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Welcome...
to the Internet home of the RBHS Library and Instructional Technology Department. Our staff is dedicated to supporting Riverside Brookfield’s students and faculty in the educational process. Our mission is to help everyone to find, use, and share information in a wide range of formats – print, video, digital . . We are teachers who challenge students of all types – high school students, RB faculty and staff, and adults in the community – to read a book for enjoyment or for information, to try a new kind of reference search, to learn a new software tool, and to search for new ways to share their learning.
                                                          Doreen Fritz, Department Chair
 


December 2008   

  

Library News/Events

Blogs about Books   Both of the library media specialists have blogs. Check them out!

Mrs. Fritz's -- RBHS Booktalk
Mrs. Duell's -- Bulldog Banana Bread Blog

Reading Initiatives  The library is participating in two statewide programs:  Read for a Lifetime, and the Abraham Lincoln Award. Each program has a list of recommended books. Students read books from the list, and then simply reports which FOUR books they read for Read for a Lifetime, or votes for their favorite of the Abraham Lincoln Award books. These books are displayed prominently in our library

The Bulldog Book Club, for faculty, staff, and retired employees of RB meets in the Reference Room of the Library on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 3:15 p.m. Come and join us for a lively discussion of books selected by the members -- what do YOU want to read and discuss with colleagues?

December 11   Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert.  This novel is set in Hawaii more than a century ago. It tells about Rachel Lalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, who dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end -- but instead she discovers it is only just beginning. With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka'i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death.

(Summaries excerpted from amazon.com)

 

Technology News/Events

We are using a new E-mail Interface. Click here for some helpful hints. 

Computer Lab Reservation Guidelines   Our five main computer labs are in high demand, and so must limit how you can reserve a lab for your class. PLEASE sign up no more than one month in advance. And reserve no more than three (3) days in a row, and no more than five (5) days within a 2-week period. We hope that this new policy will minimize the frustrations that many of you have expressed.

Video Request Form
To use videos from YouTube, Google Video, etc. in your classroom, download and complete the attached form, and then give it to any of the computer lab assistants (Karen Padgen, Gini Jobin, or Noelle Bajohr). Within a day or two you will have your videos downloaded from the web and ready to use with your class.


The Technology Committee meets at least semi-annually.  Each  curricular department is represented. The committee brings together ideas and feedback about the current and ideal technological learning environment in order to plan for the future and solve current problems.  Make sure that your voice is heard!  For a list of Tech Committee members, click here.

This is our year to submit a new 3-year Technology Plan to the state. We will be soliciting data and information from teachers, students, parents, and the local community. Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

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