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In The Spotlight

SPS Rocks at MASL

Springfield was well represented at this year's Missouri Association of School Librarians Annual Conference.  Particular recognition goes to:

Marilyn Harris, Glendale High School, won the Bright Idea Award for innovation for her Zero-Budget Do-It-Yourself Library Remodel.

Marilyn Harris (again) and Shellie Foltz, Glendale librarians, along with Sharon Maslowsky, Glendale A+ Teacher, won the Teacher Librarian Collaboration Award for their collaborative project Tomorrow’s Library through iPads

In addition:
Margaret Butler, Cherokee Middle School, and Julie Mahaffey, Pleasant View Middle School presented a fantastic breakout session called “Get Real with Web Evaluation”

Teresa Young - Study and Nicole Bueno - Gray were recognized at the southwest regional meeting as outgoing regional officers

Susan Willenbrink - Harrison and Angela Casteel – Central were recognized at the southwest regional meeting as incoming regional officers

 

2011-12 Co-Winners of the Linda Luke Librarian of the Year Award
   Congratulations to our co-winners of the Linda Luke Librarian of the Year Award for 2011-12.
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Another great year for our Linda Luke winners.  Marilyn Harris and Shellie Foltz are the Library Media Specialists at Glendale High school.  Marilyn  has been with the R-12 district for 20 years, and Shellie for 14 years.  This is not the only recognition for their accomplishments they will be receiving this year, so stay tuned.
 

 

 

 

 


One For All

From Rachelle Peak:
Great resource for listening to authors on their works:
Scholastic downloaded webcasts

From Melody Netzer:
Nice Titanic resource:
On Board the Titanic

From Dan O:
A Live Binder of suggested online tool sites.

SPS-DLS Instructor Web Tools

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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