Stephanie A. Thomas, MLS

Fall 2011 OASL Presentation

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:16:56 PDT

I'm attending AASL for the first time!

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:48:10 PDT

After all these years (8) of being a librarian, I can finally afford and justify going to AASL, the national School Librarian conference. I'm also going with some highly talented Oregon colleagues and I'm thrilled!

OASL Region 1 & 4 Spring Conference eReader Presentation

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:18:13 PDT

New badges are available for my second M.S. program!

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:40:37 PDT

Examples of movies for CI 432/532

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:41:19 PDT

Here are some examples of movies I created or other students created using iMovie or Movie Maker. You can upload to YouTube, TeacherTube, Facebook, or embed right in your blog as I have done here. This allows you to more easily share you work without worrying about whether they use quicktime or windows media player. Uploading also ensures that the movie will be small enough for streaming and resolution issues.

A Library PSA movie created on Windows Movie Maker:

A Library Book Trailer created on iMovie HD:

I have officially written my first (big) grant...

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:58:01 PDT

I authored my first federal grant a couple of weeks ago! It was a time-consuming process but gave me invaluable experience for future grant writing. District staff is listed as contact agents but I wrote the grant in its entirety.

Title of the grant: "Improving Literacy through School Libraries program, subpart 4 of Part B of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)."

Title of our project: "Building a district-wide collaborative 21st-century literacy network with Follett Destiny Library and Textbook Manager System."

Here is the link to the entire grant application in .pdf form.

My page on the Teacher Librarian Ning

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:36:31 PDT

I just joined the Teacher Librarian Ning and will need to add information on discussion groups as I join them!

http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/profile/StephanieThomas?xg_source=profiles_memberList

The BookCasting Club: "We're Virtually Literate!"

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:39:44 PDT

Here is a link to the Parkrose High School Library Bookcasting Club's book trailers...

http://blogs.parkrose.k12.or.us/hs-library/bookcasting-vodcasts/

Cell Phone Video: "I knew I wanted to become an educator when...."

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:07 PDT

New Books in the Parkrose HS Library via USTREAM

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:48 PDT

My PRIDE video featuring Nena. Created for EDIM 504

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:39:50 PDT

L-Net Summit Panel Presentation

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:36:54 PDT

L-Net Summit Panel Presentation-- May 8th, 2009. Kennedy School, Portland.

Biography Page

Presentation Information

Video of the Presentation

NCCE 2009 Presentation on Bookcasting

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:12:57 PST

Here is the presentation link for the resources used at my NCCE 2009 Presentation on Bookcasting.

http://sites.google.com/site/nccebookcasting

Oregon School Board Association’s Annual Convention

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:34:49 PST

I am slated to present along with Kate Vance, a session titled: "OSLIS 2.0 and what it can do for you!" at the Oregon School Board Association's Annual Convention, Nov. 15th at the Marriott, Portland.

Bookcasting Presentation OASL/ WLMA Fall 2008 Joint Conference

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:15:32 PDT

The materials for the concurrent session "Bookcasting: Book Club of the Future" presented for OASL/ WLMA joint Fall 2008 Conference, by: Stephanie Thomas and Emily Boldman can be found at:

http://sites.google.com/site/oasl2008/

Hope you start your own Bookcasting Club! The site includes resources/ handouts!

Movie finished for Positive Behavior Support

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:33:28 PDT

I finished the movie for Positive Behavior Support for Parkrose High School. This movie will be used at the beginning of the 08 school year to introduce PRIDE (Perseverance, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, and Excellence). This will also set the tone for a positive school climate.

Parkrose High School Podcasting

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:07 PDT

The Parkrose High School Bookcasting Club is starting to catch on. The kids are loving it, and I am appreciating the wave of enthusiasm for reading and using technology skills. We are planning to use vodcasts produced here as previews for the Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Event from Multnomah County Library this November.

We are now linked on the Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki under Podcasting.
Check us out under school libraries that are doing podcasting.

Cool!

Ground 2 Roof Website Complete!

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:53:05 PDT

The Ground2Roof Solutions LLC website is complete and live.

2007 Fall Conference OASL Presentation

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:05:24 PDT

Oregon Association for School Librarians Fall Conference
Oct. 15th, 2007. Seaside, OR.
Create Your Own Podcast Workshop

Here are the links you'll need for the OASL workshop.

The Quicktime Movie. Use this to follow along in the workshop. Contains hyperlinks and audio clips.

The .pdf file. Use this to view when you get back to school. You can print (It's 22 pages!) but I would mostly use it because it contains the notes on each slide. The Quicktime movie doesn't have the extra notes.

The MS Powerpoint edition. Best to use if you have it on your computer.

The Beck Farms Website is Complete

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:48:46 PDT

The Becks' Farms website is complete and live.

View it here.

Ross Bros. & Company Website Complete

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:47:53 PDT

The Ross Bros. & Company website is complete.

View it here.

Past articles from the Interchange Journal

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:23:19 PDT

These are three articles that I wrote for the Oregon Association of School Librarians journal, Interchange. They are scanned from print.

Intellectual Freedom: Tools & Resources to Stay Informed, Page 1

Intellectual Freedom....Page 2

Vocabulary Regarding Intellectual Freedom on the Web

Improving Information Literacy Skills through Online Tutorials

New and Improved Beck site complete

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:13:41 PDT

The new and improved, completely CSS-based Beck Group website is complete and live.

View it here. http://www.beckgroupconsulting.com

Librarian's Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:11:09 PDT

The two articles are complete for the upcoming book,
"Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today."

Carol Smallwood, ed. To be published, 2008
McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson NC

Dr. Joy Greiner, author of professional library books, is writing the foreword.

School and Public Librarians Unite! A Case Study Showcasing Collaborative Programming between Parkrose High School and Multnomah County Library
view the article here

Stephanie Thomas, Media Specialist, Parkrose High School

Ruth Allen, Librarian, Multnomah County Library

Sarah Nelsen, School Corps Librarian, Multnomah County Library

Sara Ryan, Teen Services Librarian, Multnomah County Library

Accessibility Beyond our Walls: Using Web 2.0 and Podcasting to Teach Off-Campus
View the article here

Stephanie A. Thomas, Teacher Librarian, Parkrose High School, Portland, Oregon

Podcasts Go Live

noreply@blogger.com (kid_librarian) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:30:06 PDT

The audio mp3 and audio/video mp4 is now live on iTunes and YouTube.

Subscribe in iTunes by doing a "quick search" under podcasts, category "education" and "parkrose."

View the YouTube versions here:

1.) First 8 minutes
2.) 2nd 8 minutes
3.) Last few minutes

Make sure to rate the video, the more 5 stars I receive, the farther up my videos will go!
Enjoy!