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4.3.16

AL Live: "Going Beyond Google"

The value of libraries and librarians
"It's a question librarians are asked constantly: Why do people need us when they have Google and other public search tools? In this month's episode of AL Live, "Going Beyond Google", we'll talk about our value as experts, what it means and how we can effectively convey it to the public."

The panel:
  • Joanna Burkhardt, Professor and Head Librarian at the University of Rhode Island (URI) Branch Libraries in Providence and Narragansett
  • Nikki Krysak, Head of Instructional Services, Norwich University in Vermont
  • John McCullough, Product Manager, Discovery, OCLC
  • Beth McDonough, Research and Instruction Librarian, Western Carolina University
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1.3.16

Maker Project Showcase - YouTube

Turning your maker project ideas into realities
"Recorded on February 23, 2016, Megan Blakemore, a celebrated children's author and elementary librarian from South Portland, Maine and Derrick Mason from the Idea Factory at Pueblo City-County District Library in Colorado share their experiences turning maker project ideas into realities and answer your burning questions about SLJ's upcoming Maker Workshop. Find out what it's like to complete and successfully implement a truly amazing maker project!"

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BC Agriculture in the Classroom - Resources

Find out about the foods we eat

"BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation is a non-profit organization that works with educators to bring BC's agriculture to their students. "

On the site you'll find:
  • Primary Resources
  • Intermediate / Middle Resources
  • Secondary Resources
  • Videos
  • Posters
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TeenLit Connection: Time Travel

Mind Bending: Time Travel Fiction for Teens
NoveList contributor Jen Hatch has created an annotated list of new young adult time travel books. (Click here to see the list on NoveList.)  Fans of YA time travel fiction can look forward to a large number of buzz-worthy books set to be published. As a bonus, she also lists some previously published titles worth exploring.

(For NoveList access from home, or outside the district, you will need to use your school's ID and PW)
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BCTLA 2016 Conference Info

Keynote: Gwyneth Jones, the Daring Librarian
The 2016 BCTLA conference—Heroic Efforts—will be held in Burnaby (Oct 21) and will feature Gwyneth Jones, the Daring Librarian, as the keynote speaker.  Conference sessions proposals are now open!  The BCTLA is welcoming conference session submissions from now until April 30th at http://tiny.cc/bctlaproposal. Share your ideas, program and expertise with your colleagues!

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Families of the Orchestra - Zaption

Basic Elementary lesson on Musical Instrument Families

Zaption allows a teacher to embed text commentary, ask questions and collect responses to existing Youtube video clips. You can even add English text to a French clip.

"Explore the various families of instruments found in a typical orchestra in this intro to music video lesson. Its embedded questions and annotations are suitable for first grade and beyond."

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29.2.16

FAQs about Makerspaces

Support making as a way to learn

The library is the perfect place for this innovation!

"Makerspaces and maker-style projects are firmly grounded in sound educational theory. The work of Papert, Piaget, Vygotsky, Dewey and many others puts the child at the center of learning, rather than the teacher. Educational theories such as constructionism, constructivism, Montessori, and the Reggio Emilia approach all support making as a way to learn."

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26.2.16

Native American artist tackles hero icons

Jeffrey Veregge: Art, Design and Mischief


"My origins are not supernatural, nor have they been enhanced by radioactive spiders. I am simply a Native American artist and writer whose creative mantra in best summed up with a word from my tribe's own language as: "taʔčaʔx̣ʷéʔtəŋ", which means "get into trouble".  A member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, I was raised and spent a majority of my life on our reservation known locally as Little Boston, which is located near Kingston, Washington. Although I am enrolled there, I am also both of Suquamish and Duwamish tribal ancestry."

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16.2.16

From Book Creator creation to Printed Book

Sometimes you want a hard copy!

Jane Ross, (Apple Distinguished Educator), has been making printed versions of files made with Book Creator on an iPad for many years. The app produces a really decent file for hard copy printing...What you do get is a paper book which looks like it was purchased from a bookstore – it looks so professional. [She explains] the steps that she uses to create a file that will be 'print ready'. "

You can also send the finished PDF file to any number of online book printers. (Blurb, lulu, snapfish, mixbook, mypublisher and others.)
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15.2.16

BCTLA Winter-to-Spring Webinar Series - signup and save the dates

2016 Winter-to-Spring Webinar Series:
"Newsflash: Promoting Your Program"

Signup for the BCTLA Webinar series and grow your program!
February 24, 2016: 4-5 p.m. PST
Marketing with Biblio-tech
Explore some tools and techniques for promoting your program to students and staff. Learn to screencast how-to videos, whip up book reviews (iPad apps), create fun promotional materials with bighugelabs and Superimpose, and redecorate with blockposter.


