fmq summer 2012

A Publication of the Florida Association for Media in Education

Summer 2012 | Volume 37 | Number 4

Inside this Issue:p. 10 Intellectual Freedom Award Winner

p. 12 SSYRA List

p. 16 Spring Forum Highlights

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Volume 37, Number 4

4 President's Column by Lou Greco

5 Hot Reading in theSummertime by Mary Pat Callihan

7 Sandy Ulm ScholarshipAward by Jill Dudley

8 A Question ofCopyright by Gary Becker

9 Mother and Daughter:Teaming for LibraryMedia by Karen Robinson

10 Intellectual FreedomScholarship Award by Bev Rovelli

12 Sunshine State 2012-2013 by Laurie Arnex

FAME Spring Forum Highlights

16 Librarians in Pajamas by Jesse Gates

17 Marzano and DanielsonEvaluation Tools by Lou Greco

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Hard to believe we are finishing up the 2011-2012 school year. It was a tough

year in so many ways due to mandates, funding issues, and lost positions. Even

through this, there were some positive things occurring. FAME had a great year!

The indication of a strong organization is demonstrated not during good times,

but instead during difficult times. FAME met the challenges and continued to

move forward. Our members are making a difference in the education of the

students and teachers where they serve.

FAME implemented the most rigorous professional development schedule ever

for our members. We have offered virtual online professional development

multiple times every month since 2012 began. If you haven’t had a chance to

participate during the school year, try some of our offerings during the summer.

I have sat in on many of these classes and have learned a tremendous amount.

The professional development committee is looking for new presenters and

topics all the time. Contact Nancy Teger if you would like to present.

We hosted a FAME Spring Forum in St. Augustine which helped our members

deal with the challenges of the new teacher evaluation systems. Our participants

left with new found confidence and strategies to implement themselves and to

share with their colleagues back home. This event also generated some revenue

for our organization.

We had another great year of participation in our signature initiatives SSYRA,

Florida Teens Read, and Jim Harbin. We have also started a new FAME event

with the Thinkercise Challenge.

School libraries were not hurt during the legislative session and we maintained

library funding.

One of my goals is to get our membership back up to 1,000. I need the help of

each of you. You should have recently received your membership renewal form.

We really need everyone to renew their membership before June 30. This will

help us with the 2012 conference and the overall fiscal health of our

organization. I also need you each to encourage at least one more person to

become a new member. If we each added one new member we would have over

1200 members for the 2012-13 school year. FAME has proven to be a

tremendous return on investment this year for your membership dollar. It should

be an easy sell for all of us. I appreciate you helping with this initiative.

So there were many bright spots during the year. I want to thank all of our

members that serve on the many committees that provide all the excellent

benefits to our students, schools, and members.

Enjoy a restful and relaxing summer,

With much appreciation,

Lou Greco

FAME MissionStatementFAME advocates for every student

in Florida to be involved in and

have open access to a quality

school library media program

administered by a highly

competent, certified library media

specialist. FAME is a collaborative,

responsive, dynamic network for

Florida library media

professionals.

Lou GrecoPresident, FAME

Director for Instructional

Technology

& Media Services

St. Johns County School District

[email protected]

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At OrangeParkElementary,

the last day ofschool isn’t the lastday the library isopen. It is the firstday of the summerreading program,where students canearn a gold, silver, orbronze medal for thenumber of pagesthey have read overthe summer. A booklet with twelveactivities completed and 1,200 pagesread earns a gold medal. Eight activitiesand 800 pages earns a silver, while fouractivities and 400 pages earns a bronze.

For the last six years, students at OPE have

been able to visit the library every Tuesday

morning from 10-12 during the month of

July. They have unlimited checkouts,

participate in themed activities, see their

friends (and media specialist)

and hear a guest reader or

speaker.

The media specialist, Mary Pat

Callihan, has paired up with

Girl Scouts from Troop#492

who are also former students of

OPE. Together, they come up

with a new theme each year for

their program. Some past

themes have been Splash into

Reading (an investigation into

water), Reading Safari

(investigating animals around

the world), Reading between

the Lines (all about mysteries),

and Blast from the Past, Fast to

the Future (investigating

history).

Mary Pat CallihanMedia Specialist

Orange Park Elementary

Orange Park Florida

Hot Reading in theSummertime!

“This made mychild a reader.”

“We made the timeto read and now

they eat up books.”

“We finallydid something

together.”

After choosing a theme, the

team plans each week around

an aspect of their topic. Three

activity centers are planned

for each week which relate to

the topic. A booklet is created

with twelve activities. The

booklets are meant to be

challenging and parents are

encouraged to participate with

their child in the completion

of the work. Most of all it is

supposed to be fun.

So when a student signs up

for the summer reading

program, they receive an

activity booklet, a few reading

logs, and a schedule of the

month’s activities. Students

can choose to come to school

to participate or do it all at home or wherever they may be

over the summer. All booklets and reading logs are due at

the end of the first week of school.

The Girl Scouts, who are earning their Silver or Gold

Awards, keep track of all the children who register, create

a folder for each child, and call parent volunteers each

week to remind them they have signed up to help. They

shelve all returned books, add up all the pages read,

canvas the community for contributions to purchase the

medals and activity supplies. The girls also run each

meeting and each activity center. At the end of the

summer, they tabulate all of the pages, order the medals

and plan a medal ceremony in the evening complete with

an ice cream social at the end! The whole program is such

a hit.

