Heather's Happenings

 ISCI 794    Explore               (This is an image of three people in the library.  Two are sitting down,                 one is on the computer while the other is reading.  One patron is                exploring the bookshelves behind the other students)     Being able to explore a library is probably the best thing about going!  I was able to spend one day at our only high school in our district, Dorman High School.  Dr. Natalie Childs is the head librarian there and has been a librarian for 10 years.  Dorman has the largest library in our district to help house almost 3,000 students.  I thought that interviewing Dr. Childs about the shared foundation of exploration would be perfect, because most of these students are independent and I wanted to know how she encourages her students to discover what the school's libr...

ISCI 794 Collaborate                                                      (Picture includes 6 bookshelves with lots of colorful books)     For collaboration I decided to interview Stephanie Case who is a second year librarian at Gable Middle School.  Her first year in the library was at an elementary school, so I was curious on how collaboration looked between middle and elementary school.  In our district elementary schools are on a fixed schedule, so collaboration is hard.  The middle schools are on more of a flexible schedule, which allows collaboration to be a little bit more tangible.      Mrs. Case shared many ways to which she collaborates with her teachers in her school.  One of the best ideas that she shared was how she actively participates in team planning with each department at least once a month....

 ISCI 794  Include     Inclusion is one of the most important shared foundations in the AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries.  Libraries should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, wanted and should act as a safe place to explore.  I interviewed Dr. Cox ,who has served as the school librarian at Dawkins Middle School for 15 years and was an elementary school librarian for 8 years.  I felt like she would be the perfect person to talk to about inclusion in the library, because of not only her experience, but both of my children loved coming to see her and be in the library during their middle school years.     One of the most important examples of how she practices inclusion is the books that she purchases for her library.  Middle school can be a strange time for some students, so she feels like she wants to have a diverse collection that every student can see themselves in....

 Blog #6 - 3D Doodler Pen            This is a picture of the 3D Doodler student kit.  It shows 4 yellow boxes that contain blue 3D pens, and orange box with the different colored plastics as well as a green teachers kit.   Here is a video of our recently bought 3D Doodler pens.  I was inspired by others to buy this set for my library.  I can not wait to use it and implement it into our library! Lesson Plans for  3D Doodler 3D Learning Pack

 Blog #5 - Cyberbullying This image that has a girl sitting on her yellow couch with her computer reading harsh words like "you are a looser," "no one likes you," "UR fat."        Bullying can be identified as a repeated behavior that intends to cause harm to people of lesser  power (Faucher, Cassidy, & Jackson, 2015).  These actions from the bully can be overt and convert,  physical, verbal, psychological and cyberbullying.  I was fortunate to grow up without the last type of  bullying, cyberbullying.  Back in the day, there was bullying, but we did not have phones or   computers.  If you were going to pick on someone, usually someone around you would know about the  problem because  it was fact to face because it was either physical or verbal.      What surprised me so much about this weeks module is how easy it was to bully someone via text,  emails or social media.  There are...

Blog #4 - Adaptive Technology Resources This is an image with a red background with a cursive "S" and cursive "O" in the middle           An online digital tool that I wanted to share is called Storyline Online.   Even though it is not labeled  as an assistant device, I feel that it can help those with disabilities.  Storyline Online is a free resource  that reads popular children's books aloud.  These stories are read aloud by some familiar faces who are  either actors, politicians, television stars, or musicians.  You can locate this source online 24 hours a  day.  You can also download the app on your phone so you can truly take it anywhere.  You can find  books that are listed alphabetically at the top of the page.   Here is an example of a reading     After reading Dr. Copelands article, School Librarians of the 21st Century, Hints for Selecting and  Evaluating  Assist...