Hello everyone!
So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a weekly update. My Facebook page has been busy with links to blog posts and articles, but I haven’t actually written down what I’ve been doing because it’s been so busy. So, here we go.
The last two weeks began with a meeting with the Secondary School Librarians. It’s always great to find out what they are doing, and to inform them about our upcoming programs. School librarians are awesome!
In addition to meeting with the School Librarians, I also went into the schools to finish up the Atlas After School Academy. After creating slideshows on their partners, I had the guys split into two groups and create commercials. One group decided to do it on Beyblades (dueling tops basically) and the other group decided to do a comical commercial on Toxic Water and Toxic Band-Aids. I had a great time with the guys, and they seemed to have a great time as well. Getting the chance to be creative is always fun!
The end of that week caught me flying to Boise for the culmination of Teens and Technology 2011. It was my first time in an airplane, and it was my first time traveling for business. I thought that flying to Boise was a great way to break myself into traveling because it’s a short and easy flight. I find that I really enjoy flying (feels like a roller coaster), and the hotel was plenty nice.
The Idaho Commission for Libraries held regional workshops in February, and after we submitted our booktrailers and held our Teen Tech Week programs, we wanted to get together and discuss what worked and what didn’t work. In addition to brainstorming and discussing, there were also presentations from librarians. I presented on our Teen Film Festival and how we promoted it, another librarian spoke on adding videos to a card catalog, and another spoke on using a digital photo frame for promotion. The workshop was a lot of fun, and I find that I like business trips!
One of the reasons I didn’t put up a weekly update last week was because I had written a blog post for the Special Project Library Action Team. You can access it here. This was exciting because anyone can start their own blog, but it’s pretty cool to write for a collaboration blog read by people across the state.
After all my work with the ICfL, they wanted to feature me in their Youth Services newsletter, “The Scoop.” They had me fill out a profile and send in some pictures, and they wrote a cool article about me. You can read it here.
Sorry this is a little long, but it takes a while to write about two weeks. Hehe
Have a great week!
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
It Ebbs and Flows
Morning everybody! How are you doing?
Library programs ebb and flow. Last week, I didn’t even have a chance to sit at my computer. This week, I had one program, one meeting, and a chance to organize some things for the upcoming month.
The program this week was a continuation of Atlas After-School Academy. Last week, we started making movies using Animoto. I put the guys in groups of two, and had each of the guys interview their partner. What is your favorite color? What is your favorite video game? What is a cool place you’ve been to? They were then tasked with finding a picture that corresponded with their question and organize the pictures into a slideshow movie on Animoto. The guys had a great time doing this. They were in control of making a movie about their partner, and they were also thrilled when their partner made a cool movie about them. I thought it worked out pretty well. Still trying to see what our assignments are going to be the next two weeks. Hmm….
My meeting this week was with the Friends of the Community Library Network at Hayden. Our Friends group sells used books and actively fund-raises to collect funds for library programs. When we have a special program coming up, we submit a grant, and the Friends vote on whether or not to fund it. The Friends are a fantastic group, and they are very supportive of the programs that happen at the library. Our recent Teen Film Festival was made possible by this group, the Friends of the Community Library Network at Post Falls, and the Friends of the Coeur d’ Alene Public Library. These groups are awesome!
Anyways, my meeting was basically showing them the results of our Teen Film Festival. They were really impressed with the quality of film that came out of the festival.
I wanted to take a minute and list the winners in our competition:
Short Film Category:
1st Place: “Je Te Vois” by Daniel Troxell, David Brands, Amy Ellithorpe, Joshua Brands, and Gerry Koep.
2nd Place: “You Are Here” by Joshua Brands, David Brands, Allie Brands, and Catherine Brands.
3rd Place: “Clayman” by Shane Tyler
Public Service Announcement Category:
1st place: “You Are Here” by Stephen Byrum
2nd Place: “Be Yourself” by Danny Schramm, Kelsey Kraak, Morgan Jett, and Rylee Mindt
3rd Place: “The World is at Your Feet” by Arielle Johnson, Colby Acuff, and Jackson Miller
I also wanted to take a minute and thank our local filmmaking experts who donated their time to judge our entries. A huge thank you to Brian Loper and Ryan Anstett!
Congratulations again to all of our filmmakers and have a great week!
Library programs ebb and flow. Last week, I didn’t even have a chance to sit at my computer. This week, I had one program, one meeting, and a chance to organize some things for the upcoming month.
The program this week was a continuation of Atlas After-School Academy. Last week, we started making movies using Animoto. I put the guys in groups of two, and had each of the guys interview their partner. What is your favorite color? What is your favorite video game? What is a cool place you’ve been to? They were then tasked with finding a picture that corresponded with their question and organize the pictures into a slideshow movie on Animoto. The guys had a great time doing this. They were in control of making a movie about their partner, and they were also thrilled when their partner made a cool movie about them. I thought it worked out pretty well. Still trying to see what our assignments are going to be the next two weeks. Hmm….
