and looking at the clues. They all did such an amazing job working together and sharing the iTouches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="240" id="vp1bAPjY" width="432"><param name="movie" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1315278418&f=bAPjYZFvau8yCXBpORa1EQ&d=234&m=a&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&options="></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed id="vp1bAPjY" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1315278418&f=bAPjYZFvau8yCXBpORa1EQ&d=234&m=a&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&options=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="240"></embed></object></div><div>To find out who the children had to find on the scavenger hunt, please watch this Animoto entitled <i><a href="http://animoto.com/play/bAPjYZFvau8yCXBpORa1EQ">A Fun QR Code Scavenger Hunt at Van Meter </a></i>. It is so fun to watch their faces and the excitement that happened during this activity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="goog_410911657"></span><span id="goog_410911658"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_onHrQgqVrTzs7BVCEG2s5yN0LdsmDwuCphySwDOaSapAripMi9s4FCWKh6RG88kyy2kUX_TVeG-TtKP4sLpFhEDgRSZzDPksbOpJztkSa7rnPzxbiQ7qazv-8K2h1MEtMPyGoA-IiMU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+9.20.50+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_onHrQgqVrTzs7BVCEG2s5yN0LdsmDwuCphySwDOaSapAripMi9s4FCWKh6RG88kyy2kUX_TVeG-TtKP4sLpFhEDgRSZzDPksbOpJztkSa7rnPzxbiQ7qazv-8K2h1MEtMPyGoA-IiMU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-05+at+9.20.50+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Two of our student bloggers also wrote about the Gingerbread Man QR code project.<br />
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MacKenzie Roberts, who is an 8th grader, wrote a post entitled<a href="http://mackenzie-mae.blogspot.com/2011/09/gingerbread-man-lost-in-school.html"> <i>The Gingerbread Man Lost in the School </i></a> on her new blog Music To My Life. MacKenzie and her friends helped me take the students around the school on the hunt. It was so great having them there to help me with the younger ones....everyone enjoyed this. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We will definitely be searching for the Gingerbread Man again at Van Meter School. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibfDFbdxRiNjRGa3-95mXneo-yda29jueEL0PgSKtnVxOqI01cg3MBxLJ8mosuNwjgYhGaSMcb9O8r0v4aSH_6-B1-oooUNFkrBrYRCkK1_icTk3L9rxtCcX1RoD23UX-ngHay1pOOcI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-08-26+at+10.09.26+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibfDFbdxRiNjRGa3-95mXneo-yda29jueEL0PgSKtnVxOqI01cg3MBxLJ8mosuNwjgYhGaSMcb9O8r0v4aSH_6-B1-oooUNFkrBrYRCkK1_icTk3L9rxtCcX1RoD23UX-ngHay1pOOcI/s320/Screen+shot+2011-08-26+at+10.09.26+PM.png" width="238" /></a></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-85272917089679616452011-06-18T18:25:00.000-07:002011-06-18T18:32:42.844-07:00Don't Stop Believing...That We Can Make A Difference!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppGoe2dosybSWDey8hiS64C5c81hUR01cnc2_DAi8Tw9ntNa902G2yLx_f3QLBH9M6953BXaeWaTUzepAbDLkUksXQDLyjkwqwk7zeYiAeHEpe5JrFYfZvHUAykZQbp7jnAe4BClHeY8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.22.04+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppGoe2dosybSWDey8hiS64C5c81hUR01cnc2_DAi8Tw9ntNa902G2yLx_f3QLBH9M6953BXaeWaTUzepAbDLkUksXQDLyjkwqwk7zeYiAeHEpe5JrFYfZvHUAykZQbp7jnAe4BClHeY8/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.22.04+PM.png" width="320" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last year I had the pleasure of meeting </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1149718006"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1149718006"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stephen Gagnon</span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jstepheng"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> who is a 4th grade teacher in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at Strathum Elementary. Our mutual friend </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/bhsprincipal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Patrick Larkin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> introduced Stephen and I on Twitter. Throughout the school year, Stephen and I connected his students with the 4th graders at Van Meter in Staci Braun, Cindi Burnes and Jenny Stephens classrooms. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGwcbbISBmddRwL5WX8FhBCy4xVHbV8L00deFwHlSRvUadcSfehWDRSwjyZKZvqO1ARU4JSLfMFK2_eCPPFKJUZw1mH2hj5TVhuNjcgLBaPDslnoBI1dRO7gzQ3tDGpEIt9pSMITAPHo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+7.14.