This year, we have created two booklets: rising K to rising

3 and an older version for 4-6. We are also including

more technology into the school activities and the booklet

activities.

The feedback from the parents is overwhelming…. “This

made my child a reader”….. “We made the time to read

and now they eat up books”…… “We finally did

something together”. This program has evolved into such

a concert of school and community, where current and

former students come together, enjoy each other, and

celebrate a love of reading.


Hot Reading in the Summertime continued from 5

“This made mychild a reader.”

“We made the timeto read and now

they eat up books.”

“We finallydid something

together.”


Twice each year, FAME awards a $1,000 scholarship to Floridastudents pursuing their education in the field of Library MediaServices. This year’s Spring semester Sandy Ulm Scholarship has

been awarded to Lindsey Whittington from Dixie County High School inCross City, Florida.

Lindsey is currently a high school English teacher who is enrolled at Florida State

University in the Masters of Library and Information Science Program. She and

her students spend plenty of time in the library doing projects that incorporate

technology and research and Lindsey feels like the job of a media specialist is one

that would suit her perfectly.

As Dixie County High School’s Teacher of the Year for 2010-11, Lindsey is a

committed educator who has received accolades from her principal, Diana Locke,

in regard to her academic and leadership abilities.

FAME congratulates her on her scholarship and wishes her success in her new

career path!

Lindsey Whittington

WinnerSandy Ulm Scholarship By Jill Dudley


A “Question of Copyright” is an ongoing column authored byGary H. Becker, nationalCopyright law consultant andretired, public school system,technology administrator. If you have a question, please send it [email protected] will receive an individualresponse and your questionmay appear in a future editionof FMQ. Requests to withholdnames will be honored.

Gary H. BeckerNational Copyright Law

Consultant

[email protected]

QDo you know if schools can useNetflix? Can teachers who belong

to Netflix, bring a movie in to show aclass? Can a teacher with an accountstream a movie for a class to seecharging it to her account?

AWhen I first called Netflix’scustomer service number, the

representative’s reaction was that theyhad been informing callers from schoolsthat it was permissible to do the thingsyou had questioned. When I then askedif they could give that permission to mein writing or point out to me where, ontheir website, educators had such aprivilege, she brought up the UserAgreement on her computer. Afterreading it and checking with asupervisor, she said I needed to contacttheir corporate offices for a response.

I did receive a response and as I hadthought, users of Netflix are governedby a license agreement, which is acontract. Contract law supersedes anyprivileges that educators have under theCopyright Law. The license restricts theuse of Netflix to personal/family useonly. The Corporate office furtherclarified that in their contracts with thevarious media providers that allow themto transmit video programming, they arerestricted to allowing only personal usefor the video resources. They have notbeen granted the authority to extendsuch rights to schools, colleges,universities, hospitals, prisons, etc., allof which generally require a publicperformance license.

So, based upon their response, the use ofNetflix, in a school setting, is notpermissible.

So few people (if any) read the on-lineuser agreements. They usually scrollquickly to the bottom of the screen andclick on “I accept.” In defense of the

non-readers, as much as I work with thelaw and contract language, I find thesedocuments to be very “user unfriendly”and somewhat intimidating in theirlength. I think that is why so manypeople don't even make an attempt toread them. However, usually the answerto school use can be found there.

QCan the principal read a book aloudto one class of students, be

videotaped doing so, and then thisrecording be broadcast over the morningannouncements to the entire school?

AIn terms of a live broadcast, theprincipal could conduct a “book

talk” where portions of the book wereread and discussed by the principal,similar to the way a media specialistwould conduct a book talk to stimulatestudents to read a particular work.

However, the actual reading of an entirestory, recording it, then playing it backin its entirety is a potential copyrightviolation for the following reasons.First, reading and recording the entirestory constitutes making a copy andeven though the law permits copyingsmall portions, any extensive copyingrequires the permission of the copyrightowner. In addition, changing the workfrom one format to another is a rightreserved for the copyright owner.

Secondly, performing the work, in theform of a transmission, is a also theexclusive right of the copyright owner.If this activity is desired, priorpermission of the copyright ownershould also be obtained.

There would be much more leeway, inregard to this type of activity, if ateacher was teaching a unit that utilizedthe book, that such activity was part ofthe curriculum and the transmission waspart of an on-line course or distancelearning activity.


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When my daughters, Haley and Courtney, were born I wondered what thefuture would hold for them. As adults I’m proud to say that both arededicated educators – one is a library media specialist.

Courtney had attended F.A.M.E. Conferences in the past as a student recipient of the Jim

Harbin Student Media Festival. In October 2003, she and I attended our first F.A.M.E.

Conference together as professionals. We represented different counties, but our goals

were the same. It was such a pleasure attending sessions together. We even celebrated

Halloween together by dressing alike at the conference!

Now, nine years later, Courtney is a media specialist in Clay County. She has to “put up

with me” as her mother and also as the district’s Instructional Media Services Specialist.

It was a proud moment for me when she was presented an award for obtaining Florida

Power-Library status at the 2011 F.A.M.E. Conference. Our goals are the same, and we

keep each other up-to-date on library media issues. Perhaps we can make a Mother-

Daughter presentation at a future conference.

