I am working with Andrea to create a unit on Michigan History with a focus on economics. I will be working as the library media specialist, and I am slightly hesitant in my role since I have not worked in a school library setting before. Furthermore, I did not witness any collaboration between the library media specialist and the teachers in the school where I did my teacher assisting and student teaching. My hope is that the unit plan we create will be effective and will truly provide students with a memorable learning experience.
After meeting with Andrea, I do feel better about my role. We are creating a unit that she will be able to use in her actual classroom, and I am excited to truly be collaborating on a project that will reach students and not just a “pretend or hypothetical classroom”. I think this will be excellent experience for me and will help me to understand what is needed for successful collaboration.
Through this unit I am hoping to utilize some of the technology available in Andrea’s media center. She has 8 Mac computers, a full computer lab, and a classroom set of iPad’s and iPod Touch’s that she says are rarely used and a wasted resource. It is my goal to find activities that will be relevant and meaningful to students while integrating the available technology as well.
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