Library News - Spring 2009
Bookshare.Org
Trident Academy students have access to a wonderful web site that provides free downloadable digital books. Bookshare Org operates under an exception to the US copyright laws "which allows copyrighted digital books to be made available to people with qualifying disabilities." Bookshare Members download books, textbooks and newspapers in a compressed, encrypted file. They then read the material using adaptive technology, typically software that reads the book aloud (text-to-speech). This software is provided by Don Johnston and comes with the Bookshare Membership. Instruction in the use of the software is given to our students. For more information on Bookshare.Org: Bookshare Contact the librarian for assistance.
Photo: A middle school student shows his enthusiasm for his favorite book!
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair truck arrived Wednesday morning, April 15th for the annual BOGO, Buy One Get One Free, bookfair. Parents and students bought books for summer reading. The next book fair is scheduled for October 14-24th. This is our annual fundraising bookfair. If you are interested in working at the fall bookfair, please contact the librarian.
Middle School Library Skills
Middle school students in the sixth through eighth grades at Trident Academy rotate through the library for a semester each school year to review and learn more about library research. Some of the skills they learn are how to evaluate web sites, how to conduct proper and safe searches using a variety of search engines, and how to use the databases provided through DISCUS. To demonstrate the skills they have learned, they finish the semester with a scavenger hunt on the Internet and/or DISCUS. It is important for our students to learn the proper methods by which to use electronic data bases and the Internet.
Summer Brain Drain
Summer is coming soon and along with summer comes time for relaxation, traveling and summer brain drain. Yes! Brain drain. Studies show that students may lose as much as 60% of what they learned during a school year over the summer. Summer Brain Drain. There are many activities on the Internet that promote learning, and also, provide review materials. At the following web site, you will find links to websites that our lower school parents and students may enjoy visiting this summer. Summer Internet Activities.
Sylvan Dell Publishers
Sylvan Dell Publishers has awarded Trident Academy with a grant for a year's subscription to their database of Internet interactive books. This resource will provide the lower school with a selection of interactive books and lesson plans that can be used on our classroom SmartBoards. This grant is for a free, one-year (school year 2008/2009), site license (value $599) providing unlimited access to all 35 (soon to be 45) Sylvan Dell eBooks, featuring flipviewer technology with selectable English and Spanish text and audio. Sylvan Dell Publishers. If you wish to use this teractive website during May and/or June 2009, please contact Ms. Silgals for the password information.
About Our Library
The Trident Academy Library provides its students, faculty, staff and parents with access to over 10,000 print titles, books on tape/cd, electronic databases, and educational movies. A special reference section for parents provides the latest in literature and research on learning disabilities. Scholastic Reading Counts software on the library computers provides teachers and students with a resource to evaluate reading comprehension. The library computer lab provides access to a wireless Internet system. Please come by the library and take advantage of all the resources that are available!
Picturing America
Trident Academy received an award of 40 pictures from the National Endowment for the Humanities. "Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the entire universe of the humanities." Picturing America is a resource that provides each participating institution with a comprehensive package of materials that includes: Forty large, high-quality color reproductions of the selected masterpieces (24” x 36”), a Teachers Resource Book providing a wide range of ideas and background information to support educators using the works of art in core subject areas and access to additional resources and lesson plans available through the Picture America web site. More information is available at Picturing America.
Bookshare.Org
Trident Academy students have access to a wonderful web site that provides free downloadable digital books. Bookshare Org operates under an exception to the US copyright laws "which allows copyrighted digital books to be made available to people with qualifying disabilities." Bookshare Members download books, textbooks and newspapers in a compressed, encrypted file. They then read the material using adaptive technology, typically software that reads the book aloud (text-to-speech). This software is provided by Don Johnston and comes with the Bookshare Membership. Instruction in the use of the software is given to our students. For more information on Bookshare.Org: Bookshare Contact the librarian for assistance.
Photo: A middle school student shows his enthusiasm for his favorite book!Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair truck arrived Wednesday morning, April 15th for the annual BOGO, Buy One Get One Free, bookfair. Parents and students bought books for summer reading. The next book fair is scheduled for October 14-24th. This is our annual fundraising bookfair. If you are interested in working at the fall bookfair, please contact the librarian.
Middle School Library Skills
Middle school students in the sixth through eighth grades at Trident Academy rotate through the library for a semester each school year to review and learn more about library research. Some of the skills they learn are how to evaluate web sites, how to conduct proper and safe searches using a variety of search engines, and how to use the databases provided through DISCUS. To demonstrate the skills they have learned, they finish the semester with a scavenger hunt on the Internet and/or DISCUS. It is important for our students to learn the proper methods by which to use electronic data bases and the Internet.
Summer Brain Drain
Summer is coming soon and along with summer comes time for relaxation, traveling and summer brain drain. Yes! Brain drain. Studies show that students may lose as much as 60% of what they learned during a school year over the summer. Summer Brain Drain. There are many activities on the Internet that promote learning, and also, provide review materials. At the following web site, you will find links to websites that our lower school parents and students may enjoy visiting this summer. Summer Internet Activities.
Sylvan Dell Publishers
Sylvan Dell Publishers has awarded Trident Academy with a grant for a year's subscription to their database of Internet interactive books. This resource will provide the lower school with a selection of interactive books and lesson plans that can be used on our classroom SmartBoards. This grant is for a free, one-year (school year 2008/2009), site license (value $599) providing unlimited access to all 35 (soon to be 45) Sylvan Dell eBooks, featuring flipviewer technology with selectable English and Spanish text and audio. Sylvan Dell Publishers. If you wish to use this teractive website during May and/or June 2009, please contact Ms. Silgals for the password information.
About Our Library
The Trident Academy Library provides its students, faculty, staff and parents with access to over 10,000 print titles, books on tape/cd, electronic databases, and educational movies. A special reference section for parents provides the latest in literature and research on learning disabilities. Scholastic Reading Counts software on the library computers provides teachers and students with a resource to evaluate reading comprehension. The library computer lab provides access to a wireless Internet system. Please come by the library and take advantage of all the resources that are available!
Picturing America
Trident Academy received an award of 40 pictures from the National Endowment for the Humanities. "Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the entire universe of the humanities." Picturing America is a resource that provides each participating institution with a comprehensive package of materials that includes: Forty large, high-quality color reproductions of the selected masterpieces (24” x 36”), a Teachers Resource Book providing a wide range of ideas and background information to support educators using the works of art in core subject areas and access to additional resources and lesson plans available through the Picture America web site. More information is available at Picturing America.
