I updated your Planner for the last time this semester (whee!)
I meant to say Saturday: just because we’re on hiatus does not mean that I’m out of touch. This is especially true between now and when the grades are complete. Your access to me remains the same until mid-December, and even after that I’ll be checking into my email on a regular basis.
Back to my grading pile!
Can you believe it?
In some of us, a message like of this strikes terror – because we have so much to do before the end, and the “last meeting” is a reminder that we don’t have long. I have confidence that everything will come together, with due diligence.
Don’t forget to bring your “visual evidence” from the Field Experience, for show and tell. These can certainly be on a laptop screen. I do not plan to take anything from this home with me.
I probably won’t blog again til Saturday, since I must go to Athens tomorrow for meetings. I’ve saved the best news for last.
Rose is going to cater for us. She says:
I will be catering an array of dishes from my restaurant for Saturday. … It will be from Doc Chey’s (www.doccheys.com) Asian Kitchen. The food is healthy and I will be bringing vegetarian friendly dishes, in case anyone is concerned.
What a treat. She has promised not to break any laws or rules or set any fires, so we should be fine! See you there.
Hope you are all warm and toasty!
The agenda for Saturday is pretty close to finished. There’s no way we will get all of it done – and so I’ll be asking you about your priority topics on Saturday morning.
APA Quiz 3 is ready. You can also still do APA Quiz 2 on the same form; don’t repeat it if you already did it. Results from Q2 (so far) have been very good!
A new FAQ came out today:
Q. I’m not sure about whether or not we need an executive summary. I didn’t see it in the cover sheet or assignment description, but all of the examples have one.
Visit the PDEP FAQ page for the answer.
Finally, I made commentaries for the Hartzell and Georges chapters in R&D – both now available in WebCT/Readings. One I liked and one I didn’t!
Hello on this chilly day! Here are several PDEP questions that have come in since last week:
Q. You said (in class) to use a three-legged rationale: (1. SLM professional standards, like IP; 2. School mission/goals/etc.; 3. student achievement; and there can be overlap). How should this look?
Q. We are debating how to reference our rationales. We all think that the page numbers need to be included…
Q. How should Information Power look in an online citation, with a direct quote?
Q. The library we are doing our PDEP on doesn’t have formal documents on a lot of things. One that we are working on now is the job descriptions. The county has a very brief job description. I was going to include that – but then I was going to get the job description from “You are the Key’ and have the SLMS look over them to see if they appropriately describe the roles of the MS and the clerk. Would that be appropriate?
For the answers to all, check out the PDEP FAQ. And keep sending them!
I just had an idea. We should make this a trivia category next semester. Games are good for this kind of content!
But for now, here’s your 2nd APA Quiz.
Results on the first were quite good. If you didn’t participate, it doesn’t matter – you’re welcome to join in on this one.
As promised in class, here’s a little quiz for you. What’s wrong with this citation?
Fitzgerald, Mary Ann. (1997). Misinformation on the Internet: Applying evaluation skills to online information. Emergency Librarian, 24 (3), 9-14.
Go to this Google form to record your anonymous answer and to check your response.
Yay! Done with your drafts!
In the audio, I tried to be very clear about strong suggestions versus minor improvements.
If there’s no “grade” in your dropbox or gradebook, that’s because you didn’t submit a file. I loaded the audio feedback into each team member’s dropbox that had submitted a file.
Let me know if you have any questions!
As promised, here’s the text list for spring semester. I am requesting these to be ordered through UGA Gwinnett Bookstore. In short, we’ll continue to use the books you’ve bought so far – and add the Bishop as the cornerstone text.
Texts and Supplies
Required:
American Association of School Librarians, & Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (1998). Information power: Building partnerships for learning. Chicago: American Library Association.
American Association of School Librarians (2003). Program standards: School library media specialist preparation. Available: http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aasleducation/schoollibrarymed/ala-aasl_slms2003.pdf. (This document contains the standards for our curriculum and will be useful throughout your graduate program.)
Bishop, K. (2007). The collection program in schools: Concepts, practices, and information sources (4th ed.). Westport, CN: Libaries Unlimited. ISBN-13: 978-1591583608
Repman, J., & Dickinson, G.K., Eds. (2007). School library management (6th ed.). Columbus, OH: Linworth. ISBN: 1-58683-296-4.
You Are the Key: A Handbook for Georgia Library Media Specialists. Online:
http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/departments/instruction/mediaservices/handbook/
We depend heavily upon the Internet in this class for communication, resources, and information inquiry. It is essential that you have access to a reliable computer and Internet connection. I prefer that you use Microsoft Word 2003 or Google Documents for word processed assignments to prevent file format problems.
Supplemental:
Wasman, A. M. (1998). New steps to service: Common-sense advice for the school library media specialist. Chicago: American Library Association.
In addition to a word processor, you may find the Microsoft Office programs useful, or open source equivalents. It’s a good idea to carry a thumb drive to class. Laptops are welcome in class but not required (wireless access is usually available). For home use, a microphone headset is highly desirable.
(Quoted from the Syllabus-in-progress for EDIT 6340)
Thank you all for a pleasant class Saturday. Wasn’t Sandy great?
Hoping that all of the sick folks are better by now – of the 4 missing Saturday, 3 were sick. Although not all were sick from seasonal ills, it was a good reminder to the rest of us that this is definitely hand-washing season!
The planner is now updated. I totally reorganized, incorporating as many of your suggestions as possible. Take a look and let me know if there’s anything confusing.
More updates to come as I work through your PDEP Drafts and other teaching tasks.
Hard to believe (for me, anyway) that we only have one more to go! (It’s ok to cheer, I won’t feel hurt.) 
As far as I know, all things are ready for class tomorrow – agenda, etc. I look forward to seeing you all at 9am.
Our guest will be Sandy Wise from Creekland Middle School.
If you don’t quite have your PDEP Draft ready, you really have through the day – in case the group meeting will help put the finishing touches on it.
Bring your calendars – and check out the tentative dates posted on the agenda for next semester.
That’s it. See you tomorrow.
