The Top 3 from the LMC & IT: Issue #8

The Top 3 from the LMC & IT this week 5/28/19:

1.  The 2020 Abraham Lincoln Readers' Choice Award list and our 2020 #Weare204 Reading List is out! We are not advertising this widely, but will once the new school year starts. If you are interested in getting a start on any of the books from the new list. We have them all in the LMC!

Link to the 2020 Abraham Lincoln List

Link to the #Weare204 list where you can also comment/vote on what you think about each title!

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/136182._Weare204_List 

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2. Looking for a book to read over the summer? Take a look at the lists others have created for their top reads for summer from Goodreads. If you need a fun bookmark, stop in the LMC for a fun scratch and sniff one. We have vanilla ice cream and orange dreamsicle bookmarks waiting for you! 

  

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3. Looking for a way to incorporate having students create digital maps into your teaching & learning? Here are 8 options for ways you have students create digital maps to show their learning in different topic areas. Have students recreate a story character's journey, a war hero's travel, a path of exploration... the options are endless.

Free Technology for Teachers (by Richard Byrne) has TONS of great ideas to enhance your teaching and learning if you have time this summer to investigate more! He's got 12 years of archives to search, and a summer learning institute in Maine, if you are looking for a beautiful place for some summer PD :)

The Top 3 from the LMC & IT: Issue #7

The Top 3 from the LMC & IT this week 5/13/2019:

1. Teen Book Finder:

Here is an app to assist you and your favorite Teen readers!

The American Library Association always has lists of the best books and awards books every year. This includes lists they suggest for our Young Adult/Teen population. Did you know there is an app that will allow you to search and browse the ALA lists to help you and your YA readers find something to read? There is something for everyone from a variety of genres. 

Find the app here- available for both iOS and Android.Or, point your phone's camera here to link you directly:

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2.  Free Audiobooks! 

My LMC colleagues alerted me to this great email you can sign up for this summer. Audiobook Sync allows you to download your own copy of an audiobook (for free! to keep!). 

Audiobook Sync is available this summer. for 10 weeks. Each week you will get an email that matches up two books that are similar, but different (synced, get it?)
The only catch is that you need to download them within a week to get them free. Once you download you keep it, so you don't have to listen within the week, just download it. Each Thursday is a new email with 2 new books. 

This is a great idea for that long road trip you are planning, or just for relaxing by the beach!

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3. Tech Tool: Converting from a PDF to a ? 

Have you ever had a PDF and needed to convert it something else? Try using https://easypdf.com/. THere are 15 different formats you can convert to/from PDF. You can try changing from a PDF to word, jpg or text, for example. It's super easy.