SMARTboard lessons for Librarians

http://fcpslibrary.wikispaces.com/

Here are series of lesson plans related to library themes. The note on the site says that the creators are in the process of moving to another venue, so the lessons may not be available much longer. Most have a Smartboard document that can be downloaded.

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Fun way to introduce the library: Scaredy Squirrel

This is a fun project that could be done using iMovie and some pictures taken in the library.

See Mary's explanantion and Youtube link below:

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"This year I wanted to try a fresh approach to the rules and procedures portion of library orientation.

Some students and I made a 5 minute multimedia presentation using Photo Story 3, a free download from Microsoft.

Scaredy Squirrel is too scared to come into the library.  Maybe we can convince him that there are procedures that will keep the library safe and inviting!"

View it at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGBS3ogOwZw

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Mary D'Eliso

Librarian / Teacher- University Elementary School

Bloomington, Indiana- mdeliso@mccsc.edu

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Facebook/Farcebook Character assignment

One way to make a character profile assignment more fun is to "piggyback" on the interest in Social Networking sites. Some teachers have used Facebook or MySpace to develop real, live pages, but this may seem a little daunting.  

Read-Write-Think has a great little template that will allow students to create a virtual Facebook page for a book character. There is no way to save the final project apart from printing, or "print as pdf", but with a little pre-thinking and planning, the final product can be done at a single sitting.

Check it out at:

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/profile-publisher-30067.html

Simply click on the "Get Started" button.