Yesterday I attended a system technology meeting at the middle/high school. The middle/high school media specialist attended as well as teachers from both elementary schools, the middle school, and the high school. The technology director and the technology specialist directed the meeting. The technology specialist discussed the changing of our school e-mail from GroupWise to GoogleMail. He explained that the switch is being made due to better pricing, better filtering, and archiving with GoogleMail. The technology director introduced the Georgia Student Learning Data Survey (or System) feature that has been added to our PowerSchool program. This system keeps a record of students' past test scores and attendance. He also asked for input about the SMART Boards, slates, and student response systems that we have in our schools. Once again I was reminded of how things will continue to change in education. We've had Group Wise email for several years, but now a new system is being implemented and everyone will have to learn the workings of this new email program.
After the technology meeting, I stayed at the middle/high school and discussed various topics with the media specialist. She explained how she concluded her book fair and how she decided to use the earnings from the fair. She also showed me some supplies and furniture that she has ordered for the media center to make the middle school area more inviting for students. We discussed time management issues and different projects that we would like to complete during this school year in our respective media centers.
Tonight I began uploading documents into Scribd so that I could embed them into my portfolio. I was able to embed a few things, but I realized that I need to re-think the items that I had planned to list under each standard. There are a few assignments that could be listed under two different standards. I hope to get the other documents uploaded and embedded this weekend so that I can work on my reflections and fine-tuning the portfolio.
Hours Spent in the Atkinson County Middle/High School Media Center: 2.5
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