This week has been spent preparing for media center orientation. I had to learn the circulation system in order to update it for the current school year. Then the class rosters continued to change with students being moved to adjust for special education services from the inclusion teachers. Finally we were able to make library cards and set up a schedule for orientation. I spent a lot of time trying to prepare an informative but interesting presentation since this is my first appearance in front of the students in the role of media specialist. After having so many encounters with technology in this program, I decided to make a PowerPoint presentation and show it using the laptop/projector/screen combination. The PowerPoint was designed to appeal to the 4th and 5th grade students, so I will need to create a second, more simplified, version for the lower grades. I may even decide to just use a poster with the kindergarten and first grades which is what the previous media specialist did. It was exciting to interact with the students during the instruction part of the orientation, but then I felt so limited in my knowledge of the collection when students asked me where certain books were. I'm sure that this will improve as I shelve books now that circulation has begun.
Hours in the media center: 40+.
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