JANUARY 19, 2016

2016 Presidential Primary Sources Project (PPSP) Program Series

The National Park Service, U.S Presi-dential Libraries, and Museums, the Internet2 community, and cultural and historic organizations nation-wide are proud to offer the annu-al Presidential Primary Source Pro-ject (PPSP), a series of free, stand-ards aligned, 45 minute interactive videoconferencing programs aimed at students in grades 5-12. The series will run from January - March 2016. In addition to the interactive video component, each program will also be live streamed and recorded for on demand viewing for free.

Free registration is open now so feel free to visit the project website for more information and to sign up today!

2016 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

January 20 Grades 5-8 "Presidential Roles and Responsibilities"

February 9 Grades 5-12"Presidential Powers with Documents from the National Archives"

February 11 Grades 9-12 "Woodrow Wilson and the Consolidation of Presidential Executive Power"

February 17 Grades 7-12 "Reorganizing the Executive Branch: Hoover and the Federal Government"

February 22 Grades 6-12 "TR: Setting a Precedent for the Presi-dent"

February 24: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY

March 3 Grades 6-8 "Abraham Lincoln: Presidential Power in ³A House Divided"

March 8 Grades 6-12 "Washington's Monument: The Tradition of Presidential Powers"

March 10 Grades 5-12"President Ulysses S. Grant and Civil Rights"

March 29 Grades 8-12 "President Truman and the Steel Crisis"

CiTi Library Media Center Newsletter

Welcome to the first CiTi Library Media Center Newsletter.

With each newsletter I hope to provide you with valuable

resources. The first resources is the Presidential Primary

Sources Project. This is a terrific resource for grades 5-12.

You can sign up for the videos conferences for free and

then view them live or afterwards through streaming.

Please see your Library Media Specialist if you need help

singing up for this resource. I have signed up the Library

for the sessions starting with the Feb 9th one.

I have also attached a copy of our online subscriptions.

The list is getting longer. There are links on the Library

Website on the CiTi website that can be accessed through

the Staff Resources page. Here is a direct link to the Li-

brary Webpage

http://www.citiboces.org/Page/439

I will be adding some trainings to the MLP for the 3D

printer, and Capti. I am cataloging new items everyday so

be sure to check out the New Items section of the OPALS

catalog.

Hope to hear from everyone soon!

Tammy Cummings

Library Media Specialist

k20.internet2.edu/presidents

ALA Book Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 American Library Associations book awards.

Caldecott Award

"Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Fa-

mous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall

Newberry Award

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, Christian

Robinson

Robert F. Sibert Inforamtional Book Award

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

by Duncan Tonatiuh

Coretta Scott King Author Award

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews (Author), Bryan Col-lier (Illustrator)

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Don’t Throw It To MO! by David A. Adler (Author), Sam

Ricks (Illustrator)

Bring The Life and Work of Dr. King to Your Classroom

SNAP has tons of resources available to help students un-derstand the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday that we just had. http://snap.oswegoboces.org/

Do a simple search using the tile of this article and you should get plenty of reliable resources to use. Your user name is your CiTi email address and the password is boces.

Please let me know if you have any issues.

Photo by Mrs. Cummings

We have new friends in the Library

Media Center at 4th Street

2 Tree Frogs, 2 Annoles & 3 Long Tail

Lizards

3D Printers available!

We now have 3D printers available in both of the Library Media Centers. These are to be used by teachers and students. This is a great resource for PBL projects and everyday learning. I would appreciate an adult being trained on how to use the 3D printers before scheduling their use.

We have a rainbow of colors to print in! You can print in one color at a time but you can pause the printer to change colors. Thingiverse is a great source of files to print. Also, many museums and colleges are now offer-ing files as well. The Makerbot Print-Shop is installed on the student iPads for students to design rings, bracelets and medals.

There are so many options, sign up for a training to learn all the features. I learned in a very short period of time to 3D print so can you!

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CiTi Subscriptions

Teachers & Staff have access to the following:

Name How to access

BrianPop

BrainPopJR

BrainPop ESL

User Name: oswego

Password: brainpop

Available on the web or iPads or Nooks

Teachers can set up their classes – click on Enter Code – here is the code –

APRA4831 – you will then go through the steps to set up your classes

MackinVIA We have 2 accounts

1. User ID: citi Password: citi

2. User ID: citi4th Password: citi4th

Available on the web, iPads or Nooks

Flocabulary Teachers can request their log in from Vickie Rowe or your Library Media Specialist

Students login User Name: citistudent Password citistudent

Schoology Sign up through Schoology Website – See Model Schools for more information or

your Library Media Specialist

Enchanted

Learning

User Name: oswegocounty

Password: catch67

Boom Writer Sign up at the website.

