January 21, 2009
7.5 hours
7.5 hours
This was my first day back since last week & it was also the students. Friday had been a snow day, Monday was the holiday & Tuesday was a professional work day. As the semester was to end on Friday but could not due to the cancellation, Wednesday quickly became Friday. It was a bit chaotic for both students & teachers.
Lisa was behind due to the days off. She is preparing for a second book sale for this school year & for the poets' visit with a poetry slam. She set me to work on finding not only collections of poetry but professional guides for teachers. The list needed to include both the school library's collection & the local public library. While it did not need to be comprehensive it needed to be as diverse as possible.
That's how I spent nearly my entire day: Looking through the school's shelves & catalog as well as the local public library's catalog to create a bibliography. After coming up with the list, I did some online searching to see what resources might exist to support or enhance the texts. At the end of the day Lisa shipped both her list of lesson plan ideas & my bibliography off to the teachers.
While the morning was nearly silent, the afternoon was a boisterous one. As I mentioned the school was still finishing up the last semester so finals, presentations, etc. were taking place all day. Classes did not come to the library for their typical time as they had to finish up. The afternoon, however, brought in 1/4 of the 7th grade to set up for presentation that would take place *in the library.* Students moved tables, set up two screens, two laptop / projector carts, microphones, a podium & chair seating. They practiced their presentations. The last 1.5 hours of the day were the presentations that brought in various city representatives, the superintendent & other school officials as well as fellow 7th graders. It was a spectacular presentation; the students did an incredible job.
For Lisa & I it was difficult to be able to do our work. The stacks were filled with unneeded tables rendering it impossible to reach them. The lights were off so the only light was from the glow of our computer screens. With so many people in the library typing away seemed rude to the presenters & guests but we were also not invited guests. We watched the first 1/2 and then went back to our work.
Of humorous note, the computer I was using froze up or shut down at least twice during my poetry investigation. A few times the web moved so slowly it shut down on me. It made the process even longer & a bit more frustrating. I did manage to finish (thankfully). Lisa asked me to look at some of the books for ordering for the upcoming book fair; she is grouping the books by theme. Three times I tried to log onto the computer to access the web to no avail. Both Lisa & I laughed about it agreeing it was just time for me to go home. =)
Lisa was behind due to the days off. She is preparing for a second book sale for this school year & for the poets' visit with a poetry slam. She set me to work on finding not only collections of poetry but professional guides for teachers. The list needed to include both the school library's collection & the local public library. While it did not need to be comprehensive it needed to be as diverse as possible.
That's how I spent nearly my entire day: Looking through the school's shelves & catalog as well as the local public library's catalog to create a bibliography. After coming up with the list, I did some online searching to see what resources might exist to support or enhance the texts. At the end of the day Lisa shipped both her list of lesson plan ideas & my bibliography off to the teachers.
While the morning was nearly silent, the afternoon was a boisterous one. As I mentioned the school was still finishing up the last semester so finals, presentations, etc. were taking place all day. Classes did not come to the library for their typical time as they had to finish up. The afternoon, however, brought in 1/4 of the 7th grade to set up for presentation that would take place *in the library.* Students moved tables, set up two screens, two laptop / projector carts, microphones, a podium & chair seating. They practiced their presentations. The last 1.5 hours of the day were the presentations that brought in various city representatives, the superintendent & other school officials as well as fellow 7th graders. It was a spectacular presentation; the students did an incredible job.
For Lisa & I it was difficult to be able to do our work. The stacks were filled with unneeded tables rendering it impossible to reach them. The lights were off so the only light was from the glow of our computer screens. With so many people in the library typing away seemed rude to the presenters & guests but we were also not invited guests. We watched the first 1/2 and then went back to our work.
Of humorous note, the computer I was using froze up or shut down at least twice during my poetry investigation. A few times the web moved so slowly it shut down on me. It made the process even longer & a bit more frustrating. I did manage to finish (thankfully). Lisa asked me to look at some of the books for ordering for the upcoming book fair; she is grouping the books by theme. Three times I tried to log onto the computer to access the web to no avail. Both Lisa & I laughed about it agreeing it was just time for me to go home. =)
21.5 of 100 hours completed
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