Thank you, F.A.M.E. for continuing our opportunities!


Karen RobinsonInstructional Media Services

Specialist

School District of Clay

County

District Media Center

Mother and Daughter –Teaming for Library Media

We’d love to hear from you!Have you completed a research project you want to share with other media specialists? Have you justreturned from a trip where you witnessed exciting innovations for media specialists? Have you learned anew technique, found a new product or service, or just have information that you want to share?

The FMQ can be your forum. See page 25 for details and submit your articles today.


by Lindsey OwensIF Winner, Orange County, 2012

Many freedoms have been sought after over the years--

freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press,

and so many more. But we don’t live in a perfect world.

Some freedoms that we should be granted are taken away

from us due to the views of what others deem best for us.

For students a source of education and intellect can be

found in the library. If that is limited are students really

getting the best education possible? An issue we face

today is the banning of certain books based on content

and the opinion of others that this content may come off

as offensive. The excuse they use is that they are

protecting students from the harms of the world. By

sheltering a student from this information the student is

unable to gain his or her own opinion on the matter and

later in life may be confused when he or she stumbles

onto this information. This goes against the intellectual

freedom that we are said to have for it was never said that

intellectual freedom had a certain age requirement.

Intellectual freedom is “the right of unrestricted access to

information and ideas regardless of the communication

medium used, the content of work, and the viewpoints of

both the author and the receiver of information.” This is

stated in the seventh edition of the Intellectual Freedom

Manual. According to this, libraries and school systems

should not be able to ban books based on “the content of

the work.” Students should be entitled to read any work

Lindsey is an outstanding young lady who is a member

of our National Senior Beta Club, which we sponsor.

She was instrumental in the success of our recent

Hunger Games Preview Party, compiling all the trailers

and broadcasting them during the party. She is so

reliable and such a bright young lady; I know she will

succeed in her college aspirations. Thanks so much for

awarding her this scholarship. Intellectual Freedom is

such an important aspect of our profession.

Pat Franklin

Timber Creek High School Library Media Specialist.

Thank you so much.

I will be attending

Brigham Young

University in Provo,

Utah to pursue a major

in English with a focus

on creative writing. I was

a part of my high

school's band, choir,

drama, and orchestra

programs and I plan on

continuing music

through the choir

program out at BYU.

Lindsey Owens

IF Winner

Orange County 2012

Award Winning Essay

that they choose, despite the content. If they choose to

read a work then they should be allowed to, regardless of

whether it covers topics that can be seen as touchy and

inappropriate. It should be left to the discretion of the

reader, not a higher authority. No group of people has the

right to rob another person of a choice.

To gain a better understanding of what is occurring we

can turn to a quote by John Stuart Mill. “If all mankind

minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were

of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more

justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the

power, would be justified in silencing mankind…But the

peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is,

that it is robbing the human race…If the opinion is right,

they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error

for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a

benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of

truth, produced by its collision with error.” How are

students supposed to gain independent opinions and

develop their beliefs if they are being constantly kept from

information that can be seen as “inappropriate” or

“offensive”?

If the thought of stealing opportunities and killing off

independent thought isn’t enough to convince a person of

how unethical censorship is let me state some examples of

what exactly is being banned. Of Mice and Men is a novel

that deals with two migrant workers during the time of the

Great Depression and is seen as a classic in literature. This

book is banned for its “graphic language” because the

author decided to stay true to the dialogue of the time and

didn’t sugar coat a thing. To Kill a Mockingbird, another

classic, is banned because it deals with the racial tensions

of the 1930s and is said to use “racially insensitive

language,” again because the author did not change words

that stay true to the time and situation. The censoring of

works is not limited to the classics. The Harry Potter

series is banned for dealing with anti-religious themes

such as “witchcraft and wizardry.” The most ludicrous of

all is the list of banned non-fiction books. Works such as

Nickel and Dimed, A People’s History of the United

States, and others are banned because they give a certain

viewpoint that is not in agreement with one group of

people.

Letting others decide our standards is something we as

humans should not allow. We should want to take in every

experience we can possibly get to add to our character and

develop the person we want to be. Intellectual freedom

doesn’t just deal with education; it deals with self-worth,

confidence, independence. It’s important that we fight for

our rights, no matter how minor the situation may seem. A

banned book may not be a big deal, but as I said before

it’s the fact that a choice is being taken away. Decisions

are powerful; we must learn to make them responsibly and

live with the consequences of our choices.

Who are you to tell me what I can’t read? You have no

authority in that area and I hold no authority in making

decisions for you. The censorship of books isn’t just about

being told what you can’t read; it’s dealing with the fact

that some groups of people believe that they are justified

in making decisions for the masses. In this case they are

not. My intellect must come from decisions I make,

whether I want to educate myself or not. They should not

be dependent on or hindered by someone else’s views.

This is why we must continue to fight against not only

censorship, but also other issues that threaten our

intellectual freedom. We are our own person, it’s time we

took a stand and begin making our own decisions.


Intellectual Freedom Winner continued from 10

“The censoring of works is not limited to the classics.”

