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Reimagining Books: How Citia's iPad App Compares to a Paper Book

Reimagining Books: How Citia's iPad App Compares to a Paper Book | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

"Modern-day Cliff notes" for when you want an idea of the book, but don't have time to read it.  Would these work in your library for non-fiction?  Or do they feel like cheating?  

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Free Technology for Teachers: Web 2.0 Collaborative Projects in the Middle School

Free Technology for Teachers: Web 2.0 Collaborative Projects in the Middle School | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Great ideas to incorporate technnology into collaborative projects!

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Create your own quick and easy QR Code book display

Create dynamic and interactive book displays in your school library today by making your own QR codes with this generator. http://qrcode.kaywa.com

 

Basic steps:

1. Select a range of books for your display (both fiction and non-fiction)

2. Browse the web for good websites that relate to your books. For example, you could use the Roald Dahl website for all Roald Dahl books, or a local conservation website for a book on saving the planet. You have the chance to be very creative here.

3. Go to http://qrcode.kaywa.com - enter the URL of your chosen website, select the size (I chose medium), then click Generate!

4. Save the QR code somewhere easy to find (you can use them over again as you need), print them out and place them on the book.

5. Put the books out on display and watch the interest!

 

We used a staff member's iPad to demonstrate how it worked to every class that visited the library - it was a big hit, and generated a real buzz throughout the school, with the display featuring in our school quarterly magazine.

 

It's free and easy - try it now!


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Library Cloud: Summertime in the IRC

Library Cloud: Summertime in the IRC | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

We can't use phones at school (yet) but this would be awesome!  If your library isn't genrified, use these to make genre lists for students.  

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A fearful message

The American Civil Liberties Union has raised a new issue in the Davis School District controversy over the district’s decision to banish behind the counter a book about a family with two mothers. (If you are instructed to put a book behind the counter, why not display it on a ledge back there?  Just a thought!)

 

 

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Books into Shelves

Books into Shelves | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

A book with too many missing pages?  Can't repair that binding one more time?  Weeding ridiculously outdated books?  Here's a solution that won't make you feel like a book-killer!

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My Ideal School Library | Susan MacIntosh

My Ideal School Library | Susan MacIntosh | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

A girl can dream, can't she?

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An Outdoor Library in Ghent Massimo Bartolini

An Outdoor Library in Ghent Massimo Bartolini | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

The towers of books appear to grow out from the grass at St. Peter's Abbey Vineyard, which has been a working vineyard since the Middle Ages.  (Who cares if it rains?  This is beautiful!)

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The Nonfiction Trail

Hit the nonfiction trail with Sheriff Yollis, Sheriff Salsich, and the rest of the Reading Round-Up.
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Durham school goes global - Catskill Daily Mail

Durham school goes global - Catskill Daily Mail | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it
Diversity day in the library! Should be the easiest place in the school to make it work.
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Cambridgeport School Library--Narrating Wordless Books with Voicethread

A great way to share what's going on in the library with parents!

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Heart of the School - How interactive is your Library Guide?

Heart of the School - How interactive is your Library Guide? | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Interactive library guide!  (I'd go lighter on the NOs and DO NOTs, but I'd love to make one!)

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Library Displays and BB

Library Displays and BB | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Wow!  Fran Bullington has some amazing ideas for displays!

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The Centered School Library: S'More Tech Summer Camp, Day 10 ...

The Centered School Library: S'More Tech Summer Camp, Day 10 ... | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Cari Youmng is sharing awesome ideas on her blog!

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Royalty Free Music

Royalty Free Music | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Great royalty free music for book trailers!

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Eye-catching Display

Eye-catching Display | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Be still, my heart!


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Bookhouses charming neighborhoods

Bookhouses charming neighborhoods | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

I'd love to have one of these in each building in our school!

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Bodleian Library considers lending books after 410 years - Telegraph.co.uk

Bodleian Library considers lending books after 410 years - Telegraph.co.uk | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

If The Bodleian can change, what's stopping us?

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The Centered School Library: Scaredy Squirrel Library Orientation Video

The Centered School Library: Scaredy Squirrel Library Orientation Video | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

This makes me miss elementary school!

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The Centered School Library: S'More Tech Summer Camp, Day 5

The Centered School Library: S'More Tech Summer Camp, Day 5 | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it
This would be great for the book club I want to start--Kids Who've Read Everything!
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Can we talk? | ALSC Blog

Can we talk? | ALSC Blog | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Do you know the librarians at your public library?  Do you collaborate with them?  

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Let’s Read a Book: Teachers building students’ libraries

Let’s Read a Book: Teachers building students’ libraries | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it
Murray Elementary School teachers are building students’ libraries each Tuesday by handing out more than 1,700 books to students in the community.
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Soup labels for education - Whitecourt Star - Alberta, CA

If no one else at school has jumped on this bandwagon, start a Labels for Education club in the library.  Have students collect and track, and form a student advisory committee for purchases.

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Abby the Librarian: One Week Down

Abby the Librarian: One Week Down | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

What would be so wrong about milk and cookies once a month in the school library after lunch? When I get my fireplace installed right in the center of the library, we're having milk and cookies, too!

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Thinglink in the Library

Thinglink in the Library | Creativity in the School Library | Scoop.it

Use Thinglink to book talk your shelves.  Add book trailers, Voicethreads--any link can be  imbedded into your photo!  This is my trial run, but I plan on making spiffier looking ones over the summer.

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