Hats Off to Henrico Library Students

I know and you know, sometimes things are happening in our districts which we know nothing about. That could certainly be true of someone who is retired like me, I am out of the loop for sure! So I am sharing cool stuff today from another district simply because I can! I want to brag on my students from Henrico in today's blog. These library students submitted staff development videos for me last week. I was soooo impressed. Not just the quality of their work, the amount of effort they put forth, but also the cool content. Before I go any further, let me briefly describe the assignment. Each student chose a topic to present to their schoolmates in order to practice the staff development aspect of librarianship. Well, the topics were awesome and their presentations were extremely professional. Most of the teachers looked like paid pros. I learned something new from each presentation. One student taught her grade level how to incorporate blogging into their English lessons. The instructional aspects were right on target. Another topic was a software program where students could put their pictures with cartoon speech bubbles and create posters or stories. Years ago we taught students to use technology, but now we incorporate the technology right into the lessons. How smart and creative will students become who have librarians like this???