'Tis the Season!

Thanksgiving and Christmas Vacation - always a great time to read a good book!

Since my last blog post, I have been making the HST library my home away from home and working with my one class of seniors who make up the RamTV staff this semester.  We are using Google Classroom in the video broadcasting class, and I am enjoying using Blendspace for instructional activities.  To continue with real world experiences for these students, we visited the WBTV studio in Charlotte a few weeks ago.  What a great experience for the students!  The WBTV staff was great and made us feel at home.  Our behind-the-scenes tour was fanatastic!  So now, we are turning our attention to multi-media journalism and how to be MMJs for our next RamTV broadcast on December 11th!    

RamTV students visit WBTV's studio in Charlotte in October!

In the library, as the semester continues, my goal is to develop a maker space in the library workroom so that the students' learning can be extended beyond the classroom.  So far, we have a few basic creative supplies for student use, but there is room for so much more!  I am searching for some grant opportunities so that we can add a S.T.E.A.M focus to the space.  I have a feeling this is a long-range goal and that it will evolve over time.

As the busy holiday season begins, I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas!  'Tis the season to be reading...

~Laura