Yippee!

I received word today from the librarian at the elementary school where I will be doing my action learning project. She had sent out an email to let the staff know that she and I will be willing to gather resources for use with the smart board and we wanted to know if there were teachers in search of material on particular subjects. Within 5 minutes, teachers began responding, and I know of Pre-k, kindergarten, fourth grade, and fifth grade teachers who want to participate and receive help finding activities. I am SOOOOOOOO excited to help and get started. The librarian also spoke with the school technology person, who suggested we set up a delicious account and put bookmarks there for web resources so everyone who wanted to get access to what we find can benefit. At this point, I would like to help as many people as possible, but I don't want to just look up websites on particular topics and that's all. I want to make sure to find resources and ideas that will help the teachers branch out to different techniques of utilizing the smart board. One of my problems I need to attack head-on is to learn more about the smart board, myself. I think I will let my learning set know what's happening and see if they have any helpful tips. Some of them may have used smart boards before and may even have one in their classroom. I am energized by the prospect of helping the teachers find valuable and practical information and techniques. The librarian also seems excited about the prospect of helping out. This is going to be fun!