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGwcbbISBmddRwL5WX8FhBCy4xVHbV8L00deFwHlSRvUadcSfehWDRSwjyZKZvqO1ARU4JSLfMFK2_eCPPFKJUZw1mH2hj5TVhuNjcgLBaPDslnoBI1dRO7gzQ3tDGpEIt9pSMITAPHo/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+7.14.30+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These connections happened in the classroom and in the library at Van Meter. I loved the day that his students taught ours about World Math Day (</span><a href="http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-of-connecting-at-van-meter.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this is a post about connecting that day</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of my very favorite connections was when Mr. G's class had a "So You Think You Got Talent" show for us in the library computer lab. When his class started singing and dancing I told our 4th graders, "Get up and dance too!" It was so much fun for everyone. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After I wrote a post about our connections on the Edmodo blog entitled </span><i><a href="http://blog.edmodo.com/2011/05/10/voice-of-the-library-the-%E2%80%9Clittle-things%E2%80%9D-that-make-a-difference/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Little Things That Make A Difference</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was so honored to receive several tweets like this from Mr. G's class. They mean just as much to me and I saw them as other students of mine as well. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the end of the performances, they surprised me with a special song they had practiced just for me. As I sat in my kitchen watching the students at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strathum Elementary do an incredible job singing Journey's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don't Stop Believing, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I got tears in my eyes. </span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvXWD3fKxlaUUBGtibNbVP06T4KnKhOh6lPY0VPL7lMXApferIwYdheLFqXe5n4YsEf7eZ9eQ3saXnObFXh7zJz9XdvZrtXph8r7-SYKUXem_P6_Rj3SkM4wtrUCwiM4VCTs0sXNZHoo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.22.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvXWD3fKxlaUUBGtibNbVP06T4KnKhOh6lPY0VPL7lMXApferIwYdheLFqXe5n4YsEf7eZ9eQ3saXnObFXh7zJz9XdvZrtXph8r7-SYKUXem_P6_Rj3SkM4wtrUCwiM4VCTs0sXNZHoo/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.22.55+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When they finished singing, the kids yelled out "Thank you, Mrs. Miller." I was sad to tell them goodbye for the summer. I told them how they could connect with me over the summer and that I couldn't wait to see them in the fall.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDg*NDUzNDk5NjYmcHQ9MTMwODQ*NTM1NDQ3OCZwPTIwNjQyMSZkPWIyMTEzNTc4Jmc9MiZvPWQwOTU3MjQ*N2Vm/NzQ3MWFiYThmZjY*ZjE4N2RkM2IyJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://mrgclass.ed.voicethread.com/book.swf?b=2113578"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://mrgclass.ed.voicethread.com/book.swf?b=2113578" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="360"></embed></object></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was so happy to also receive a VoiceThread from Mr. G's class. Everyone of them left me a little message. I just love listening to what the connections with our students, authors and others meant to them. The connections, relationships and projects made a difference in their year, learning and lives. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK18ztjtpJ1RDt8lFOuXESri_vQ7xhXokHATKwgfzlF3KC6p3zD6NiOJtGdIOQLqFXtMN0ber3QfTEk8bxd2DgNOYrQw1aaRc5A31x43jnHVLHBRkjT8E2LiSUpiz-iImwgaB-ulvEzsU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.23.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK18ztjtpJ1RDt8lFOuXESri_vQ7xhXokHATKwgfzlF3KC6p3zD6NiOJtGdIOQLqFXtMN0ber3QfTEk8bxd2DgNOYrQw1aaRc5A31x43jnHVLHBRkjT8E2LiSUpiz-iImwgaB-ulvEzsU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.23.14+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu9MC_YkYJNjyCDCYc9iUdmcG9yQI9TIOab-fJR1faCo_WzGaDmCly-zFocbxZ6jElAx8Ez3bLgHkxZ4PSKU9RR4mHG-xkprFypia7RKQXaG-OthK8iuWtpqh02-C_VH500fSzOiOdhI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.23.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu9MC_YkYJNjyCDCYc9iUdmcG9yQI9TIOab-fJR1faCo_WzGaDmCly-zFocbxZ6jElAx8Ez3bLgHkxZ4PSKU9RR4mHG-xkprFypia7RKQXaG-OthK8iuWtpqh02-C_VH500fSzOiOdhI/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.23.46+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtWVWsuzMHibX8J47mp9fgnt8vRbYtwccNA_OR_-TBir_Qb9FCuMdmpRTyccN1wRv0B8ZShz18SUggbCZKjV6s-PIWfoxae8gBl9KVYvtgMm-uuTYcMbDTQNktL4UU7xhj0E4r9yJeF8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.24.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtWVWsuzMHibX8J47mp9fgnt8vRbYtwccNA_OR_-TBir_Qb9FCuMdmpRTyccN1wRv0B8ZShz18SUggbCZKjV6s-PIWfoxae8gBl9KVYvtgMm-uuTYcMbDTQNktL4UU7xhj0E4r9yJeF8/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.24.02+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is definitely one year that Mr. G's class will not forget. Stephen is one of the most amazing teachers that I have ever meant. He has given his students a VOICE through their classroom Twitter, Skype and several experiences such as the ones I have described in this post. I am the lucky one to have been invited into his classroom. