Tag Archives: PDF

Presentation: Multicultural Cinderella Stories (September 2017)

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Hello Everyone,

Last month, I also presented at my state’s annual library conference on multicultural “Cinderella” stories in a session called

Girls Loses Sandal Given to Her By A Fish? Cinderella Stories From Around the World
I converted the PowerPoint presentation I made for the session into a PDF document, so you can see all the information I shared at the conference. It’s available here.
This session highlighted the worldwide appeal of the rags-to-riches fairy tale “Cinderella,” discussed key similarities and differences between multicultural versions, and provided example lessons for use with elementary school students. Participants interacted with portions of sample texts to complete Venn diagrams.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Presentation: School Library Tech 101 (September 2017)

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Hello Everyone,

I presented last month on technology tips and tools at my state annual library conference in a session called

Destiny, Symbaloo, and Weebly, Oh My! School Library Tech 101

I converted the PowerPoint presentation I made for the session into a PDF document, so you can see all the technological tidbits I shared at the conference.

Some of these technological tidbits I’ve blogged about previously.

The PDF document is available here. Inside, you’ll find links to YouTube videos  and help sheets I made for different tips about Follett Destiny, Symbaloo, Weebly, Outlook, OR Codes, and TinyURL.

This session provided brief overviews of and tips for working with such technology tools as Follett Destiny as a library management system, Symbaloo as a link collection tool, and Weebly as a communication tool. QR code creation and use will also be discussed as a library investigation tool for elementary school students. Participants were asked to bring devices that can access the Internet, download free applications, and take pictures, to experience fully this tech-rich session.

Personally speaking, I think the best tip for Follett Destiny is “Book Hospital as Patron,” which is also a YouTube video on my professional channel.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Technological Tidbit: YouTube Video Full-Screen Links

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Hello Everyone,

Would you like to have students access a YouTube video that is grade-level appropriate and enhances your lesson or unit content yet are afraid of what little eyes might see as vulgar comments or bizarre suggested sidebar videos?

No longer do we have to fear YouTube as an educationally inappropriate resource when we know it contains or we upload appropriate, valuable videos.

The answer lies in making full-screen links to the videos we want to share with students so there is no way they can see the comments or suggested sidebar videos.

How do we accomplish this? Take a look at the “Make a YouTube Full-Screen Link” help sheet I uploaded in Google Drive: http://tinyurl.com/readlearngrowtechtibits.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Technological Tidbit: Use Images to Make Social Media Buttons

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Hello Everyone,

Do you visit educator or personal blogs and long for those cool Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest buttons that come with pro accounts which make it so easy to network a blogger on other platforms?

Ta-da! I have found a way to make my own social media buttons while staying with my free Edublogs account.

On Flickr, I found free social media button images, which the uploader has graciously made available for personal use without demanding attribution; the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube images I used can be at this link. I used my own personal cropped screenshot of the Google Drive image.

To learn how to create image links in Edublogs, please check out the “Use Images to Make Social Media Buttons” PDF help sheet I uploaded to Google Drive by visiting this link or clicking on the Google Drive image in the sidebar.

I hope this technological tidbit was helpful!

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Technological Tidbit: How to Collect and Filter Blackboard Discussion Board Posts

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Hello Everyone,

Today’s technological tidbit is in the form of a printable help sheet; never fear, there are still step-by-step instructions and pictures.

A classmate in one of my graduate classes had a question about collecting and filtering Discussion Board posts by author in Blackboard, so I made this help sheet to explain the process. If it is useful, please feel free to share it with others. The PDF document can be access at: http://tinyurl.com/collectandfilter.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Empowering Learners in Library Media Centers

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Hello Everyone,

While working on graduate school homework for my master’s in library media education (LME), I stumbled upon a fantastic list of resources on how to empower learners in twenty-first century library media centers. I uploaded the PDF file to GoogleDrive; here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/empowerlearnersinlmc.

I hope the collection I found is of benefit. By the way, there is an excellent training module by Google for Education on how to use Google in the classroom. Possible Spring Break personal professional development?

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler