This is my walk down the road of technology! Join me!
- T. L. Reiter
- A baby boomer, married, mother of 3 adult children; Teacher Librarian by profession; enjoys reading, genealogy, and spontaneous events!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
I did it again!
I made another short video with Animoto.com. This time about the Mid-America All-American Indian Center. It's fun!
Yesterday I rested up after the all intense computer boot camp. Now I'm ready to go!
I read a book by Doug Johnson, "Machines are the Easy Part, People are the Hard Part: Observations about making Technology work in Schools, 2nd Edition" and in it he said that 'The Librarian is the Library.' How true he is! And this got me to thinking and wondering just how good are the libraries I supervise? How good am I in doing my part to help students learn? The teacher-librarian is a connector for students to information. "The single key ingredient of a successful program is a
library media specialist who is approachable, collaborative, and supportive of staff and students." as quoted from Johnson's book. That's what I want to be more of!
Dr. Scott McLeod has added some fuel to my fire too. His comments during a recent CASTLE/SAI computer boot camp I attended caught my interest. We were discussing the trend to move teacher-librarians to a minor role, even to the point of reducing their time spent in the schools to a limited number of days per month. He said that we need to be better sales persons of our talents and make our value seen. OK, Dr. Scott, I take on your challenge! I may be a digital immigrant, but I'm willing to learn AND USE those tech tools you demonstrated to us! AND to spread the news about them to others.
Just a few things to keep me busy for the upcoming school year....
Just a few of my goals...
Theresa
Yesterday I rested up after the all intense computer boot camp. Now I'm ready to go!
I read a book by Doug Johnson, "Machines are the Easy Part, People are the Hard Part: Observations about making Technology work in Schools, 2nd Edition" and in it he said that 'The Librarian is the Library.' How true he is! And this got me to thinking and wondering just how good are the libraries I supervise? How good am I in doing my part to help students learn? The teacher-librarian is a connector for students to information. "The single key ingredient of a successful program is a
library media specialist who is approachable, collaborative, and supportive of staff and students." as quoted from Johnson's book. That's what I want to be more of!
Dr. Scott McLeod has added some fuel to my fire too. His comments during a recent CASTLE/SAI computer boot camp I attended caught my interest. We were discussing the trend to move teacher-librarians to a minor role, even to the point of reducing their time spent in the schools to a limited number of days per month. He said that we need to be better sales persons of our talents and make our value seen. OK, Dr. Scott, I take on your challenge! I may be a digital immigrant, but I'm willing to learn AND USE those tech tools you demonstrated to us! AND to spread the news about them to others.
Just a few things to keep me busy for the upcoming school year....
Just a few of my goals...
Theresa
Friday, June 18, 2010
More tools!
Today was the last day of our 3-day conference/class/computer boot camp. So much info, so many tech tools! [de.lici.ous, Big Universe, Google.docs., Webquest.org, Web 2.0, Animoto, Wordle.net, & wikispaces.com - to name a few] I'm now a tweeter! It's going to take me a few days to revisit all the tools they showed us.
That's after I sleep and get my brain power back! I must say I miss the soft, fluffy bed and air conditioned COLD air of the hotel room in CF about now!
It was so nice to reconnect with classmates and meet new people who share their vision of the 21st Century learner-teacher-school. I'm setting down plans to share this info with people at my 3 schools. Of course, I'll start small at first.
Well, this is just a short note and I've other places in cyberspace to go.....
Theresa
That's after I sleep and get my brain power back! I must say I miss the soft, fluffy bed and air conditioned COLD air of the hotel room in CF about now!
It was so nice to reconnect with classmates and meet new people who share their vision of the 21st Century learner-teacher-school. I'm setting down plans to share this info with people at my 3 schools. Of course, I'll start small at first.
Well, this is just a short note and I've other places in cyberspace to go.....
Theresa
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Reflections
Yesterday I was introduced to some new tech tools and revisited some I already know about or use.
After a keynote address by Iowa & National Teacher of the Year Sarah Wessling-Brown where she she shared her vision of a panoramic digital learning world there are some concepts I need to think about. I especially liked her idea of teaching by theme or major questions rather than by things. "Technology is not the motivation to learn, it is the gimmick. We need to tap into the students' motivations." and "Let go of the hierarchy and let collaboration occur." are two ideas I plan to ponder. Sarah showed how she uses www.PollEverywhere.com, www.Wordle.net, and MITOPENCOURSEWARE in her classrooms. I will also be checking out author John Dewey and the book by Garr Reynold called 'Presentation Zen.' HA-HA, I just used check out as a pun.
After her address I attended her session on technology in the literacy classroom where she demonstrated some tools she used in her classroom at Johnston High School.
I especially like and want to try www.animoto.com and www.wikispaces.com.
Nick Sauer introduced our group to creating a blog [web log] using a Google email account and we made a personal blog. You're reading mine! I have others. WE ARE BLOGGERS!
We looked up other blogs using Google Reader and also suggested www.technorati.com to use for the same purpose.
OK. What are some ideas you especially like/use? Have you used any of the tools I mentioned?
Today we learn how to use more tools under the direction of Mr. Nick Sauer and Dr. Scott McLeod of CASTLE. It's an all-day computer boot camp!
Well, my wake up call from the hotel called and it's time to get ready for the big day! See ya!
Theresa
After a keynote address by Iowa & National Teacher of the Year Sarah Wessling-Brown where she she shared her vision of a panoramic digital learning world there are some concepts I need to think about. I especially liked her idea of teaching by theme or major questions rather than by things. "Technology is not the motivation to learn, it is the gimmick. We need to tap into the students' motivations." and "Let go of the hierarchy and let collaboration occur." are two ideas I plan to ponder. Sarah showed how she uses www.PollEverywhere.com, www.Wordle.net, and MITOPENCOURSEWARE in her classrooms. I will also be checking out author John Dewey and the book by Garr Reynold called 'Presentation Zen.' HA-HA, I just used check out as a pun.
After her address I attended her session on technology in the literacy classroom where she demonstrated some tools she used in her classroom at Johnston High School.
I especially like and want to try www.animoto.com and www.wikispaces.com.
Nick Sauer introduced our group to creating a blog [web log] using a Google email account and we made a personal blog. You're reading mine! I have others. WE ARE BLOGGERS!
We looked up other blogs using Google Reader and also suggested www.technorati.com to use for the same purpose.
OK. What are some ideas you especially like/use? Have you used any of the tools I mentioned?
Today we learn how to use more tools under the direction of Mr. Nick Sauer and Dr. Scott McLeod of CASTLE. It's an all-day computer boot camp!
Well, my wake up call from the hotel called and it's time to get ready for the big day! See ya!
Theresa
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
First One
This is the blog I'm going to use to list new technology ideas. I'm going to add to it when I find/see something I like. Maybe you'll add to it too!
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