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwL__TDIO3sZNP-YA1TmTE-No39XwhnOD4Blyg_Sd-dqz3KzeS1rTw6Oj1umBhlGryYGno4yLZbVmobRPYtbKUeLkl0NmBnwMWn_thOrJQ8fe5vKuQCCg5B-Cm6fBvqPriB3MJRb3mgyo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.52.22+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwL__TDIO3sZNP-YA1TmTE-No39XwhnOD4Blyg_Sd-dqz3KzeS1rTw6Oj1umBhlGryYGno4yLZbVmobRPYtbKUeLkl0NmBnwMWn_thOrJQ8fe5vKuQCCg5B-Cm6fBvqPriB3MJRb3mgyo/s320/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+4.52.22+PM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Image created by </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/gwynethjones"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gwyneth Jones,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The Daring Librarian </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I prepare for ISTE next week in Philadelphia, these students come to my mind often. During the SIGMS Forum </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There Is No Better Time: A Dawning Era For School Librarians</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, they will be part of how I describe how we can all </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Be A Change </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for our students, schools and throughout the world. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For when one receives a tweet like this.....</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that a class of 4th graders 1000 miles away can make a difference in your life too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is one year that I will never forget.</span></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-52057993539336981162011-05-15T19:12:00.001-07:002011-05-15T20:38:48.291-07:00A Real Treat....Robert Forbes Visits Van Meter!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ACm9Vo-dL734KMxtGcpcS2ehX3JqQs8qEkh2UDvgX12oJM54u-W6FNhXbH_1OMdlb7tof0-kTHtEUzhyt9zxM6z7Jej-Yk7PqN6x3439TCj-rhKiiVHmc-rS6sPd3B-yh4FSkpq2QA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.44.43+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ACm9Vo-dL734KMxtGcpcS2ehX3JqQs8qEkh2UDvgX12oJM54u-W6FNhXbH_1OMdlb7tof0-kTHtEUzhyt9zxM6z7Jej-Yk7PqN6x3439TCj-rhKiiVHmc-rS6sPd3B-yh4FSkpq2QA/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.44.43+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607132036587348770" /></a>Last Friday we had the honor of hosting <a href="http://robertforbes.com/">Robert Forbes</a> in our library. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MrSchuReads">John Schu</a> and I were introduced to Robert and his poetry through our friend Rocco during Poetry Month in April. We soon planned a day to Skype and share poetry with our students in Van Meter and Brook Forest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunXhInDU6cPFzfUyA5DBBS3t674ZnNQb2-oVqaDmg0pGUylDDymEIgydrShG-m4Gqx9kpLqHdP1HJtYAKTNjzj31Kn_p27wT4As4aggRKiaNn_zVb4Lmr1YFTqoC7LnoHWhBMUPc245o/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+9.01.15+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunXhInDU6cPFzfUyA5DBBS3t674ZnNQb2-oVqaDmg0pGUylDDymEIgydrShG-m4Gqx9kpLqHdP1HJtYAKTNjzj31Kn_p27wT4As4aggRKiaNn_zVb4Lmr1YFTqoC7LnoHWhBMUPc245o/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+9.01.15+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607132051369366930" /></a>Robert has written <a href="http://robertlforbes.com/books/">two books</a> filled with amazing, fun poetry entitled <i>Let's Have a Bite...A Banquet of Beastly Rhymes</i> and <i>Beastly Feasts...A Mischievous Menagerie in Rhyme. </i><div><i><br /></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQv3YhiN_sBJRbOQQNounSLAOwGMD3epyvJsbuv0tuZHmWbn0oZ0KS9_OU3SXROVQ-h3mZ_UtWLS1wvOF2wIHvThVrfcqGonznhb_Ijrf4Pu3l0ghxNW9XNd4183Xig7kBv4HAyXC668/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.46.48+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQv3YhiN_sBJRbOQQNounSLAOwGMD3epyvJsbuv0tuZHmWbn0oZ0KS9_OU3SXROVQ-h3mZ_UtWLS1wvOF2wIHvThVrfcqGonznhb_Ijrf4Pu3l0ghxNW9XNd4183Xig7kBv4HAyXC668/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.46.48+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607132042430187922" /></a>Mrs. Braun's 4th graders and Mrs. Thompson's 5th graders were the lucky ones to meet Robert. After listening to several poems and hearing about the incredible illustrator <a href="http://robertlforbes.com/about-the-illustrator/">Ronald Searle</a>, the students engaged in a wonderful conversation with the poet. He spoke about how he started writing, the inspiration for the characters in his poems, what he enjoyed reading, and encouraged the students to always dream big.