Digital Curation

Digital Curation at Zug Primary The library team is looking at ways of doing research more effectively. We know that how we access information has changed. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE INTERNET IN 60 SECONDS

We need to find better ways of gathering information than just a standard Internet search. The Zug Campus library team wants to teach community members how to find and locate information effectively, both in the physical and virtual space. A solution to effective information gathering in a virtual space is Digital Curation. We are currently figuring out a way to curate digital information so that it becomes easily accessible to our students.

 Information is found through a variety of online sources and we need to make these sources accessible in an organized efficient way. As we construct meaning and personal understanding from a range of different information sources, we need to access this information on the Internet in a better way.

There are experts out there curating information on every topic, and we have to find a way to tap into the information that they have gathered. A typical search for information has us looking through vast amounts of ‘hits’ or ‘results’. We need a more efficient way of finding and sorting this information. We need to access the curators of this digital information or curate it ourselves so that we can streamline student research. Too often the problem when doing research is not too little but rather too much information.

Take a look at the ISZL LIBRARY DIGITAL CURATION SITES and see if there is a new way you or your child might locate information and do research in a different way. These are not the only curating tools, just some student friendly sites.

We are developing a research tool kit that will be available on here on the library blog soon! Tools that will help us evaluate the information, as well as how to find the information. When looking at a site of information about any topic we need to look at:
Currency
 Reliability
 Authority
 Purpose/Point of view

We ask students to cite their sources as early as 3rd grade and hope that this will become habitual practice. We also need to ask them to think about annotation too, this may be as vital as a citation, something we all should be considering as we look at any site we use.
Who wrote it?
Why did they write it?
How does it help?
 We need to get kids to think like scientists or journalists or artists. Searching is not about getting quick answers. It is the process of coming to the right question, to the knowledge we need.

Battle of the Books

January 28th---We had a great turn out of reading teams competing to represent our school in the Middle School Battle of the Book competition. We all had great fun at the Semi Final Battle here on campus but one team emerged vicarious. This team then went on to compete against ICS and ZIS in the final Battle on February 6th! After a challenging first round they were not daunted and they tripled their score in second round which secured their 2nd place finish. Well Done Everyone on the fantastic reading!

NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

Several members of the ISZL community have dedicated books in loving memory of Julia Mary Villiger, daughter of cover teacher and former Junior Library teacher, Louise Villiger. A special display is set up in the Junior Library for these books.

The library staff and volunteers have also been working quickly to bring many, many new books to the shelves in the Junior and Senior Libraries. There are special displays set up in each room for these new arrivals. Come and check one out!

Characters on Parade

One hundred ninety-two wooden spoon characters have been displayed along the corridor on the Library floor. As students visit the library, we have overheard many comments and enthusiastic remarks about the variety of characters and the creativity invested by the families who contributed. If you still have a spoon at home, it is not too late to bring it in to be hung up on parade. Come up and see the beautiful creations for yourself!

Can you identify these characters?

Zug Campus Book Fortnight

Dear Parents,

This year Book Fortnight is November 19^th to November 30^th. The following events have been planned for students and families to celebrate literature and promote a love of reading.

Artist-in-Residence: Rather than having an author visit this year we will explore storytelling through art. Local artist Joanna Gray will work with all primary students to create literature-related artwork for the library.

Characters on Parade: This year, students can work at home to create a book character using a wooden spoon. The spoon characters will replace the student dress-up parade, and will be displayed “on parade” in the school. Further instructions will be included when spoons are distributed. This is an optional event and students may collect spoons and information in the library from November 19^th onward.

Sponsored Read: During the fortnight, students are encouraged to read to raise money for school charities NAG and the Cedar Foundation. Students sign up sponsors for number of books or number of minutes read. The Sponsored Read form is attached to this letter. The primary assistant principals have promised to do something exciting, hilarious, and a bit outrageous –they will spray their hair blue at an assembly if participation reaches a high level. So we hope to have lots of students participating this year!

