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Online Video Clip Sources
eMedia : Available through Pioneer

TeacherTube.com

[|WatchKnow]: Imagine hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids. Imagine them rated and sorted into a giant Directory, making them simple to find. WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you know"--is a non-profit online community devoted to this goal.

Calendar
The LMC has many resources to support your work with your students:
 * Computer lab, group tables, presentation area, reading sofas
 * Fiction and nonfiction books, audio-books, picture books, reference books, encyclopedias
 * Teacher-Librarian (me!) to help with finding resources (both print and electronic) and collaborating on lessons

See the availability of a computer lab or the library for your classes by going to the Labs & Lib Schedule page. Contact me to get your classes added to the schedule.

Click here to see the Jordan District [|calendars].

[|Barry's Blog]: Thoughts from Jordan School District's Superintendent
Superinterdent Barry L. Newbold was appointed Jordan District's superintendent in April, 1996. He is writing a blog as "a helpful, less-formal way to talk to employees about what's going on in the remaining Jordan School District."

All Things PLC
This [|site] was created to serve as a collaborative, objective resource for educators and administrators who are committed to enhancing student achievement. Includes a blog, articles, tools and resources that support Professional Learning Communities.



[|Teachers First]
A free-membership, ad-free, user-friendly, and practical web site full of lesson plans, units, and web resources to support teachers and save them time. Easily searchable for just what you need.

Thinkfinity
Check out Thinkfinity, a lesson-plan and interactive resource available through Pioneer. A ccess the site through Pioneer at [|http://pioneer.uen.org], then click on ThinkFinity located under “Additional Library Resources.” Then click the Thinkfinity.org logo located in the upper right-hand corner. (Pioneer access from home requires a username and password, available from the LMT.)

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Process for Sending Books to Surplus from Teachers' Rooms
The steps below are for sending textbooks and any other books from a teacher’s classroom to surplus.


 * Teachers are responsible for boxing the textbooks and other books from their classrooms that they want to surplus, labeling each box, and sending that information to the library media teacher (LMT).
 * The LMT is responsible for tracking the total number of book boxes being sent to surplus and getting them picked up by the district.


 * 1) To surplus books, teachers put them into boxes. Use smallish boxes so total weight is not more than 50 lbs.
 * 2) For each box, tape to the front (not top or side) a completed [|SURPLUS tag] (title, publisher, copyright date, ISBN, and # of bks). If the box contains more than one title, use the SURPLUS TEXTBOOK FORM instead of the SURPLUS tag and list each title separately. (Click on the link above to print out tags; follow the directions below to print out Surplus Textbook forms.)
 * 3) Send a copy of each SURPLUS tag and SURPLUS TEXTBOOK FORM to the library media teacher (LMT). You can type up the info from all your tags and forms into one document and send that to the LMT electronically or on paper. Otherwise, make a copy of each tag and form and send those.
 * 4) Once the LMT receives a list of tags from a teacher, she will ask the custodians to pick up the boxes and take them to the surplus room.
 * 5) Periodically, depending on the need, the LMTS will start the process required to schedule a district pickup of book boxes from the surplus room.

Click here for a printable version of this [|Surplus Information].

[|SURPLUS TEXTBOOK FORM] Use this form for boxes of textbooks and books from classrooms that contain more than one title. After clicking on this link, go to Forms and then select Surplus Textbook Form. (Attach completed form to front of box, not top or side.)

[|Surplus tags] Use these tags for surplused library media center books. (Attach to front of box, not top or side.)

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Video Usage
District policy states that ALL videos used in the classroom (for both clips and full-length films) must be owned by the school or Jordan District. At OHMS, shown videos must have a rating of G. Videos with a rating of PG may be shown with parental permission only. PG-13 and R videos may not be shown. Videos without a rating must be previewed first and the review kept on file.

Videos available through the Instructional Media Center can be viewed with [|Destiny], our district's online library catalog. To search the OHMS collection and the Instructional Media Center collection, follow these steps :
 * 1) Click Oquirrh Hills Middle School
 * 2) Login. All teachers have a login assigned to them. If you don't know what your username and passwords are, please see Ms. Foster.
 * 3) Select the Catalog tab across top, and the Basic subtab under that.
 * 4) Click the box next to Instructional Media CollectionSearch Destiny to search both OHMS's collection and the District Media Center's collection at the same time.