Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Join Us For A NEW Storyboard That Webinar, Friends! Register for 10 Ways To Celebrate Books, Library and Technology Skills From Your Library With Storyboard That Today!

 

One of my favorite digital tools to use with our students is Storyboard That.  It is great for all ages and the perfect way to celebrate books, library and technology skills, and so much more from the library and throughout our classrooms and school community. 

You can join me, and Storyboard That's Customer Success Manager, Liane Hicks, on April 3, 2024, for a NEW webinar to learn all about Storyboard That, and how this amazing digital tool can enhance creativity, collaboration, and connections in your library and beyond.  I will even share how I use Storyboard That with my students and teachers across the district. 

This is truly an opportunity you won't want to miss! You will have lots of fun, and you will leave with ideas and resources to bring back to your library and school community too. 

You can register for this FREE webinar here, friends. 

And learn all about Storyboard That for Library and Media here on their special site. 

Monday, March 25, 2024

Creating A Choice Board To Learn About Holi With Capstone Connect, PebbleGo and Capstone Interactive eBooks! Find The Template Here, Friends.

 

Holi is being celebrated right now with the start of spring.  Holi is a beautiful Hindu festival that is celebrated over two days.  It is also known as the Festival of Colors. 

To give our students a place to learn about Holi, I created a choice board using our...


....Capstone Connect

In Capstone Connect, I typed in Holi and it brought up all of the resources focused around Holi including a PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next article, and a Capstone Interactive eBook.
I opened the resources from Capstone Connect and copied the link in the eBook...
...and PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next articles. 
I made a simple choice board called Let's learn about Holi and attached the links to each resource.  

You can make a copy of the choice board here.  You can attach links to each resource. 

When I was finished, I clicked on File and Publish to the Web. That is the link you will share with your students.  

We have print books and resources that support this special holiday too. 

I love being able to provide this choice board to all of our students and teachers giving them access to the Capstone resources they need as they learn about Holi. 

You've Been Virtually Book'd With These 18 Books For School Library Month! Check Out This List & Choice Board From Titlewave Here, Friends.

 

We celebrate School Library Month in April. It's one of the best months of the year! 

You can read all about School Library Month on the AASL website here.
This is a very special for us as school librarians, and for our communities, students, teachers and families too.  The impact that we make as school librarians make a difference not only during April, but all throughout the year.  And one of the ways we impact our communities the most is through books, reading and the joy that these bring. 

As we celebrate School Library Month, I brought together 18 books that celebrate reading, books and libraries.  

Let me show you how I set up this choice board for my school community. 

First, I created the choice board in a Google Slide.  I added the covers of the 18 School Library Month books I included in this choice board. 

Second, I went to our Destiny Discover and...

...grabbed the links to each book.   


This is easy to do.  You just search for the book, click on the three little dots next to Open, and this drop down menu will appear. 
Click on Share and the link to the book will pop up. That is the url to share in the choice boards. 
Take the copied link and add it to the book cover.  

When every book cover is linked, you are ready to share the choice board. 
Go to File and down to Publish to the web.  
This will give you a link to share with the students and teachers.  
When they click on that published link, the You've Been Virtually Book'd With Books For School Library Month choice board will pop up where they can read more about each book, and even read the eBooks where they are attached. 

I am excited about this list of 18 special new books I put together in Titlewave.  In this choice board, you can click on any book cover to view and find the full book list from Titlewave there too. 

If you would like to edit this and use for your own library, you can make a copy here.

Our students will love these books celebrating School Library Month that are part of our You've Been Virtually Book'd program. And I love how we can keep this program going all year long!  It brings so much joy to our readers each and every month.