In the articles tonight, Kari brought up the idea of showing your staff all about the library in a fun way. The library adventure game seems like it would be a great way to teach students and staff about the library. It would be a great way to have both students and staff learn through actually doing and participating in the activity instead of listening to a lecture. I also think that Mary Ann's article that was all about collaboration is extremely important. As with any almost anything in life, collaboration is so important in success. With my job I have to depend on so many other people so collaboration is a huge part of us succeeding, but we can always improve and work together better.
From the readings, the five elements of evaulation caught my attention. Of course there are evaluation tools, and I kind of create them on my own, bu then after reading I realized I wasn't all that far off from what the tools are. I can take those evaluation tools into my job now with all of the different materials that are in my program. I also just liked chapter 4 which discussed the different types of reference materials. It was just a good reading describing the types and the characteristics of each of the materials.
My internet log is coming along well. I have almost all of my resources done, just looking for a few final ones.
I have no questions on the library visit, online database presentation or the library lesson at this time. I'm sure questions will come up soon though.
Since starting to talk about reference material and visiting reference setions in libraries I have started organizing and "weeding" the reference type materials in the office at the Y. We have a closet full of materials (similar to what a reference section that teachers would have) that are outdated and rarely used. My co-worker and I have made cleaning the closet a project for the week and so far it's going really well. We are keeping the important items and tossing the "junk". I think the most important thing I learned from this week is the importance of collaborating with others and how beneficial it is to the success of the classroom, library, and my professional life. I also really enjoyed the library visits that were presented. It was fun to see how each library displays their reference materials in various ways. I also loved learning about google wonder wheel. I've been using that more since class and have even showed a few co-workers about it. We all really enjoy using it.
It's nice to see that you are able to use some of the things from class in your current job. It has to be challenging at times not being in a library with some of the assignments. Kudos to you for applying what we're learning to your current job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the chapter that described different types of reference materials. I think a lot of times when people think of reference all that comes to mind is encyclopedias and dictionaries (I'm guilty of it sometimes too) so it was nice to see the wide variety of resources that can be found in a reference section.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many types of reference resources to choose from. The challenges for the library media specialist is to choose resources that fit your school and its patrons and to choose the formats that are best for your school.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you're applying your class information to your current job. Weeding is something we can all use in our professional lives.
It is wonderful that you can apply what you are learning in class within your current profession.
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