Welcome to your library!

The word of the year is COLLABORATION.

With an ever increasing weight of the hats we wear, I thought it would be helpful to send you a short snapshot of what I can do for you and our students. So, here is a quick guide to the library media center and what I can do for you. Feel free to call on me with random questions as well. If I do not know the answer, I can help you find it. It's why I am here.


PBL Advocate I have a great deal of experience in designing and implementing authentic problem-based & project-based learning opportunities into the classroom while also teaching core standards which need to be addressed. While my focus has been on STE(A)M, the core of who I am is a humanities teacher so my view has always been how can we use STE(A)M to understand our world and help others. Do you have a specific topic you want to teach and want to incorporate STEAM? Reach out and I would love to collaborate with you!	Research and Information Literacy Skills One of my favorite things to teach is research and information literacy skills! Research skills for students are more important than ever, and it's never too early to start training them to be research ninjas! Born as digital natives, children develop computer literacy and begin exploring the internet before they can even read. By 2nd and 3rd grade, students are expected to perform research for writing assignments and projects. I prefer working on integrated research projects in collaboration with teachers, but I can also teach research skills chunked into pieces as well to suit teacher needs.	Google Apps for Education In the past, I have been the professional development coordinator for my school and have personally used G Suite in the library and in the classroom. If you would like to collaborate lessons/projects around Classroom, through Google Drive, Slides, or Forms, I can help. You can also contact me with any questions you have about how to use aspects of the apps.

PBL Advocate

I have a great deal of experience in designing and implementing authentic problem-based & project-based learning opportunities into the classroom while also teaching core standards which need to be addressed. While my focus has been on STE(A)M, the core of who I am is a humanities teacher so my view has always been how can we use STE(A)M to understand our world and help others.

Do you have a specific topic you want to teach and want to incorporate STEAM? Reach out and I would love to collaborate with you!

Research and Information Literacy Skills

One of my favorite things to teach is research and information literacy skills! Research skills for students are more important than ever, and it's never too early to start training them to be research ninjas! Born as digital natives, children develop computer literacy and begin exploring the internet before they can even read. By 2nd and 3rd grade, students are expected to perform research for writing assignments and projects. I prefer working on integrated research projects in collaboration with teachers, but I can also teach research skills chunked into pieces as well to suit teacher needs.

Google Apps for Education

In the past, I have been the professional development coordinator for my school and have personally used G Suite in the library and in the classroom. If you would like to collaborate lessons/projects around Classroom, through Google Drive, Slides, or Forms, I can help. You can also contact me with any questions you have about how to use aspects of the apps.

What can we do in the library?

*Provide access to technology for authentic integration into the classroom (Chromebooks, Skyping, using the interactive board, iPads, etc.) and learn new digital skills

*Provide literacy and digital literacy connections between reading, writing, math, science, social studies, art, music, health...you name it!

*Make connections with the community-we can connect local authors, businessmen, careers, and more to your students to enrich the educational experience in the classroom

*Make global connections to other classrooms and people around the world

*Provide resources from research materials to independent reading materials to professional development reading to the library for checkout

We also have a laminator and a die-cut machine.

Never collaborated with a librarian before? A few ideas:

Research projects with technology integration
Blogging
Creating book trailers
Writing and creating e-books
Skyping with authors and other classrooms
Mystery Skype
STEAM related reading activities
Virtual field trips
International Dot Day, International Gaming Day, National Poetry Month, World Read Aloud Day, and other exciting literacy connections with events connecting our school with others around our state, nation, and the world

If you are designing projects, research assignments, units, lessons, or anything you would like to collaborate on, find resources for, or incorporate technology effectively with, I am here to help! If you would like more information regarding how to use Google Apps for Education (Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, and Forms), Newsela, Galileo, Kahoot, or other technology based resources in your classroom, I can meet with you during your planning time one-on-one or with your team/grade level to assist. Between us, we can create a magical experience for our students.

About Me

This will be my 2nd year at RHES and my ninth in education. My husband and I have two spunky children, Izzy (7) and Aris (2). Our family can often be found outside hiking around the coastal trails or fostering a love of all things nerd in our children by adventuring to historical places, festivals, or DragonCon. Before coming to RHES, my focus was in designing and integrating STEAM education into social studies and language arts right outside of Athens, Georgia and laying the ground work for the first STEM program at Arthur Williams Middle School in Jesup, Georgia. I firmly believe the library is the center of the school in which knowledge and understanding is constructed from not just books, but from each other and asking questions. When you visit the library, you will often hear classical Led Zeppelin playing and rarely will you find me "shhhing" students in our library. I am available to collaborate on projects and lessons, find resources, research, find the perfect book, and lend a hand or two to fix the random tech issues which arise when we least want them to.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education, a Master of Science in Learning, Design, and Technology from the University of Georgia, and my Ed.S. in Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia.

mbongiorno@bryan.k12.ga.us discoveringtheremarkable.weebly.com/

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Welcome to your library!

with your library media specialist-Mrs. Bongiorno!

Welcome to your library!

with your library media specialist-Mrs. Bongiorno!

The word of the year is COLLABORATION.

What are my core strengths as your librarian?

PBL Advocate

Research and Information Literacy Skills

Google Apps for Education

PBL Advocate

Research and Information Literacy Skills

Google Apps for Education

What can we do in the library?

Never collaborated with a librarian before? A few ideas:

Do you want to know more about what a librarian does? Check this out!

About Me