JCPS Tech Contact Blog: Hispanic Heritage Month

Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

Anonymous flocabulary, Hispanic Heritage Month, Immersive Reader 8:00 AM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/s924/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="924" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/w269-h140/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" width="269" /></a></div> Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th), Flocabulary is inviting students to be researchers, lyricists, and rappers through their rap writing contest. This contest runs from September 15th - October 12th and you can see all of the details <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/HispanicHeritageMonthContest/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.   If you are new to Flocabulary, it is an engaging tool that covers content and lessons through hip-hop videos. Through these lessons, students build vocabulary and reading skills. One exciting update to Flocabulary is that <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037222052-Flocabulary-s-Integration-with-Microsoft-s-Immersive-Reader" target="_blank">Immersive Reader now available</a> on Vocab Cards and digital Lyrics (lyrics can be translated to over 50 languages)! Also, try Flocabulary <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5474430121741-Create-a-Flocabulary-Mix-Lesson" target="_blank">"Mix and Break it Down"</a> where Flocabulary Mix takes new comprehension skill videos mixed with topic videos to create a learning experience that supports reading comprehension, digital literacy skills and open ended, text evidence based responses!  More Resources to ExploreExplore other resources from the list of digital tools below that our district subscribes to for premium features from the list below (all can be accessed via ClassLink):<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>BrainPOP's <a href="https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/hispanicheritage/" target="_blank">Hispanic Heritage Month Collection</a> - BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer a diverse collection of resources to help your class learn about and celebrate Latino culture and history during Hispanic Heritage month AND all year long! </li><li>Discovery Education has many resources such as videos, - Just search "Hispanic Heritage Month" and filter through to get resources by subject, grade level, etc.</li></ul>

Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October ...

Media Monday (10/4/2021): Important Dates & Celebrations - BOB Competitions, DLMI, PLCs, and More!

Anonymous BOB Competition Dates, dlmi, Hispanic Heritage Month, NCSLMA, TeenTober 10:17 AM

