Saturday, July 5 @ 11:00 AM: Classroom 2.0 Wrap-Up and Review of NECC 2008

 

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From educator extraordinaire Steve Hargadon:

http://www.classroom20wiki.com/live+conversations

The NECC wrap-up and review show. EduBloggerCon, NECC Unplugged, the Bloggers’ Cafe, and all the rest. The best links, leads, streams, podcasts, vlogs, and blogs. What you loved, what you didn’t. We’ll try and document all in a special 90-minute show.

Go to http://www.elluminate.com/support/ to make sure you have everything installed needed to participate in the live session and to configure your Elluminate software that you can download at this site; it takes no more than 5-8 minutes to do this.

Whether you attended NECC 2008 in person or not, this live discussion will be a great way to see the highlights of the conference and get ideas for your library or classroom!

Save the Date: Decatur Book Festival Is Coming, August 29-31!

 

The 2008 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical | Home

 Many thanks to Dr. JoBeth Allen from the University of Georgia Department of Language and Literacy for the heads up on this WONDERFUL event!  I plan to be there…Billy Collins will be giving the keynote address!  Here is the latest info straight from the festival organizers via email:

It’s hard to believe, but here we are preparing to launch the THIRD annual Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical. The festival has not merely survived its first few years. We’ve built on partnerships with artistic, educational, business, and governmental organizations not only from all over metropolitan Atlanta but from all over the nation. Hosted in the literary haven of Decatur, this festival has quickly joined the ranks of the largest and most talked about book festivals nationwide.
 
 Perhaps we could just keep doing what we’ve been doing and call that good enough, but where’s the fun in that? We’ve added plenty of new and unique programs to this year’s festival:
 
 We’ve had a Children’s Parade since the first year, but this is the first time we’ll be launching a new book at the parade. Not just any book: It’s the first new “Madeline” story in 50 years–”Madeline and the Cats of Rome”–written by John Bemelmans Marciano, the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans. We encourage everyone to join Marciano in the parade, maybe wear a big yellow hat, sing your favorite French (or, for that matter, Italian) song, or just make some noise.
 
 Though we’ve had programs directed at teenagers from the beginning, 2008 marks the first year we will set aside a space exclusively for teenagers, called Escape. Escape will host best-selling authors for interactive discussions, an open mic and a literary salon. For those under 18, there will also be a quiz show called How Well Do You Know Harry? judged by Cheryl Klein, continuity editor for the last four Harry Potter books.
 
 In a historic partnership, Poets & Writers and Agnes Scott College are working with us to present the best DBF Writers Conferenceyet, with top national editors, agents, critics, publicists, authors, and screenwriters sharing their collective wisdom in a conference tightly integrated with the rest of the book festival. In addition, beginning this year, DBF will host the prestigious Southern Independent Booksellers Association (SIBA) awards ceremony. Many of the nominees will give readings at the festival.
 
 In 2006, we hosted the launch event for the first Atlanta Reads. This year, we’ll launch Atlanta Reads as well as the Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Atlanta’s Big Read will encourage the entire community to read and talk about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
 
 Still not enough to fill your Labor Day weekend? Check out even more of the new programs that make this year’s festival truly unique:

 Brooks & Co. Dancewill perform a dance inspired by Shirley Jackson’s classic short story, “The Lottery,” set to the music of Stravinsky’s “Rites of Spring” and drawing on Ninjinsky’s seminal choreography to Stravinsky’s work.
 
 In a program called “Words from Iraq,” adult and young actors from PushPush Theater will present multiple perspectives on Iraq through readings of letters children have written to their parents in the military, blogs written by soldiers in Iraq, and a blog by a young Iraqi woman.
 
 In the spirit of the Java Monkey Local Authors Stage, we’re adding a stage for emerging authors just beginning to get their work out into the world, called the Emerging and Exhibiting Authors Stage.
 
 Author and former Olympian runner Jeff Galloway will lead a fun run Saturday morning of the festival, followed by a running clinic.
 
