It's been a busy first week for me in the media center. I've missed my assistant from last year. Mrs. Janet is now helping with Physical Education classes at Heard Elementary. All sixth grade classes have had orientation and I'm working on identity cards now. We multi-tasked during those orientations with students lining up, writing their names on a list and sitting for me to take a photo of them with the webcam at the Circulation Desk -- all while listening to "Mr. Speck" tell them about how to successfully use the resources in our media center. (Actually, Mr. Speck looks an awful lot like Mr. Spock -- one of my favorite fictional TV characters!)
A Text-To-Speech program called Xtranormal brought Mr. Speck to life, saving time and my voice. This way, each student hears the same information in the same way. It's really cool! I hope there'll be time to show students and staff how to use a program like this in our Technology Literacy Cafe.
Okay... Students who listened very carefully to Mr. Speck this week, may tell me something learned during orientation for a prize from the Prize Box.
Simply comment here or Tweek something to @bravesread on Twitter. (I will also accept emails or facts written on paper -- and help you post it online. The facts have to be correct and must be something Mr. Speck told you. If you aren't sure, click on the orientation movie link on the bravesread.net home page to listen again. The movie runs just over 8 minutes).
Be thinking about whether you want to bring your eReading device from home or if you want to check out one of our Nooks or Kindles this year. User Agreements will be available during your first group check-out.
Happy Reading!
--See ya...
