Public/School Librarian Connections
Monday, May 18 from 3:00 – 4:00
Join us as we bring together public and school librarians to discuss how to connect our students to summer reading opportunities. Let’s share our current “normal” and all that has changed. We will work together to share what we’ve learned, and hopefully find ways to keep our students reading and connected. This is a 3 way partnership between Capital Region BOCES, Questar III, and Upper Hudson Library System. If your community library is part of another public library system, please feel free to invite them to join us!
*Promoting elbow bumps instead of handshakes.
Using Symbaloo
Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00
Join Tia for a quick over view on how to set up a Symbaloo. A symbaloo keeps all your resources in one place and can be embedded into your library website or Destiny. Plus, they look really cool!
YA Book Group, hosted by Alicia Abdul
From Alicia:
The dates will remain the same, Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, June 4th but the times are from 7-9pm using the WebEx link you'll be sent once you've signed up on MyLearningPlan. We'd like for you to join us for two hours of conversations about reading materials for our students at the middle school and high school level.
In June, we'll also do mini virtual celebration for two long-time participants who will be retiring.
Elementary Librarians Roundtable
Thursday, May 21
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Agenda:
Summer Reading: Continuation of Monday's Regional Meeting
Creating Virtual Libraries and Reaching Elementary Students
What Makes Us Critical? (Visit the padlet!)
Lesson Sharing - Share your successful ideas here!
News Literacy Project: May News Literacy Webinar Series
May 21: Teaching Digital Verification to Spark News Literacy Learning (Register here)
From the site:
Dive deep into the tools and skills needed to verify the authenticity of information, and learn to create engaging fact-checking investigations that inspire students to investigate viral content. Topics include using reverse image searches to determine authenticity; researching domain registration to discover a website’s owner; using archivers to explore deleted or changed content; developing keen observation skills to detect false context; and using Google Street View to confirm locations. Access to News Literacy Project resources and classroom-ready examples is included.The webinars are free; registration is required.
Find out more here and let Annie know if you register!
Capital Region BOCES SLS
Email: annesley.gersztoff@neric.org
Website: http://capregboces.libguides.com/home
Location: 900 Watervliet Shaker Road, Albany, NY, USA
Facebook: facebook.com/CRBSLS
Twitter: @CapRegSLS