Librarianship is a discipline built on the shoulders of Giants, nurtured and cultivated by the accumulated knowledge passed down from mentor to mentee, generation by generation. As such, I felt it only proper to begin this assignment by interviewing my own original library mentor, Mrs. Streets, who worked as the Media Specialist at ARC High School fo r nearly a decade. While Mrs. Streets is no longer with Richmond County- she is currently working as a school Media Specialist elsewhere in Georgia - her guidance has always been invaluable to me, and I chose her specifically for this reason. For our discussion, I chose the very first AASL standard : Inquire . In my own practice, I consider it the most foundational of the six, but I was eager to see Mrs. Street’s opinion on the matter . To open our discussion, I asked her about her familiarity with the AASL standards framework . To my delight, she rummaged quickly in her desk dr...
I survived Hurricane Helene- and only marginally worse for wear! On to the post! I'll start by saying that I have some... rather strong opinions on the SAMR model. In my county, SAMR is our framework for technology integration in the classroom; half the teachers in my school have an old SAMR poster hung somewhere on their wall, and almost all of our tech-oriented PL will emphasize "Teaching Above The Line," that is, stressing the "Modification" and "Redefinition" bits over "Augmentation" and "Substitution." In theory, this shouldn't be unattainable- after all, we're a 1:1 technology district! Every student has guaranteed access to a laptop or Chromebook, which should greatly magnify the options available for teaching. After all, the internet is a powerful tool- you can do so much more digitally than you can with pen and paper, right?? Well... perhaps not. I don't think I've witnessed an implementation yet whi...
https://crosscreeklibrary.my.canva.site/copy-of-burch-library-website When designing my school library website, my principle thoughts lied with my userbase. Thinking back over my learning this semester- particularly with the website evaluation assignment- I realized that even the most beautiful and expertly-crafted website is useful if, and only if , it is accessible to its intended audience. With my role as librarian for Cross Creek High School, I realized that I needed to center the needs and preferences of my students when working on my design. For that reason, I opted not to select a more traditional, page-based design . My students (and their community!) largely use their cell phones to browse the internet and access information, so it was paramoun t that whatever site I created be well-suited to mobile display . Ultimately, I settled on Canva, as its mobile-site preview feature allowed me to verify that my ...
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