Multi-District Inservice

On October 25, 2012, several school districts (Cambridge, Deerfield, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, Marshall, and Waterloo) combined efforts to hold a multi-district inservice in Lake Mills.  The keynote speaker was Will Richardson.  Educational Law Attorney, Tom Shorter, also spoke during break-out sessions.  We had the opportunity to meet with educators in our content areas.  There were seven other library media specialists in attendance.  What a pleasure it was to meet with this group to share ideas, challenges, and what the future holds.  **It was an extra special bonus that I got to catch up with some of my teacher friends from JC!

I took away several things this day...

• innovation in education can occur without lots of fancy technology (Will Richardson recommended reading Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World by Suzie Boss)
• schools are the only place where kids are asked to power off - why??
• kids need to see how teachers learn
• seamless approach k-12 when it comes to information literacy
• by graduation, every child in every district should be found via full name google search
  "I want my own children to be found by strangers online". A must. Online I can engage in conversations around the world.  Digital footprint. 

Fall is in the Air

I came back to school after being gone for a couple of days to a library filled with the signs of fall!! Maggie, Kelli, and our high school helpers had been busy!!  I especially like "The Witch Is In" door covering!!

Non-Fiction Section

This is a straight-on view toward the non-fiction section in the DES Library.
There are three rows of double sided shelves and large windows
on two sides of this area of the library.

All areas of our non-fiction section at DES are in need of weeding.
A pic before weeding.

After weeding!

 

These shelves will be next.

Changing Things Up....

We've decided to change things up a bit in our non-fiction/informational section of the elementary library.  Yippeee!!  We're moving Dewey out and going to create more of a book store model, which will make it so much easier for our students and teachers to find what they are looking for.  Our inspiration came from following Shannon Miller's blog, Van Meter Library Voice, as she traveled through the process this past year.

Maggie and Kyla unloading boxes from DEMCO and Follett.

Our treasures from DEMCO include blue section dividers, labels,
label protectors, and lots of colored dot and star stickers.