The library team wishes everyone a fantastic start to the school year! We want to extend a special welcome to all our new families and look forward to meeting all of you very soon.
SUMMER READING
Many students have been busy reading over the summer and completing their summer reading forms. All forms can be returned to the Zug Campus Library this week Aug.19-23, where the student will receive their invitation to the Summer Reading Ice Cream Party. We look forward to hearing about all the great reading done over this summer!!
NEW LIBRARY FURNITURE
A fresh new look for the library. The library has had a small transformation over the summer with some lovely new furniture for students, parents and staff to enjoy. We invite the community to stop by and enjoy the spaces. We want to remind all families that the library is open daily from 8:30-4:30 apart from scheduled early release days where it will close, as with the rest of the school, at noon on these days.
NEW STAFF
We have had some amazing new staff join the library team. We would like to introduce:
Louise Villiger
Teacher librarian EY1-Grade2
Louise has been part of the ISZL Community for over 5 years as a classroom teacher, and as a previous teacher librarian. We are fortunate to have her returning as the EY1-Grade 2 teacher librarian.
Nikki Byfield
Library staff
We welcome Nikki to the library team and are fortunate to have her skills enhance the work we do in the library.
LIBRARY TRAINING
The library will offer training to the parent community during the first 5 weeks of school. The training will involve how to use the Destiny Library system as well as some research tips and tools. All of which will helps parents support student research at home. Please look for these training dates on the VLE.
LIBRARY VOLUNTEER
If you are interested in helping out in the library we would LOVE to hear from you. Please just stop by and talk with anyone on the library team. We appreciate all amounts of help that can be offered!
We look forward to a wonderful year !
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The benefits of reading!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/12-scientific-ways-reading-can-actually-improve-your-life
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/07/being-a-lifelong-bookworm-may-keep-you-sharp-in-old-age/
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Summer 2013 Reading Programme
The popular ISZL Summer Reading Programme will happen again summer 2013. An incredible amount of students participated in the ISZL SUMMER READING CHALLENGE last year with students reading over 3,000 hours last summer.
This year we have many of the same great reading rewards and look forward to even more participation. Students who want to participate in this optional programme will be able to collect Summer Reading Game Boards the last week in June.
This year we have many of the same great reading rewards and look forward to even more participation. Students who want to participate in this optional programme will be able to collect Summer Reading Game Boards the last week in June.
All students who complete and return the form in August will be invited to attend fun:
ICE CREAM PARTY
Friday, August 30st
3:30-4:15
In the foyer of the Baarburg Theatre
Parents please plan on coming with your children to enjoy the event.
Parents please plan on coming with your children to enjoy the event.
The prize draws will be held during this party.
Grades 2-5 will be put into a draw for 4 passes to Alpamare.
Grades 6-8 will be put into a draw for 4 passes to Alpamare.
Grades 6-8 will be put into a draw for 4 passes to Alpamare.
Grades PS-Grade1 will be put into a draw for 10 passes to Planeta Magic.
We are already looking for some amazing parents who would also be willing to volunteer to scoop a bit of ice cream and assist with toppings…..
If you are willing and able please contact elizabeth.meeks@iszl.ch
Thank you again for all your continued and positive support!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Want to add a book to the library collection?
We look for new titles that interest all ages and readers to add to the collection all year. However we would love to have input from the community about what books you think we should add too. If you are reading something fantastic that is not already in our collection and think others will enjoy it too let us know.
You can complete a Book Recommendation form directly in the library or fill in your request through the link below to a google doc.
Book Recommendation Google Doc
We look forward to hearing from you.
You can complete a Book Recommendation form directly in the library or fill in your request through the link below to a google doc.
Book Recommendation Google Doc
We look forward to hearing from you.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Online Audio Books
Online Audio Books
It is like having a library in your pocket!
We have purchased Catalist Digital Audio books. These audio books can be played on any computer or mobile device (Once you download the free app). The selection is growing daily and we are excited about this great resource- Student feedback has been fantastic!
CATALIST-DIGITAL AUDIO BOOKS
This works on just about any mobile device as well as on the computer.
To log in on the computer or click Mobile app on the same page and find out where to download the app to your phone. Then enter the library passcode to find the ISZL collection.
These are audio books the school purchases. If you are interested in more titles please stop by the library with your suggestions we are building this great collection!
If you are interested in listening to audio books in the car on blue tooth this app works great.
E-books
Our collection of e-books is growing. Some work as a download option (Follettshelf) and some stream (Tumble Cloud/ Tumble Library, Bookflix) Please ask any library staff to show you how to access these fun resources.
Please note:
The resources in each of the above collections are not divided into age range categories as the library print collection. All digital materials are housed together in each respective database. We have tried to purchase a wide range of materials for all ages in the e-book and digital audio book collections. Please work together with your child when searching these resources to find age appropriate literature to enjoy in a digital format.
Supporting Student Research
Supporting Student Research
Today’s students have access to a vast amount of information when doing research. How can we help them filter the information and do effective research? Here are a few tips to use with your children to support them as they navigate online research.
Today’s students have access to a vast amount of information when doing research. How can we help them filter the information and do effective research? Here are a few tips to use with your children to support them as they navigate online research.
1.