Sunshine State Young Reader’sAward Program


The SSYRA Committee has read approximately 400 books this year to selectthe titles for 2012-2013. The Committee is busily working on the curriculumactivities and questions and will be posted on the website by the end of August.Additional free resources that FAME members may download include:

• Word Puzzles/Word Searches• Themed Book Charms for each title• Colored spine labels with the year our new logo • Elementary and Middle School Brochures with book covers and

summaries• Elementary and Middle School Posters with book covers• Elementary and Middle School Animotos• Bookmarks for each title• Trading Cards for each title• Voting Cards• “I Voted” Stickers• Book Award Seals

Thank you to all FAM E m em bers for supporting SSYRA. Your yearly m em bershipdues will ensure the continuation of this program !

Amato, Mary; Edgar Allan’s Official CrimeInvestigation Notebook; Holiday House ©2010Edgar Allan doesn’t feel he has any talents. Hisolder brother is great at playing the clarinet, butEdgar can’t think of anything he can do for theschool Cabaret. However, as Edgar works todiscover who has stolen Slurp, the goldfish,along with other classroom items. He discovers

he may have a talent after all! HB ISBN 978-0-8234-2271-5, PB ISBN 978-0-8234-2386-6 RL 4.7, RC 3.7, AR 3.7, Lexile 650

Beaty, Andrea; Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies;Amulet Books © 2010 You probably think that ‘bunny wabbits’ are socute. As twins Kevin and Joules Rockman areabout to learn; evil space bunnies, addicted tosugar and the joy of marshmallow fluff, are benton taking over the world are a real problem! It’seven worse when the evil space bunnies take

over the minds of all the adults at the summer camp. Kevin andJoules are the only thing standing between them and worlddomination. Told in a hybrid of prose, campy illustrations andbrief comic strip interludes, the story of the twins versus theevil space bunnies will tickle your funny bone!HB ISBN 978-0-8109-8416-5, Kindle ASIN B0041PPEWMRL 5.7, RC 5.2, AR 5.1, Lexile 790

Behrens, Andy; The Fast and the Furriest Alfred A. Knopf © 2010Both Kevin and his dog Cromwell are real coachpotatoes. Neither likes any type of sports orexercise, unless for Kevin it’s in the form of avideo game. But one day, after watching a dogagility competition on TV, Cromwell becomes anobsessed dog. As Cromwell races around thegarden and leaps through the tire swing he

exhausts both himself and out of shape Kevin! Kevin soonrealizes how much Cromwell enjoys it. In trying to find a wayfor Cromwell to go to training classes, he discovers a lot abouthimself and about the importance of team work.HB ISBN 978-0-375-85922-9, PB ISBN 978-0-375-85900-7Audio CD ISBN 978-0307707741, Audiobook ASINB003BLGD1K, Kindle ASIN B0036S4BMQ, RL 5.0, RC 3.8AR 4.6, Lexile 660

Cronin, Doreen; The Trouble with Chickens,Balzer + Bray © 2011Down on the farm, J.J. Tully is ready to enjoy hisretirement from search-and-rescue work at hisnew home. But no sooner has he arrived thenhe finds himself taking on a case. A distraughthen persuades him, by promising a hamburgerin payment, to find her two missing chicks.Complications are caused by the arrival of a

ransom note, and a villain by the name of Vince the Funnel.

2012-13 Annotated book list for grades 3-5

Laurie ArnezLibrary Media Specialist

SSYRA Chair

Sea Gate Elementary School

Naples, FL

[email protected]

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Will J.J. manage to find the chicks in time and claim hishamburger? HB ISBN 978-0-06-121532-2, PB ISBN 978-0-06-121534-6Audiobook ASIN, B004Q3LP24, Kindle ASIN, B0045U9WTQRL 3.8, RC 3.3, AR 3.8, Lexile 570

Epstein, Adam & Jacobson; Andrew, TheFamiliars; Harper © 2010In all the hubbub of wizard education, one verykey component has been mostly overlooked untilnow. Familiars, animal assistants who sometimeshave special powers of their own, have oftenbeen relegated to occasional comic relief, or evenanimal-in-distress roles. But in The Familiars,when their humans are abducted and the fate of

the entire kingdom is in doubt; it’s up to a bird, a frog and a cathiding a secret to save them. Will they succeed in their quest?What surprising twist awaits them at their journey'sconclusion? Find out in book one of The Familiars.HB ISBN 978-0-06-196108-3, PB ISBN, 978-0-06-196110-6 Audiobook ASIN B004266JR6, Kindle ASIN B003VIWNQWRL 5.0, RC 6.4, AR 6.3, Lexile 920

George, Jessica Day; Tuesdays at theCastle, Bloomsbury © 2011Tuesdays are specials at Castle Glower… roomsmagically move, and new ones appear ordisappear. Princess Celie is the only one whohas tried to map out the many rooms and hiddenpassageways in the Castle. When the King andQueen suddenly disappear, the Castle begins touse its special power to protect Princess Celie

and her siblings against those who want to take over thekingdom. HB ISBN 978-1-59990-644-7, Kindle ASIN B005PWMFQK, RL 6.4, RC 5.6, AR 5.8, Lexile 860