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_1XAnU6gcPQHoJ26zvef85rS0MnDrj_vUGqWLxJzuho_jHsgSxdLFMNJRGFbRgvz3cMk1pLCiaH7NEgRs5RIr0eokYAw_f9rRMSisz1bowbvGlQv1bVGhKjoNr2N9Xu3Oc2rMpOGv-Y/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.41.55+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_1XAnU6gcPQHoJ26zvef85rS0MnDrj_vUGqWLxJzuho_jHsgSxdLFMNJRGFbRgvz3cMk1pLCiaH7NEgRs5RIr0eokYAw_f9rRMSisz1bowbvGlQv1bVGhKjoNr2N9Xu3Oc2rMpOGv-Y/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+8.41.55+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607132028929239298" /></a>Robert visited with us for over a hour and it was one of the best times we have had during an author visit. I loved it when the students told him how they "carried his poems in their pockets" during Poem In Your Pocket Day on April 13th (<a href="http://twolibrariesonevoice.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-poem-in-your-pocket-day-celebration.html">read about John's and I celebration at twolibrariesonevoice.com</a>) </div><div><br /></div><div>We look forward to reading, sharing, and following Robert's work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, Robert. You are truly an inspiration to us all.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQipSoFHUnsr3EGjgqLyuYlKataCuCnAXt8wiH-y3aUWK3Yt5LmlgxVBNLcyLRkEOTemmi7LwPmBZgnIMe7z9IDESQhLoZlbwWZMQzqKz2bDBSGjQcT7FoDNP_7GYTuA1S9Jl0nXyjpdo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+9.38.59+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQipSoFHUnsr3EGjgqLyuYlKataCuCnAXt8wiH-y3aUWK3Yt5LmlgxVBNLcyLRkEOTemmi7LwPmBZgnIMe7z9IDESQhLoZlbwWZMQzqKz2bDBSGjQcT7FoDNP_7GYTuA1S9Jl0nXyjpdo/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-15+at+9.38.59+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607138092243906226" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You can read more about Robert and his work on the </span><a href="http://robertforbes.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">RobertForbes.com </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> website. </span></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-21005594859721606752011-05-07T18:54:00.000-07:002011-05-07T20:47:14.735-07:00Katie Davis Shares Her New Book....Little Chicken's Big Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5MclqPod3va2dm2g_YQTLZLEYy5COG7-KG04QaZ2npvAdQKhwi8ZsCFTUdS7U9osJ43vkMzaPMh9_E92E-C2Wi3EUsPy-r328B5SwxSWlas6B0uMl0VBSDs4aYLTdTEuKb-dvUL0bkk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+10.31.55+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5MclqPod3va2dm2g_YQTLZLEYy5COG7-KG04QaZ2npvAdQKhwi8ZsCFTUdS7U9osJ43vkMzaPMh9_E92E-C2Wi3EUsPy-r328B5SwxSWlas6B0uMl0VBSDs4aYLTdTEuKb-dvUL0bkk/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+10.31.55+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604183072237947954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9w18lK1NhvxC8qNbHB0P8aqUfLwq1lA-UXJvXZAGe3_3LG2hN9m5so0wygQdyrqtMfG_EIRybCxXehlIrfUyzx0TTiq5HAuPQSwbvjRQGvt4c8oXIadenyzQ_VbF4S8Luw_q_nySUwE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.15.34+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9w18lK1NhvxC8qNbHB0P8aqUfLwq1lA-UXJvXZAGe3_3LG2hN9m5so0wygQdyrqtMfG_EIRybCxXehlIrfUyzx0TTiq5HAuPQSwbvjRQGvt4c8oXIadenyzQ_VbF4S8Luw_q_nySUwE/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.15.34+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604177363294943714" /></a><div>Last week, author Katie Davis visited my 3rd graders over Skype in the Van Meter Elementary Library. Katie shared her new book<i> Little Chicken's Big Day </i>that she created with her husband Jerry. This sweet book spends the day with Little Chicken and takes the reader on a range of emotions through adorable illustrators and simple words. My dear friend <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/mrschureads">John Schu</a> sent me Katie's book in the mail and I couldn't wait to share it with the students at Van Meter. They loved listening to Katie read it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbumpGwqd-mzJmjwbmwhvo0LzETTv3-D8Aj39h5ZpjVcJ45l4tD59ewIDMv42RMrU2HqlCX6BpQQICHtbGzyl4Z5IOUbEe21Es9F4z7jprRg-of6zw80zmhyk4vksvt04PFOUMzKDgvI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.16.03+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbumpGwqd-mzJmjwbmwhvo0LzETTv3-D8Aj39h5ZpjVcJ45l4tD59ewIDMv42RMrU2HqlCX6BpQQICHtbGzyl4Z5IOUbEe21Es9F4z7jprRg-of6zw80zmhyk4vksvt04PFOUMzKDgvI/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.16.03+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604177371130936162" /></a></div><div>It was exciting for the 3rd graders to hear her talk about the process of writing and illustrating a children's book. She spoke about getting things just right....like the car seat Little Chicken was in. It took them several attempts to get the look that they wanted.