I hope you enjoyed my new movie, Blue Spruce 2009! These pictures were actually taken last May at Harbourfront during the day of the Festival. I have saved them in my computer and hadn't really thought much about how I was going to use them.
Tonight, I discovered that you can make your own movie and/or slideshow right online. This site is called ANIMOTO. Then you can "embed it" into your own blog. Embedding means that once I had created the Blue Spruce Award 2009 movie, I was able to copy the HTML computer language here into this blog's "gadget" feature.
In the customize pages of my blog, I can move around my gadgets to different sides of the site. The "Followers" is one gadget. The "Videos" is the second gadget. I also have added the link to the "Shelfari" site. As a librarian, I love my Shelfari account. It is actually a different website where I copy the bookjacket picture of the book I am reading, and the Shelfari site links it to all the publishers, comments and reviews of the book.
The one problem I have, is trying to coordinate the colours of the backgrounds and the text. I think I'm going to use lighter background than the navy blue I have now. The letters came out black and very hard to read on navy blue.
Don't be surprised if my blog acts like a chameleon over the next few postings!
Hope you enjoy my BLUE SPRUCE VIDEO!!! A bientot!
Mrs. Dassios
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Graaade Super 2's visit Chine Library
Today 3 people returned books, and these lucky students got to submit to the Just Read It contest on the TDSB Library website: they are Magnus, Zoe and Colin C.
We have read 3 Blue Spruce books so far: Boo Hoo Bird - 4 votes, Bradley McGogg - 5 votes and lastly Crocodiles Play - 6 votes .....SOOOO we think Crocodiles Play so far is the best one. See you next week to find out how Farley does in the voting!!
time to read, chickdees! bye from the Grade 2's
We have read 3 Blue Spruce books so far: Boo Hoo Bird - 4 votes, Bradley McGogg - 5 votes and lastly Crocodiles Play - 6 votes .....SOOOO we think Crocodiles Play so far is the best one. See you next week to find out how Farley does in the voting!!
time to read, chickdees! bye from the Grade 2's
Friday, January 22, 2010
Kindies visit Chine Library!!!
Comments from our wonderful afternoon kindie class:
From Hannah: We came to the library and I got a book called Princesses and Ballerinas!
From MacKenzie: We went to the library, uhhhh...unnnhhhh...what's the name again>?
From Mrs. DAssios: Crocodiles Play!
From MacKenzie: uhhhh... yes I liked it. They played the games and they got all mixed up.
From Danny: uhhmm.. we went into the library. We did a Blue Spruce book. A book that's a different author.
From Mrs. Dassios: Kindies will hear a total of 10 books then vote for their favourite Blue Spruce book.
From Philip: We read 3 Blue Spruce books so far, Boo Hoo Bird and Bradley McGogg the Very Fine Frog!
From Hannah: We came to the library and I got a book called Princesses and Ballerinas!
From MacKenzie: We went to the library, uhhhh...unnnhhhh...what's the name again>?
From Mrs. DAssios: Crocodiles Play!
From MacKenzie: uhhhh... yes I liked it. They played the games and they got all mixed up.
From Danny: uhhmm.. we went into the library. We did a Blue Spruce book. A book that's a different author.
From Mrs. Dassios: Kindies will hear a total of 10 books then vote for their favourite Blue Spruce book.
From Philip: We read 3 Blue Spruce books so far, Boo Hoo Bird and Bradley McGogg the Very Fine Frog!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Happy New Year! (Belated,sorry!)
Happy New Year Chine Drive readers!
It has been super busy start to 2010, as we have been preparing for THREE reading programs @ Chine Library.
Check out the Ontario Library Association website:
http://www.accessola.com/forest2010/
The Blue Spruce program for Grades Kindergarten to Grade 3 is off to a spectacular start. The classes have already heard Mrs. Dassios read 2 nominated books, Boo Hoo Bird, by previously nominated, very talented author and illustrator Jeremy Tankard. Second book was Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog, by the first time author, Tim Beiser and illustrator Rachel Berman. The Kindies really enjoyed creating an illustration reflection on their experience of the books. The Grade 1,2 and 3 classes will be using a Memory Book to record their thoughts and illustrations. 8 books, and 8 weeks to go! Who will you vote for???
The Silver Birch Club meets Tuesdays at noonhour @ Chine Library. Many students from Grades 2-6 have had the opportunity to borrow books and started reading just before the Winter Break. Mrs. Daskalakis has been keenly reading and meeting with us. The Silver Birch Memory books will be ready to go home this week.
The Grade 7-8 classes have started reading in groups from a selection of 10 nominated Red Maple books. They will meet weekly to reflect and study the novels in 6 sessions. The students will all have a TDSB email account, which will permit them to join the Red Maple WIKI for Chine Drive. We have coordinated a WIKI online, where the students will have an opportunity to logon and post their reflections and responses to classmates postings. Parents may monitor postings, but only students can participate to the discussions as teachers admininster the site.
http://chineredmaple2010.wikispaces.com/
Tell us about your thoughts on the Forest of Reading 2010!
Happy reading!
Mrs. Dassios
It has been super busy start to 2010, as we have been preparing for THREE reading programs @ Chine Library.
Check out the Ontario Library Association website:
http://www.accessola.com/forest2010/
The Blue Spruce program for Grades Kindergarten to Grade 3 is off to a spectacular start. The classes have already heard Mrs. Dassios read 2 nominated books, Boo Hoo Bird, by previously nominated, very talented author and illustrator Jeremy Tankard. Second book was Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog, by the first time author, Tim Beiser and illustrator Rachel Berman. The Kindies really enjoyed creating an illustration reflection on their experience of the books. The Grade 1,2 and 3 classes will be using a Memory Book to record their thoughts and illustrations. 8 books, and 8 weeks to go! Who will you vote for???
The Silver Birch Club meets Tuesdays at noonhour @ Chine Library. Many students from Grades 2-6 have had the opportunity to borrow books and started reading just before the Winter Break. Mrs. Daskalakis has been keenly reading and meeting with us. The Silver Birch Memory books will be ready to go home this week.
The Grade 7-8 classes have started reading in groups from a selection of 10 nominated Red Maple books. They will meet weekly to reflect and study the novels in 6 sessions. The students will all have a TDSB email account, which will permit them to join the Red Maple WIKI for Chine Drive. We have coordinated a WIKI online, where the students will have an opportunity to logon and post their reflections and responses to classmates postings. Parents may monitor postings, but only students can participate to the discussions as teachers admininster the site.
http://chineredmaple2010.wikispaces.com/
Tell us about your thoughts on the Forest of Reading 2010!
Happy reading!
Mrs. Dassios
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