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6qYIMC0oWezNAM5CBXqirFthuh2gD96MAtsh94xZQybhkdlimcNAEVJP6FTxqNAsOKzI__XrVYB-fH8HS2GkDoja5aWtXYtkEXsD0Egh1b5fRocCz5f2HMHoOHXO3v-26uAQT2SBJz2a/s846/BOB+Logo+Color.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="846" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6qYIMC0oWezNAM5CBXqirFthuh2gD96MAtsh94xZQybhkdlimcNAEVJP6FTxqNAsOKzI__XrVYB-fH8HS2GkDoja5aWtXYtkEXsD0Egh1b5fRocCz5f2HMHoOHXO3v-26uAQT2SBJz2a/w215-h103/BOB+Logo+Color.png" width="215" /></a> Battle of the Books Competition Dates Have Been Set!The following dates have been set for our Battle of the Books District Competitions:Middle School: Friday, February 25th, 2022 (Virtual)High School: Friday, March 11th, 2022 (Virtual)Elementary School: Friday, March 18th, 2022 (Virtual) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5dtjdz6dkagmp19XH4WGjQVKzKOT2OoEwouxlE8jluLcoprvsWeHxrOIHC5JUTquT5aQw3nIwLP5ync9506DCXATc4SI6PcRHCaSopWMDuYHqyp57VmslWbxb8MyDvaxxEwad0WELk0R/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="438" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5dtjdz6dkagmp19XH4WGjQVKzKOT2OoEwouxlE8jluLcoprvsWeHxrOIHC5JUTquT5aQw3nIwLP5ync9506DCXATc4SI6PcRHCaSopWMDuYHqyp57VmslWbxb8MyDvaxxEwad0WELk0R/" width="320" /></a></div> NC Digital Learning and Media InventoryThe NC DLMI will be due in June 2022. All inventories will be due by June 2022. More information will be forthcoming.  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfAE2NRGUa0OGxUUbrmxk3taFzoGpD4uzdXDkaURvDvHlJqSwBgRz1BZ8GmuJib0YaCYeZskYNADP5rBcctpGJRRyKziUuRbNcrgv5Zw71BGDWlc_goV41tPfmzR2yuXgrKb1QGVeB59u/s800/update+blurb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfAE2NRGUa0OGxUUbrmxk3taFzoGpD4uzdXDkaURvDvHlJqSwBgRz1BZ8GmuJib0YaCYeZskYNADP5rBcctpGJRRyKziUuRbNcrgv5Zw71BGDWlc_goV41tPfmzR2yuXgrKb1QGVeB59u/w176-h176/update+blurb.png" width="176" /></a></div> Media PLC Meeting Dates for OctoberElementary - Tuesday, October 19th from 4:30pm to 5:30pm (bumping up time based on feedback)Middle - Thursday, October 21st from 3pm to 4pmHigh - Tuesday, October 26th from 2:30pm to 3:30pmWe will be jumping in to collection development plans! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmMsGi6B1DV_WWkf7NbFajUTzAXjgGpV0V8kxzNv7rGhDxwH6wOgB_NR2uhDSp-OFexGhVajb2tKWh15oT0P5LODLLu7DdgFr4JWkCYuqSZ1YPkWju5LbJlLHrpFNPjChVZlsLJS00aLz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmMsGi6B1DV_WWkf7NbFajUTzAXjgGpV0V8kxzNv7rGhDxwH6wOgB_NR2uhDSp-OFexGhVajb2tKWh15oT0P5LODLLu7DdgFr4JWkCYuqSZ1YPkWju5LbJlLHrpFNPjChVZlsLJS00aLz/w185-h185/image.png" width="185" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2021 NCSLMA Virtual Conference Shared Notes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NCSLMA Conference is this week! If you are planning to attend the virtual sessions, don't forget we have a collaborative notes Google Doc that you can access <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7XZQBzD1jPFNxSLjgSfr_VEjf-0jJAvONz_M8eld94/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG0_Qph3mxrx_XW-pL5jwWjBx0s3UrGWlDnldF3O3CCE-xcvaK60Z_B-5aau5RRSmwHSLzM8nHcfiAXc6ZfMqwg1aPis3dxXue16trHaEFg4H973kQfs3Q_zTtOSbjy9i28UW2Gnyjdh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="367" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG0_Qph3mxrx_XW-pL5jwWjBx0s3UrGWlDnldF3O3CCE-xcvaK60Z_B-5aau5RRSmwHSLzM8nHcfiAXc6ZfMqwg1aPis3dxXue16trHaEFg4H973kQfs3Q_zTtOSbjy9i28UW2Gnyjdh/w263-h124/image.png" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TeenTober</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From ALA's website: "TeenTober is a new, nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library. TeenTober replaces YALSA’s previous Teen Read Week™ and Teen Tech Week™ celebrations, allowing libraries the flexibility to celebrate all types of literacies according to their library’s schedule. Library staff are encouraged to utilize this new celebration to advocate for and raise awareness of the importance of year-round teen services in libraries." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">High School School Library Media Coordinators, check out the toolkit <a href="https://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/2020%20YALSA%20TeenTober%20Toolkit.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncB9q3HX9E5M_4D_L_njN8Gr1d5R5SP7hTFBtkrfeTrrgBhjZUB8UmWMfqE5nTMc1tgM3XQIJf0RxVuvgs9aLtQO0wOghqwTuLDbVnwefkvD6TO1tyiYFqugRntbo632tGO49vCHrrE85/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncB9q3HX9E5M_4D_L_njN8Gr1d5R5SP7hTFBtkrfeTrrgBhjZUB8UmWMfqE5nTMc1tgM3XQIJf0RxVuvgs9aLtQO0wOghqwTuLDbVnwefkvD6TO1tyiYFqugRntbo632tGO49vCHrrE85/w250-h125/image.png" width="250" /></a></div> </div>Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Library! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"> National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 - October 15th as a time to recognize the contributions, achievements, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the American Latino Community.  Looking for ideas or resources? Destiny Collections- Curate your Hispanic Heritage Month collections to share with staff and students.Destiny Discover - Highlight your Hispanic Heritage Month titles or <a href="https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpre" target="_blank">Pura Belpré Award</a> books by creating a customized carousel.Google Arts & Culture: <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/uslatinocultures" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Latino Cultures in the US</a> Collection<a href="https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/hispanicheritage/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BrainPOP</a> - Social Studies Hispanic Heritage Topic. Be sure to access through ClassLink!Discovery Education - Search “Hispanic Heritage Month” and get results for many videos and activities. Be sure to access through ClassLink! <div> </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"> </div>