School code is 9495 also listed as CiTi

SNAP Smart

Search

Login with your email @CiTiboces.org

Password: boces

This replaced Media Connect

Data Bases http://osw.auth.orc.scoolaid.net/bin/databases_blue?schoolId=2301

User name: VBE

Password: search

OPALS Library

Catalog

http://vbe.osw.opalsinfo.net/

User name: The first part of your email address

Password: books (Unless you changed it)

Cricut Design

Space

Cricut ID: tcummings@CiTiboces.org

Password: C!T!3D

Available through the web or iPad app and works with the Cricut Explore Air

BookShare Ask you Library Media Specialist for help with setting this up.

This is for students with a print disability – some students may be signed up under

their home district but we can set them up through CiTi

Typing.com Ask your Library Media Specialist for an account

Code.org studio.code.org

Ask your Library Media Specialist for an account

Items available in the School Library Media Center

Name How to access

MInecraftEDU An adult must run the server

Students must use the EDU version in MultiPlayer mode

The adult running the server needs to give students the server address.

We can connect the two library locations to the same MinecraftEDU server. You

must be in the Library Media Center to use MinecraftEDU.

Nooks 7 Nooks are available at 4th Street

7 Nooks are available on Campus

Reserve through OPALS

Nooks are Samsung Galaxy Tablets – students swipe to use them. Teachers/admin

use 1Stapler@ - do not share this password with students!

OSMO words

OSMO Tangrams

These are in the iPad carts 2 in each location.

The apps are free for the iPad. The Student ipad carts already have the apps

installed but you can use them with your iPads as well. These can be requested

through OPALS

SnowBall Snowball Microphones request through OPALS

1 at 4th Street

1 at Campus

3D Printers 1 at 4th Street

2 at Campus

Teacher should be trained on how to run the 3D printer

iPads can MakerBot Print Shop – Items can be saved and then printed by a

supervising adult using Makerbot software

Interactive Map This is located on Campus and is being built – a notification will be sent out when it

is functioning.

BeeBot

BeeBot is available to be requested through OPALS

Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot are exciting new robots designed for use by young children. These

colorful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robots are a perfect tool for teaching sequencing,

estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun!

Cross Country USA Available at 4th Street Library Media Center

Key Skills Available at 4th Street Library Media Center

Kid Pix Available at 4th Street Library Media Center

Thinking Things 2 Available at 4th Street Library Media Center

Letter Bugs Available at 4th Street Library Media Center

Smart Sync Available at both Library Media Centers and allows sharing of files to the Library

computers. You can also monitor what students are doing and take control of their

computers if necessary.

The Following are limited in availability

Name How to access

Voice Thread Ask your Library Media Specialist for an account

Lucid Chart Ask you Library Media Specialist for an account

Animoto Ask your Library Media Specialist to help you set up your classroom account.

It’s FREE

ABC Teach Request information from Vickie Rowe

ED Helper Request Information from Vickie Rowe

Learning A-Z Request information from Vickie Rowe

News-2-You Request information from Vickie Rowe

Super Teacher

Worksheets

Request information from Vickie Rowe

NG Connect

National Geographic

Reading Program

This is set up each year by the Curriculum Admistrator

MY Math This is being set up – see Dr. Ramin

Gelncoe Math This is being set up – see Dr. Ramin

Scholastic Magazines

Ask your Library Media Specialist for more information. The following

passwords work for the iPads. Teachers can set up their own classroom

accounts if they have ordered the magazines.

Scholastic News 1 - minionciti12 Scholastic News 3 - minionciti7 Scholastic News 4 - minionciti8 Science Spin K-1 - minionciti14 Science Spin 3-6 - Minionciti17 Geography Spin - Minionciti18 Super Science - minionciti2

DynaMath - Minionciti16 StoryWorks - minionciti15 Choices - minionciti10 Action - minionciti1 Scope - minionciti6 Science World - minionciti3 Junior Scholastic - minionciti4 NYT UpFront - minionciti5