Graff, Lisa; Sophie Simon Solves Them All;Farrar Straus Giroux © 2010Sophie Simon is truly a gifted child. So when theonly thing that stands in the way of her getting thenew graphing calculator she wants is the fact thather parents won’t pay for it, she quickly devises aplan to get the $100 she needs. It seems thatmany of her classmates have problems of theirown. For a price, Sophie will solve them. But

along the way, it may turn out that Sophie will learn somethingshe didn’t expect.HB ISBN 978-0-374-37125-8, Kindle ASIN B003UES8UC, RL 3.4, RC 4.2, AR 3.9, Lexile 680

Holm, Jennifer; Turtle in Paradise; RandomHouse © 2010It’s 1935, and Turtle’s mother has been luckyenough to find a housekeeping job. But as heremployer doesn’t want children in the house,Turtle gets sent to live with her aunt and cousinsin Key West. Key West is very different from NewJersey and Turtle finds it hard to know where shefits in. But maybe the discovery of a treasure map

will lead her to buried treasure and will enable her to be withher mother again. HB ISBN 978-0-375-83688-6, PB ISBN 978-0-375-83690-9,Audio CD ISBN 978-0307738301, Audiobook ASINB003LTOIYQ, Kindle ASIN, B0036S4AJU, RL 4.1, RC 3.4, AR 3.7, Lexile 610

Jennings, Patrick; Guinea Dog, EgmontUSA © 2010All Rufus wants is a dog. After all, his best friendhas a dog, even his worst friend does too.Though Rufus thinks that a dog would be thecoolest pet, his father doesn’t agree. So Rufus isresigned to not having a dog until he leaveshome! Rufus’s mother likes to think outside the

box; so one day she brings Rufus home a guinea pig. Rufus’sfather is not thrilled and neither is Rufus. For a start, it’s afemale guinea pig and besides, how much of a pet can aguinea pig be? However, it turns out that Fido is full ofsurprises. Maybe not getting exactly what he wanted will turnout to be the best thing to happen to Rufus after all! HB ISBN 978-1-60684-053-5, PB ISBN 978-1-60684-153-2Kindle ASIN B004VS33FO, RL 3.7, RC 2.3, AR 3.7, Lexile 600

Marino, Nan; Neil Armstrong is my Uncle &Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me;Roaring Brook Press © 2009Tamara is lonely and unhappy. Her best friendfrom the foster home across the street hasmoved away suddenly and hasn’t even written.Now another foster child called Douglas hasmoved in. Douglas is constantly telling tall talesand Tamara can’t understand why no-one else

“can see him for what he really is”. Will Tamara be able to seepast her own problems to understand Douglas’s? HB ISBN 978-1-59643-499-6, AudioCD ISBN 978-1423393320, Audiobook ASIN B0029TCFYO, Kindle ASINB005XMKA7S, RL 4.3, RC 4.2, AR 4.1, Lexile 670

O’Connor, Barbara; The Fantastic Secret ofOwen Jester; Farrar Straus Giroux © 2010 Owen has captured (according to him) thebiggest and most beautiful bullfrog in Carter,Georgia. Though the bullfrog is fantastic, it is notthe secret of this tale. The secret is somethingthat Owen finds one night after investigating astrange nose from a train passing by. Owen andhis friends try their best to keep the marvelous

thing that fell off the train hidden, especially from Viola, thebossy know-it-all neighbor. However, in order to make use ofthe marvelous secret, Owen realizes they may need Viola’shelp after all. Can she possibly be trusted with the mostimportant secret in Carter? HB ISBN 978-0-374-36850-0, PB ISBN 978-0-312-67430-4Audio CD ISBN 978-1449856243, Audiobook ASINB005EJMIRK, Kindle ASIN B003YJEXKM, RL 4.7, RC 4.7, AR 4.7, Lexile 770

Selfors, Suzanne; Fortune’s Magic Farm;Little Brown © 2009It never stops raining in the aptly named town ofRunny Cove. Isabelle, who was left on thedoorstep of a miserable boarding house as ababy, works every day at the MagnificentlySupreme Umbrella Factory labeling boxes. Whencircumstances allow Isabelle to run away fromRunny Cove, she discovers she is not an orphan,

but a member of a family whose job it is to tend the plants onthe last magical place on earth — Fortune’s Farm. Will Isabellebe able to use the magic of Fortune’s Farm to aid the peopleof Runny Cove while keeping its secrets from the evil Mr.Supreme? HB ISBN 978-0-316-01818-0, PB ISBN 978-0-316-01819-7Kindle ASIN B001RTC0LK, RL 6.2, RC 4.2, AR 4.6, Lexile 680

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Smith, Clete Barrett; Aliens on Vacation;Disney/Hyperion Books © 2011Poor Scrub, all he wanted to do was go tosummer camp. Instead he’s being sent to staywith his hippy grandmother in the middle ofnowhere. She owns the Intergalactic Bed &Breakfast, which is decorated like a Star Warsmovie set. Scrub can’t believe that his summer is

going to be anything but dull until he discovers that each roomis actually a portal allowing the guests, who are real aliens, tovacation on Earth. Scrub gets the job of disguising the visitorsso they blend in. He quickly realizes that his summer won’t beso boring after all!HB ISBN 978-1-42313-363-3, PB ISBN 978-1-42315-723-6Audio CD ISBN 978-1455895120, Kindle ASIN B004WLK27ORL 5.5, RC 4.7, AR 5.1, Lexile 770

