Rejuvenate Your Space: Top Building Trends in Library Design
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 PM CST
Looking to spruce up your space? More than just a home for books, a library is a living organism, a vibrant community center for learning, digital content discovery, and exploration. Shouldn’t your 21st century patrons have a 21st century library? Learn about the top building trends in exterior and interior design from architects who have reinvigorated and reimagined library spaces throughout the United States. Breathe new life into your library.
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Edudemic (May 2013) posted an article on Ten Resources for Learning Over the Summer. This is a quick, easily read post for all educators looking to enhance a program or instructional design. Below is a list of the general content areas discussed. Click here to read the full article.
How Do Teachers Inspire Curiosity in Their Students
Teaching and Learning with Videos
Creative Classroom Ideas
Add Multimedia Components to Presentations
PBL (Project Based Learning)
Engage, Inspire, and Educate Interactively Online
Game Statistics and Game Simulation Applications for PE Teachers
Libraries are repositories of information that are often quickly associated with books, journals, and other tangible resources. However, they are also conduits to preserve community/family stories-some of which have yet to be cataloged (intangible). This month @ your library, an American Library Association (ALA) campaign, provides a list of resources for libraries to assist patrons in collecting and maintaining their stories. Included are links to information on how to conduct an oral history interview, ways to research ancestry, develop a family archive and make a time capsule. In addition, in honor of military month this May, a special section has been added for military families.
Tip: Teachers, with summer approaching, this may be an excellent project for students to work on as they spend time with family on vacation; in the car, at the lake, or around the dinner table. Additionally, what creative ways does your library encourage/facilitate these conversations?
Minnetonka High School has fully integrated all 9th and 10th grade students with iPads. By expanding this initiative to include students in grades 8 and 11, it will bring their total number of 1:1 participants to more than 3,100 students.
Is your school thinking about developing a 1:1 initiative? Consider attending the 1:1 iPad Technology Institute on Friday, June 28th from 8:00-3:00 pm hosted by the Minnetonka Institute for Leadership. By attending this institute you will gain an inside look at how-to approach the 1:1 process on everything from planning, budgets, communications, training, etc. The presenters will include district staff and teachers. And, lets not forget about the students (end-users) who will have opportunities to share their experiences throughout the day.
If you register for this institute before Friday, May 31st the cost is $139. Click here to register or learn more about this opportunity.
Open Education Database (OEDb) posted a list of what they deemed as 10 Stellar Presentations from Computers in Libraries 2013. These presentations have been created by and for Librarians/Media Specialists in the field. Consider using the link below as an additional resource when developing your next presentation. The content may add a new dimension to your talking points. Use the existing layout as a way to organization your materials or as a possible template when developing slides.
Visually, I like The Future of Libraries: Uncertainty & Imagination Evolving Libraries Through Technology by Daniel W. Rasmus. Click here to link to the full article and all 10 presentations.
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