"Greetings Becky,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher…"
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Becky Schaller replied to Julie Greller's discussion End of the year fun: overdue book and fines"I know this is late for this year, but perhaps someone can use it next year. I told everyone we'd have a raffle. I asked each teacher to randomly draw a name
from all the students in their class who had a clean library record.…"
"Great recommendations. I have some other boys who have loved Service. I'll look into Sleator's titles to see if any of those would have been good for him. :)"
Elisabeth LeBris replied to Becky Schaller's discussion Lesson 2: Working with the Frameworks in the group Readers' Advisory"Hi Kelly and Becky,
I like the open convos. below. So I'll just dive in here. On #1 I might have recommended Service or Sleator as possible authors to look at and put out a few titles with boys as main characters (there are quite a few) but a…"
"I haven't been able to either because my school website has been up and down and my access to Novelist seems to hinder my participation. What I have done now Andrea is requested a TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION and am waiting for it to come through. Maybe…"
"Thanks for the example."
"Definitely. Sounds good."
Becky Schaller replied to Becky Schaller's discussion Lesson 2: Working with the Frameworks in the group Readers' Advisory"Kelly, I like the idea of taking books that the students are reading and thinking about other books we might recommend for them. I'd like to suggest that we take this exercise a little slower. So first we'd write down as many of the appeal…"
Becky Schaller replied to Becky Schaller's discussion Lesson 1: Elements of a particular book in the group Readers' Advisory"I like Kelly's ideas about finding ways to address our own RA questions more directly. But before I make any comments about either of her ideas, I'd like to comment about the appeal elements of the book
FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen.
I actually…"
"Lesson 2, ex. 4: Here's another idea. Why don't we just help one another find good readalikes that fit our own frameworks and favorite stories/authors? (Using our students' favorites would work, too, to put it in context.) We need to…"
"Lesson 2, ex. 1 doesn't really work for us since we're all over the place!! (Do you all agree, or is there some way to modify ex. 1 so it works for us?)
Lesson 2, ex. 2: Here's an idea to modify what's in the lesson. Why…"
Becky Schaller replied to Becky Schaller's discussion Lesson 1: Appeal Thesaurus in the group Readers' Advisory"I just experimented with this and we can cut and paste from the previous message and then add our own adjectives. I am going to suggest that we do this so that we will soon have a good list of words for each appeal element. If there is a word here…"
Becky Schaller commented on Elisabeth LeBris's group Readers' Advisory"Elisabeth, I've been thinking about that question also. I don't have a clear answer in my head. I have found Lesson 1 to be far more difficult than I had anticipated. I'm realizing that I didn't put out discussions for all the…"
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Becky Schaller replied to Becky Schaller's discussion Lesson 1: Reader Profile in the group Readers' Advisory"Andrea, if you send me a private email at rebeccaagnesschaller@gmail.com, I'll either send you my phone number or you can send yours to me and we can talk by phone.
Becky"
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- What is the name of your school?
- I am the media specialist at Liberty Jr. HIgh School In Burbank, Illinois. I'm joining TeacherLibrarianNetwork to particpate in the Readers Advisory Study Group, but I'm looking forward to exploring what else is available. I am also looking for a school librarian job for the fall in the greater Chicago area in an elementary, middle, or junior high school.
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- At 10:42am on June 17, 2009, Elisabeth LeBris said…
- Sounds great. I emailed another person. I am out of the office tomorrow and Friday but I'll have my laptop.
- At 12:41pm on June 20, 2009,
judibea said…
- Becky---what if you highlight the URL and post it in here--that may help.
- At 11:13pm on June 20, 2009,
Doug Valentine said…
- I use several programs to get the look of my Glog book reviews. The primary program you need is Crazy Talk. It really does a great job of animation even if you don't do anything else with the video. The kids actually draw the character that represents them in the review. I use Vegas video to edit and Photoshop to cut out various objects. Put it all together in Vegas and you have an animated book review! Try looking at Crazy Talk first.
Doug
- At 2:35pm on June 23, 2009,
- I'm sure I could do that. I know there are other free programs that allow limited animation but I have been working with Vegas Video for awhile now and it enables me to add those other touches like movement, background, sounds and music. It's all in the editing!
- At 5:09pm on August 5, 2009, Elisabeth LeBris said…
- Hi Becky,
Well I think people are feeling like school is right around the corner. I know this did not quite work out the way we had hoped but I think the experience was well worth it. I am so glad i got involved with this Ning for one. I have joined another group in the ning and feel like my PLN is growing in good directions. I also think whenever you get school librarians talking to each other it is a good thing. Plus we got to know each other a bit and now the next time it will be that much easier.
- At 3:18pm on August 9, 2009, Elisabeth LeBris said…
- Thanks Becky. I'm sure we will meet again, maybe even in person (so retro!LOL)l
- At 9:12am on January 26, 2012,
Mike McQueen said… Greetings Becky,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
Teacher Librarian at McLain HS
Lakewood, CO
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