HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome back! Please remember to exchange your holiday reading books for something new this week. Everything borrowed in December is now due.  Thanks for sharing!




First web gem for January: Check out this link for amazing up-close virtual learning experiences.

LET US HELP YOU WITH WEB 2.0 @ YOUR LIBRARY

Web Gem for Dec 1— Students and teachers who want to use photo, music and video content from the web need to know how to find CREATIVE COMMONS licensed work, marked by the creator for free sharing, remixing and/or commercial use.

Try using FlickrCC(http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/) to search Creative Commons photos on Flickr. This search tool puts the attribution information right up front with each photo AND it lets you search for quality images that you are legally entitled to use for creative and/or commercial work. Information is right there so it is easy to cite the source. If in doubt you can always contact the photographer from the link!
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Our library uses World Wide Web technology and Web design to enhance learning, creativity, communications, information sharing, and collaboration. Starting this month, we will be posting tips every week or two. By January, these will be moved to a new page that is being designed by a member of our school TECH TEAM from the Enrichment 9/10 class!

November in the OKM Library

This is a busy month for research projects in the OKM library!

Help is available! Please don't hesitate to ask.

Also this month, we have many new books arriving. Check out the lists of new books on our BOOKTALK web page. http://www3.okm.sd23.bc.ca/library/index-4.html

OCTOBER IS NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH!

PROVINCE-WIDE CHALLENGE:

DROP EVERYTHING AND READ!

Our school library will be taking part in National School Library Day celebrations on Monday October 26th, by joining people across British Columbia to DROP EVERYTHING AND READ for twenty minutes starting at 11:00 am. Parents and all members of the public are invited to join us for D.E.A.R.!

DON'T FORGET THAT WE ARE ALSO HAVING A COSTUME COMPETITION THIS MONTH! Dress as your favorite literary hero or villain on October 30th.

Examples of great literary characters: Hamlet, Odysseus, Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur, Luke Skywalker, Apollo, Superman, Frodo Baggins, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Zorro, James Bond, Ivanhoe, Peter Pan, Beowolf, Galahad, Maid Marion, Robin Hood, Indiana Jones, The Incredible Hulk, Wolverine. . . Villains include, The Joker, Darth Vader, The White Witch (Chronicles of Narnia), Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz), Lex Luther (Superman), and many more!