Even though my blogging has been sporadic this school year, I still think I have posted more than in previous years. One advantage that I have going into 2016, is that I have finally finished my masters program so I don't have to do extra homework on top of prepping for my classes. It would make sense then that I have more time to devote to my blog. We'll see how that goes.
Christmas break is officially over. I go back to work tomorrow. I didn't even do a fraction of what I had hoped to do over break. The dash and dot robots I purchased for the library are still in the box. My centers still need to be cut out. Although I did go in to the school twice over break, I didn't touch my huge pile of cataloging and processing that needs to be done.
I did clean up and organize my back work room and the resource room. At the beginning of the school year I didn't allow myself to go home until my work area was tidy. Well, by December that went by the wayside. I hired my first student library aides (they have chosen to call themselves Library Prefects), and I needed to make my work area into something that didn't resemble an archaeological dig. It's one thing for me to find something in that mess, much less sending a student in.
The resource room also got a face lift of sorts. Due to lack of space a lot of junk found its way into the room. I divided the rather small room into 3 functional areas: a place for organized resources, a lounge area, and a video recording area. I'll have to post some pictures later this week.
I'm very excited about the video area. My fifth grade classes are doing Genius Hour for library this year (and yes, I will soon finally get to writing about it). They have been doing some video projects and it has been a royal pain to get things set up for them, and then take it down again for the next class. Now they have an area that is all set up and can stay set up!
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