Week of 3/31--- information specialist

Today was a pretty slow day.  It was the last day before Spring Break.  I checked a few books in and out, and conferenced with my mentor.  I also worked with a group of gifted first graders and kindergarteners who were beginning a new unit on endangered species.   I used youtube, brain pop, and online graphics organizers to make the learning more engaging.   

In addition, I took some time to reflect on my role as a media specialist.  What have learned?  What will I want to immediately implement?  How can I improve the state of our current media center?  When will I be ready to take on such a task?  

While I am quite sure about some of answers, there are others that I need to continue pondering.  I am sure that I want to either work in an elementary or middle school setting.  I say this because I've taught in both of these environments.  In addition, I found the high school experience to be quite boring.  I know that if I was the media specialist in a high school, there would be several changes that would need to be made.  I saw no media specialist/teacher collaboration, and I saw media specialists taking on roles that were not in the realm of the media center.