 Lee Smith, Marshall Chapman, Jill McCorkle, and Matraca Berg will all be onstage together to give a taste of their traveling musical–The Good ol’ Girls–about their friendship and the mutual influences of their books and music on one another.
  
 And that’s just the new stuff!
 

You know you can also count on us to bring you the nation’s top authors in our strongest, most diverse line-up yet. You know we’ve got you covered for good food and some of the best singer-songwriters in America. You know we’ll show the whole family a good time. So, come join us this Labor Day weekend for the best AJC Decatur Book Festival yet!    
   
   

 Be sure to check out our 2008 DBF web site,www.decaturbookfestival.com <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010o9b8-G1lEKeg0HJ9PdUjGRNyOgyeblVgbcTsEt5PKylDahxzgliuFLJWKLt-zYIoc45cFGTjIsQlOObVGPCdF6Q_S1hyNoiVHSyZMw4GDtx6o-NqZyAj84pBZOFARsm> .

The Unquiet Library: Our Annual Report, 2007-08

The Creekview High School Media Center, “The Unquiet Library”, is proud to release its annual report for 2007-08.  In this report, we highlight what our library program has accomplished in the four roles of the media specialist/media center set forth by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL):

• Teacher
• Instructional Partner
• Information Specialist
• Program Administrator

This report highlights collaborative planning and lessons taught through the media center, skills taught to students through information literacy mini-lessons, circulation and visitation statistics, database usage statistics, and upcoming program goals for 2008-09.  You may read the report by clicking here, or by visiting the link below. 

Monthly Reports, Creekview High School Media Center

 

 

The Unquiet Library Says Goodbye To a Beloved Friend: Ms. Tena Williams

The Unquiet Librarywould like to give its best wishes to Ms. Tena Williams, queen of the custodians in Cherokee County, as she leaves us today to begin a new journey as the lead custodian for our entire Creekview Zone.  Ms. Williams, who has come to the rescue of our library more than once, has been a true friend of our media center.  We want to let her know that we appreciate her exceptional efforts and all she has done to help the media center in the last 18 months since we opened.  Ms. Williams and her staff were invaluable and instrumental during the hot summer of 2006 when Mrs. Hamilton was working to get our library ready for opening day. 

Thank you, Ms. Tena Williams, for being such a great friend to our library and Creekview High School.  We will miss you! 

An Unquiet Milestone: 1000 Hits!

Just a quick shout out to all the readers of my blog and a big thank you—my blog officially passed 1000 hits this week!  Thank you for taking the time to read my musings, rants, and random thoughts!

Destiny Training for Teachers a Success!

Many thanks to the 42 faculty members who attended the Destiny OPAC training for teachers on Monday, November 5!  Ruth and I were thrilled by the representation of teachers from all subject areas!  Mrs. Fleet, Destiny trainer queen, did a fabulous job of showing and telling our faculty about the outstanding features available to teachers in Destiny.  Teachers especially enjoyed the Georgia Performance Standards search feature; teachers also appreciated the door prizes of gift cards from Barnes and Noble and Starbucks as well as the yummy treats!

If you could not make it to training, let us know, and we will give you a copy of our instructional handouts.  Many thanks again to every participant—your time and enthusiasm were greatly appreciated!

Destiny OPAC Training for Faculty on Monday, November 5

We would like to strongly encourage everyone to attend our Follett Destiny OPAC training for teachers on Monday, November 5, 2007.  We will offer it every period during the 1^st half of each period, so you can drop in at a time that is convenient for you.  The training will last about 25 minutes.  We will show you:

• Basic searching
• Advanced Search/Power Search
•  How to view reading lists we have created for your classes
• How to create personal reading lists for yourself and how to edit those
• How to browse the standards feature (this feature shows you materials we have related to all Georgia Performance Standards!  VERY COOL!)·         
• How to view materials you have checked out.

 We will have yummy treats available for all faculty who participate in the training.  Also, door prizes will be awarded each period to participants, including gift cards to local restaurants as well as Barnes and Noble!  Other prizes will include goodies from School Box.  Come join us Monday, November 5 for knowledge and fun! 

Buffy and Ruth  

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