Professional Activities
2013-2014 School Library Annual Report
Professional Development
- Earned M. Ed. in School Library and Information Technologies
- Attended 2 Reading Writing Workshops at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Presented at the AASL National Conference: Integrating the Arts in the Library Media Program
- Presented at the CECA Conference: Collaboration that Works
Presented at the CECA Conference
Collaboration that Works!
Presented at the National AASL Conference
Integrating the Arts in the Library Media Program.
Attended 2 Reading and Writing Workshops
Many mini lessons offered that I have used and shared with teachers in school.
Staff Development
- Opened Internet Cafe to offer instruction to support teacher evaluation, school goals, and technology integration.
Collaboration: Google Docs
Formative Assessments: Google Forms, Padlet
Presentations: Haiku Deck
Online Resources: TeachingBooks.net, Discovery Education, Destiny Online Catalog, Managing email, Virtual Field Trips
Examples of Teacher's Work
Resources
- Purchased gently used, comfortable chairs and tables for the Internet Café
- Moved 6 laptops into the lab from the main part of the library
Next Steps
100% of the teachers who have participated in the Internet Cafe lessons have been able to use what they learned to communicate with parents, formatively assess students, organize their email, or impact student learning. Although this is a wonderful percentage rate, we have only had 7 participants. I believe the reasons for a low attendance rate could be because of the time the sessions are offered or the teachers are not sure about the return of investment for their time. To determine if this is the case, I have created a Google Form survey with a few short questions that will help me gather information that I can reflect on and make changes for next year. The anonymous survey will be giving at the end of May.