March 30, 2016: 4-5 p.m. PST
Go, Go, Genrefication!
Do you want to breathe new life into your fiction collection and jumpstart your circ stats? Let's talk about the process and perks of genrefying your reading section!


April 27, 2016: 4-5 p.m. PST
Reporting out with Infographics
Do you do a monthly or yearly report? Is the prospect daunting? Do you want something with more punch than a Word document or a Powerpoint presentation? Take a look at Infographics and create something you can use as a post on your blog, a handout for your parents or a link you can tweet.


May 25, 2016: 4-5 p.m. PST  
Journey to Advocacy
How do you turn around a district's perception of the role of teacher-librarians and the importance of School Library Learning Commons? Listen to the story of how one LSA changed hearts and minds.
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11.2.16

Curriculum Maps - K-9

Subject and Grade-level one-pagers
Maureen Postnikoff, a Learning Coordinator from SD20 (Trail) has reviewed the new K-9 curricula and prepared curriculum maps to help teachers get a better "at-a-glance" grasp of the changes. She has been kind enough to share them with my district and other interested TLs. (There will be some changes to Math 6-9 coming, so she will send updates when that happens, and she is currently working on PE and Health and Applied Skills.)

Share these with your staff. They could make for good discussion/planning starting points.

GP via LM
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A read-aloud story for Valentine's Day

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Written by: Eileen Spinelli | Read by: Hector Elizondo  Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Running Time: 11.5 minutes

(Thanks PH for the link)
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"21 Things 4 Teachers"

Helping educators improve their technology proficiency

Learn the lingo and try out the online tools discussed as you work through these 21 lessons.

"The  21 Things for Teachers site has been developed to help educators improve their technology proficiency and use best practices to integrate technology into their teaching and learning environments.  Tutorials and hands-on practice activities make use of free web resources."

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Pixar in a Box @ Khan Academy

A free animation course

Learn how animation works in this collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy. The lessons are free, and you can view them in any order. This would be fun for a club, or a unit in a Computer Science class, or individual edification! Start here.
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5.2.16

American Indian Youth Literature Award

Books that feature FNMI writing and illustrating



Although these titles often fit an American context more than a Canadian one, there are some good titles to explore. (The 2016 list is here.)

"The American Indian Youth Literature Awards are presented every two years. The awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Books selected to receive the award will present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts."

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4.2.16

Chinese New Year links

Links to stories and a song.
Listen to a girl telling us about why she likes Chinese New Year, and what she does at this time.

The Chinese Lunar calendar names each year after one of twelve animals. Here is the story of the Jade Emperor's clever plan to decide the order of the animals. Find out who came first in The Great Race.

This song is about the special things people do to celebrate Chinese New Year.

(Thanks PH for the links)
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BC Digital Classroom Collection

E-resources for students and teachers

Do you know what resources are available to schools that subscribe to ERAC's "BC Digital Classroom Collection"? This linked brochure gives a quick overview.

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Adolescent Literacy Guide Gr 7-12

Supporting literacy learning for teens
This guide provides a context for the teacher working with adolescents, and explores their physical, cognitive, emotional and social development. In this context, the guide provides strategies and perspectives to promote critical literacy, metacognition, questioning, and voice & identity.

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Evolution of inquiry based learning at Ardagh Bluffs Public School

"How and why you must implement inquiry based learning"
Read this paper by Greg Harris (Teacher Librarian) as he writes about his efforts to push, drag and encourage teachers, teacher librarians and administrators to use inquiry based learning throughout the curriculum. (He writes about his failures and eventual successes, his speedbumps and victories!)

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3.2.16

Virtual Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Explore Collections and Objects online


Explore the many amazing artifacts in the MOA's collection by browsing the online image catalog. You will also find themed collections of a variety of topics. This is a good place to find historical Canadian Aboriginal materials.

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