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6zD2yhJIIYRFqqnouV3u_CON2zn6claoSaELkiDE2ZYijBPTjDTlJpHpMjTerxuKznnv_YxRf2cDzLfOPkUlgLK6iEBSu4jJujgEEl5T9EiTlu212I1OaXJDTyGskfgrU9AxBuDRMLQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.15.19+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6zD2yhJIIYRFqqnouV3u_CON2zn6claoSaELkiDE2ZYijBPTjDTlJpHpMjTerxuKznnv_YxRf2cDzLfOPkUlgLK6iEBSu4jJujgEEl5T9EiTlu212I1OaXJDTyGskfgrU9AxBuDRMLQ/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.15.19+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604177356000306210" /></a></div><div>The third graders asked her so many wonderful questions. One of the best, "What was your favorite book as a child?" Katie was so excited to answer that...she ran off to get two of her childhood favorites to share. When we finished the Skype, the kids said, "She is like you Mrs. Miller...you share your old books with us too." </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs4afjmHP7VqzpFMaDWSd2RuLfrU2pPZm9chKl9R_xgADLnqk5YwqBlLXWSHh5lg-nAi_SmallNSNe7H6lo-uf7oQF7hE5XnhWjnMb2moSyfJS2nR3ea42AGx6X4zCf5YYdwOXcjqIVU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.13.49+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs4afjmHP7VqzpFMaDWSd2RuLfrU2pPZm9chKl9R_xgADLnqk5YwqBlLXWSHh5lg-nAi_SmallNSNe7H6lo-uf7oQF7hE5XnhWjnMb2moSyfJS2nR3ea42AGx6X4zCf5YYdwOXcjqIVU/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-07+at+9.13.49+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604177348345652978" /></a></div></div><div>This is one book that you will definitely want to share with your students. </div><div><br /></div><div>And find out for yourself what happens to Little Chicken on his big day! </div><div><br /></div><div>Katie also wrote about <i>Little Chicken's Big Day </i>on her amazing blog...you can read it<a href="http://katiedavis.com/blog/books/little-chickens-big-day/"> here</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tbu_qyYRZxE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div></div><div><br /></div></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-14397546447065528972011-04-12T20:54:00.000-07:002011-04-12T22:08:47.862-07:00The Day That Van Meter Dropped Everything and Read<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3tw2ja3OCgWs8fgHFM70IT050w6cXshTOFyhXXNm07EMkuujD8BLHGzqC1lyzdf1e3rK1sc5rfkOsWxW-MVKOn-19Pnq9muxuelDYjbRCZnaoDVuED7sGH7O-iubnYl9ECi0yOxXA_8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.34.14+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3tw2ja3OCgWs8fgHFM70IT050w6cXshTOFyhXXNm07EMkuujD8BLHGzqC1lyzdf1e3rK1sc5rfkOsWxW-MVKOn-19Pnq9muxuelDYjbRCZnaoDVuED7sGH7O-iubnYl9ECi0yOxXA_8/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.34.14+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594912565373314338" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://dropeverythingandread.com/index.html">Drop Everything And Read Website </a></span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It was a very special day of reading in schools, libraries and homes today.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We were all celebrating D.E.A.R. Day! On this day we "Drop Everything and Read." </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">D.E.A.R. is always celebrated April 12th on Beverly Cleary's birthday. To make D.E.A.R. even more special, one of her book characters, Ramona Quimby, is the official spokesperson responsible for spreading the word and the love of reading. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">There are amazing activities and resources on the <a href="http://dropeverythingandread.com/index.html">official D.E.A.R. website </a>. On the front page page you can even read an online version of <i><a href="http://browseinside.harpercollinschildrens.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780380709182">Beezus and Ramona</a></i> from the Brown and HarperCollins Children's Books website. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And my favorite part of the D.E.A.R. site....You can <a href="http://dropeverythingandread.com/tell-a-friend.html">send your friends an email card </a>to tell them about this day. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTl2A59-MTvmi03HiyzyIyeZbr2FjUxVshKMgoGN5Lk-mvU0krCBYzH_pr4HOCWHArdA3X0rbkoDBmarKlLvoti7iCsZRIvPHSQRLGPr4tuIrrf7FORbUhwb1DYCkziZFMjk7osFisTo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.34.43+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTl2A59-MTvmi03HiyzyIyeZbr2FjUxVshKMgoGN5Lk-mvU0krCBYzH_pr4HOCWHArdA3X0rbkoDBmarKlLvoti7iCsZRIvPHSQRLGPr4tuIrrf7FORbUhwb1DYCkziZFMjk7osFisTo/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.34.43+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594912567205483394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://dropeverythingandread.com/index.html">Drop Everything And Read Website </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">All throughout the day we found students, teachers and parents reading at Van Meter. These are just a few of the photographs we got on this very special day. