METC 2012 Workshop

1. Collaboration is the
Name of the Game
in Library
Presented by
Linda Dougherty
Andrea Huisinga
Stefanie Tisius
https://sites.google.com/site/lindajdougherty
/home/metc-2012-tuesday-session

2. Collaboration

4. Bloom’s
Orange
Bloom’s Taxonomy Poster for
Elementary Teachers

5. Common Core Standards

6. DOK Levels Teacher Evaluation

7. Curriculum Writing

9. Free Blogging Sites

10. Blogging with your students
After you have set up an account,
you will log in here.
There are FREE
blogging sites you can
use with your students.
All you have to do is
set up an account and
you are ready to begin
blogging.
• Here are just a few:
– Edublog
– Blogger
They offer a FREE version!
Click below for
More useful tips for building a Blog

11. Click to access
EduBlog
To view the blog
as it will appear
to your students.
Add new Comments: Will show
posts from if there are any that need
this page. your approval.
Dashboard = where
you will run and
administer your Blog.
Read and approve
student comments.

14. Book Reviews
Work with teachers to use these as an alternative to book
reports.
Use the Review feature in the
Online Catalog = Destiny Quest
Scholastic’s “Share What You’re Reading”
Read Write Think Lesson:
site allows students to share their written
Two Thumbs Up!
reviews online.
Get Students Writing
and Publishing Book Reviews

15. What goes into a
Book Review?
1. Introduce the book
2. Tell about the book, DO
NOT give away the
ending.
3. Tell about your favorite
part OR make a
connection.
4. Give a recommendation:
- If you like…, you will love
this book.
- I recommend this book to
anyone who likes….
5. Write an ending sentence.

16. Identify which Reviews are:
Good Better Best

17. 3 4
After listening to the
story, work as table
groups to write a review
of the picture book.
Remember you are
3 5 trying to get the
younger students to
check out the book!
Don’t give away the
ending.

18. Edit your Review:
When you are finished
with your review, use
this “Revision
Questions” sheet to
proof your work. If you
find you are missing
something or would
like to make your
review better, now is
the time.

19. Peer Edit:
After you have made revisions, we are going to trade our review with a different
group. You will read each others reviews and give constructive (kind) feedback.

21. Internet
Safety Unit
5th Grade
Created by: Susan Ferguson, Fairway Elementary
ferfusonsusan@rockwood.k12.mo.us
And
Rhonda Reed, Kehrs Mill Elementary
reedrhonda@rockwood.k12.mo.us
Updated by: Stefanie Tisius, Murphy Elementary
stisius@nwr1.k12.mo.us

22. Internet Safety Websites
www.NetSmartz.org http://cybersmartcurriculum.org
PBS Kids Webonauts Other Useful Sites:
http://www.powerkidslinks.com/onlin/
For older students:
“Choose What Happens Next”
Watch the Video

23. 7 Internet Safety Lessons
Know the Rules
1. The NetSmartz Chat Abbreviation/IM
2. Passwords/Private Information
3. Netiquette
4. Meet the Wizzywigs
5. Who’s Your Friend on the Internet?
6. Digital Citizenship

24. NetSmartz
Chat Abbreviation
Lesson 2 Learning Targets = 2:27 minutes
I can compare and contrast
cyber pals and face-to-face
friends.
I can recall that private
information should not be
given to anyone in cyberspace
without permission from
parents or guardians.

25. Chat Abbreviation
• IM • BFF
– Instant messaging
Click to reveal answer –Click to revealforever
Best friends answer
• WWW or W3 • KIT
–Click to reveal Web
World Wide answer –Click toin touch
Keep reveal answer
• UYN • @TEOTD
– Click to reveal answer
Use your NetSmartz – Click to end of the day
At the reveal answer
• BRB • JK
–Click right backanswer
Be to reveal –Click to reveal answer
Just kidding
• ?4U • 2G2BT
– I Click toquestion for you
have a reveal answer –Click to revealbe true
Too good to answer
Safe Talking in Cyberspace Activity Sheet #1

26. NetSmartz
Bad Netiquette Stinks Targets =
Learning
I can recognize good and
Lesson 4 6:45 minutes
Bad manners when online.
I can analyze behaviors
that could be considered
cyberbullying and generate
solutions with dealing with
these bullying situations.
Good Email Manners Activity

27. When you’re online, the people you are talking to can’t see your face, so they may
not know how you are feeling. You can type an emoticon to help explain how you feel.

28. Cyberbullying Good Manners
• Students will complete this The links below offer
activity to have a better CyberSmart lessons on good
manners & cyberbulling
understanding of cyberbullying
Do the Right Thing
Group Think: Activity
Cyberbullying
Activity Sheets 1 & 2 The Power of Words

29. Collaboration in Middle School
• Know subject area curriculum
• Approach teachers outside of communication
arts, especially science, SS, and specials
• If teachers not used to collaborating, start
small.
• Offer to teach skills students can use later on
in class too.
• Kids can check out books in science/SS too

30. Middle School Collaboration Ideas
• Started with 1 science teacher – earthquake
preparedness scripts through Audacity
• Next year, all 7th grade science teachers – rock
Photo Story projects
• Math – flip cams showing how to solve
problems (enrichment kids or everyone)

31. Middle School Collaboration Ideas
• Social studies – country reports / Big 6
method
• Music / Art – biographies
• Social Studies – museum boxes
• Topic-specific websites

32. Ideal for Middle School
• Photo Story
• EduModo
• Voice Thread
• Audacity
• Glogster
• Google Docs
• Blogging

33. Web Evaluation
• Skill most students don’t have and most
teachers have no time to cover – perfect way
to start collaborating
• Handout – accuracy, currency, bias, authority
• Buy Dehydrated Water or Tree Octopus
website together
• Have students choose 2 fake websites to
evaluate on their own

34. Fake Websites
• Buy Dehydrated Water
• Tree Octopus
• Drivers’ License
• Dog Island
• All About Explorers
• Fisher-Price Airplane
• FVZA

37. High School

40. Multimedia Book Reviews

41. Googlicious