SchoolRooms

Monday, March 12, 2007 March 2007   VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2  
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Tip of the Month

SchoolRooms Builder™, the content management system on the administrative side of SchoolRooms™, allows you to customize your site - you can easily build your own Rooms! Teachers can create Rooms for their classes so that students can access class materials, find homework assignments and read important announcements.

 
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Do you have an idea you would like to submit that is related to integrating SchoolRooms™ or technology into the classroom? Send your tips and ideas for possible inclusion in a future newsletter!
 
Did You Know?
SchoolRooms Contributors

The contributors who created Elementary SchoolRooms™ have more than 800 years of combined experience in education!

 
Favorite Things

As you go through SchoolRooms™, you'll notice a lot of third-party content. Animations, videos, audio files, images and text from Dorling Kindersley and Helicon are integrated throughout SchoolRooms. Check out this animation from Helicon's Hutchinson Encyclopedia for an example.
 

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Welcome to SchoolRooms
SchoolRooms Advisory and Maintenance (SAM)
Teachers and Librarians Work to Keep SchoolRooms Relevant and Up To Date

SchoolRooms™ was created by a team of dedicated teachers and librarians during the summer of 2006. But their participation with the project didn't end when school started. A select group was chosen to continue working with SirsiDynix on SchoolRooms.
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Spotlight On...
Kathy Fredrick, Director of Library and Instructional Technology, Shaker Heights School District

You know that SchoolRooms™ was created by teachers and librarians, but who are these educators? Get to know one of these dedicated people, Kathy Fredrick, who has worked on SchoolRooms since the beginning, back in the summer of 2005.
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Builder 101
The List With Feature Module

Now that you have SchoolRooms™ set up, you’re probably ready to personalize it for your school or library. There are different types of modules in the Builder that display content, and each module has a purpose. This month we will talk about the List with Feature module.
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Customer Spotlight
SchoolRooms Goes Live in Two Ohio School Districts
As the collaborative partner with SirsiDynix for the development of SchoolRooms™, INFOhio is truly seeing an idea come to life. SchoolRooms is now live in two Ohio school districts: Shaker Heights and Kalida.
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Philadelphia Chooses SchoolRooms Learning Portal for Its Afterschool Programs
Thousands of Philadelphia K-12 students now have the opportunity to explore, discover and learn. Philadelphia Safe and Sound's afterschool programs have been using SchoolRooms™ since November 2006.
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Content Highlights
Educator's Guide
Not only does SchoolRooms™ offer K-12 students a wide array of curriculum-based content for students, it also features great information specifically for educators. From new ways to use Web-based resources to creative new lesson plan ideas, SchoolRooms can help teachers create a well-rounded, dynamic learning atmosphere.
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Upcoming Events & Presentations

March 17-19 - Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
March 28-30 - Consortium for School Networking
April 14-17 - National School Board Association
May 2-4 - Massachusetts Library Association
June 21-27 - American Library Association
June 24-27 - National Educational Computing Conference

 

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