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We asked teachers and students to email their photographs to the Van Meter Voice. As I get these images of how everyone spent D.E.A.R. day, I will add them below. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thank you for sharing and find a little time each day to.....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">DROP EVERYTHING AND READ. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYeqmRA2cBQROZ_X_-f74PB8w50BIxAwE7Z_vjjEVMqSF9D2qqVU2vQ8jOp9S7LSaSD3syg6CHWYrHWqa1iFwpgB_ph15irp4pGyCM4YZt8qfSLTD2KVGFHqM7pS20JJQgFqTZLodIbU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-13+at+12.22.35+AM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4FA-DK41Cn6d31Qw-HzM5pFvlm1o6lsK5uksKdU4UMG3zqAgdvc7z3dfKwoEhFwhJTc9GVIxeU8jXwLI5v08CxYAXHXGjGfO409XQIVjozQDTZ-ntR6yP4lgbih-Uw5BpAObxco6LZA/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.52.07+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594912591131442722" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSaF6s-XLEei5qDE3jXEDqcPIs5rBAKoBbf6f7hC06n7yZI51IP50s9OqVgo-ZMJlvVVuQziGcMwOAq0nVuefgk6mnwxhlQnvBSkdFvoevyuX57FRZlAPNqUyNrlce9XUUfCuK-gm0jQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.51.42+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSaF6s-XLEei5qDE3jXEDqcPIs5rBAKoBbf6f7hC06n7yZI51IP50s9OqVgo-ZMJlvVVuQziGcMwOAq0nVuefgk6mnwxhlQnvBSkdFvoevyuX57FRZlAPNqUyNrlce9XUUfCuK-gm0jQ/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-12+at+11.51.42+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594912577313741026" /></a><br /></div></div>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529180457130786446.post-1123305682467348052011-03-14T00:38:00.000-07:002011-03-14T03:52:39.953-07:00It Was Definitely a New Leaf in Learning....Follett Software User Conference<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.6px;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBLoRVWhoA7-uBDHfZAG7TRaZkRUY7D2VloEVYbtYaH0qJ_ku4crwXtxFQIZtHQGRw6Vz2GvrNErG0N0GpxQ_lQQKGrQ0XlmLYUEre__y_1pNYX1TKwvmmoxlem6Ec97C-3rTX8LSQMw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+12.13.09+AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBLoRVWhoA7-uBDHfZAG7TRaZkRUY7D2VloEVYbtYaH0qJ_ku4crwXtxFQIZtHQGRw6Vz2GvrNErG0N0GpxQ_lQQKGrQ0XlmLYUEre__y_1pNYX1TKwvmmoxlem6Ec97C-3rTX8LSQMw/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+12.13.09+AM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583799919453617762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On March 9th after a busy day of connecting with several schools and six authors for <a href="http://celebratingthepowerofwordsandstoriesthroughconnections.wikispaces.com/">World Read Aloud Day</a>, I flew to Chicago for an exciting event. I was going to the first </span><a href="http://www.follettsoftware.com/_files/fsc/marketing/misc/userconf2011/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Follett Software User Conference</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> being held at the Fairmont Chicago Millenium Park. Over the last few months I had connected with many people from Follett and others who were attending the conference, so I was very excited to get to Chicago.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The morning of March 10th </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/dtapscott"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Don Tapscott </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">opened with an inspiring keynote speech. As I participated in the </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23FSC11"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">#FSC11 Twitter stream,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> a few of my favorite quotes to share were, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We need our students to LOVE learning. We need to be PASSIONATE, creative learners ourselves" and "School should be like summer camp. It should be fun." Everyone in the audience left the ballroom knowing we could all create a change in education and in the future of our young people.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The day was filled with breakout sessions covering a variety of themes such as Data Driven Decision Making, Curriculum & Instruction, IT/Technology Leadership, Library & Resource Management and Product Support Center.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I was asked to present at the conference about social media being used within in education. I was very excited to share my story about how I am using social media with the students, teachers, and school community at Van Meter. I told stories about the connections at schools such as Merton in Wisconsin and Grosse Pointe South in Detroit.