1. CREEKVIEW
THE UNQUIET LIBRARY
HIGH
SCHOOL
MARCH 2010 MONTHLY REPORT
Buffy Hamilton, School Librarian
Roxanne Johnson, School Librarian
Tammy Beasley, Library Clerk
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2. Evernote is really simple and easy to
use. I am so glad Mrs. Hamilton gave
us the opportunity to use this tool. I
Program Highlights am really anxious to keep clipping and
working with Evernote!
Lindy S., 10th grade student
The Unquiet Library celebrated the American
Library Association’s Teen Tech Week with Wii Our project is but one of many
gaming for students! Many thanks to Dr. examples of Buffy’s collaborative
efforts with teachers here at
Eddy, our principal, for letting us borrow his Creekview. Not only has she
Wii system as well as Ms. Schmitt and Ms. transformed student learning, she has
Dicks for letting us borrow game accessories also transformed the teaching
and games. strategies of many of our teachers. In
the four years in this building, I have
Students and teachers enjoyed the arrival of a seen teachers who thought a Google
new book shipment consisting solely of their search was the only way for students
requests! We received approximately 100 to do research expand their
requirements, with Buffy’s
new books are enjoying heavy circulation.
encouragement and tutelage, to our
Ms. Lester’s students were introduced to school’s databases and web 2.0 tools.
Evernote for notetaking and bookmarking
favorite information sources. Susan Lester, English teacher
Ms. Lester’s students learned how to create The Netvibes information portal is
Netvibes pages as information dashboards impacting my research experience in
and cultivating personal learning that it helps me stay very organized.
When I need to find something or
environments.
need some quick facts, I can quickly
Ms. Kennedy’s 4th period 11th American hop onto my netvibes page and find
Literature/Composition and Mr. Sapere’s the information that I need. What I
senior 12 British Literature/Composition found very convenient is that I have
feeds to all of the other important
students learned how to build Google sites for sites that I am using for my research
learning portfolios. project such as by evernote and blog
Ms. McManus’s French students learned how and so everything for me is one click
away which has definitely saved me
to create multimedia multigenre artifacts as much more time and energy. Netvibes
part of their exploration of Paris and how to is an essential tool that is helping and
embed their learning artifacts in a Google enhancing my research experience
Sites learning portfolio. because of its easy features and the
widgets that are available.
Nicole T., 10th grade student
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3. Data Snapshots
The Unquiet Library Statistics, March 2010
Number of Class Sessions Served 216
Number of Student Visitors 3150
(Morning, Lunch, Afternoon Hours)
Total Circulation 659
9th Grade Circulation 237
10th Grade Circulation 165
11th Grade Circulation 178
12th Grade Circulation 79
Total GALE Databases Sessions 3199
Gale Virtual Reference Library 1695
GALE Discovering Collection 534
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 315
Gale Literature Resource Center 336
Gale Global Issues in Context 229
Gale History Resource Center, 46
World
Gale History Resource Center, U.S. 43
The Unquiet Library Blog 10,091
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4. Collaborative Lessons
Learning Activities/Instructional Research Pathfinder Collaborative
Instructional Partner(s)
American Author Study, 11th American Literature/Composition Ms. Kennedy
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/american-authors-kennedy
Research on Spanish Speaking Countries, Spanish I Mr. Tippins
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/spanish-countries-research
Paris Travel Guide Ms. McManus
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/paris-2010
The Battles of Saratoga and Trenton, JROTC Mr. Holly and Mr.
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/saratoga-trenton White
I-Search Paper, 12th British Literature/Composition Mr. Sapere
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/i-search
Veterans’ Research Project, 10th Literature/Composition Ms. Lester
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/veterans-issues
Doing the Right Thing Biographical Research, 10th Ms. Jackson
Literature/Composition
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/doing-the-right-thing
Elizabethan and Renaissance Period Research, 9th Ms. Kennedy
Literature/Composition
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/9th-renaissance-kennedy
Genetic Disorders, Biology Ms. Hendrix
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/geneticdisorders
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