Saturday, March 20, 2010
bookmarks
I've enjoyed creating bookmarks for students. A big part of this project was personalizing the bookmarks for students by adding individuals' pictures to one side of the bookmark. I originally intended to create bookmarks about databases, searching the catalog, and bibliographies; for the "picture project," I'm just using the general catalog/account information. I might still print the other bookmarks with general designs. I'll upload an example.
website
I have been adding pages and creating content for DuSable's website. I've created a few bibliographies, added websites, links, database page, and embedded the haiku video. I've taken a basic html course, and if I have a chance to experiment, then I'm going to apply html coding wherever applicable.
Before I leave DuSable (in 2 more school days, yikes!), I plan to add a screencast of searching databases and a video tour of the library. Now that I've successfully embedded one video, I want to add a few more! I'm going to add as many relevant research links as possible, too.
I have enjoyed this experience so much, and I'm alive and creating for the first time in awhile. I'm getting more ideas than I can possibly finish, and especially since I only have a few hours left, I'm trying to be realistic as I finish my projects!
Before I leave DuSable (in 2 more school days, yikes!), I plan to add a screencast of searching databases and a video tour of the library. Now that I've successfully embedded one video, I want to add a few more! I'm going to add as many relevant research links as possible, too.
I have enjoyed this experience so much, and I'm alive and creating for the first time in awhile. I'm getting more ideas than I can possibly finish, and especially since I only have a few hours left, I'm trying to be realistic as I finish my projects!
Haiku Project
I'm editing a VoiceThread project that I created to showcase some of the haikus that were peformed and read by 7th graders at DuSable Campus School where I'm finishing my school library media internship this week. See the video at the bottom of the page for this work in progress!
I collaborated with the English teacher; a local haiku contest inspired this project. We introduced haiku to the students and shared a brief history of this Japanese poetry form, and we discussed imagery. We practiced writing a few haikus together as a class, and we clapped out the 5-7-5 syllable formation. Students read examples of past contest winners, and they jumped right into creating their own poems! They were both excited and shy to share theirs; the content ranged from love to tragedy. We didn't censor, and the contest accepted all subjects.
Students were invited to the library a week later for a Haiku Slam to share their poems and for some Japanese snacks that the school librarian generously provided (thank you, Ms. Sayigh!). Some students agreed to be recorded. I returned to their classroom to help the students who were entering the contest, and a few brave poets recorded their haikus onto VoiceThread.
I have a few more days before this internship is over, so the students have one last chance to participate in VoiceThread if they want!
I enjoyed this experience much and look forward to my next internship where we'll be working with poetry projects for National Poetry Month!
I collaborated with the English teacher; a local haiku contest inspired this project. We introduced haiku to the students and shared a brief history of this Japanese poetry form, and we discussed imagery. We practiced writing a few haikus together as a class, and we clapped out the 5-7-5 syllable formation. Students read examples of past contest winners, and they jumped right into creating their own poems! They were both excited and shy to share theirs; the content ranged from love to tragedy. We didn't censor, and the contest accepted all subjects.
Students were invited to the library a week later for a Haiku Slam to share their poems and for some Japanese snacks that the school librarian generously provided (thank you, Ms. Sayigh!). Some students agreed to be recorded. I returned to their classroom to help the students who were entering the contest, and a few brave poets recorded their haikus onto VoiceThread.
I have a few more days before this internship is over, so the students have one last chance to participate in VoiceThread if they want!
I enjoyed this experience much and look forward to my next internship where we'll be working with poetry projects for National Poetry Month!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
work in progress
This blog portfolio is a work in progress. I am in the middle of my first round of my school library clinical experience, and I intend to chronicle and share my work, experiences, ideas, and interactions with students. Stay tuned!
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