So, this blog is about a week late but life (and a book fair!) happened. I am finally somewhat caught up so I wanted to share the highlights of October in our library.
We started off the month with H.E.R.O. week. This a week of learning about being a friend instead of being a bully. My college shirt that my mom got me went great with our superhero theme! We also celebrated Red Ribbon week towards the end of the month, but I was swamped with book fair so no pictures :(
On Friday, October 13th we had the first ever #GISDLibCon where the librarians from Garland ISD held their own choose your learning conference. Cheryl Taylor and I did a session about breakout boxes.
Next, I did a session on becoming Google certified in the computer lab.
Cheryl led a great session on sharing tips for working smarter, not harder in the library.
We explored new makerspace items from Barnes and Noble.
Joni Harris shared ideas for collaborating with teachers.
Teri Roper from Region 10 showed up what being #futureready looks like and how we are already doing it. We just need to share!
We had our fall book fair later in the month this year due to parent conferences. It was successful and we will use it to buy more resources for our library.
This is one of the books that I bought from the library. I love all of the books in this series!
I was asked to present at the Library Expo in Plano on October 28th. I did two sessions about becoming Google certified and one about digital choice boards.
The participants in the sessions were great, even with some technical difficulties!
I also got to see one of my PLN members Megan Tumulty present about instructional partnerships. I am excited to keep trying to form some collaborate relationships with my teachers.
There was a vendor fair at the Expo and I was excited to taught to some vendors in person. I even won a gift card to Bound to Stay Bound!
Our new books arrived and I am working on getting them ready to go on the shelves. This is one that I had to grab first!! I already read most of it during our second parent conference night.
I ended the month being the Twitter Fairy and passing out candy bars to the teachers who completed the Trick or Treat Twitter challenge. So fun!
We are ready for November, but also for my favorite time of the year...Christmas!
