The Unquiet Librarian

august-2008-monthly-report

Take a look at our new and improved monthly report format!  You can view all the exciting highlights from our library program in August and see how we are supporting Georgia Performance Standards, ISTE Nets for Standards, and AASL Standards for 21st century learners through our media center program at Creekview High School.

The Creekview High School Media Center, “The Unquiet Library”, is proud to release its annual report for 2007-08.  In this report, we highlight what our library program has accomplished in the four roles of the media specialist/media center set forth by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL):

• Teacher
• Instructional Partner
• Information Specialist
• Program Administrator

This report highlights collaborative planning and lessons taught through the media center, skills taught to students through information literacy mini-lessons, circulation and visitation statistics, database usage statistics, and upcoming program goals for 2008-09.  You may read the report by clicking here, or by visiting the link below. 

Monthly Reports, Creekview High School Media Center

YA author Kelly Bingham is here in our library as I write!  She is doing poetry writing workshops with our English classes today….what an amazing poet!

Here is my poem from the list writing strategy she showed us today:

“Granny’s Chiffarobe”

Polished gleaming mahogany

Gold patina handles inviting you to open doors to the past
Lingering odor of fluffy golden biscuits mingled with Rose Milk perfume and musty mothballs
Former home to calico cotton dresses and floral aprons
         Your worn Bible and pearl-handled pistol
Bits of quilting cotton left as breadcrumbs to a time now existing only in my memories
The secret door to Narnia I never could find.

Draft 2, posted 12:55

“Granny’s Chiffarobe”

Polished gleaming mahogany

Gold patina handles inviting you to open doors to the past
Lingering odor of fluffy golden biscuits mingled with Rose Milk perfume and musty mothballs
Former home to faded calico cotton dresses and floral aprons
         Your worn Bible and pearl-handled pistol
Ghostly tufts of quilting cotton left as breadcrumbs to a time now existing only in my memories
The secret door to Narnia I never could find.

Draft 3, posted 2:10

“Granny’s Chiffarobe”

Polished gleaming mahogany

Gold patina handles inviting you to open doors to the past
Lingering odor of fluffy golden buttery biscuits mingled with Rose Milk perfume and musty mothballs
Former home to faded calico cotton dresses and floral aprons
         and your two weapons:  a well-worn Bible and a pearl-handled pistol
Ghostly tufts of quilting cotton left as breadcrumbs leading back to a time now existing only in my memories
The secret door to Narnia I never could find.

In the spirit of super librarian Joyce Valenza, I will be rolling out a new learning initiative for our students and our faculty, http://theunquietlibrary23things.edublogs.org.  Our program, which is modeled on the dazzling array of 43/23 Things library sponsored programs across the United States, is designed to help our patrons learn about exciting Web 2.0 technologies and tools that can increase productivity and improve student achievement.  Mrs. Fleet, another super-librarian, will be my partner in this venture as we work to help all of our patrons become lifelong learners!

Of course, the intrinsic thrill of learning is the primary reason for participating in this self-paced program, but we will also be offering prizes to patrons who complete our program.  Stay tuned as we launch our http://theunquietlibrary23things.edublogs.org/program in November 2007!

Buffy Hamilton