SLS 6/9/25 - O²CM Bookish Byte

Article: How Can Educators Support Students Not Going to College?

Article: Is It Time to Ditch the Four-Year Degree?

Blog: 10 Brilliant Uses of Edtech in 2025

Blog: Why This Middle School Principal Memorizes Her Students’ Names

Blog: 60-Second Strategy: Back Pocket Questions

Article: 9 Titles to Learn About Juneteenth

Article: Family Ties: 7 Graphic Novels That Bring Family Dynamics to Life

Join us for #TLSkyChat this Wednesday at 8pm!
Head to bsky.app, create a free account, and search #TLSkyChat to follow along.

We’ll post a new question every 5 minutes from 8 to 9pm. Just include the hashtag in your replies to join the conversation. It’s easy, fun, and the community grows each week, so come be part of it! This week’s moderator is Amanda Hunt, who has been reading a book a day since 2019!

In Person Professional Learning

• June 10 - Pawns and Play: Boards Games in Elementary EDU
• June 13 - Reaching the "Unreachable" with Jarrett Lerner

Virtual Professional Learning

• Jul 21-Jul 25 - Creative Coding & Storytelling (Free from Elementari)

Author Opportunity

• June 13 - SuperLibrarian and Author Banquet with Jarrett Lerner

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MS Listserv: mslibs@ocmboces.org

HS Listserv: hslibs@ocmboces.org

BOB Listserv: bob@ocmboces.org

OPALS Users Group: opalsusers@ocmboces.org

Follett Destiny Users Group: destinyusers@ocmboces.org

Allison Comes

Coordinator of School Library Systems

Heather Turner - School Librarian

Paul Morrell - Systems Librarian

Andrea Viscusi - Media & Online

Bryan Acee - Automation & Interlibrary Loan

Best way to contact: O2CM Help Desk

SLS Help Desk: slshelp@ocmboces.org

Automation: automation@ocmboces.org