West, Jacqueline; The Shadows; DialBooks for Young Readers © 2010When Olive and her distracted parents moveinto an old furnished Victorian mansion, shesoon notices that the creepy antique paintingscannot be taken off the walls. What’s more,she’s certain she sees people moving insidethem. When she finds an old pair of glasses and

tries them on; Olive realizes they allow her to enter thepaintings and travel to Elsewhere, a strange and eerie world.Olive will need the help of three talking cats and one of thepaintings inhabitance to solve the mysteries of the paintingsbefore the evil that lurks there traps her in Elsewhere forever!. HB ISBN 978-0-8037-3440-1, PB ISBN 978-0-14-241872-7Audio CD ISBN 978-0143145714, Audiobook ASINB003S830EY, Kindle ASIN B004WB1CDW, RL 5.1, RC 4.7,AR 5.1, Lexile 770

Winston, Sherri; President of the whole fifthgrade; Little Brown © 2010What Brianna wants more than anything else is torun her own cupcake-baking business and have acooking show on television. So when celebritychef Miss Delicious visits her school and tells thestudents that her path to success began whenshe became president of her fifth grade class;

Briana knows what she has to do! Things suddenly changewhen a new student decides to run too. Will Brianna stoop torunning a dirty campaign in a race she feels she has to win? HB ISBN 978-0-316-11432-4, Kindle ASIN B003YFIVIG, RL 5.8, RC 4.5, AR 4.8, Lexile 730



2012-13 Annotated book list for grades 6-8Allen, Crystal; How Lamar’s Bad Prank Wona Bubba-sized Trophy; Balzer + Bray © 2011Lamar has a reputation for pranks. But when hefinds the right girl, he is determined to changeand put all that behind him. However when hisbrother Xavier, with whom he’s had an uneasyrelationship, beats him up; Lamar ends uplistening to the advice of well know juvenile-detention offender Billy Jenks. Billy proposes a

plan to get back at Xavier. Unfortunately the prank goes wrong.How will Lamar manage to make everything right? HB ISBN 978-0-06-199272-8, Audio CD ISBN 978-1456135652, Audiobook ASIN B005FGZ9YQ, Kindle ASINB0045U9WNW, RL 5.4, RC 3.2, AR 3.4, Lexile 550

Carmichael, Clay; Wild Things; Front Street © 2009 Told through the alternating voices of Zoë, whowas sent to live with her uncle in the NorthCarolina woods after her mother’s death, and aferal tomcat, who lives around the property. WildThings is a story about both people and animalsthat are in need of home and family. By standingup to prejudice and letting herself trust again,Zoë not only alters her own life but the lives ofthose around her.

HB ISBN 978-1-59078-627-7, PB ISBN 978-1-59078-914-8,Audio CD ISBN 978-1449806354, Audiobook ASINB003GDYIZG, RL 5.7, RC 5.7, AR 5.3, Lexile 890

Catanese, P.W.; Happenstance Found;Aladdin © 2009Imagine waking up not knowing either who orwhere you are. This is just what happens toHappenstance, the title character from this first ofThe Books of Umber. Umber is the leader of thetrio that finds Happenstance in an undergroundcity and persuades him to join them. Journey with

Happenstance as he tries to uncover who he is, the reason for

his strange powers and why is he being pursued by amenacing assassin. HB ISBN 978-1-41697-519-9, PB ISBN 978-1-41695-382-1,Audiobook ASIN B002QGZUWY, Kindle ASIN, B002ZAU8TG,RL 5.4, AR 4.9, Lexile NC700

Flores-Galbis, Enrique; 90 Miles to Havana;Roaring Brook Press © 2010It may only be a relatively short flight fromHavana, Cuba to Miami, Florida; but it is likeanother world for Julian and his brothers whenthey are sent via the Pedro Pan operation out ofa turbulent Cuba on their own. Whether it isbraving the threats of a snake-like bully in aMiami camp, or trying to survive without a safety

net, Julian won't rest until he can reunite his family in Florida.He will overcome any obstacle to make this happen in a landwhere he believes anything is possible. Will he be able toperform what everyone says is impossible?HB ISBN 978-1-59643-168-3, Kindle ASIN, B003V4B4SY, RL 4.8, AR 4.8, Lexile 790

Gaiman, Neil; The Graveyard Book;HarperCollins © 2008Nobody Owens should be dead. The man sent tokill his family was after all one of the bestassassins (if not the best). But Nobody decidedjust at the right time to climb out of his crib andtake a stroll up the hill to the graveyard. So it isthat Nobody ends up being brought up by the

inhabitants of the graveyard. As he gets older, he wants moreand more to explore outside. But though the graveyard has itsown dangers, he will discover the world outside is moredangerous still. HB ISBN 978-0-06-053092-1, PB ISBN 978-0-06-053094-5 Audio CD ISBN 978-1-43615-885-0, Audiobook ASINB001H44FP4, Kindle ASIN B0011UJM48, RL 5.3, RC 5.4, AR 5.1, Lexile 820

Grant, Katy; Hide and Seek; Peachtree ©2010Chase loves geocaching in the White Mountainsnear his home in Arizona. Then one day amessage in a geocache box leads him to find twoyoung boys camping out with their father in thewoods. Soon Chase realizes that all is not as itseems and before long he finds himself in a great

deal of trouble. HB ISBN 978-1-56145-542-3, PB ISBN 978-1-56145-667-7,RL 4.6, RC 4.3, AR 4.5, Lexile 700

