Monday, November 3, 2014
Back in the Swing...
Today was the second day back after having a terrible cold. Who could miss Halloween? Not me, so Friday I returned to work to take down the Halloween decor during 6th period. Now, with a very tall ladder, I am able to add my fall leaves to the sky in my library. School nurses used the library for hearing and vision screening, so it was absolutely silent (by mandate) in my library today. I also met with the Gale-Cengage rep to discuss databases. Immediately I shared the vitals with my principal. Hopefully, fingers crossed, funding and teacher bye-in will follow suit. Overall, it was a quiet yet productive day in the library.
Picture Book Month!
I have discovered a terrific challenge for this month: writing an idea for a picture book daily! Wow! That might seem overwhelming but after reading (and feeling the energy from the post), I think anyone could do it! Here's the link to the challenge and what not. PiBoIdMo created by Tara Lazar.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Almost finished with 1st Quarter
Today, of all days, I am at home, sick as a dog but still working! Today I conversed with 4 teachers about their library time. Booked and unbooked library time. Releasing library time is always fun because emails just start arriving in my inbox. The library is loved at my school!
Then, after lounging on the couch (after deciding that walking was not in my repertoire for today), I watched/listened/participated in Gale's Webinar entitled: Preparing High School Students for College Level Research which was about using databases instead of Google (sorry Google--but academics require academic material) and preparing students with college level research skills. Great insights into how some schools have and integrate grade level information literacy skills across content areas.
Takeaways: see what "Capstone" or "Senior Projects" are in place at my school, create a database scavenger hunt, locate all resources (paid and free) that our school has AND have one central place to list those links, ie the library webpages.
Then, after lounging on the couch (after deciding that walking was not in my repertoire for today), I watched/listened/participated in Gale's Webinar entitled: Preparing High School Students for College Level Research which was about using databases instead of Google (sorry Google--but academics require academic material) and preparing students with college level research skills. Great insights into how some schools have and integrate grade level information literacy skills across content areas.
Takeaways: see what "Capstone" or "Senior Projects" are in place at my school, create a database scavenger hunt, locate all resources (paid and free) that our school has AND have one central place to list those links, ie the library webpages.
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