Many Worlds, One Li-Bro-rian

I made it!  Woo!  It's that time of year again, the end of the semester!  But oh we aren't done yet, I still have on more assignment to go. It's the reflection itself.  Nope sorry, you don't get to here me ramble on the semester here, you get read a story about it!  I used Bookcreator to write a story about my time in LSSL 5391.  In order to view it though, you do need to be using Chrome.  here is the link: https://read.bookcreator.com/6bT8LO67WKMYytuUvGtUngB6U5E2/wOjet-u8TziTcS5-ze94Tw Look at my story to get my thoughts and a look back on the semester.  Before I end for the day, I would like to give a shout out to my partner this semester, Jaime Vezurk.  One of the best partner's I've had the pleasure of working with, and without whom I could not have done some of my assignments (literally).

Today's blog is all about podcasts! Years ago, before Ipods were Iphones, I had participated in a teacher workshop that was all about podcasting.  While it had seemed mildly interesting back then, today it is something that has really blown up!  The information gathered from the class I'm taking now has really renewed my interest in not only listening to them, but bringing them into the classroom.       Podcasts can be a great way to reach kids, who are already glued to electronics as it is.  There are a multitude of them out there with a variety of subjects.  These can be used in the classroom as an additional resource to get kids to learn about a certain subject.  I currently teach Food Science at the high school in which I work, so I started looking for food, science, and food science related podcasts. And lo and behold I found them!  I've been thinking a lot lately how to get around the old and tired lecture to a presentation,...

Ever wanted to create your own comic online?  Well today I'll show you a few tools that you can use and give you my thoughts on them.  Comics can be a great way to connect to students and make a lesson much more interesting.  I've used comics in a few different ways in the classroom, like using particular graphic novels as part of a lesson and having students create their own comic strips.  One of my favorite beginning of the year activities is having the students create comic strips demonstrating lab safety rules.  Though they usually do them by hand, I do give them an option of turning in their work digitally.  And now I have a few more tools to offer! Pixton Pixton is a pretty neat tool that even has educator/ student accounts.  The interface is pretty easy to use, and it has plenty of options in the graphics you can put into your strip.  With an educator account, you can set up a class for your students to join.  The program has you c...

     In today's blog I'll be talking about some video streaming sites, and one way to access them.  First up is Youtube.  I've been instructed to look at 4 specific channels, and select videos from each that I think are particularly helpful, and attractive to students.  Calypso Gilstrap: https :// www . youtube .com/user/ TheNHSLibrary /videos There are only 6 videos on this channel, so all of them are easy to find from the link above.  There are a couple of helpful videos here, in particular I like "How to use EBSCOHost" because it helps students learn to find good articles for their research.  My favorite video is "Tiger visits the Norman High Library".  I think the kids would get a kick out of seeing their mascot partaking of the library's services. Theunquietlibrary: https :// www . youtube .com/user/ theunquietlibrary /videos   This channel has quite a few videos, much of which are either showcasing student work or givi...