Overall I feel that the unit plan went together nicely. The hardest part of the collaboration was working with someone solely online. I found it difficult to communicate the needs of the school to someone who has not visited the school. I also found it difficult to work with a SLMS since I have never worked in a school with one.
With the limited resources that we had to work with using my school as the setting, Tina did an excellent job of finding online resources that we would be able to use with our traveling laptop cart. I hope to be able to implement some on the ideas that we came up with in years to come. It will be a challenge as the students get used to the laptops (this is the first year we have had them available), but it will become easier. I feel that my original plans that I used in my class this year were supplemented nicely and could be implemented in the class.
I feel that I still have a lot to learn about the SLMS portion of the assignment and I hope that I will be able to learn these things when I have the opportunity to be involved with a school library media center. The most important thing I can take out of this is the importance of team work and listening to the needs of the teacher and SLMS during planning.
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Marcia,
ReplyDeleteI hear your concern about gaining authentic experience in a school library position. Hopefully, your practicum placement will provide you with you with enough insight to set you on the right path as a future School Librarian. Given the lack of a designated school library space at your school, you may be well-positioned to start a program based on your MLIS coursework and experiences. Good luck!