Department Meeting, March 17, 2010

1. Purchase orders due by April 9.
2. Requests for staff development for back-to-school--Submit suggestions to me by the next department meeting.
3. Follett Destiny update--Destiny 9.5 will be installed over spring break.
4. Ana Ritter, Google Search presentation
Fresh from her participation at a one-day academy for administrators sponsored by Google, Ana shared with us hidden features of Google searches including alerts, translate, Scholar, Squared, and News Timeline. Most of these are available through a search on Google for Google Labs.
5. Shared: Financial Literacy resources article

Check out:

Youth Media Awards Winners: http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2010/january2010/ymawrap2010.cfm

Summers_March_April2010.pdf via kwout

Doug Johnson has an interesting blog entry on social vs. educational networking:

Don't confuse social networking with educational networking - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog via kwout

Curriculum Correlations from Gale provides a search tool that helps visitors select Gale titles connected to New York State curriculum standards.

Gale Schools - Curriculum Correlations - Home via kwout