Greenwald, Tommy; Charlie Joe Jackson’sGuide to Not Reading; Roaring Brook Press© 2011Charlie Joe Jackson hates reading so much thathe has written a whole book under duress abouthow to avoid doing it! Chockfull of tips on how toavoid reading, or at least minimize reading,Charlie's tale will resonate with students who

think reading is a chore. Illustrated with mini cartoons by J. P. Coovert, Charlie Joe's journey will make even the mostresolute non-reader ask for the just-released sequel.HB ISBN 978-1-59643-691-6, PB ISBN 978-1-25000-337-9 Audio CD ISBN 978-1455894925, Audiobook ASINB005ACDT38 Kindle ASIN B004OA63KI , RL 5.8, RC 5.4, AR5.4, Lexile 830

Korman, Gordon; The Juvie Three; Hyperion© 2008Three boys, each with a different criminal act ontheir record, are given a special chance to avoidprison and learn to be productive citizens. Whentheir guardian Healy gets injured in an accidentthey caused; will Gecko, Arjay, and Terence walk astraight path, or will the temptations of crime bringdown all three of them?

HB ISBN 978-1-42310-158-1, PB ISBN 978-1-42310-162-8Audio CD ISBN 978-1436159326, Audiobook ASINB001L7TYUS, Kindle ASIN B0036S4AJU, RL 4.9, RC 4.5, AR 4.9, Lexile NC730

Park, Linda Sue, A Long Walk to Water:Based on a True Story, Clarion Books © 2010Two stories, one told by Salva a refugee who fledhis Sudanese village in 1985, the other by Nyaliving in Sudan in 2008. Their lives intersect in thisstory about the importance of clean water in acountry ravaged by war and the strength andresilience of ordinary people living in extraordinary

circumstances. HB ISBN 978-0-547-25127-1, PB ISBN 978-0-547-57731-9,Kindle ASIN B004GB1T8G, RL 5.0, RC 4.4, AR 5.0, Lexile 720

Patterson, James, The Dangerous Days ofDaniel X Little, Brown © 2008Daniel may appear to be just a normal 15 yearold, but in reality he’s an alien hunter withsuperhuman powers. This makes sense, asDaniel is an alien too. He is the only thingkeeping the Earth safe from evil alien outlaws! HB ISBN 978-0606147200, PB ISBN 978-0-316-11970-2, Audio CD ISBN 978-1600246159,

Audiobook ASIN B001D066JU, Kindle ASIN B0010SEN7M, RL 6.3, RC 4.2, AR 4.6, Lexile 680

Philbrick, Rodman; The Mostly TrueAdventures of Homer P. Figg; Blue Sky Press© 2009 When his evil uncle conspires to conscript hisolder (but still underage) brother Harold into theUnion army, Homer sets out with Bob the horse toget him back. The journey to find Harold is not asmooth one. Many hilarious adventures ensue

before the culmination of the tale at the Battle of Gettysburg. HB ISBN 978-0-439-66818-7, PB ISBN 978-0-439-66821-7Audio CD ISBN 978-0739372326, Audiobook ASINB001PQPHBK, RL 5.6, RC7.4, AR 5.6, Lexile 950

Rallison, Janette; My Fair Godmother; Walker© 2009Having your own fairy godmother would be reallycool right? Perhaps not if your fairy godmother isstill in training and often her magic doesn’t quitework the way it was intended! After losing herboyfriend to her older sister, Savannah’s wish forher own fairytale prince causes all sorts of

complications as the fairy student Chrysanthemum Everstarsends her on all sorts of time travelling misadventures. HB ISBN 978-0-8027-9780-3, PB ISBN 978-0-8027-2073-3,Audiobook ASIN B0030MQZYK, RL 5.2, RC 4.6, AR 5.2,Lexile 760

Rorby, Ginny; Lost in the River of Grass;Carolrhoda Lab © 2011Sarah’s new to Glades Academy and doesn’t feelshe fits in. When the class takes a trip to theEverglades and the opportunity presents itself forher to take a trip on an airboat with a charmingboy called Alex she jumps at the chance; after all

what can possibly go wrong? When the boat sinks and the twoare stuck in the middle of the Everglades without food andwater it will take Sarah and Alex working together to survive. HB ISBN 978-0-7613-5685-1, PB ISBN, 978-0-7613-8498-4Kindle ASIN B004Y85NSS, RC 4.6, AR 4.4, Lexile 750

Vigilante, Danette; The Trouble with Half aMoon; G.P. Putnam’s Sons © 2011Dellie feels like a prisoner; ever since her littlebrother’s accidental death her mother won’t allowher out of the house unless her father is with her.To make matters worse Dellie blames herself forher brother’s death. So when a new family movesinto the apartment building and she discovers the

little boy Corey (who reminds her of her brother) is beingabused, Dellie sets out to save him. HB ISBN 978-0-399-25159-7, Kindle ASIN B004FPYZBQ, RL 4.4, RC 3.4, AR3.7, Lexile 600

