Library Programs, Books Projects, and More

Here are a few ideas for what I want to accomplish this summer during the course to prepare for next year.

• First, get a solid curriculum plan like this one from Powell Co Schools (I currently use my Google Calendar):
• Skype an author - I think the kids would absolutely love this however it will require a lot of planning and preparation 
• Natalie Kinsey Warnock offers a new curriculum for learning local history through storytelling that I want to look into and our school has some money set aside for programs like this
•  Digital storytelling project 
• Google Earth Webquest for library (maybe students locate and do a small amount of research on famous libraries of the world)
  
• Wordle book ads - and other ideas from this Readingtech wiki:
• Use One True Media or Animoto to create the video/slideshow of this year’s Red Clovers, new books in the library, or DCF books to add to the library website - use this experience to do a project with students to create Book Trailers 
• Set up my 6th Grade class in Edu 2.0 or try a Thinkquest project
• I wanted to use VoiceThread for a poetry project this year, but there is a cost