Archive for the 'Libraries' Category
Dec
5
Your Digital Footprint
December 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
All 9th grade students will explore their Digital Footprint in their Guidance Seminars this week. @yourlibrary Digital Citizenship Resources How to Set Up Your Facebook Privacy Settings 10 Things High School Students Should Never Post of Facebook (or any other social media sites) A Complete Guide to web, Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus privacy and [...]
Dec
3
@ your digital library: eBooks in OverDrive
December 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The school libraries in the Waltham Public Schools now offer students and teachers with the opportunity to download eBooks from Overdrive. Students in grades 3-12 and teachers use their wpsnet login to check out the digital collection: http://library.walthampublicschools.org The collection is being developed to support pleasure reading. The elementary libraries have selected ebooks and audiobooks [...]
Jun
30
President of the Massachusetts School Library Association: Judi Paradis
June 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Judi Paradis, Library Teacher at the Plympton Elementary School, has been elected president of MSLA. We are proud to have Judi’s leadership at the state level to advocate for school library programs. Click here for Judi’s bio.
May
30
Volunteers Spice Up the Library!
May 30, 2012 | Comments Off
Again, over 100 volunteers worked in our school libraries this past year. Their roles are varied but the one thing all volunteers have in common is their efforts to provide the support required to run a library. Our library volunteers — and library paraprofessionals — all contribute to the strong teaching library program in the [...]
Mar
19
Login to Destiny to Search the Databases
March 19, 2012 | 2 Comments
> No need to go to each of the libraries’ research databases when looking for information to answer a research question… Students in grades 3-12 (and all staff!) can now login to your school’s Destiny Library Catalog – using the same username and password as you do for the school network - to find information in the [...]
Mar
13
Destiny Catalog – There’s an App for that!
March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Go to the app store on your smart phone or tablet and search Destiny Quest or Follett Software to find the Destiny App. Connect to your library by entering http://destiny.k12.waltham.ma.us Destiny App on You Tube
Feb
26
Fountas and Pinnell reading levels in Destiny Catalog
February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
In addition to flexibly scheduled times in the library where teachers and library teacher co-teach, elementary students have weekly scheduled visits to their school library for the purpose of checking out books. While Library Teachers encourage students to browse and select materials of personal interest, students are also encouraged to select a “just-right” book to read. In [...]
Jun
7
Volunteers Rock
June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Over 100 volunteers worked in our school libraries this year. Their roles are varied but the one thing all volunteers have in common is that their efforts support Library Teachers so that they can focus on teaching. An appreciation brunch was held in honor of all the volunteers who gave their time to the school libraries. [...]
May
13
Check It Out! Check it Out!
May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Plympton School Library: Check It Out! The Plympton Elementary School Library was recognized as one of the exemplary school library programs across the nation when it was selected for the American Association of School Libraries’ (AASL) Vision Tour. On May 13, 2011, the president of AASL, Nancy Everhart, visited the Plympton School to see the [...]
Apr
13
Library Snap Shot Day
April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Check out what was happening in our school libraries on one day: Massachusetts Library Snapshot Day April 13, 2011
Dec
14
Not Your Mother’s… Not Your Father’s… Card Catalog
December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Our “library catalogs” have been upgraded to a new web-based solution, called Destiny – see http://destiny.k12.waltham.ma.us/ . Destiny is a 21st Century solution – where the students and staff no longer need to be in the school library to access the resources of the library. The public interface of Destiny (or Destiny Quest) displays The [...]
Nov
7
Public Library Cards
November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Working in conjunction with the Waltham Public Schools, Kate Tranquada, Library Director of the Waltham Public Library, analyzed data to determine the number of students, K-12, in the Waltham Public Schools with Waltham Public Library cards. Kate also analyzed the data and made some comparisons by school. As a result of the analysis, the Waltham [...]
Oct
4
MSLA Conference: Working Smarter
October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Waltham Library Teachers attended the yearly MSLA conference on October 3rd and 4th. At the conference it was announced that the Plympton School Library program (Judi Paradis, Library Teacher), has been selected as 1 of the top 50 school library programs in nation and will be on the AASL President’s Vision Tour later this school [...]
Sep
1
Library Benchmarks
September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Elementary Library Teachers published grade level Elementary Library Benchmarksthat map the Waltham Library Benchmarks to the October 2009 revision of the Massachusetts’s School Library Association’s Information Literacy Benchmarks. The Elementary Library Benchmarks website includes lesson plans organized by grade level and by school.
Apr
27
Honoring Library Volunteers
April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Today we honored the many volunteers who give their time each week to volunteering in our K-8 school libraries. The volunteers are a contributing factor to the overall quality of our school library program in Waltham Public Schools. Our volunteers — who are parents, community members and senior citizens — provide hours and hours of [...]