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid92BYDeaZl0dIfLVhjIo8yaAKG97NDyLUeBG95c8Z0LB71LIoAtldJNkhV2GcNCAZEdQ181EoeoUJ-MxYiZd09S8rniYq4Y_7m-2UbSmGEUTi25FVi-s4XKI6hcR8fi3dH07zxn9JQhA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+2.03.28+AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid92BYDeaZl0dIfLVhjIo8yaAKG97NDyLUeBG95c8Z0LB71LIoAtldJNkhV2GcNCAZEdQ181EoeoUJ-MxYiZd09S8rniYq4Y_7m-2UbSmGEUTi25FVi-s4XKI6hcR8fi3dH07zxn9JQhA/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+2.03.28+AM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583828451229646338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">There were two highlights for me in the session. First, my friend</span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/users/john%20schu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> John Schu</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> traveled from his school in Oak Brook to join me that afternoon. John and I met at the </span><a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/slj/home/888449-312/full_speed_ahead_our_leadership.html.csp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">School Library Journal Summit </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">last October in Chicago and had become amazing friends and teaching partners since. This was only the second time we had met in person but collaborate and communicate almost everyday. Also, we have used Skype, Twitter, Edmodo, YouTube, Animoto, Blogger and other resources to connect our students to several incredible projects over the last few months.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">John and I created the </span><a href="http://twolibrariesonevoice.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Two Libraries One Voice blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to share our experiences with students, teachers, parents and others. During the presentation, we spoke about not just our relationship but the one that we have created with our students and schools. He even brought a whole envelope of the sweetest hand made cards that his students created that morning. It was so nice having him there with me to share our incredible connection.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
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<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I didn't want to be the only one to share Van Meter's story, so I Skyped in four of our students from Iowa so everyone could hear their voices too. Julia, Michael, Maddy, and Emma told stories of using social media and how it had changed their education and lives. They spoke about how social media gave them a voice and a place to connect to their passions. I was proud as I listened to them tell their stories.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The day before the conference they videotaped one another and created a short iMovie just in case Skype failed us the day of the conference.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MpRDJLSagK0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Below you can find the SlideShare of my presentation.</span><div id="__ss_7219035" style="width: 425px; "><strong style="display: block; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/shannonmmiller/final-follett-powerpoint" title="Social Media in Education "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Social Media in Education</span></a></strong><object id="__sse7219035" width="425" height="355" style="display: inline-block; background-image: url(http://www.blogger.com/img/video_object.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></object><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After a day of learning and connecting, everyone headed to Aria in the hotel for a Tweet Up.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 30px; "><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/brandiheinz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Brandi Heinz</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/carlyanne14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Carly Anne Molstad</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> greeted John and I with fun t-shirts and conversation. They did a great job coordinating the Tweet Up and getting everyone together to continue the connections.</span></span></span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDctOh4N4zYc2iO6zqTYh17dEFjX4Ze1hy0bF0nFoQCLyqU0a8p1JDy_5eURhPDr2dXyIdsXMb0fw7H8LW1ACiN3wFgFdOlkSsshLemYigBOxVF7DbTO5d6EMr7zqtpjmHC5a18flTG8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-07+at+5.19.10+PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDctOh4N4zYc2iO6zqTYh17dEFjX4Ze1hy0bF0nFoQCLyqU0a8p1JDy_5eURhPDr2dXyIdsXMb0fw7H8LW1ACiN3wFgFdOlkSsshLemYigBOxVF7DbTO5d6EMr7zqtpjmHC5a18flTG8/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-07+at+5.19.10+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583815238235525506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTZ783gkLDIAoVgYaJH7HZ_QY63Q6zdtwTK-tqMDK1ax6qBEX34VuriYgbX2KJS3zsuuY_VYHV6f7TEHOsAPxpQv1hr_TbDCdjwlJ3wWOVhf1VnndTPklEzFnOI0yLQXqVps6uafYGxk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-13+at+11.46.32+PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTZ783gkLDIAoVgYaJH7HZ_QY63Q6zdtwTK-tqMDK1ax6qBEX34VuriYgbX2KJS3zsuuY_VYHV6f7TEHOsAPxpQv1hr_TbDCdjwlJ3wWOVhf1VnndTPklEzFnOI0yLQXqVps6uafYGxk/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-13+at+11.46.32+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583828786494940530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The