23 Things Kansas ... January 2010 I enrolled as a "Friend to Librarys" for a series of courses titled "23 Things Kansas". My former librarian, Carol Braum, sent me an email about the course. Looking over the course offerings I was excited about the opportunity to learn more about tools our students use or will use in their world. It also helped to know Heather Braum, a former student, was involved in helping develop the courses.
What do I expect to learn from taking these courses? Not only do I expect to learn about various tools, but also learn from fellow educators how these tools can be used in today's school. I truly believe many of the tools we will work with are powerful tools we can use to help motivate today's student.
Welcome to 23 Things! I think you will learn many awesome things to use with students :)
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see a non-librarian taking this course too! And I like to hear that you'll be applying what you learn in your current workplace, not just as a friend of the library.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog. You carry a lot of weight on your shoulders being a principal. I am in awe.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to learning quite a bit in this course.
:) Welcome Mr. Beam... You're ALWAYS going to Mr. Beam to me. Old habit, since I called you that from fourth grade through senior year of high school! It is funny how it's now the student teaching the teacher/principal :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're a part of this! I just sat in on an online webinar this evening, called "Fighting the Filter." One of these days, I'd like to pick your brain, as a school administrator, how we librarians can work on getting more sites open to teachers and students.