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1. CREEKVIEW
THE UNQUIET LIBRARY
HIGH
SCHOOL
FEBRUARY 2011 MONTHLY REPORT
Buffy Hamilton, School Librarian
Roxanne Johnson, School Librarian
Bruce Guyer, Internet
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2. No, it did NOT turn out to be
a disaster ~ on the contrary it
Program Highlights turned out to be
MAGNIFICENT!!
The Earth Systems students
Mr. Sapere and Mr. Peacock’s Healthcare each chose a group to work
Science classes Skyped with Dr. Jeff with and a specific natural
Weintraub, an ER physician disaster to describe on our
The Unquiet Library worked with Ms. Paink’s Wiki Space ~
to explore natural disasters and to create a http://paniknaturaldisasters.
wiki to share their findings ( see wikispaces.com/
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/natura If you click on the titles
l-disasters). (beginning with 2nd or 7th) and
Ms. Kennedy’s 11th American scroll down you will be
Literature/Composition students learned how treated to an alternative
to use Google docs for composing drafts of form of technological
their American author research papers; they research and imagery.
also learned how to use the commenting tools Utilizing cutting edge
with Ms. Kennedy’s for immediate feedback websites offering
on their writing and how to use that feedback unconventional forms of
to improve their compositions. representation, the students
Ms. Kennedy’s 9th Literature/Composition worked to portray their topic
students explored controversial issues and in a creative and informative
used Google Documents to compose their manner. I am beside myself
research papers; they also learned how to with pride (and joy)  at the
create effective PowerPoints using the amazing inventiveness of our
“presentation zen” style of slide design. kids! Please, CHECK IT OUT!!
Ms. McCarron’s AP Calculus students learned I would be remiss if I did not
how to create a wiki in Wikispaces for their give my heartfelt gratitude to
group AP Calculus notebook project and the leadership provided by
began building virtual textbooks as part of an our Media Specialist
ongoing spring project that they will complete (extraordinaire) Ms.
at the end of April. Hamilton. Without her, this
Ms. Lester’s seniors explored recent political project would not have been
revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Iran. possible.
Students continued checking out Kindles, and
Mary Panik, Science
the Unquiet Library added additional student Teacher
requested titles to bring the collection of
Kindle eBooks to over 100 books.
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3. Data Snapshots
The Unquiet Library Statistics, February 2011
Number of Class Sessions Served 169
Number of Student Visitors (Lunch 950
Hours)
Total Circulation 509
9th Grade Circulation 147
10th Grade Circulation 173
11th Grade Circulation 114
12th Grade Circulation 75
Total GALE Databases Sessions 3818
Gale Virtual Reference Library 2037
GALE Discovering Collection 122
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 215
Gale Literature Resource Center 1220
Gale Global Issues in Context 224
The Unquiet Library Blog 6895
Collaborative Lessons
Please visit our monthly report at http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/february2011 to see
collaborative research guides created in conjunction with our classroom teachers for February
2011.
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