Throughout the summer the Educational Technology Department is featuring reading and learning resources for students and parents, and they are all collected under the Summer Reading and Learning 2020 tag on the Educational Technology department blog. We are also syndicating them here:
In Granite’s Sora we’ve curated a collection of over 80 books for children and teens discussing race, racism, civil rights, social justice, and related topics, both fiction and nonfiction.
These posters feature some of the latest young adult ebooks and audiobooks that have been added to our district’s digital library collection, which you can access via the Sora App.
Diversity Display at Olympus Jr. High Jessica Moody, Library Media Educational Technology Specialist at Olympus Jr. High, shared these photos of her current library display. Here is one of the quotes shared in the display: Library Bulletin Boards Book Fair at Western Hills El. Ann Visser, media clerk at Western Hills Elementary, shared photos of …
For Black History Month (February 2020) and in connection with Granite’s recent Black Excellence Celebration, we are curating popular and award-winning books by African American authors and illustrators, as well as other library and learning resources that celebrate African American history and culture.
Winners of the 2020 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this morning!
These posters feature some of the latest young adult ebooks and audiobooks that have been added to our district’s digital library collection, which you can access via the Sora App.
Here are a few examples of the displays and activities happening in Granite School District libraries this month. Holiday Crafts at Skyline Media Center Heidi Williams, the Library Media Educational Technology Specialist at Skyline High School, has a number of fun and stress-reducing crafts out, perfect for students who need a quick break in the …
This post also appears on the Educational Technology Department Website: https://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/2019/12/granite-media-x-granite-edtech-social-media-updates/ After many years of having separate social media accounts for the Educational Technology Department and Granite Media, today we’re updating and integrating our accounts! New content and library highlights from Granite Media will now be shared via the main Educational Technology social media accounts, and …
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Here are a few of the latest displays popping up in school libraries throughout our district this month. First Lines Display and Promotion Rebecca Fellows and Shelley Francom, the media clerks at Pioneer Elementary, took some of the great “forgotten books” (books that hadn’t been checked out from their library in several years), wrapped them …
