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LFHS Library Newsletter May, 2010
New Audio Books, New Look!
As promised, the LFHS Digital Library (our catalog of downloadable audio and eBooks) has a new look! Click here to check out the new layout as well as new titles available for checkout and new capabilities (this service is now compatible with all apple products!).
New DVDs for 2009-2010
Click here to take a look at the complete list of DVDs purchased this year.
1. May 7th = Last day students can check out books (teachers may check out books for students after this time). 2. May 14th = All books are due back (for students). 3. May 24th – June 2nd = Library will have extended hours for finals (see below):
Important Dates & End-of-the-Year Library Business
Monday, 5/24: 7:00am – 8:00pm Friday, 5/28: 7:00am – 5:00pm Tuesday, 5/25: 7:00am – 8:00pm Saturday, 5/29: 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday, 5/26: 7:00am – 8:00pm Tuesday, 6/1: 7:00am – 8:00pm Thursday, 5/27: 7:00am – 8:00pm Wednesday, 6/2: 7:00am – 8:00pm
Lesson Highlight: AP Env. Science Global Climate Change Research
Last month, Jim Sullivan & Mary Beth Nawor’s AP Enviro classes came into the library to conduct research on the myths & realities of Global Climate Change. After discussing what our community knows or understands about climate change, they came up with a list of questions for a survey that they would conduct in order to narrow their research, focusing on the specific issues that the community wanted answers to or were confused by....
Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Survey Monkey
Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Glogster
The classes used the online survey tool Survey Monkey to create a 10 question survey to be filled out by friends, family, or teachers. Each student asked 5 people to participate. Students analyzed the results and determined which issues/questions to focus on. Then the research began, using Global Issues in Context, GREENR, SIRS, and some non-for-profit websites. Along the way students learned how to evaluate the information they found for bias & accuracy as well as how to locate the original sources the information came from.
Lastly, students used Glogster to create an interactive and visually enhanced presentation about their findings. Each student created their own personal page, and then all of the glogs were linked together on one class glog. Click here to see an example of the final product of this amazing project (developed by Mary Beth Nawor and Erika Koesling as part of a KTI)!
The library has created Summer Reading Lists for each grade level. Click here to take a look, and pass it along to students you know who are interested in some great summer reads.
Summer Reading Lists
Join our Summer Book Club KTI and spend your summer reading & discussing the latest, award-winning young adult literature alongside your colleagues. Reading YA lit is a terrific way to forge new relationships with students. Stay tuned to My Learning Plan for more details. In the meantime, click here to see the list of books the class will be choosing from.
Summer Book Club KTI
The library now subscribes to CQ Press Political Reference Suite, which includes The Encyclopedia of US Political History and the NY Times Reference Series. Print copies will also be available in the Fall!
New Database: CQ Press Political Reference Suite
