September Media Newsletter

We've gotten off to a great start this year and I've had a chance to meet with a ton of classes, but if we haven't had a chance to meet, you can still benefit from library instruction with these online tutorials. Feel free to assign them as homework or extra credit.

Using the School Library Website

How to Make a QR Code

PowerPoint Basics

How to Study

Digital Media Intern Training - Advisory (8/31)

Peer Tutor Interest Meeting - Advisory (9/5)

SAT/ACT Prep Workshop - Advisory (9/12)

Learn to Type Workshop - Advisory (9/21)

Build a Website Workshop - Advisory (9/28)

Book Club - After School the Last Wednesday of the Month (8/30) and 9/27)

Writing Club - After School every Thursday

· Google Classroom- This is your best bet. Upload homework, projects, your syllabus and calendar to your website for students to view at their leisure. A good many students forget their school supplies or bookbags so worksheets and handouts get lost far too often.

· Evernote- Students can download this app to their phones and take notes, snap pictures of the powerpoint slides and record your lecture all with the same app. (Don’t be afraid of their phones, make them use them to their intellectual benefit)

· Quizlet- Forget paper pop quizzes and move into the digital age with Quizlet. Students can easily take a quiz and send you the results without picking up a pen.

More Options:

o Use Quizlet for weekly quizzes . You can also use Flubaroo in Google Classroom. It's an extension you can add to chrome.

o Present PowerPoints via Slideshare.net or Google Slides

o Have students Blog via Weebly.com instead of turning in Discussion Questions or short free response

o Use a document camera instead of making copies. You can check these out from the library.

o Scan book chapters or excerpts to your Flash Drive and then upload them to Google Drive or Edmodo

o Record class discussions and small group discussions with the iPad or using a student’s cell phone

o Have students create digital portfolios, record short bits of lecture and take snapshots of powerpoint slides with Evernote

I'm working with select students on peer tutoring. It looks like we'll have to do the tutoring by appointment. I am still working on the best way to schedule the students. If you or you know of someone who might be a great tutor please encourage them to apply here: http://southatlantalibrary.blogspot.com/2017/08/become-peer-tutor.html

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