Commenting

Well, after many hours and some help from Guusje, I was finally able to leave a comment on a blog. It wasn't that hard the first time I did this, but the computer kept telling me that I wasn't logged on.

I must admit that I am a lurker. I don't comment very often but I like to look around and get ideas. I don't like leaving my personal thoughts for just anyone to see. I have a Facebook account and I don't leave statuses on there very often either. I love getting on to see what everyone is doing, but my life is pretty boring so I don't put a status on very often. Or I don't because there are people who I am friends with that I don't want to see the status.

The iPod situation still is not resolved. We think it may be a Tech Services problem.

Rough start

So far technology is not my friend. Either that or I am still so shellshocked from my first year of teaching that the brain has not started working again yet. It had better start working soon (the brain that is) because I start classes next week.

Updates

Updated Avatar, Voki, and LibraryThing. Wish I looked like my avatar or voki. I did look a lot like my avatar once upon a time, many, many moons ago. Oh well, life goes on.

Are we having fun yet?

Thing #1

The hardest part of creating this blog for the 11 things was remembering my password to sign on. I had to create this blog about 3 years ago for 23 things so I just resurrected it for 11 things. Have a great summer everyone! Onward and upward!

TeacherTube-Librarian of the 1960s

Aren't we glad libraries are not like this anymore. I remember the shushing and the old confusing card catalogs. And I still loved the library, weird, huh?

Thanks, Vaughn, for walking me through how to get the movie and writing all in one post.

I Am Blessed!

Yesterday was my last day of the college class I took during July. For our final we just reflected on the class and what we had learned, etc. etc. Neat final, huh? Anyway, during the reflecting, several of the other students started talking about how they are treated in their schools and how their schools treat their paras. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. They said that in their schools the paras are treated as if they don't have a brain. They are the lowest on the totem pole, and the teachers throw their degrees in the faces of the paras. I realized how blessed I am to work in Spring Branch ISD (none of these work for SBISD). I have never been treated this way. I'm sure there are some teachers who feel like the ones I heard about, but from what I see at our school, all of our paras are treated with respect and as a vital part of the school staff. Sure, those with the degrees make the final decisions, but they don't throw their degrees in our faces and they do give us credit for having a brain. Thank you SBISD for recognizing that just because we did not go to college it does not mean that we are not intellegent.

Sharing what I used

I was asked to share what I used in my college class from my Library2Play experiences. I had to write a paper on a social relevant topic and I chose to do it on banned/challenged books. I made this mosaic for it. The center got cut off. It is the poster that was used a few years ago for banned book week. I will try to also post the picture of the whole poster. The book covers around the center are all books that have had complaints filed against them.