Media Monday (10/4/2021): Important Dates & Celebrations - BOB Competitions, DLMI, PLCs, and More!

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th), Flocabulary is inviting students to be researchers, lyricists, and rappers through their rap writing contest. This contest runs from September 15th - October 12th and you can see all of the details HERE.

If you are new to Flocabulary, it is an engaging tool that covers content and lessons through hip-hop videos. Through these lessons, students build vocabulary and reading skills. One exciting update to Flocabulary is that Immersive Reader now available on Vocab Cards and digital Lyrics (lyrics can be translated to over 50 languages)! Also, try Flocabulary "Mix and Break it Down" where Flocabulary Mix takes new comprehension skill videos mixed with topic videos to create a learning experience that supports reading comprehension, digital literacy skills and open ended, text evidence based responses!

More Resources to Explore

Explore other resources from the list of digital tools below that our district subscribes to for premium features from the list below (all can be accessed via ClassLink):

BrainPOP's Hispanic Heritage Month Collection - BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer a diverse collection of resources to help your class learn about and celebrate Latino culture and history during Hispanic Heritage month AND all year long!
Discovery Education has many resources such as videos, - Just search "Hispanic Heritage Month" and filter through to get resources by subject, grade level, etc.

Monday, October 4, 2021

Media Monday (10/4/2021): Important Dates & Celebrations - BOB Competitions, DLMI, PLCs, and More!

Battle of the Books Competition Dates Have Been Set!

The following dates have been set for our Battle of the Books District Competitions:

Middle School: Friday, February 25th, 2022 (Virtual)

High School: Friday, March 11th, 2022 (Virtual)

Elementary School: Friday, March 18th, 2022 (Virtual)

NC Digital Learning and Media Inventory

The NC DLMI will be due in June 2022. All inventories will be due by June 2022. More information will be forthcoming.

Media PLC Meeting Dates for October

Elementary - Tuesday, October 19th from 4:30pm to 5:30pm (bumping up time based on feedback)

Middle - Thursday, October 21st from 3pm to 4pm

High - Tuesday, October 26th from 2:30pm to 3:30pm

We will be jumping in to collection development plans!

2021 NCSLMA Virtual Conference Shared Notes

NCSLMA Conference is this week! If you are planning to attend the virtual sessions, don't forget we have a collaborative notes Google Doc that you can access HERE!

TeenTober

From ALA's website: "TeenTober is a new, nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library. TeenTober replaces YALSA’s previous Teen Read Week™ and Teen Tech Week™ celebrations, allowing libraries the flexibility to celebrate all types of literacies according to their library’s schedule. Library staff are encouraged to utilize this new celebration to advocate for and raise awareness of the importance of year-round teen services in libraries."

High School School Library Media Coordinators, check out the toolkit HERE!

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Library!

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 - October 15th as a time to recognize the contributions, achievements, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the American Latino Community.

Looking for ideas or resources?

Destiny Collections- Curate your Hispanic Heritage Month collections to share with staff and students.

Destiny Discover - Highlight your Hispanic Heritage Month titles or Pura Belpré Award books by creating a customized carousel.

Google Arts & Culture: Latino Cultures in the US Collection

BrainPOP - Social Studies Hispanic Heritage Topic. Be sure to access through ClassLink!

Discovery Education - Search “Hispanic Heritage Month” and get results for many videos and activities. Be sure to access through ClassLink!

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