6 Ways #Teachers Kill the Joy of Learning #education https://t.co/sZIhMCdhxr
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
On Education
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
Tech Tips Tweet
Super techy, but super useful #techtips https://t.co/meIlX57aWY
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Tech Tips Tweet
Chromebook Caps Lock = Alt+Search or follow instructions to change settings #techtips https://t.co/4GTywc6y5d
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Reflections on 1:1 Chromebook Implementation. Train - Empower - Coach - Measure - Communicate - Promote - #GAFE - https://t.co/jbyWnZSEeq
Reflections on 1:1 Chromebook Implementation. Train - Empower - Coach - Measure - Communicate - Promote - #GAFE - https://t.co/jbyWnZSEeq
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
"Set print area" in #GoogleSheets. "Print Selection" - never print 63 pages again
"Set print area" in #GoogleSheets. Never print 63 pages again. "Print Selection" https://t.co/lU3r0hMMXy … … @BizTechTeach13 #techtip— Computer Guy (@MrLloyd025) July 13, 2016
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What a long strange journey it's been!
Lol! My last post was prior to beginning of school year in 2013, happy and excited to be employed.
Summer of 2016, still happy and excited to be employed, but now starting my second year in a different district than I was three years ago. Suffice to say, this is good news and I am very happy.
Huge reason I am here is to support leap into GAFE and year is shaping up to be busier than ever. Realizing though as I work with teachers that my success to this point is built upon a foundation laid by great librarians, teachers, and tech integration specialists who blog and Tweet regularly. I am never sure how these GREAT ONES get it all done and have little hope of matching their success, but would like to begin to "give back" this year as I have the opportunity.
Summer of 2016, still happy and excited to be employed, but now starting my second year in a different district than I was three years ago. Suffice to say, this is good news and I am very happy.
Huge reason I am here is to support leap into GAFE and year is shaping up to be busier than ever. Realizing though as I work with teachers that my success to this point is built upon a foundation laid by great librarians, teachers, and tech integration specialists who blog and Tweet regularly. I am never sure how these GREAT ONES get it all done and have little hope of matching their success, but would like to begin to "give back" this year as I have the opportunity.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Sleepless, Sweaty & Satisfied Teacher-Librarian!!!
Several sleepless nights agonizing over lack of class meeting space in my new library. Two sets of low shelves allowed only three tables in area with view of projector screen. Was warned in advance that no projectors or other electrical or technology items could be moved.
How would I be able to invite classes into library? Many options crossed my mind, got measured and reviewed and eliminated. Nothing would work without moving projector and screen. Nothing would work . . .
And then inspiration hit! I was in the building by 6:45am. I had measured and committed by 7:15 and was working up a sweat before 8am. By ten I had every cart and most of the tables covered with books and the shelf units moved into new position. My plan was going to work!!!
How many times have I created a plan in my head and discovered after hours of labor that I did not have enough shelf space in one area or another to accomodate needs? (Many, I assure you!) NOT THIS TIME!!!! Everything went back into new configuration better than it came out!! Ok, I eliminated some stuff, but I, who hate to get rid of anything, had no problem with this purge.
It looks great!!! I created an area to highlight and spread out my graphic novels making room for more purchases this year. I moved both biographies and short stories to more accessible areas. I achieved my primary goal of space in front of projector screen with comfortable room for six tables. As a bonus I was able to maintain a barrier between this and the front of the library to allow additional students to work even with a class in progress.
Principal walked in as I was finishing up (shortly after noon). Had to be reminded of previous layout but very complementary once he realized what I had accomplished. Patting myself on back now, while I can. I know it all gets harder once the teachers and then students get into building. Looking forward to it though. Can't wait to use my new class space!!
How would I be able to invite classes into library? Many options crossed my mind, got measured and reviewed and eliminated. Nothing would work without moving projector and screen. Nothing would work . . .
And then inspiration hit! I was in the building by 6:45am. I had measured and committed by 7:15 and was working up a sweat before 8am. By ten I had every cart and most of the tables covered with books and the shelf units moved into new position. My plan was going to work!!!
How many times have I created a plan in my head and discovered after hours of labor that I did not have enough shelf space in one area or another to accomodate needs? (Many, I assure you!) NOT THIS TIME!!!! Everything went back into new configuration better than it came out!! Ok, I eliminated some stuff, but I, who hate to get rid of anything, had no problem with this purge.
It looks great!!! I created an area to highlight and spread out my graphic novels making room for more purchases this year. I moved both biographies and short stories to more accessible areas. I achieved my primary goal of space in front of projector screen with comfortable room for six tables. As a bonus I was able to maintain a barrier between this and the front of the library to allow additional students to work even with a class in progress.
Principal walked in as I was finishing up (shortly after noon). Had to be reminded of previous layout but very complementary once he realized what I had accomplished. Patting myself on back now, while I can. I know it all gets harder once the teachers and then students get into building. Looking forward to it though. Can't wait to use my new class space!!
Friday, August 16, 2013
Employed in Henrietta NY !!!!