TIME
Encourage
students to allow enough time to do proper research, so that they are not
stressed about completing an assignment in too short a time. Students learn to refine their research
skills the more they actually spend time researching and have adequate time to
research. They need time to be unsuccessful with a search as much as they do to
filter the information of a successful search. Refining search skills are
gained with both successful and the searches that do not provide results right away.
2. NOTES
Discuss with your student where they are going to put the
information they find before they begin the research. Have they allowed enough space to take
effective notes from multiple sources?
Remind them of some important aspects for taking notes in any note
taking style:
Space: Have you allowed enough space to write the answers to the questions you find?
Space: Have you allowed enough space to write the answers to the questions you find?
Readability: Will you be able to re-read your notes to
use later?
Connections/Summary: –Have you captured connections to your prior
knowledge in your notes?
Sources: –Did you write down your sources on the notes so you can go back
later?
Remind them to put notes in their own words. Notes are not moving exact
information from the source they are reading to their page of notes.
3. SOURCE
Once
students have a question they want to find the answer to or a topic they want
to find more information about, they need to think, “Where is the best place to go for their
information?” Is it a book, encyclopaedia, an online source or even a personal
interview? Help your student know where
they can go for information and to go to more than one source.
Our primary students are still learning how to evaluate a source
as reliable so it may be best to encourage your child to use the filtered sites
the school purchases.
If they are not using a school database then assist them to
evaluate the site. Is it current, relevant, does it have the authority to publish
the information?
Remind students when using Wikipedia, to look at it as a jumping
off point to research but not the only source of information. Look at the
sources that are listed on the Wikipedia site and go to those sources instead.
4. KEYWORDS
Ask your child “ What is the topic, keyword or search term you
will be using?” Have them underline keywords and think about secondary keywords.
Try a few search terms together and help them narrow or broaden as needed. Practice Skimming and Scanning research
finding in both print and online sources together.
Guiding examples:
If their question is: How
does a volcano explode?
They may know that two strong keywords are volcano and explode.
However together you may discuss that explode
is not a term used in association with volcano but rather, eruption. Trying refined
search terms they will discover more relevant information. They will still need
to read and infer from the materials they find, but they will be on the correct
path to good information.
Encourage them to be open to new sources and trying new routes to
get to an answer. Help them zccept that the answer may not jump off the page
but that they may need to read a variety of sources to find the needed
information as well as verify the information they find.
5. WORKS
CITED
Encourage them to put their sources on all the notes they take and
to keep an up to date Works cited
sheet. Ask if they are using copyright
free images if not direct them to safe copyright free sources:Poster on copyright free sources
Here are some resource you
may find helpful:
• DESTINY https://iszl.follettdestiny.com: The
Destiny Homepage is full of sources of information as well as having the added
feature of Webpath Express a filtered search engine.
• SWEET SEARCH 4 ME The SweetSearch Tutorial: SweetSearch
is an amazing search tool for kids, and they have some great resources here for
helping break down what research is and how to approach it.
Another
take on the research process from the Kentucky Virtual Library.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Creative Commons and Copyright
We all know that if we take information from a printed text either directly quoted or paraphrased we need to cite our source. However taking words, images or other works digitally can present a challenge for our students. When we teach this skill we talk with all of them that although no bells or sirens go off if you copy and paste words or images into your work you have to hold yourself to acting with principle as in our learner profile. Just because you can do it does not make it right.
Our students are taught to give credit or cite the source of the image or article they are using. However giving credit is not the same as having permission to use the image, sound or other work. We encourage all our students to use Copyright Free databases or sources that ISZL provides.
Copyright is a licensed work that requires the author/artist to give permission before the work is used.
Creative Commons is a set of licenses that an author/artist give to to their work to make sharing the work easy and accessible for all. Check out Creative Commons
An important thing to remember when doing research is that citing a source is not the same as having permission to use the source. To navigate copyright and creative commons we have some great information posters.
Use the right site
Images:
Britannica Image Quest
Britannica Image Quest
DK Clip Art
EduPic
Graphical Resource
Free Digital Photos
Imagebase
Free Photos
Morguefile
NASA Images
Pics4learning
Wikimedia
Commons
Compfight
Google
advance search
Filter by Usage Rights: Free to
use and share. This does not mean that all the results are copyright free –just
that they are not labelled as copyrighted. You will still need to go to the
original website and cite the photo properly from there as well as check for
permission.
Music:
Create your
own music in GarageBand
Freeplaymusic
Opsound
Use music/sounds that are
embedded in a web 2 tool like Animoto or Wevideo.
Content:
The school
pays for safe and free for use databases. Check the school database list for up
to date password information. Some of the databases are:
• BrainPop
• Encyclopedia
Britannica
• WorldBook
Encyclopedia
• Science
Power (an extra feature of World Book)
• Webpath
Express (an extra feature of Destiny)
Always use at least 2 sources of information.
Remember just because it is on the internet does not make it a FACT!!
Visit the ISZL library if you need more
information
Cite your
sources responsibly in MLA format
Use a
citation maker to help you format your sources properly.
The school
pays for Noodletools an
online citation maker. Check the school database list for up to date password
information.
The ISZL
Homework diary has examples of MLA formatting
TIPS to creating a good citation:
•Check the
source you use to see if it includes a citation within the article or image. Copy the citation directly into the Works
Cited page in your paper.
•Write down
the information about your source as
you are looking it. This will help you create your citation in an online
citation maker later.
Visit the
ISZL library if you need more information
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