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