Make Noise in the Library Keep it Moving

Make Noise in the Library Keep it Moving! (any opinions are my own…) Pay attention to small details—prizes awarded!

What on earth are you doing? Let that be your driving question… You need to have tons of answers… If you’re not moving and shaking things up, you’re not making noise! Make some noise! Beat that drum! Cause some ruckus! http: //booksbypamelathomson. blogspot. com/ Follow on Twitter: @PThompson_EMS

Think About This: The one thing you think you can do better than everyone else—go out and do that. The light shining out of your eyes should blind people. You should be on fire all of the time. --Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery in Fast Company

Makerspaces Follow on Twitter @makerspaces_com @Maker. Ed. Org Start small and manageable Post easy to follow guidelines (LMS Erin Sanchez, Helen Ball Elementary, SISD) Renovated Learning

3 D Sign

Easy To Follow

Choices

Ideas: Weaving—inexpensive looms from Target Coloring pages (Goodwill, free online) Make your own book marks Knitting, crocheting, needlepoint Watercolors, charcoal Pom poms Collage making Green screen

Booklets & Buttons Booklet binding Button Maker Both may be purchased through Brodart

Book Art Prom Dress online ideas for used books!

Collect (mostly free) Scraps of material, yarn, buttons, stencils, Christmas and greeting cards Used laminating film for “ghost” bookmarks Scrap paper Cardboard boxes, packing popcorn and bubble wrap Inner rolls from laminating and poster machines Shoe boxes, shoe strings, CLEAN socks

No Set Up Time/ Easy Clean Up Find easy to do Easy to set up No clean up Inexpensive Spaghetti tower

Easy To Do/Easy Clean Up Spaghetti Tower

To purchase: Colored pencils Colored markers Paint Watercolors Charcoal and other art supplies Knitting supplies Scrapbooking supplies Looms and yarn

Purchase: Deeply discounted kits Holiday maker ideas and kits Glitter, fake “jewels, ” applique, briq a braq, lace, etc. Silk flowers, plastic flowers on sale LEGOS and LEGO plates LEGO friendly tape Indiegogo Mackin Makerspaces kits if you have some funds

Videos Your green screen can be a green piece of material, a green tablecloth (plastic Scholastic Book fair tablecloth) or green butcher paper Use free online video cartoon maker or video makers: Imovie (be sure to enable Imovie) Also search online—Magisto an app that makes the most of your photos intuitly If you can use Animoto, you can make a video

Code (Free!) Hour of Code. org—students learn to code using fun games Partner with robotics class and competition

Plan Your Year End of each year, look at calendar 2 events per month 2 MAJOR events per year Clubs: book clubs, manga club, coding club, Bluebonnets Club, Library Advisory Board, Maker Club? Library Events 2016

Poem in Your Pocket TASL Talks article highlights our event Planning a big event takes TIME Ask for help—the hardest thing I had to learn…sigh! Use Twitter, school webpage, marquee, posters in the hall, word of mouth, signs at merchants Include the community Press release

Poem in Your Pocket www. poets. org use poems from public domain use poems on website w/citation

Pass out to Merchants

Passing Out Poetry Scrolls

In the Meantime… Blogging Young Adult Books—”What We’re Reading Now” SLJ reviewer—the inside details

You have a new assignment…

Social Media Opens Doors Tweet EVERYTHING! Make some noise! Get loud, West Texas Post everything to your webpage Join #txlchat Tuesdays at 7: 00 p. m. our time—lots of cool ideas here and innovative people to follow Join other chats for ideas: what is your inspiration?

Who Knows What Might Happen? One book review Led to thousands more Led to followers Led to The El Paso Times Led to www. abookandahug. com Led to publishers Led to authors Led to interviews w/authors at conference and phone interviews

A Single Review…. Led to TLA presentations Led to movers and shakers Led to Twitter and #txlchat Led to more movers and shakers Led to more ideas than I have time to use! CHOICES!

What on earth are you doing? Let that be your driving question… You need to have tons of answers… Make some noise! If don’t beat the drum, no one will hear you! Social Media is NOISY! Make some NOISE! -Pamela Thompson, MLSIS http: //booksbypamelathomson. blogspot. com/ Follow on Twitter: @PThompson_EMS

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