New Exciting things in the LMC
Posted by bookend on November 16, 2006
We have some exciting things in the LMC to help children learn.
Mrs. Meyer is visiting classrooms 2nd grade through 8th grade every other week with a selection of books and shares a book talk with students and teachers. The books that are shared are listed on a bookmark to enable students to remember the title of a book they may want to check out on their next visit to the LMC. Students have responded to the booktalks with a positive rise in requests for titles shared. On the back of the bookmark is a quest question for students to complete if they wish. The quest is to help students recognize and use the many tools that we have available in the LMC such as internet, virtual library, dictionaries, and other print tools. If a student completes the quest and hands it in to Mrs. Conner, they receive a small token treat.
A new item offered this fall through the vendors is the PlayAway. This is a very popular item allowing students to listen to an audiobook on a small self-contained mp3 player. Only the book is on the player and only the book can be loaded onto the player. We have 11 titles at this time and all of them are in circulation with a waiting list in place. Because of the cost of the item, students are required to have a parent signed permission slip to check out the PlayAways.
Our first major order of the school year has been received. New books have been shared through the book talks. A major part of the order was DVD’s of Bill Nye’s science series. We had some of these titles on VHS tapes, but now we will have all of the titles on DVD. Because of the size of the order, we will receive many DVD players for classrooms as well. Students and teachers can look forward to some exciting learning adventures with the famous Bill Nye.
March 16th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Hi. What a great tool you have implemented for your school. This provides a central location to see what is new and available for teachers to utilize in their classrooms. This tool is one that students will benefit from. I also feel that your blog gives students/teachers/administrators the exposure to and opportunity to see the advantages of, easy access to, and the trend of technology in education. I aso see your site as an open source to communication as teachers, etc… endeavor into the arena of technology (ie. Blogging). Thanks.
Teri
March 17th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Hi Ann,
I read with interest the entries in your blog, and will be modeling some of my LMC activities after some of the ones you listed. One thing in particular I am interested in trying out circulation of a PlaySmart. This was given as a gift by our friendly Follett rep and as I explained to him, I would like to give it a trial run before I purchase more. Could you share the permission slip parents sign with me? I will use it as a model for our own.
Good job,
Mayra