Oh so happy! I was finally offered and signed a contract as a teacher-librarian! Six years training as a Tech Integration Coach and Teaching Assistant in our high school library, a Masters Degree in Library Science and two months as a long term substitute at our stand alone Ninth Grade Academy Library last spring and voila, finally, complete with interview process and suggestion that I might not get the job, I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!!! I am so excited!!!!!
Ok, its been a year since my last post. I will be busier now than ever, but, perhaps, on my own and on stage, I will focus more on this blog. My apologies to anyone who has followed in the past but hopes that you may continue in the future.
"New teacher" orientation next week. I have already been in library every day this week and am wishing I had two months before school starts. So much to do to try to get ahead of the curve and the oppressive knowledge that as soon as teachers walk through the door I will be behind and probably won't catch up all year. Ugh. I know it will be fun, but am sure it would be more fun if I felt prepared . . . . . Oh well . . . . Ready, Set, Go!!!!
Ok, its been a year since my last post. I will be busier now than ever, but, perhaps, on my own and on stage, I will focus more on this blog. My apologies to anyone who has followed in the past but hopes that you may continue in the future.
"New teacher" orientation next week. I have already been in library every day this week and am wishing I had two months before school starts. So much to do to try to get ahead of the curve and the oppressive knowledge that as soon as teachers walk through the door I will be behind and probably won't catch up all year. Ugh. I know it will be fun, but am sure it would be more fun if I felt prepared . . . . . Oh well . . . . Ready, Set, Go!!!!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Libraries and Transliteracy blog: Gone, but not forgotten!
I am very sad that to read that Bobbi Newman and the crew at the Libraries and Transliteracy blog are closing shop. In most parts of the country we are just opening the door to Information Literacy and have so many more battles to win before we offer true support to Transliteracy. We will dearly miss the guidance and support they offered through this blog and can only hope that the void this departure leaves will be filled with motivational visionaries dedicated to this cause as a beacon for librarians into the future.
Below are some favorite presentations posted recently to the Libraries and Transliteracy blog and below them, excerpts from a February 2011 post by Bobbi introducing the concept of transliteracy to beginners.
Below are some favorite presentations posted recently to the Libraries and Transliteracy blog and below them, excerpts from a February 2011 post by Bobbi introducing the concept of transliteracy to beginners.
Beginner’s Guide to Transliteracy
February 27, 2011 — Bobbi Newman
Where did the term transliteracy come from?
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Thomas, et al, posit a very specific origin to the term transliteracy:
The word ‘transliteracy’ is derived from the verb ‘to transliterate’, meaning to write or print a letter or word using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or language. This of course is nothing new, but transliteracy extends the act of transliteration and applies it to the increasingly wide range of communication platforms and tools at our disposal. From early signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV and film to networked digital media, the concept of transliteracy calls for a change of perspective away from the battles over print versus digital, and a move instead towards a unifying ecology not just of media, but of all literacies relevant to reading, writing, interaction and culture, both past and present.What is transliteracy?
Sue Thomas and her group use this working definition:
Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.The definition of transliteracy continues to be expanded and refined, but, as Ipri points out:
Basically, transliteracy is concerned with what it means to be literate in the 21st century. It analyzes the relationship between people and technology, most specifically social networking, but is fluid enough to not be tied to any particular technology. It focuses more on the social uses of technology, whatever that technology may be.How is transliteracy different than media literacy, digital literacy or technology literacy?
Transliteracy is an over-arching concept that is not meant to replace any of the other more specific studies of format-specific literacies. It sits on top of these other literacies in an attempt to understand the relationship among them. As Thomas, et al write, transliteracy
offers a wider analysis of reading, writing and interacting across a range of platforms, tools, media and cultures, transliteracy does not replace, but rather contains, “media literacy” and also “digital literacy.”They go on to posit that
transliteracy calls for a change of perspective away from the battles over print versus digital, and a move instead towards a unifying ecology not just of media, but of all literacies relevant to reading, writing, interaction and culture, both past and present. It is, we hope, an opportunity to cross some very obstructive divides.Unlike many literacies that have a particular focus, transliteracy attempts to be all-inclusive. According to Thomas
transliteracy is not just about computer-based materials, but about all communication types across time and culture. It does not privilege one above the other but treats all as of equal value and moves between and across them.
. . . . . . . . . . . .Check out the archived Libraries and Transliteracy blog for the rest of this post and many other even more compelling ones. Thanks Bobbi, Tom, Anthony, Lane and Gretchen for your leadership.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Beyond Google Translate!
The world is flat and language is not a barrier! On the other hand, how great is it that we, as librarians, can research a topic in our native language in newspapers or the web in foreign countries and then, once discovered, can print or send a link to the untranslated version, as written, to our foreign language teachers. They will think we are geniuses! Unless, as I plan to tomorrow, we tell them about this great trick!!
This video describes how to search the foreign web in a fully translated format. Yowza!
Disclaimer: Again, I post this video only with hopes that Google will allow me to display for my own use and yours despite the fact that it was created for a registered user only online course. My apologies if at any point in the future this video becomes unavailable.
This video describes how to search the foreign web in a fully translated format. Yowza!
Disclaimer: Again, I post this video only with hopes that Google will allow me to display for my own use and yours despite the fact that it was created for a registered user only online course. My apologies if at any point in the future this video becomes unavailable.
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