National Library Week

I'm a little late to be posting seeing as National Library Week was last week. We celebrated with a trivia contest, which turned out to be a lot of fun. I posted the questions in the LMC window and also had them on the announcements. The week started off slow, but we had 45 students participate in Thursday's question. Way to go! The questions (and answers) are as follows:

1. What is the website address where our online resources (netTrekker, Britannica and the databases can be accessed? (www.keysresearch.net)
2. What is the title of the Coral Shores Media blog? (CSHS Hurricanes Media Bulletin. Points to everyone who is currently reading this!)
3. What was Mrs. Delgado's favorite book as a teenager? (Gone With The Wind. Thanks to everyone who said Harry Potter, but unfortunately I'm not that young)
4. What degree do you need to become a librarian? (Masters of Library Science)

Thanks to everyone who participated. Our daily winners were: Dustin, Alex, Ian, and Mimi, who each received a gift card to Cover to Cover books.

The trivia contest was popular, so we'll try to do something similar next year, and maybe add more contests in the future. Let me know your ideas.

...86 days and counting the hours...

Shameless self promotion

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share with you my latest article, this one was written for FMQ (Florida Media Quarterly), the magazine for Florida Association of Media in Education. http://www.floridamedia.org/fmq/fmq.html is the link, and the pdf file of the magazine is available at the bottom of the page. My article was on switching over to the secondary school, and tips a media specialist should know. Working in a high school is very different from elementary and middle. I like all the age groups, but working with teenagers definitely requires a different mindset! Read the article and let me know what you think.

Also, 93 days, 12 hours and 42 minutes to Harry Potter #7. I can't wait!