SAFARI Montage is your guide to BOCES educational video resources!
Monroe One BOCES Multimedia service has a LOT of video resources FREE for Multimedia Service Members to use. During this hour-long workshop, we’ll learn how to access these videos, use them with classes, and take a look at our newest content.
This is for teachers and librarians in districts that participate in the Monroe One Multimedia Service.
March is Music in Our Schools Month so it’s a perfect time to incorporate music into the library and collaborate with your music teachers.
We have lots of resources that can help you get started.
In SAFARI Montage:
How to Read Music – Grades 3-8: This educational program covers the basics of reading and understanding music. Colorful animations and graphics make learning simple and fun. The lessons cover staffs, pitch, scale, octaves, sharps, flats, rhythm and notes.
Bill Nye: The Science of Music – Grades 3-8: In this live-action, fast-paced program, Bill Nye the Science Guy explains how each musical note and every tone of each instrument is, in fact, a unique sound wave. Along the way, students will learn about the science behind getting the exact sound waves in the pattern desired. Features comedy, music videos, interviews with real scientists and hands-on experiments to make the concepts presented understandable and fun. Disney Educational Productions. c 1998 Disney.
Musical Devices in Poetry – Grades 6-12: This brief clip discusses the use of musical devices in poetry, including assonance, consonance, dissonance, onomatopoeia, caesura and repetition.
Math & Music: Beats and Notes – Grades 7 to Adult: Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada’s flagship science program, features daily news, discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events. In this episode of Daily Planet, host Jay Ingram and a couple of musical guests discuss the mathematical underpinnings of musical beats.
Music as Language – Grades 7-Adult: This TED-Ed lesson by bassist Victor Wooten, accompanied throughout by his own guitar playing, discusses the language of music and how to learn and approach that language. As seen on YouTube.
Embedded within SAFARI Montage, Learn 360 also has a series about Music Around the World:
Introducing the Music of Africa: Music of the World: African music permeates the many diverse cultures across the continent. The legacy that African musical traditions have passed to contemporary musicians is rich and varied. From the iconic djembe drum to the distinctive a capella choir vocals, Africa’s music embraces many instruments and rhythms. This program presents a selection of music from the countries of Africa that have impacted movements such as blues, jazz, rock, and rap.
Introducing the Music of Mali: Music of the World: “Observe Niam, a boy from Mali, work to become a Jali, or folk musician. See him practice his instrument, a Kora, to prepare for a music competition. Follow him to the competition and listen to his winning song.”
Introducing the Music of India: Music of the World: Over thousands of years, music has woven through India’s rich culture. Though Indian music has changed and diversified, tradition remains strong. This program introduces the origins and cultural relevance of music in India. Indian Classical, Folk and Bollywood melodies and rhythms are discussed. Demonstrations of how to play widely used instruments – the bansuri, tanpura, sitar, tabla, and kinjira – will be of particular interest to music students.
Introducing the Music of Japan: Music of the World: Whether it’s the unique sounds of a Koto, Shamisen, Shakuhachi or Shinobue, or the pounding of traditional drums, Japanese music has evolved over centuries as an integral part of the nation’s rich culture. Featuring Shakuhachi performer Adam Simmons, Koto performer Brandon Lee and Japanese drummer Toshi Sakamoto, this video explores the history of Japanese music, its structures and a range of traditional instruments.
Tomorrow is the Monroe One BOCES School Library System Council and Communication Coordinators meeting. It will be held from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm at 15 Linden Park in Room 1B.
For information about SLS Council, or the Communication Coordinator meetings, please see our website: https://www.monroe.edu/Page/2000
Do you have an exemplary STEM program for youth in your school? Do you know of a teacher, librarian, or entire school program that you would like to see recognized? The Finger Lakes STEM Hub is now accepting applications for the 2020 STEM Program Awards!
Who is Eligible? Classrooms, schools, districts, and afterschool programs that incorporate STEM education in their curriculum, within the Finger Lakes STEM Hub’s nine-county service area: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates Counties. Past participants are invited to apply with a different program.
How to Apply? Complete the application on the Finger Lakes STEM Hub website: http://www.flxstem.org/stemrecognitionprogram Award categories are based on the NYS STEM Quality Rubric, also found on our website, and applicants self-select their program’s level of achievement in each of the 9 categories, highlighting what their program does best! Applications must be received by 5pm March 17, 2020.
When is the STEM Program Awards Event? The awards dinner reception is Wednesday, May 13th from 5-8 pm at the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Riedman Gallery.
Is There a Cost to Apply or Attend? There is no cost to apply for this recognition event. Programs selected for the 2020 STEM Program Awards will be notified by the end of March. Honorees receive one complimentary ticket for the dinner reception. Additional tickets can be purchased on through the Finger Lakes STEM Hub website in April.
If you, or someone you know, is inspiring kids through STEM education, please apply! For questions or to learn more, please visit the Finger Lakes STEM Hub’s 2020 STEM Program Awards webpage: http://www.flxstem.org/stemrecognitionprogram
We have a series of books on Social Emotional Learning available for you from Rosen Learning Center. These books are fully online and interactive. Each contains primary sources, vocabulary words, an interactive timeline, and instructional resources such as planning guides and lesson plans.
Spotlight on Social and Emotional Learning features the following 12 Titles:
Lots of great books are scheduled for publication this year. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be featuring some of the books we are excited about.
Today, we’re covering books coming from Simon and Schuster for grades 6-12 (or ages 12+).
For a complete list visit the Simon & Schuster Website. (click each book cover to get to the Simon and Schuster page and then click Product Details to see the release date).
Jason Reynolds was recently named the Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (see the CBS interview here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-reynolds-library-of-congress-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/) , and he is using this platform to empower young people around the country to “GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story”. So, we went looking around the internet for encouraging and interesting videos where Jason Reynolds takes the mic and tells his story. We found this from the 2018 National Book Festival.
Jason expresses that when he writes a book, he keeps in mind that it is important to tell the stories of real people so that kids who read his books will see themselves. He talks about connecting to other people’s experiences through literature, and how he makes his characters real. His stories feature characters who go through emotional times, yet still handle these things with humor and humility.
“My mother always says, ‘Don’t ever trust nobody who is all cry and no laugh.’ Right? I think that like, if we were being honest about humanity, there’s no way that we could talk about the bad things without talking about the joy.” – Jason Reynolds
It is also especially powerful when the audience members ask him really thoughtful, interesting questions, and he devotes his full attention to them. It’s worth watching until the very very end.
Tomorrow is Annual Library Advocacy Day! Each year library advocates from across NYS convene in Albany to voice support for funding and policies that benefit libraries. We know that if you’re not already scheduled to go, you probably can’t get out to go to Albany tomorrow. BUT there are things you can do from home!
Call your legislator’s office
Tell him or her how important your library is to the community and its voting citizens
Tell him or her that increased funding for libraries and School Library Systems is ESSENTIAL and CRITICAL
Use NYLA’s advocacy tools to help you shape your personal message
Join in virtually! Post to your Facebook wall, Tweet about Library Aid, or add a button to your library’s website.
We celebrate Presidents Day on Monday with a national holiday. In our county it also kicks off February break! Learn all about the history behind this holiday with SAFARI Montage and Learn 360!
(Click title to open video in SAFARI Montage)
Learn about the history behind Presidents Day in your K-4 classroom with this 20 minute video all about Presidents Day.
Learn all about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and how we celebrate these two U.S. presidents in February. Follow it up with the video quiz in section 5.
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day – and if you missed our post last week, you can find it here.
