FIRST DAY of class at Gwinnett University Center.
Dr. Mary Ann Fitzgerald and her woobie, a Coke Zero.
Lunch is served.
Mary Ann welcomes questions at anytime during lecture.
Final Word: Stephanie Jones reads a favorite, The Other Side by Jaqueline Woodson. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis.
SECOND DAY of class; yummy smells simmer by 10 a.m..
Laura L. show'n'tells a selection tool.
Yes, I took a picture of my lunch plate. The food is really great!
Beth shows award books announced at the recent ALA Midwinter Meeting. This is Flotsam by David Wiesner, Caldecott Medal winner.
Maile collects the trivia answers. Palestine: Peace not Apartheid was written by native Georgian. . . . . . Jimmy Carter.
Final Word: Marty shares her research about the cataloging of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse; why is it so widely and often shelved in Fiction?
THIRD DAY: Guest Nadine Cohen, UGA Reference Librarian, introduces K-12 research skills and concepts.
Guest Carla Buss, UGA Curriculum Materials and Education Librarian, makes exploring GALILEO fun and interesting.
Passing out topics for mini-exercise to develop a research assignment for students and relate it to the Information Skills Checklist Nadine developed and shares online.
Jim presents his group's research assignment designed for the mini-exercise.
Lunch Pic: This is the pedagogical section.
Don't let that strange word fool you. Search for Boole AND telephone.
Group time after class: "AthensGirls".
FOURTH DAY: Link to photo gallery. View the full-size photo, then click the following hyperlink URL http://picasaweb.google.com/george.webber/EDIT6340InstructionalMaterialsExhibition
Guest: Kristie Michalowski, Media Specialist at Magill Elementary in Gwinnett County. She was in Cohort 2.
Kristie survived NINE challenges in one year.
IME's after lunch. Aimee G. discusses exhibit.
Final Word: Jim shares a couple books that had been challenged at other schools in his cluster @ Gwinnett County.
Edith and Big Bad Bill is a classic, now rare book!
The playful adventures of "Lonely Doll". Would this book enhance and support your school's curriculum? Maybe!
FIFTH DAY: Guest Bill Early of Bound to Stay Bound Books.
BTSB binding on Left; Trade binding on Right. Bound to Stay Bound Books informational folder in the middle.
Guest 2: Marc McMullen of Follett Library Resources describes Follett bindings.
Marc McMullen of Follett quickly demonstrates features of their selection and analysis software, Titlewave.
Final Word: George W. reads from "Double Trouble in Walla Walla" by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca.
Double Trouble book cover. Lulu opened up the knock'em, sock'em wibble wobble word warp in English class that day.
SIXTH DAY: Stephanie Jones lectures - "Acquisition, Budgeting Realities"
Beth F. listens to questions concerning plagiarism.
Small Groups at work on the Reference Scenarios activity.
American Chocolate Week; Thanks Beth F. for helping us celebrate!
Final Word: Laura L. reads "Library Lil" by Suzanne Williams, illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
Student parking: this way
SEVENTH DAY: Mary Ann reads an "author's anecdote" from Van Orden on diversity. (The youngster and the book on logic.) Stephanie J. in background guides through web notes.
"Museum Walk": show and tells from everyone's LMC Field Experiences.
Naomi & Suzanne checking out other students' field experience photos.
Sample of Aimee J.'s field experience.
Diane brought examples of definite "weeds" from her field experience.
Evaluating information: small groups at work on the exercise. "Exploding Heads" & "Bird Flu Alarm".
Evaluating information: Beth F. shows and explains some of the sample websites. (buydehydratedwater.com on the screen; Beth's favorite was the NW Tree Octopus.)
Small group in discussion, teaching each other about three topics: selecting reference materials, fundraising, and external resources.
Mary Ann shows one of the prizes to be awarded in today's Trivia.
Final Word: Kate shows the hilarious Norwegian video: "Gutenberg's Tech Support". See it again, http://peopleofthebook.us/2007/02/18/gutenbergs-tech-support/
Photo of "Gutenberg's Tech Support" on the classroom screen.
