Misc.

__Books are pulled and booktalked for the following projects:__ Fiction books set in the region that geography is studying, 7th gr. English Fiction books set in Spanish-speaking countries, 9th grade Spanish II Fiction books that involve a physical or metaphorical journey to compare/contrast to the Odyssey, 9th gr English Biographies for which that person's life journey is used to compare/contrast to the Odyssey, 9th gr. English Award-winning books, 7th gr English Partner books (we have 2 copies, sorted/selected by genre), 8th gr. English

__Clicker (CPS) presentations have been done for:__ Banned Books Week, 9th grade Copyright restrictions and permissions, keyboarding (mixed grade level) Battle of the Books competition, 7th grade If you also have CPS and want me to share, just let me know.

__Other information seeking/evaluating lessons:__ Evaluating websites: 7th grade we discuss ppt and then practice with a form, 8th grade reviews and looks at real and bogus sites Making strong searches: 7th grade--we practice together using questions drawn from a hat (each person throws in something they'd like to look up), I modeling improving a search when you don't find what you wanted, and then they do a scavenger hunt with questions related to their content classes. The sc. hunt has 4 versions to allow for differentiating. Communications information speeches: 8th grade--good time to review Dewey classifications. After booktalking a few titles from each hundred, we play a game. Then they get up and browse to locate materials for their information speeches. They use the Internet in addition to book sources.

__Other technology projects:__ Google Docs: 9th grade creates accounts in order to easily share vocabulary assignments (each person creates a document to teach one word per week and they "share" it with the teacher). When the teacher logs into her account, she can quickly pull up each person's presentation. Podcasts with the art museum: An advanced 8th grade class works with the art museum at KU. Once they have selected a work of art at the museum, they research the piece/artist, write a response (can be personal or informational), and I help them record their podcast. The art museum displays these on their web page and both sides love the collaboration. Video centers: when 8th grade communications studies the civil rights movement, we created centers in the library with each center showing a video of a current civil rights issue. The teachers are also posting blog questions and encouraging discussion of both historical and current topics.