One Dad's View of Standardized Testing

Blogumus

Saw a really cool, animated tag cloud on Techomnivore's blog. I've tried to follow the directions on bloggerbuster.com, but I obviously need more entrees to fill in my cloud.

And where has my avatar gone?

Once a TL, Always a TL

The school year has ended and so has our library program. I've thought long and hard about what I can write about the demise of our program without sounding bitter. It's difficult to understand why the district decided to cut the site librarians serving 6 schools, and the 2 teachers that handled technology in the district, in favor of 3 district level positions to handle it all. We all know that there is a budget crisis in California, but what are they saving? We are all still employed; maybe not in the library, but in classrooms for the next year, or at the district level. Unfortunately, the ones who suffer most will be our students.

Budget Cut Season, Once Again

I've heard it said recently that budget cuts affecting Teacher Librarians in March are as common as flu season. Once again the Teacher Librarians in the Las Virgenes Unified School District are facing major cuts to our program. At this time, the Bd. of Ed. has approved the restructing of the 6 TL's and 2 TOSA's (Teachers on Special Assignment/Technology). The goal is to collapse 8 positions into 3. Those 3 teachers will teach teachers how to incorporate technology in their subjects and, oh yes, some library functions will also have to be included. No one really knows how this will be accomplished or by who. This is the grand plan of our district. So, all 6 TL's have received their reassignment letters, as have the 2 TOSA's. We will not, however, go down without a fight - we will not go gently into that good night.....

Creative Commons: What every Educator needs to know

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Creative Commons: What every Educator needs to know

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A Family Reading Tradition

As I was driving to work this morning, I was listening to NPR, my favorite radio station. Lynn Neary was interviewing a family that has a family tradition of reading holiday books as a family. They unearth their box of books sometime after Thanksgiving, share them during the holiday season, and pack them back up after the holidays until the following year. I wanted to embed the podcast into this blog, but unfortunately am not able to. So, here's the website. Hope the link works......
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98308208

What a wonderful way to spend some quiet time with family - and instill the love of reading at the same time.

Glogster

Tried playing with Glogster. Now I have to figure out how to incorporate it into my website, etc. Here's my experiment so far - needs work....