The Unquiet Library's monthly report, October 2009

1. CREEKVIEW
THE UNQUIET LIBRARY
HIGH
SCHOOL
OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY REPORT
Buffy Hamilton, School Librarian
Roxanne Johnson, School Librarian
Tammy Beasley, Library Clerk
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2. By the way, I really am
Program Highlights enjoying this research
project/essay assignment. I
think it is a great and creative
As part of our celebration of Teen Read Week,
way to learn about another
The Unquiet Library debuted the Georgia
culture while also
Peach Book Award Nominees Pathfinder at
incorporating research skills
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/peachb
that will be valuable to us in
ooks-readingbowl. Students can find book
the future. Thanks!
widgets, book trailer videos, feeds to author
Nicole T.
blogs and Twitter steams, and links to author
10th Grade Student
and YA book MySpace and Facebook pages on
this pathfinder.
We celebrated our very first virtual author visit
via Skype with critically acclaimed YA author
Sara Zarr! Students thoroughly enjoyed her
talk and having the opportunity to pose
I have learned about the
questions to her via our webcam. Please see
usefulness of wikis and how http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2009
they can be used to share /10/21/our-first-virtual-author-visit-via-skype-
information as a group. It with-sara-zarr/ for more details!
helped me understand how We celebrated the arrival of our new 16
Wikipedia and other wikis station laptop cart and laptops that the library
received for Ms. Hamilton’s participation in
actually work and function as the district Media 21 program. Here what
learning tools. The students have to say by visiting
introduction of learning http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2009
through blogging on the site /10/16/why-students-love-our-new-media-
WordPress, was also a new 21-laptops/.
We moved our website from wikispaces to
experience to me. I was
Google Sites this month. Check it out at
interested to find that some http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2009
blogs actually contain /10/16/check-out-the-new-and-improved-
credible information and not unquiet-library-website/.
just opinion based articles.
Loren T., 10th Grade Student
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3. Data Snapshots
The Unquiet Library Statistics, October 2009
Number of Class Sessions Served 231
Number of Student Visitors (Morning, 4177
Lunch, Afternoon Hours)
Total Circulation 1328
9th Grade Circulation 477
10th Grade Circulation 333
11th Grade Circulation 353
12th Grade Circulation 165
Total GALE Databases Sessions 10064
Gale Virtual Reference Library 4650
GALE Discovering Collection 887
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 789
Gale Literature Resource Center 2151
Gale Global Issues in Context 1446
Gale History Resource Center, World 27
Gale History Resource Center, U.S. 62
The Unquiet Library Blog 9659
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4. Collaborative Lessons
Learning Activities/Instructional Research Pathfinder Collaborative
Instructional
Partner(s)
Senior Project, 12 British Literature/Composition Mr. Sapere
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=74463&sid=551249&search_terms=october
American Literature Author Research, 11 American Literature/Composition Ms. Nayman
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=74136&sid=549006&search_terms=october
Short Story Project, 9 Honors Literature/Composition Ms. Frost
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=75562&sid=559562&search_terms=october
Poetry Comparison Project, 9 Honors Literature/Composition Ms. Ashe
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=75563&sid=559574&search_terms=october
Senior Project, 12 British Literature/Composition Ms. Tillery
http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/seniorproject2009 Mr. Lawson
Immigration, Current Events Mr. Foster
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/immigration
Antigone and Media/Classical Literature, 10 Honors Literature/Composition Ms. Orfale
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/classical-literature-orfale
Leaves and the Nature of Leaf Color Change, Chemistry Ms. Pepple
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/leafcolo
Influential Person in History, U.S. History Mr. Rasmussen
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/ushistory-biography
Issues in Africa, 10 Honors Literature/Composition Ms. Lester
http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/africa-researchproject
Viruses, Biology Ms. Hendrix
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/viruses Mr. Higgins
Disorders and the Brain, Psychology Mr. Hunsucker
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/brain-disorder
ABCs of European Culture Assignment, World History Mr. Rasmussen
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/abc-book-europe
Presidential Biographies, Government Mr. Nayman
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/nayman-presidents
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