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1458 E. Chestnut Express Way - GSC
Springfield, MO 65802
417-523-0423 phone
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In The Spotlight
New District Library Services Librarians
Springfield R-12 District
Library Services would like to
welcome three new librarians to
the program this school year.
Congratulations to Alli
Bernskoetter, new to
Kickapoo; Laura Carpenter,
new to Bowerman and
Robberson; and Katie Lebeck,
new to Jeffries.
Alli taught Spanish for 3
years at Kickapoo and has worked
for 6 years for the
Springfield-Greene County
Library District. She graduated
from Missouri State
University, and is currently
working on her M.S. in Library
Science at the University of
Missouri. She enjoys
reading (especially
dystopian and fantasy
literature), kayaking, hiking,
traveling, playing board games,
and spending time with her
husband and one year old son.
Katie is on her 13th year
of teaching; having taught 1st
grade and 3rd grade at Jeffries
and 6th grade at Hickory Hills
Middle School.
She is a graduate of Springfield
Public Schools (Jeffries,
Jarrett, Parkview) .
She
earned
her bachelors and masters degrees
from Drury
University and loves
photography, traveling, and the St.
Louis Cardinals. She lives in
Ozark with husband, Chris.
Laura
grew up in Topeka, Kansas and
began her career as a middle
school and high school language
arts teacher in Topeka, KS and
Indianola, IA respectively;
where she also was a middle
school volleyball coach,
cheerleading coach, and yearbook
sponsor! She and her husband,
Patrick, have been married
nearly 18 years and have four
wonderful kids ranging in age
from 17 to 9. They are avid KU
fans and love going to the lake
in the summertime. You'll never
find her without a book.
(Unless, of course, she is in
the lake.)
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Check Out Our NEW Computers
All Springfield school libraries
(not currently under
construction) received new
student computers this year. |
This replacement effort has not
only improved the speed and
functioning of the student
computers, but has also added to
each libraries to number of
student workstations.
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One For All
From Cara Russell:
a tool for finding Literature when you don't know the author or title.
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes
From Christina
Wilkins:
a tool for teaching those Boolean search operators.
Boolify
From Dan O:
A Live Binder of suggested online tool sites.
SPS-DLS Instructor Web Tools
From Dan O:
Click
here to see the Brain Pop December Newsletter
From Sarah Gugliotta:
Remember MadLibs?
Check it out.
Crazy Tales
From Julie Mahaffey:
Kansas City Public Library gives a free library
card to any and all Missouri residents. This is a great place to borrow
(download) digital books. Follow the steps below.
1) Apply for
a Kansas City Public Library card online at
http://www.kclibrary.org/library-card-form
2) Download
OverDrive software to your reading device or computer.
3) Search
the KC digital book catalog.
4) Download the digital book for 21 days.
From Christina Wilkins:
SYNC will have free
audio books to download all summer! They are in MP3 format and may go
along with some of the summer reading programs at your school.
Click on this
link
From Sheryl Davis:
Teachers Make a Wish. Supporters Grant A Wish.
Solve Technology Shortfalls in Your Favorite Classroom.
For educators good deals on technology.ex: flip cameras -buy one get one
free.
www.digitalwish.com
Read a book. Give a Book.By reading
a book online you can give a book to help an organization of your
choice.
www.wegivebooks.org
From
Nancy Mclaughlin (and Tanya Peretta) :
Resources for School Librarians is a comprehensive site of
resources with a special note to 21st Century skills. Try these links:
Resources for School Librarians
and
Thinkfinity-21st Century Skills
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