CHS Media Center Rocks!

The May book club books are Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolf and Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.  Listen to the podcast for more information.

may-podcast.mp3

Do you remember the READ posters with famous people on them?  How would you like to be famous?

I am working on a project over the summer to promote reading in all buildings.  If you have a favorite book and would love to share your passion for reading, please email me your name and title of the book.  We can get started on taking pictures and over the summer, I can make the posters to hang up in our school’s libraries.

Let’s show our students how fun reading is by showing off our favorite books.

Powers by Ursula LeGuin is the April 2008 book club book.  Listen to the podcast to see what it’s all about.

powers.mp3

Don’t forget to stop by and share your thoughts about Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going on Wednesday, March 26 right after school.  Have a listen to the Podcast to see what it’s all about.

fat-kid-rules-the-world.mp3

Hope to see you there.

CRoesch

Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson is the book for February.  Listen to the Podcast to see if you would like to join the club.

feb-podcast.mp3

With the new year, brings new books.  There are new books in the high school media center and the middle school library that arrived over the break.  Make sure to stop by and check them out.

New books will soon be arriving in the elementary so keep an eye out for those.

Have a great year!

CRoesch

Below you will find the Podcast promoting the Book Club.  It’s my first Podcast so hang in there.  The book for January is The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.  Have a listen and let me know what you think.

january-book-club2.mp3

CRoesch

Sorry for the absence of posts as of late.  I have been running around from building to building plus conferences.  I hope all is well with everyone.  Please note some new and upcoming things for each school:

1. Karina did an AMAZING job with the book fair and we are going to be getting over 200 new books for the elementary library for FREE!

2. The middle school library will be getting more new books in a few weeks.  Plus, I was able to teach both 6th and 8th graders how to use netTrekker and how to best do online research.  I will be meeting with the 7th grade classes on December 19 to do that plus citing their sources.

3. The high school media center is taking baby steps in becoming a true media center.  I have ordered over 90 more new titles that should be in in January.  We are also starting a book club.  The first book to read is The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.  I am hoping to have students in the book club record their review using Audacity and then posting their recordings as Podcasts through this very blog!

Please let me know if you need or want anything for the libraries and Media Center.

LOL,

C. Roesch

Next week is looking a bit crazy.  Here is what it looks like:

Monday, November 5: I’m attending a conference at the LISD

Tuesday, November 6: CES all day

Wednesday, November 7: CHS all day

Thursday, November 8: LMSA meeting all day in Deerfield

Friday, November 9: CHS am; CES pm

Sorry about the craziness, but hopefully this will guide you to find me as needed.

Have a super week!

CDR

Hello everyone,

There are new books in all three buildings and you should send your students to check them out.  Heck, you should go check them out.  I am working on getting some more, but I thought I would let the accounts simmer down for a minute.

Next week, October 25 and 26, I will be attending the MAME conference in Traverse City.  MAME stands for Michigan Association of Media Educators and is so awesome.  I can’t wait to go.  This conference is attened by some of the best media specialists in the state and I am so excited to be a part of it.  One of my professors from WSU is going to give the final key note address and she is AMAZING!  She just exudes excitement.

I will be back on Monday, October 29, with even more ideas of how to really get kids motivated to read.

My schedule for the next few weeks:

Monday, Oct. 22 – high school

Tuesday, Oct. 23 – elem. school

Wednesday, Oct 24 – high school

Thursday and Friday, Oct. 25-26 – MAME

Monday, Oct. 29 – high school am/elem. school pm

Tuesday, Oct. 30 – high school

Wednesday, Oct 31 – high school

Thursday, Nov. 1 – elem. school

Friday, Nov. 2 – high school

Have a super week:-) 

CDR