next morning offered more breakout sessions about a variety of topics. I loved </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/users/elaine%20roberts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Elaine Roberts</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, Director of Professional Development for Follett Software, presentation about project based learning. We had a great conversation about the topic which lead to many ideas for all of us in the session.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The highlight was when she Skyped in </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/GLewmanTPLC"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ginger Lewman's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">students at the </span><a href="http://turningpointterriers.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Turning Point Learning Center </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Emporia, Kansas. The students were excited to show us a Viking Ship which they created together and a phonograph powered by a Lego's robotic piece. They reminded me of my students at Van Meter and definitely had a voice in their education and future too.</span></span></span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHkTfnImdUyDSi_UKH3B7Fy31NPsoC-6ZKl69gUrCMbiYll3q1L2AJXJuKd_k3ej9Nb1kAlOWBy8_daUiUsS_NIxCtMoHiP5kKmnNk__AFQUeoENUBUWtnJdjpE-p5paphXtJXS559lc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+1.33.31+AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHkTfnImdUyDSi_UKH3B7Fy31NPsoC-6ZKl69gUrCMbiYll3q1L2AJXJuKd_k3ej9Nb1kAlOWBy8_daUiUsS_NIxCtMoHiP5kKmnNk__AFQUeoENUBUWtnJdjpE-p5paphXtJXS559lc/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+1.33.31+AM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583820169076886162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></a></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At lunch</span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/users/susan%20patrick"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Susan Patrick</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, President and CEO of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.inacol.org/">International Association for K-12 Online learning (iNACOL)</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> spoke about the future of education and importance of global online learning. After listening to the keynote, I was anxious to go back to Van Meter armed with new ideas about online learning within our school.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Follett Software User Conference was by far one of the best learning experiences I have been part of during my career. The people at Follett are incredible and really made sure they created an experience all of the attendees would enjoy.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As I left the conference on Saturday, I picked up my program to pack it in my bag. On the back it said, "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thank you for attending A New Leaf in Learning Follett Software User Conference</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">". I smiled as I looked at the logo they had developed. The different colored leaves on the tree represents not only the various types of knowledge we gained but also the lastly connections we were lucky enough to have throughout those three days. When a variety of people come together for a common conversation, we all leave richer and more diverse than before. To me, this was the best part.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thank you Follett for bringing us together. I look forward to coming back next year.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPndZoR9j7os-HdIrwLHcgbdTWPTBASybsHe-qnLkMqyeqth5wzM367ThQ-1y8lcSPjE7CqgpROKYhdV8n9qdLTvMK7DrAVxTujPEG3fyfo65r_0klIdTzblFCMknXB3KHPBMdsd5zMc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+2.03.55+AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPndZoR9j7os-HdIrwLHcgbdTWPTBASybsHe-qnLkMqyeqth5wzM367ThQ-1y8lcSPjE7CqgpROKYhdV8n9qdLTvMK7DrAVxTujPEG3fyfo65r_0klIdTzblFCMknXB3KHPBMdsd5zMc/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-14+at+2.03.55+AM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583828117165970930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px; " /></a></div><div>
<br /></div></div></span>Shannon McClintock Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204029519489158065noreply@blogger.com1