As teachers, there are many demands on your time. Your BLA librarians (Ann, Sara & Mary) are eager to assist you with your instructional goals.
Instruction
- Databases
- Research Skills
- From a quick overview to an in-depth lesson, we'll work with your classes to help them find the best resources possible for any project.
- Citations
- When your students are working on anything that needs citations, let us teach the citation lesson for you before they get too far along in the project.
- Technology integration
- Tutorials
- Recommendations
- Co-teaching
- Digital citizenship
- Makerspace activities that correlate to your instructional unit
- The Origami and Gyotaku (Japanese fish painting) Lesson was a hit with Social Studies teachers and their students when they were studying Japan.
- AP/SAT/ACT Test Prep and Shmoop
- Let us help you set up classes to track your students' practice and teach your students how to use the platforms.
- Poster design
- Powerpoint
- Photoshop
- Moviemaker
- Apps - Overdrive, Goosechase, Kahoot, Padlet, etc.
- Classes just for teachers - demos, etc.
Other Services
- BreakoutEDU - Students use teamwork and critical thinking with content-aligned clues to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open the locked box. Games are available for all content areas.
- Book talks in your classroom
- We'll read book excerpts or provide audiobook clips to interest your students in reading.
- Little Classroom Libraries
- Small collections of books(5-7) on any topic for teachers to display in their rooms and check out to students to promote reading in their classes.
- The Next Chapter Book Club
- We meet in the elab for lunch (on us!) four times a year. You and your students are invited to join us. More than just a discussion.
- Battle of the Books
- Ne format in conjunction with Region One.
- Displays!
- We love to display student work in the library. We have 6 lockable, glass display cases and the tops of our low bookshelves. We can also hang work in the rotunda.
- Order books, videos, and more for you and your students to check out or use in the library.
