HCMS LIBRARY: March 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

We challenged HCMS students and teachers to document where they read this Spring Break.

Take a look at our interactive map below to see where we read.

Just click on the pins for more information and pictures.

We had a blast @ the HCMS Library during Teen Tech Week!

This year's theme was "Libraries Are For Making"

So we made!

We held the TTW events in the library

during each of the 3 lunches.

Students were greeted with the Info and encouraged to sign up as they

entered the library doors. Sign up sheets lived at the circulation desk,

allowing the first 25 students from each lunch per day to sign up.

When they signed up, we issued them a pass that they would

keep all week (see below).

MONDAY: TECH JEWELRY

We used keys from old keyboards to create rings, pins, and magnets.

We used ring bases, pin backs, large rolls of magnetic tape, hot glue, & plyers.

TUESDAY: BOOK TRAILERS/BOOK TALKS

Jeni created a tip sheet for creating book trailers and showed a couple

of examples before the kids got started. All of our students have iPads,

so were encouraged to create their book trailer with the device.

WEDNESDAY: CASSETTE TAPE JOURNAL

I saw a couple of cool posts on Pinterest about repurposing old cassette tapes into

journals. And seeing as I'd already weeded all of my old cassette tape audiobooks

out of our library, I purchased hundreds of old cassette tapes (audiobooks) from

some guy on Craigslist for $25. We used chipboard for our back, blank & lined

paper for our journal paper, and bound it with small, colored, zip ties.

We had tons of washi tape, duct tape, and colored permanent markers available

for the students to decorate their journals.

THURSDAY: PAC-MAN

Throwback Thursday lent itself to an old-school game...Pac-Man!

I found some plug and play Pac-Man consoles on Amazon and we plugged

them into our projectors and set up our big screens and had fun playing!

I also found some free Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man apps for the students

to download onto their iPads to play.

My mom made over 100, pac-man shaped sugar cookies (Thanks, Mommy!)

for the teens to decorate and eat. I think some of them signed up just

for the cookies, but ended up staying and enjoying playing Pac-Man.

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