Files and Document Storage

Perks of Being a Wallflower Readalike Book List

Best Opening Lines of YA Books (compiled October 2010 from Yalsa-bk, Calibk12, and LM_Net)

MLA Style Paper Tutorials - 2003 and 2007 versions

Microsoft Word Tutorials

Web Evaluation Documents (Freshmen Orientation)

2009

2008

Audacity Tutorial and Download info

Booktalks

The brochures are a handful of my booktalks. You are welcome to use it as a template. The "It" brochure refers to a brochure for kids who liked David Pelzer's book, A Child Called "It."

GLBTQ_BIBLIO.xls
This is a fairly recent (2006) bibliography I compiled for the GLBTQ crowd. I highly encourage you to peruse the list and add some of the titles to your collection because every student deserves to have a book with relatable characters. I will update this with the 2007 titles when I can.

Bookmark Contests

A big thanks to Heather Gruenthal for sharing these two files. She has contests twice a year and has her students submit their drawings for bookmarks.

Lorena Crow, Tuffree MS/Placentia Yorba Linda USD, uses PPT to showcase new books and info of interest to students.
Another PYLUSD paraprofessional utilizes PPT to publish student reviews and uses these on the computers as the screensaver.

MovieMaker

Use MovieMaker to bring books to life! Take pictures of students or staff with a book, record a booktalk about the book shown, add effects to create transitions between books, add music from http://freeplaymusic.com to jazz up your lively booktalk. (Note: keep your pictures and music in a folder on your desktop together, if you don't you will have errors and it won't work properly.)

Podcasting with Audacity

Use a program like Audacity to create booktalks or podcasts to promote your library programming and books. I encourage you to invite your students to create their own podcasts of their book reviews- they love to think that someone "out there" is listening to them. I am assigning my student aides this very assignment.
The directions attached here are just for the download and very basic instruction. It is a very easy program to use and navigate. Be sure to download according to these instructions, the mp3 encoder is particularly important for uploads to the internet.
Also, be sure to use http://freeplaymusic.com so you are free of copyright issues and are modeling good Netiquette adhering to copyright restrictions on the publishing of music. Even if you have purchased a CD of an artist's music, you CANNOT post it to the web, that is considered a copyright infringement as you have re-published the material.
Lastly, script your podcast prior to recording as it will be much smoother and easier. You'll have less "ums" to edit out. Remember to have fun!