Branding Yourself

So, I've had a week to think and mull over everything we discussed in our mini Digital Leadership training on April 3rd.  One of my colleagues wrote an elegant blog about the importance of being brave and taking the step to do the hard things that need to be done....such as branding yourself.  

Branding yourself is a daily, ongoing task that never quite ends.  I find that I must constantly be aware of how I am presenting myself to those around me.  If I truly believe that the library is the hub of the school, then what am I doing to reinforce that belief on my campus?  How am I ensuring that I am providing point of need assistance for my patrons on a regular basis?  How am I inspiring others to be creative, innovative learners? 

I think that I have found the secret, the one thing that makes all the difference.  That one thing is passion.  People can tell if you are passionate about your work and what you do.  They can tell if you really believe in what you do.  When you are passionate, people want to listen to what you have to say and want to connect with your vision.  So, when I think about branding myself, I have to go back to my passion for literacy and learning.  

April Newsletter

March Newsletter

What if Martin Luther King Jr had an Instagram account?

For our Friday activity last week, students thought about these questions:
 - What is Martin Luther King Jr had an Instagram?
 - What would he find important enough to post?
 - What words of encouragement or advice would he give?

 We read the book Martin'g Big Words and then worked together to identify words that were important from the book - the BIG words.  Students recognized words such as equality, togetherness, love, peace, kindness and friendship.

For this particular activity, older classes were paired with younger classes and they worked together to create a post and then stage a picture that would represent their post. It's amazing to see the leadership skills that the older students are developing as they work with the younger students.

Their final products were amazing! 

January Newsletter

If I lived in a Snow Globe

Last Friday, we explored poetry by writing a 5 senses poem in the library.  Classes discussed what a snow globe was and imagined what it would be like to live in a snow globe. Once they wrote and illustrated their poem, they used the iDoodle Snow Globe app to put themselves and/or their poem in the snow globe.  Here are a few of our finished products.  We even had a 3rd grade class and kindergarten class create their poems together.

 

Idioms

I have discovered a new favorite app - Tellagami! My 3rd grade classes have been learning a out idioms so we took some time in the library to create videos using avatars that they created in tellagami to explain what certain idioms meant. Click on this link to check out their videos. Enjoy!