Tag: teaching
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Teach With Me: School Librarian at Home Edition
Friday, March 13th was our last day at school. Since then, I have gotten a lot done but at the same time I feel as if there is a daunting amount of tasks ahead of me. The first couple of weeks were just shell shocked as we awaited marching orders for what was going to…
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Working on a snow day… bookshelf progress
It snowed yesterday afternoon and they canceled school today. Twelve month employees were on a two hour delay, so I went in later this morning even though I didn’t have to. I took advantage of the building being open and went down to the library unseen. From there, I was able to get quite a…
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What I’m Teaching This Week #4
It’s Thursday, but here’s a recap of what we have done this week. Fifth graders have been using Tinkercad to design snowflakes. I have been slowly printing them on our 3D Printer (Makerbot Replicator+). I am laying out about 6 snowflakes at a time and drawing a “map” of where each student’s design is, then…
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Green Screen by Do Ink Tutorial
I recently shared a green screen video of one of my students on my teacher Twitter. It has gotten an amazing response, so I want to talk about how we did it. I have an amazing library… I still can’t believe how lucky I am most days. I have a portable green screen that is…
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What I’m Teaching This Week #2 Tinkercad Edition
I’m super blessed to have our STEM coordinator, Mrs. Meade, here with me this week. It’s always nice to have some company. When she comes to visit a couple of times a year, she brings a lesson plan with her and models it, then I teach it after she leaves. I had her yesterday and…
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Library/Classroom Favorites: Wireless Doorbell Edition
This has really been the year where I have purchased things that have really changed my world. Possibly the best thing that I have purchased this school year was my wireless doorbell. I have had some eyebrows raised when I have talked to folks about buying a doorbell for my library (the library is the…