In June 2016, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their 25 Best Apps for Teaching and Learning. The apps encourage qualities such as innovation and active participation, and are user-friendly.
This app allows users to take their paper Post-it Notes into the digital world. Users can scan sticky notes and then arrange, organize, and even share their notes across platforms. Notes can be saved in Dropbox, Evernote, or One Drive. They can also be can be shared on social media and exported into PDF format. For classroom use, Post-it Plus can be helpful to use while brainstorming.
For many children, learning to read is challenging enough. Learning to read if they have an undetected vision problem makes the process even more difficult. In Oregon, they began the program “See to Read” in 2013 that aims to correct this issue, with the help of public libraries!
Check out this article in OLA Quarterly that describes how the program began through a partnership with eye care professionals, legislators, and public libraries. Then visit the “See To Read” site to learn more about this great program!
What is “See to Read”?
A series of free vision screenings for children at public libraries
throughout Oregon.
A campaign based on the belief that no child should begin learning to read with an undetected vision problem.
A community service project that helps children be ready to read and that links families, schools, local service clubs, and legislators to public libraries.
A way to assist implementation of the law that all children entering public kindergarten in Oregon must have a vision screening.
At CMLE, we are always excited when schools in our area get some well-deserved attention!
Check out this article about the language immersion programs taking place at several school locations within the St. Cloud School District!
This spring marks the 10th anniversary of the St. Cloud School District’s Chinese and Spanish immersion programs. The article details a typical day in an immersion classroom, and includes interviews with past students who have grown up to appreciate the advantage that the immersion program has given them. In fact, third – eighth graders that were in the immersion programs performed higher than average in the math and reading MN Comprehensive Assessments.
There are great benefits to participating in language immersion programs. Check out this article from NPR about the potential brain benefits from immersion education. This article from the Atlantic gives a teacher’s perspective – and she is an immersion teacher in Minneapolis!
For more information on the St. Cloud School District’s program, visit their page here, and watch their video:
Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books. You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration! Share what inspired you in the comments.
In June 2016, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their 25 Best Apps for Teaching and Learning. The apps encourage qualities such as innovation and active participation, and are user-friendly.
The app Earth Primer is a great tool to reinforce concepts from an earth science class. The app functions as an interactive textbook, and allows students to manipulate a variety of concepts that make up our planet. Students can make volcanoes, move tectonic plates, manipulate weather systems, and more. These activities help foster an understanding of how all these concepts come together to affect our planet.
To learn more about Earth Primer, this article from TechGenMag explains how the app can be used in the classroom as a fun way to bring learned science concepts to life. It also allows students to work at their own pace. This post from EdShelf includes a video and also some reviews of the app.
Cost: $9.99 Level: Elementary and Middle School Platforms: iOS
Partnering with libraries for visioning, advocating, and educating
In June 2016, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their 25 Best Apps for Teaching and Learning. The apps encourage qualities such as innovation and active participation, and are user-friendly.
For many children, learning to read is challenging enough. Learning to read if they have an undetected vision problem makes the process even more difficult. In Oregon, they began the program “See to Read” in 2013 that aims to correct this issue, with the help of public libraries!
At CMLE, we are always excited when schools in our area get some well-deserved attention!
