Digital Tips December 2017

Galileo Refresher, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y and Hamburger Menus.

All-New Reading Bowl

THE 1st ANNUAL

ANCS READING BOWL

&

PANCAKE BRUNCH!!!!

Saturday, January 20

Middle Campus Library

9-11am

After years of deliberation, I want to have our students and families involved in an event that is more interesting, creative and fun than what we have done in the past. Our reading selections will continue with books from the Georgia Children’s Book Award Nominees - and for all 25 listed, no matter the grade level. I am super excited about our new “bowl” and hope STUDENTS AND FAMILIES will join us in this day to celebrate the joy of reading. And pancakes.

• For Students AND Families
• Jeopardy-Style Trivia
• Prizes
• Book Discussion
• PANCAKES!!!

Meetings will be held by grade level during Fridays at lunch. Participants may eat lunch in the media center to read and brainstorm or work on a book talk, book trailer or jackdaw.

Students will create at least one of the following, but may do as many as wanted for multiple titles. These will be shared as a displays/presentations on that Saturday:

• Book Talk: A good book talk usually lasts 1-2 minutes. Your job is to SELL the viewer on why they should read the book - like an advertisement. No spoilers. Search online for examples.
• Book Trailer: 1-2 minute video creation about a book. Similar to movie trailers. No spoilers. Search online for examples.
• Jackdaw (Ms. L’s favorite): A jackdaw (also a bird in the crow family that likes shiny objects) is a collection of artifacts and items that represent what happened in a book - household objects, maps, photos, recipes, timelines - even music playing that might evoke that period. For our jackdaws you will need to provide 5-10 items and label them with how they relate to the story. There are not many good examples of this project online. Ms. Linahan will bring an example to a Friday lunch.

**Interested students and families should sign up with Ms. Linahan in the library or at tlinahan@atlncs.org

Digital Tips November 2017

Today's tips include Chromebook screenshots, thesaurus.com and the "askew" Google Easter egg!! (*a digital Easter egg is an inside joke or hidden feature)

Digital Tips - Oct 2017

Fine-tune Google search by news and time and using the stopwatch/timer.

APS Cyber Secuity Poster Contest

Details are HERE!



See Ms. Linahan if you have additional questions.

Digital Tips - Sep 2017

See search tips on "quotations", the minus (-) sign and calculator!

Reading Bowl 2017-18

You can find a link to the official Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (HRRB) informational page in one of the tabs above, but for specific ANCS info, read on.

Students must commit to reading at least 5 of the 20 books. Once finished with a book, students will need to submit 5 trivia questions to Ms. Linahan.

We will meet for practice on Monday afternoons from 4:00-4:45 in the library. During this time, we will read, discuss the books and create and practice trivia questions. If a student is unable to attend practice because of schedule conflicts, notify Ms. Linahan and we can work something out - however, each team member should try to make it at least 1 team practice per month before the meet in January. The team will utilize Google Classroom and shared files to keep track of our trivia practice. 

The team will consist of 5 players and 5 alternates. The selection of players/alternates will be based on:

The number of books read.
The number of practices attended.
The amount of work you put into trivia creation and practice.

Here is a list of the HRRB books for this year.