‘Get Caught Reading’ display: Families, teachers, and students are encouraged to photograph each other being caught in the act of reading. We would love to celebrate the enjoyment your families have with literature. If you can please take photos of your family members getting caught reading, we will make a whole school display. Photos may be brought or emailed to the library: libraryzug@iszl.ch

D.E.A.R. time: One class is assigned to ring a bell a special time each day. When students in grades Kindergarten – 5th hear the bell, they must Drop Everything And Read! For fifteen minutes.

Book Quizzes: Students in grades 1 to 5 will participate in game show-style book quizzes to see how much they know about the books they have been reading.

Special Story Time: Students in Preschool to Kindergarten will have special story time visits from members of the leadership team and other staff they do not have a chance to see often.

Book character class visits: Each Preschool to Kindergarten class will have a one-day visit with a book character. The classes will be encouraged to share about their day with the character through writing, drawing, and photography. A compilation of these experiences will be shared at a future assembly.

Please contact a member of the library team if you have questions about Book Fortnight. We look forward to two weeks of book celebrations!

The Zug Campus Library Team

Virtual Tour of the Zug Library

Zug Library Tour from ISZL Library on Vimeo.

Preschool and Pre-K Outdoor Literacy: Storytelling with a Stick

After reading stories about the wild woods and climbing trees, we walked around the garden gathering interesting items on our playdough-covered sticks. We returned to our den in the garden and told the story of our found items.

"It’s a stick person from a book. There’s a book called Stick Man. That’s why I wanted to make a stick person. He’s really strong and he can jump. He can jump from branch to branch."

"The pinecone fell from the tree. The leaf stayed in the tree. The flower fell down from the tree. I picked the thistle because I liked it."

"I have a leaf. I have a flower and I have an angel. The angel is here to stick. Nobody brought it to the garden. The leaves fell. There are 1,2,3,4,5,6. They are wet because of the rain."

"My stick has a pinecone. It fell down because if the branches move they fall down."

Author Andy Mulligan Visits ISZL middle school

We are honored and excited that Andy will be here on campus Sept. 12th and 13th. He will be working with all English classes during his busy two days.
His book "Trash" was one of the Battle of the Book Books last year.  With over 60 students having read this gripping mystery about the dump children of Manila the discussions should be lively. 


Find out more about Andy Mulligan and his work!

Ice Cream Party Fun

Summer Reading Ice Cream Party.

Thank you to all the many incredible volunteers and staff that helped at the ice cream party! It would not have been such a wonderful success without all your efforts. We appreciate you!

The First Annual Summer Reading Challenge Ice Cream Party turned the Foyer of the Baarburg Theatre into an Ice Cream Parlor for the afternoon of August 31st 2012. Students, parents and staff all enjoyed the celebration by creating ice cream sundaes and taking about books they read this summer. With students on the Zug Campus completing over 4,000 hours of reading this summer we had much to celebrate.  The Summer Reading Challenge was a huge success and we look forward to next year.

The Summer Reading Challenge was offered for the first time at ISZL as a way to celebrate reading even during the summer holidays. Students of all grades could choose to complete a game board over the summer by reading specified amounts of time. The game board was returned to school this fall and all participants invited to celebrate their reading achievement by coming to an ice cream party. We had much to celebrate at the ice cream party with over 300 students participating and over 4,000 hours of reading done this summer.

The completed games boards were also put into three draws based on the grade of the student for age appropriate exciting prizes: This years winners are:

The winner of the 10 passes to Planeta Magic is Teun in 1st grade

The winner of the draw for 4 passes to AlpaMare (Grades 2-5) is Kara in 5th grade

The winner of the draw for 4 passes to AlpaMare (Grades 6-8) is Annebelle in 6th grade

We congratulate everyone on an incredible summer of reading.

Zug Campus Librarians

How to create a life long reader

A great article about how to raise a life long reader by Common Sense Media.

Common Sense Media