Watch Us In 2020!

Jefferson Academy students began their training using 35mm cameras, the @DoInkTweets app & building worlds in MineCraftEducation before winter break.  Watch our students in 2020, their digital projects will amaze you!😎   Our Makerspace will be lit! 🔥 

Before-During-After

Here's a couple of pictures describing what my library media center looked like pre-construction, during construction and after.

Before

During

After

Our First Makerspace Activity

I've been juggling over the last month.  Shelving books, searching for lost boxes of books from the move, decorating, hosting classes...it's allot.  Despite this, I was able to squeeze in our first Makerspace activity.  It served as a tester for a couple of ideas I have for the near future.  The students for the most part caught on to making a 3-minute butterfly.  There were students who had far more experience than their peers and me (I've never been good at making origami artifacts) These experienced origami creators jumped in and helped their classmates.  It was a fun to watch the students and we have so many butterflies, we can decorate in other areas of the library media center and school building.

I like this video because the pacing is perfect for following along while making the butterfly.

Canva Is My New Friend!

Adding the Canva app to my suite of resources has been the best investment I've made this year.  I use Canva for EVERYTHING:  Social media posts, flyers, posters, graphics for presentations and announcements, you name it.  

Here's just a couple of examples of my use of Canva.  P.S.  I create my template then head over to Instagram stories to add a layers of gif/animations to make the post pop.

Neewer RING Light

Highly recommended!

My hair stylist uses a Neewer Ring Light to post pictures of her work online.  I've been eyeing this light for quite sometime when I would visit the salon:  quality of images produced, durability and ease of use.  Especially ease of use since my students will be charged with set-up and use.  I purchased it from Amazon and upon unboxing all of the parts, got it up and operational within 20 minutes.  Big plus:  The Camera 360 app works well with the light and it's remote control.  

#TrojanLMCMakerspace

Follow us on social media at #TrojanLMCMakerspace and see what my students and I create this year.

Good News!

I was surprised by this report.  I knew that I had a steady flow of classes and students coming to the library during the month of September. 

My memory is horrible these days and I rely on aides.  I'm thankful that I post on social media in real time, so I'm using the timestamp of previous posts to help me.  

- My lunchtime library crew didn't begin coming to the library until September 9th

- I didn't begin receiving classes until September 16th.  

- For two weeks in the month of September I was watching a class during 6th period.  Essentially, there was still a percentage of classes I had not seen.

This is why I can say, this has been the BEST September for circulation since working at Jefferson.  Pretty good given that I was dealing with books, boxes and dust since the beginning of the school year!

Check out the meme at the end of this post from Literacy Specialist, Jen Jones

My Favorite Picture of the Year....So Far!

This picture warms my heart every time I look at it.  

Enjoy!

Banned Books Week 2019

Banned Books Week 2019 will be held September 22nd – 28th, 2019. The theme of this year’s event proclaims  “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark,” urging everyone to “Keep the Light On.” 

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.  The celebration was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. 

Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Source: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks

2019 Hispanic Heritage Month

    The National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers (NCHEPM), announced the 2019 Hispanic Heritage Month theme: “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving Our Nation.” The theme invites us to reflect on Hispanic American’s service and contributions to the history of our Nation.

     Veronica Vasquez, President of National Image Inc., submitted the winning theme, stating “Hispanic American have recently been subjective to attacks on our loyalty, it is now time to remind people of the many contributions of Hispanics to the history of our Nation. Hispanics have served and continue to serve our Nation with honor and valor in all aspects in the formation of our country. Our contributions are numerous."

Hispanics serve as Civil Rights leaders, politicians, military, educators, first responders, science pioneers, and public servants, etc.   Some of the individuals who have contributed to the History of our Nation include:

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - Neurosurgeon, Author, Researcher, and Chair of the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic

Hilda Solis - Department of Labor former Secretary 

Ruben Salazar - Journalist

Sonia Sotomayor - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 

Rodolfo Gonzalez – Poet and champion of the Chicano movement

Ellen Ochoa – First Hispanic to leave Earth’s atmosphere

Jorge Ramos–News anchor and winner of eight Emmy Awards. 

Source:  https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/index.php/hispanic-heritage-month/88-hispanic-heritage-month-theme-2019