Ok, you know I'll be surprised if I hit 2 on the counter before I return.
The book ordering went well - new Spanish books, good reading, and science this year. The kids like the Mostly Ghostly's and more. The only reject was one set of grade 2 mystery stories - the old copies went out, but I can assume that the students were running short of choices. Many more verbal exchanges would be helpful.
It's that budget cut time of the year and everyone is wondering what will happen to this library building-up project. Hopefully, two more steps of automation and two years of basic book buying will not ouch the system.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
December 11, 2007
I'm almost through the 900's (not including biography) in automating. It simply takes time. Can't seem to get my other school to snap to the idea of automating, though.
It's time for book orders. There are enough requests to use twice as much money as allocated. New states books are $1000, for example, and this much money is all that is given to a small school of say, 330. Motivating, educational, colorful, clean, reading level, author, how-many-similar, and which-is-better-for-our-school to consider.
It's time for book orders. There are enough requests to use twice as much money as allocated. New states books are $1000, for example, and this much money is all that is given to a small school of say, 330. Motivating, educational, colorful, clean, reading level, author, how-many-similar, and which-is-better-for-our-school to consider.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Week 5 - Day 1
The opening of school has been busy. One school greeted me with a huge stack of books without spine label and/or circulation cards. This was the result of converting an extra room into a classroom so that there would be only 20 students in the 4/5 grades. The other with the incredibly motivating task of getting Destiny ready for use, which requires adding Dewey 700 through 900 and fiction still. The library will be so much more easily accessed and cared for with the automation.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Week 9 - Thing 23
As to my favorite moments using SLL 2.0, I'd include the Rollyo on dyslexia as it was so quick to put together having a Special Ed. background. Del.icio.us also was exciting since it looks like it could be easily organized and then searched by teachers and students. It was a special joy to be following directions that worked. This gave me courage. Perhaps I will go forward into HTML and setting up web pages.
It was quite a pleasant surprise to locate an old friend while playing with the blogging spots. I am a great believer in serendipitous searching. However, as there is so much on the web, this overview of 2.0 tools sped up what could have taken much longer.
There are probably a couple one-sentence comments to be made about this experience. One is that knowing about the internet can be real power with many young people.
The blog will prove to be helpful as a teaching reflection site. I will remember to include noteworthy yet relevant keywords so blog searches will pick up the ones I wish to share.
It was quite a pleasant surprise to locate an old friend while playing with the blogging spots. I am a great believer in serendipitous searching. However, as there is so much on the web, this overview of 2.0 tools sped up what could have taken much longer.
There are probably a couple one-sentence comments to be made about this experience. One is that knowing about the internet can be real power with many young people.
The blog will prove to be helpful as a teaching reflection site. I will remember to include noteworthy yet relevant keywords so blog searches will pick up the ones I wish to share.
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