Woods, Brenda; Saint Louis ArmstrongBeach; Nancy Paulsen Books © 2011Saint loves Tremé, his New Orleansneighborhood, and playing his clarinet to earnmoney from tourists. But most of all he lovesShadow, the stray dog. Saint swears that of allthe kids in Tremé, he’s Shadow’s favorite. Whenthe warnings for Hurricane Katrina come and thecity starts to evacuate, Shadow runs away and

so does Saint; as there’s no way he’s going to leave NewOrleans without him. But how will a boy and a dog survivewhen the hurricane hits? HB ISBN 978-0-399-25507-6, PB ISBN 978-0-14-242186-4,Kindle ASIN, B0054TVJWA, RL 4.1, RC 3.8, AR 4.1, Lexile 660



Jesse GatesInstructional Technology

Program Specialist

St. Johns County


This year’s inaugural FAME Spring Forum in St. Augustine was a rousingsuccess. Media Specialists from all across the state of Florida gathered in thenation’s oldest city to discuss how their districts were handling and

implementing various parts of the Marzano and Danielson evaluation models. Thesynergy within the room was apparent. What wasn’t apparent, however, is that therewere several people attending the conference in their pajamas.

Librarians Attend Spring Forum in Pajamas!Spring Forum Highlights

This may come as a shock to many of us.

After all, who would attend a conference in

their pajamas? But, in this case, thanks to

the power of technology, we were able to

webcast the entire conference over an

embedded link on the Spring Forum

Edmodo website to media specialists across

the state who could enjoy the conference

while wearing their pajamas, resting on their

couch, in the comforts of their own home.

We used several different programs to make

this happen. Edmodo was the first and most

important program. All registered attendees

received the code to the Spring Forum

Edmodo page. This quickly became a

treasure trove of useful resources posted by

presenters and attendees alike. Embedded on

the password protected Edmodo page was

our web channel for a program called

Ustream. Ustream allowed us to film and

broadcast the events live over the Internet so

that our virtual attendees could see

everything that was taking place in St.

Augustine. Since our virtual attendees could

ask questions on Edmodo, it was easy for

them to share and collaborate with others in

St. Augustine in real time. Finally, we used a

program called Adobe Connect when we

broke up into the collaborative session.

Adobe Connect is another extremely useful

virtual meeting tool that adds a chat room to

the mix.

The virtual meeting did have a few mishaps.

An hour into the meeting, our camera and

base computer completely froze up,

knocking us offline for around 15 minutes

until we restarted the broadcast using an

iPhone. Making sure the virtual attendees

could hear was also a challenge. We passed

around a microphone during the Spring

Forum so that all comments made at the

conference would be audible to those online,

but a few times, it was difficult to ensure

that those at home on their couch could see

and hear everything that was going on in St.

Augustine.

Here in St. Johns County, we are in the

midst of a push to encourage our teachers,

media specialists, and administrators to

embrace the online tools that enable virtual

collaboration. There are many advantages to

online meetings. First and foremost are the

time and money saved on travel and gas to

get to a central meeting point. Here in St.

Johns County, it can take close to an hour to

reach different meeting areas depending on

traffic. Meeting online saves this time and

money. In addition, we’ve found that an

online meeting is often times more efficient

and on-task than a traditional face-to-face,

making it especially suited for meetings that

are designed to disseminate information.

This isn’t to say that online meetings will

ever fully replace traditional meetings. As

with most things in life, there are tradeoffs.

The collaboration and the conversation from

the face-face here in St. Augustine was

really something special to be involved in,

but at the same time, sitting on the couch in

your pajamas at home is a pretty nice feature

as well!


Lou GrecoPresident, FAME

Director for Instructional

Technology

& Media Services

St. Johns County School

District

[email protected]

The first annual FAME (Florida Association for Media in Education) Spring Forumwas held at the the St. Johns County Fullerwood Center in St. Augustine onSaturday, March 10th.

Marzano and Danielson Evaluation ToolsSpring Forum Highlights

The forum focused on the Marzano and

Danielson evaluation models used

around the state and how school

librarians can demonstrate the domains

and design questions. The Spring Forum

was a first for us in St. Johns County

and for FAME with participation

available virtually and face-to-face. We

had over fifty face-to-face participants

and over fifteen participants virtually. A

variety of tools were used to ensure the

workshop was effective. The virtual

workshop was provided through

UStream streaming video and with the use

of the educational social media tool

Edmodo. An Edmodo group code was

created for all participants to ask questions,

answer questions, and post documents which

would further the learning on this topic. The

chat feature allowed our virtual participants

to ask questions and share experiences

during the entire workshop. Many districts

uploaded their Marzano and Danielson

documents to the Edmodo site.

[email protected]

The forum started off with a panel discussion

of school librarians who have already had their

formal observations and pre and post

conferences from Osceola, Palm Beach, and St.

Johns County. The media specialists presenting

were Kristen Badger, Michele Cates, Michelle

Jarrett, and Melanie Tahan. Principal Joan

Gibbons of Hobe Sound Elementary in Martin

County spoke about what school administrators

are looking for when they do their

observations. The room was divided into

groups by grade level and Marzano or

Danielson districts. Each table had a facilitator

who reported back on the key questions being

addressed and then posted the written notes on

the Edmodo group. The participants

overwhelmingly gave very positive feedback

regarding the Spring Forum.

Make plans to attend the secondannual FAME Spring Forum 2013which will focus on CommonCore standards within the schoollibrary program.


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