I think that I'll use technology in an over-arching way this year in the library as an advocacy, communication, and a teaching tool. Not having a real web presence is very frustrating and using too much paper to communicate is just not practical or environmentally savvy.
I will also use technology in my library skills classes that I try to use with my middle school students as well as in Galaxy, a quasi-exploratory period near the end of our school day. Since I will be working with seventh-grade classes and eighth-grade classes, I'll need to change what the content is, but I can keep the same type of technology. When I have my eighth grade students prepare for their ethical debates, I'll want to give them time to search different databases and then evaluate them for content, ease of use, etc;
My immediate use for technology will involve the use of a Vado video camera and the creation of tutorials created by incoming BAMS students to show the other 7th grade students how to use our library. I am slightly limited as I need to put some content in my library website that I can use for this Switch program and I need to become comfortable with embedding video. I have confidence that I can do this.
Oh boy, tutorials by students for students, YOU'VE GOT IT!! Your kids will love this and learn more at the same time! I have confidence you can do it all :-)
ReplyDeleteSure sounds like this class has been really valuable to you. I wish this group would meet throughout the year. I love the idea of students being able to publish helpfully on this site
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