FASTEST SLIDE RULE SLINGER IN THE WEST
Known to out-calculate the entire math department

people kept asking me why I didn’t dress up for nerd day?!
okay, just because I felt comfortable in that clothing…

Books are being checked out!  It’s awesome! Ask your students what they’re reading; whether they are reading or not, it provides encouragement either by way of appreciating that they are reading OR by reinforcing the idea that reading for pleasure is a normal, and somewhat expected, part of personal growth. (IMHO)

Join the SHHS Library Group on Facebook!

Student lists have been consolidated into a google spreadsheet.  Check your email for the link.

Bing $100,000 contest: Our School Needs… “How would you finish the sentence ‘Our school needs…?’ Write an essay. Snap some pictures. Film a video. Rally your class and get creative and get ready!” Science Lab, computer lab,… what could we use?  If anyone wants to send in an entry, let me know if I can help!

SHHS Electronic resources– I’ve placed a pink sheet listing the databases we subscribe to and username & passwords.  If you need any help understanding what they are for and/or how to use them, I’d be ecstatic to talk about it! (We librarians have a thing for databases)

The Week in Rap (you’ll have to watch at home)
The Week in Rap

LINKS:
Sweet Search 2Day “a daily curated assortment of the best content on the Web for history, language arts, science, news, culture and other topics.”
Fun and Games with Google Books
5 Tools for keeping track of your passwords having difficulty keeping track of all your passwords? Check out these tools to stay organized.  Or you could, like me, use pretty much the same password for everything… but then, I’m in big trouble when that one password gets out!
Nine elements of digital citizenship “digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.”  This is what students need to know to effectively live in a digital world, yet it’s not a part of what we teach them in school.  In particular, what is said about Digital Literacy:

“Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology.

While schools have made great progress in the area of technology infusion, much remains to be done. A renewed focus must be made on what technologies must be taught as well as how it should be used. New technologies are finding their way into the work place that are not being used in schools (e.g., videoconferencing, online sharing spaces such as wikis). In addition, workers in many different occupations need immediate information (just-in-time information). This process requires sophisticated searching and processing skills (i.e., information literacy). Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society. In other words, learners must be taught to learn anything, anytime, anywhere. Business, military, and medicine are excellent examples of how technology is being used differently in the 21st century. As new technologies emerge, learners need to learn how to use that technology quickly and appropriately. Digital Citizenship involves educating people in a new way— these individuals need a high degree of information literacy skills.”

Discovery Education Science Fair Central: includes an idea finder, project timeline, virtual lab, parent resources, videos on the different aspects of creating a project, and more

On Display Now:

Street Lit / Hip-Hop Fiction

Comedy

Sports

Tayshas List

From the comments I’ve received, the library is bigger (due to the rearrangement) and more attractive.  I, on the other hand, … Thank you for the positive response on the new look.! A big shout-out to our fearless leader for her support and trust in my interior design skills!  More is yet to come.  Part of my goal for the library is, in fact, to make it attractive and welcoming.  That is one of the ways we get students in; hopefully they’ll pick up some reading material while they’re here.  These days the library is much more than books- we’re a multi-media / multi-tasking center of activity – and the librarian does more than just shelve books and shush loud talkers.   I hope you will join me as we seek to transform in ways that will enrich the 21st century learning experience.
As part of our facelift, we’ve started a group on Facebook for the library.  Just search for SHHS Library and “Like” it! On the group page we can share news about reading and resources, create discussions, and post photos and videos.  I’ve already started a discussion about summer reading so feel free to join in. I’ll be seeking student participation so feel free to let them know about it.

The library is open for business, even though we are still putting things back together.  I look forward to working with you to coordinate research activities for our students.  I’m here to support you, so let me know how I can do that. There’s an online form to request library or computer lab time; instructions are below.

Accessing Library Services Online: go to http://schools.fwisd.org/southhills (www.fwisd.org -Schools – High Schools – South Hills) Click on the Staff Only link

On the left, you will see Documents, where there will be a Library- Staff Reference Material folder (Notice, also, the other times available to you)

Here you will find important information, some regarding frequently asked questions.

On the right of the main page, you will see Calendars and other things

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month download a letter size poster with Dwayne Wade from the American Library Association page

Interested in citation styles? I know you are! Desk copies of MLA books are available for teachers with a class size of ten or more students. There are two ways to submit a request. By mail, please use school letterhead, stating the name of the course, the approximate enrollment, and your name, complete address, and telephone number; address your request to Marcia Henry at the Modern Language Association, 26 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10004-1789. You may also submit your request online using the desk copy request form.
**Apple iPad Drawing for MLA Handbook Adoptions (have to order a class set)