Day 1

I started out my day in the high school library. After my tour I was given a tutorial on Alexandria and checked in and out some books, videos, and dvd's and then re-shelved them. I also learned how to and created my own account in the school's circulation system. I checked in new magazines and put them into the current shelf. I then put the older versions of the magazine into circulation. I learned how to find students and look up their schedules and other information on Powerschool. I assisted with some computer issues that a class was having in one of the computer labs and I checked out and in Macbooks for students. I also helped re-arrange the library tables for a class that was coming into the library to test their rocket launchers, (there's a high ceiling in the library so they can shoot them straight up into the air).

In the afternoon I spent my time over in the middle school. The high school and middle school are combined so it's easy to travel back and forth between the two. I got thrown into the fire right away in the middle school library because sixth grade homeroom was starting and it can be pretty chaotic in there. A lot of students come in to check out, return, and renew books and also to use some of the computers during their homeroom time. I worked on the computer the entire 30 minute homeroom checking in and out materials for students. There was a constant flow of patrons. I then re-shelved all the fiction books that I checked in during homeroom and learned how to delete a damaged book from Alexandria. I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring and discussing ideas with Deb, my supervising LMS, for the teen tech week that is coming up the second week in march. We are thinking about doing a scavenger hunt in both the middle and high schools with a gift card to Barnes & Noble as a prize. It's still a work in progress though. I also set up a lesson that I'm going to do in collaboration with one of the 8th grade Language Arts teachers in a couple weeks on finding reliable sources for a persuasive essay.

In all, it was a very enjoyable day and I learned a ton!

High School hours: 4
Middle School hours: 4

Total secondary practicum hours to date: 8