Wow! Today was so busy. The media center parapro came in late today due to a dentist appointment, and it seemed that every student came to the media center before 9:00 a.m. I was head over heels in books. Then at 2:00 this afternoon I went to a first grade classroom to continue the reading enrichment unit that started yesterday. The topic is Annie Oakley, one of the historical figures that is covered in social studies. I have been reading some books to the students and discussing different things about Annie's life that we have learned from the books. Tomorrow I plan to use a glog to show some pictures of Annie and do some online games to review information about Annie. We have used the SMARTBoard in each lesson, and it has been fairly easy to incorporate it into whatever activity we are doing.
Right after school, I went over to our middle/high school to put in some hours working in that media center. The media specialist had some books that needed to be shelved, so I shelved them and spent the rest of the time straightening shelves and putting books in the correct order. This gave me a chance to see what kinds of books the middle and high school students can check out. Most of their books seem to be in better shape than the ones in our media center, but then our patrons are very young children who are rough on materials. The previous media specialist told me this, but now I really understand the kind of treatment books receive even though book care is taught each year.
The day wasn't over when I left school. Once I was home, I tuned in for the webinar "21st Century Skills are Elementary". The presenters gave examples of ways that new technology can be used with students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Some of the tools included blogs, glogs, podcasts, VoiceThread, and Animoto. They stressed that the technology tools are ways to teach the content, not something else to add on top of the content that teachers are having to cover. The presenters also explained a way to conduct staff development to teach teachers about new technology. I hope to use their method with the teachers at my school.
Hours in the media center: 7.5
Hours spent in the Atkinson County Middle/High School media center: 3
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