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We do use Destiny, but this is for materials that are not within our
catalog as they are not a part of the whole school library.

I like that idea, though, for other students in our school!  :)

~Amy Phillips
Riverside Brookfield High School

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Do you use Follet's Destiny as your catalog?  On the student accounts you
> can add a username and password so they can login and do the book reviews.
> You can then approve them before they post.  Also, Destiny allows you/your
> students to search your catalog for reading levels books by lexile.  They
> could also look up the books in his collection on lexile.com to see the
> reading level.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Good morning and happy Friday, great minds of ISLMA!
>>
>> I just had a teacher come up and ask about student book recommendations
>> and figuring out a way for his kids (lower-level readers in a high school)
>> to search books more easily within their classroom library.  He's open to
>> all sorts of ideas, but he would like to give his student the opportunity
>> to search through his collection using things like genre tags, but also to
>> be able to submit a review of a book they read, providing them with an
>> opportunity to practice reflective writing.
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good, and easy, way for this teacher
>> and his classes to do this.  We are open to all suggestions!
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Amy Phillips
>> Riverside Brookfield High School
>> aebromberg at gmail.com
>> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
>>
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>>
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>> 847-722-6169
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Amy Bromberg

aebromberg at gmail.com
847-722-6169
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