For new teachers (and teachers new to the middle grades)

Webinar for New Teachers (MiddleWeb News)

http://www.middleweb.com/1200/free-new-teacher-webinar

Follow this URL to find the MiddleWeb webinar archive link (from 7/30/12) –  via the Blackboard/Elluminate Live platform. You will also find handouts, webinar slides, links to webclips and more!

In particular, check out Rick Wormeli's

Large collection of teaching tip videos

And New Teacher 911

http://www.middleweb.com/1751/new-teacher-911

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Library Humor: Skill Sets for Teacher Librarians

What your staff and students think you should be able to do

Hard to know whether to laugh or cry:

http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/FOUND/skillset.html

"Must be familiar with every book ever written, those currently being written, and anything that might be written in the future - including a firm publication date for the latter two."  

"Must be able to identify the location of any lost or stolen, or otherwise missing, book - then be able to make it materialise on demand."

but wait, there's more!! ...

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QR Codes - Learning And Leading

QR Codes 101

http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20120607/m3/Page.action?lm=1337922639000&pg=24

If you're not sure what a QR code is, here's a primer and some inspiring ideas to get you started. (An article from the digital version of Learning and Leading Magazine.)

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Unlock the challenges that struggling readers face - EL mag

Inspiring a Nonreader by Kathryn Karschney

- Inspiring a Non reader

Two teachers work together to unlock the challenges that one struggling reader faces by using 2 powerful principles:

Principle 1: Students need to read a lot about things that matter to them.

Principle 2: Students need to learn how to navigate difficult text.

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Read: The Motion Picture

The Power of Imagination and reading

An video created by Wake County Public Libraries to promote reading and celebrate the power of imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfeYXbuF3l8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Article in Actualité - New French words

La langue française: ils sont géniaux, ces Québécois ! 

http://www.lactualite.com/societe/langue-francaise-ils-sont-geniaux-ces-quebecois

Where do all the new French "techy" words come from? This article lets you in on the secret!

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The English Language in Canada - CBC podcast

CBC "Babel"

http://www.cbc.ca/babel/podcasts/

Babel is a weekly show about the glorious and uniquely Canadian mash-up that results when old ideas about English collide with our new Canada, where one in five people speak neither French nor English as a first language.

Subscribe in iTunes, listen on the site or download.

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Elementary Librarian - Library lesson plans & ideas for the elementary librarian

Elementary library lesson plans and more!

http://elementarylibrarian.com/

Jocelyn is an Elementary Librarian (Library Media Specialist) and Educational Technology advocate.  She started this website because her state switched to the Common Core standards, and she wanted her elementary library lesson plans to be aligned to those standards. You can find some good ideas here for your program.

Her July 27 post suggests some titles to use to "kick off the year"!

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Weaving Effective Instruction - Dr Allan Luke

Effective Instruction - for new and experienced teachers

Dr. Allan Luke is an educator, author, activist, and international researcher and policy change agent in all Australian states as well as New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His work has influenced educators globally, including in Canada and the United States.

Length: 10 minutes

Click to view online, or download

http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/may31_instruction.shtml

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Literacy in Elementary

Literacy for All (with David Booth)

http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/october5.shtml

Wednesday, October 5, 2005: David Booth, literacy expert from O.I.S.E., speaks to prospective teachers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, followed by a question and answer period with a group of teachers from the Rainbow School district in Sudbury, Ontario.

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Critical Thinking poster

Hierarchy of thinking skills -  graphic

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4576825411/sizes/o/in/pool-27724923@N00/

This poster offers keywords and framing questions than can be used to help encourage critical thinking.

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Discussion Panel - Canadian publishers - CBC The Sunday Edition

Book Blues: Making it is the publishing business

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/shows/2012/07/22/hour-2-beach-reads-4-publishing-panel/

It's never been an easy time for Canadian publishers. There's the impact of digital books, the slow death of independent bookstores and signs that Canadian culture is now for sale. Michael Enright talks to three Canadian publishers.  (Hour 2 of the Early Edition - July 22 - podcast)

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Critical Thinking poster

Hierarchy of thinking skills -  graphic

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4576825411/sizes/o/in/pool-27724923@N00/

This poster offers keywords and framing questions than can be used to help encourage critical thinking.

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Effective instruction in word study

Word Study in Action (October 21, 2010)

http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/wordstudy/overview.shtml

http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/wordstudy/

"Mature readers, writers, and speakers need to possess a basic knowledge of "how words work" and a set of strategies for approaching new words encountered throughout the day. Word knowledge has an impact on reading comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary. These skills, in turn, influence student success in all subject areas. This webcast explores effective instruction in word study."

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Learning Through the Arts - Ontario

ARTS are an integral part of our culture

http://resources.curriculum.org/arts/

"Welcome to Learning through the Arts! These videos are intended to support classroom teachers by demonstrating how they can implement the revised Arts curriculum. They are examples of how teachers have integrated the arts into their programs to best meet the needs of their learners.

The videos are organized into five subject areas, Visual Arts, Dance, Drama, Music and Media Arts. Videos are also clustered as Elementary and Secondary."

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Weaving Effective Instruction - Dr Allan Luke

Effective Instruction - for new and experienced teachers

Dr. Allan Luke is an educator, author, activist, and international researcher and policy change agent in all Australian states as well as New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His work has influenced educators globally, including in Canada and the United States.

Length: 10 minutes

Click to view online, or download

http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/may31_instruction.shtml

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Free children’s ebooks for ages 3-11 | Oxford Owl

Free teacher eBook library

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Teacher

Free teacher eBook library featuring over 250 children's favourite stories

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The power of blogging in the classroom

Blogging in the classroom: why your students should write online

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/17/students-should-be-blogging

For the past few months Michael Drennan's GCSE and A level students have been doing all their writing via student blogs. Here, he reflects on the power of blogging in the classroom

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Literacy in Learning Exchange - Video Clip - Content Literacy Instruction

On Teaching Content: Building a Schoolwide Culture

Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher

http://www.literacyinlearningexchange.org/teaching-content-building-schoolwide-culture

How can we make sure that reading, writing, speaking, and listening are part of the instructional routines in every subject area?

"Watch an 18 minute clip in which teachers across subject areas discuss the ways in which literacy instructional routines develop students' understanding about the content. They share successful approaches for engaging students with vocabulary, writing, and building background such that learning occurs. The video clip closes with a student sharing his perspective on how his attitude and experience of school have improved as a result of these approaches."

Interested in learning more, view the full 60 minute presentation:  http://mpweb2.ncte.org/Pathways/OnTeachingContent10-09.jar

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Georgia Library Association Webinar series

 Bi-Monthly Carterette Webinar Series

http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/index.php/Carterette_Series_Webinars_Archive

"The Carterette Series is a bi-monthly educational webinar series highlighting trends, innovation, and best practices in libraries. The free sessions are open to interested parties from all geographic (and astral) locations. Topics are chosen to be of interest to students and employees from all library types, and each session is approved for one Georgia Continuing Education (CE) contact hour. The sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing."

While the content is more focused on public libraries, some of the topics will be of interest to teacher-librarians

Some of the topics covered in the series:

• QR Connections: QR Codes in Libraries
• WordPress for Library Websites
• Content Creation for Teens (Begins at 1:15)
• Ebooks, Discovery and the Library
• Branding and Influence: Establishing your Digital Identity and Reputation (Begins at 1:13)
• Strategy for Blogging and Social Networking
• Building Library Websites with Weebly
• How e-Books, File Types, and DRM Affect Your Library (Begins at 1:11)
  

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