Reflection - Media Blog week of 9/1 - 9/5

Hello again!  This was a very busy week in the media center!  It really is amazing just how much the media specialist at my school does or is responsible for.  The daily activities of the media center from teaching students how to do things, to processing books, to helping teachers with technical problems and finally inventory.  Whew!  All of this can be overwhelming unless you manage things in a very organized way.  I helped Ms. Peters process new technology equipment this week along with some of the daily tasks that she does.  She is also helping me learn where everything is located in our media center.  Ms. Peters stores a lot of the technology equipment that teachers use and it is important to know where things are.  The new equipment are audio components for classrooms called Redcats.  They are an audio delivery system for teachers and I really like them.  Here are what they look like:

The school took in 45 of them and we logged them into our media inventory.  Luckily, we have volunteers who help us in the media center and they were a great help with this process.  Well, time to get back to work.  See you next week!  RR

Week 1 Introduction - 8/28/14

Hello Blog World!  My name is Rob Roberts and I am a science teacher at Camden Middle School.  I am currently working on my Masters degree in Instructional Technology with media certification.  This semester I will be competing a practicum working in the CMS library with Ms. Shan Peters.  My job will be to learn the ins and outs of making the media center work!  So far I have been learning where everything is and helping teachers sort out problems with some of the technology equipment that they have.  I am also doing inventory on the equipment in the media center.  Our media center is a very busy place.  I am enjoying the work that I am doing and I look forward to learning all about what it takes to work in the media center.