My meeting this week was with the Friends of the Community Library Network at Hayden. Our Friends group sells used books and actively fund-raises to collect funds for library programs. When we have a special program coming up, we submit a grant, and the Friends vote on whether or not to fund it. The Friends are a fantastic group, and they are very supportive of the programs that happen at the library. Our recent Teen Film Festival was made possible by this group, the Friends of the Community Library Network at Post Falls, and the Friends of the Coeur d’ Alene Public Library. These groups are awesome!
Anyways, my meeting was basically showing them the results of our Teen Film Festival. They were really impressed with the quality of film that came out of the festival.
I wanted to take a minute and list the winners in our competition:
Short Film Category:
1st Place: “Je Te Vois” by Daniel Troxell, David Brands, Amy Ellithorpe, Joshua Brands, and Gerry Koep.
2nd Place: “You Are Here” by Joshua Brands, David Brands, Allie Brands, and Catherine Brands.
3rd Place: “Clayman” by Shane Tyler
Public Service Announcement Category:
1st place: “You Are Here” by Stephen Byrum
2nd Place: “Be Yourself” by Danny Schramm, Kelsey Kraak, Morgan Jett, and Rylee Mindt
3rd Place: “The World is at Your Feet” by Arielle Johnson, Colby Acuff, and Jackson Miller
I also wanted to take a minute and thank our local filmmaking experts who donated their time to judge our entries. A huge thank you to Brian Loper and Ryan Anstett!
Congratulations again to all of our filmmakers and have a great week!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Have Books, Will Travel
Hello everyone!
Well here we are on a Monday morning, and I am three days late on my weekly update. I apologize.
As I alluded to last week, this week was crazy busy with programs! I work 19 and a half hours a week, and this week I was basically in programs for the full 19 and a half hours. hehe
The week started with the Men and Kids program at Mountain States Early Head Start. We had several dads and their kids join us and had fun frosting our own cookies. For the past few times, we have been trying to read a book with the kids, and this time they really enjoyed the story.
Tuesday involved my first week at Atlas After School Academy. Last year, I did science experiments for this program, and because the kids had such a great time, we decided to start Ka-Boom: Science Experiments at the library. This year, I am teaching the kids how to make movies using the free websites, animoto and jaycut. Got a talented and excited group of guys and we’ll be having fun for the next three weeks. Should be awesome!
Wednesday was Dr. Seuss’s birthday, so I read his stories at Miss Irma’s storytime (I filled in for her because her husband had a procedure being done) and then I bounced around the Kinder Center reading his stories wearing a ‘Cat in the Hat’ hat. Good stuff!
Speaking of the Kinder Center, my monthly outreach always happens on the first Friday, so I was there on Wednesday and Friday this past week. On Friday, we read frog stories (frogs are green, and we always wear green on St. Patrick’s day hehe), and had a great time singing a song that Miss Cassie suggested to me.
On Friday (and Thursday as I think about it) Karen and I went down to help with Skyway’s Geography Club again. We had to take a break because of the bad snow last week, but we again had fun learning about continents, states, and physical geography.
My last event this week was our Red Carpet Event for our Teen Film Festival, which happened on Saturday night. We had five entries in each category, and enjoyed watching the movies and awarding prizes. Our festival has grown since last year, and we’re hoping that it will continue to grow next year. If you want to check out the movies, they are all posted on our Library Film Fest YouTube Channel here. Enjoy!
Well, that was my crazy week and I hope yours was also fantastic!
Well here we are on a Monday morning, and I am three days late on my weekly update. I apologize.
As I alluded to last week, this week was crazy busy with programs! I work 19 and a half hours a week, and this week I was basically in programs for the full 19 and a half hours. hehe
The week started with the Men and Kids program at Mountain States Early Head Start. We had several dads and their kids join us and had fun frosting our own cookies. For the past few times, we have been trying to read a book with the kids, and this time they really enjoyed the story.
Tuesday involved my first week at Atlas After School Academy. Last year, I did science experiments for this program, and because the kids had such a great time, we decided to start Ka-Boom: Science Experiments at the library. This year, I am teaching the kids how to make movies using the free websites, animoto and jaycut. Got a talented and excited group of guys and we’ll be having fun for the next three weeks. Should be awesome!
Wednesday was Dr. Seuss’s birthday, so I read his stories at Miss Irma’s storytime (I filled in for her because her husband had a procedure being done) and then I bounced around the Kinder Center reading his stories wearing a ‘Cat in the Hat’ hat. Good stuff!
Speaking of the Kinder Center, my monthly outreach always happens on the first Friday, so I was there on Wednesday and Friday this past week. On Friday, we read frog stories (frogs are green, and we always wear green on St. Patrick’s day hehe), and had a great time singing a song that Miss Cassie suggested to me.
On Friday (and Thursday as I think about it) Karen and I went down to help with Skyway’s Geography Club again. We had to take a break because of the bad snow last week, but we again had fun learning about continents, states, and physical geography.
My last event this week was our Red Carpet Event for our Teen Film Festival, which happened on Saturday night. We had five entries in each category, and enjoyed watching the movies and awarding prizes. Our festival has grown since last year, and we’re hoping that it will continue to grow next year. If you want to check out the movies, they are all posted on our Library Film Fest YouTube Channel here. Enjoy!
Well, that was my crazy week and I hope yours was also fantastic!
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