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KNowledge Quest Interview

5/28/2019

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Early this year, I had the opportunity of begin interviewed by Dr. Daniella Smith from UNT.  We had the opportunity to talk about one of my greatest passions in the library, Design Thinking.  I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Smith, first as a student while I was working on my master's degree and library certification at UNT and then last year, I was able to collaborate with her on a STEM project with our 4th graders and in the fall, I will be once again working under her as I begin my journey as at Ph.D. candidate in Information Science.  Here is the link to the Knowledge Quest Article.  

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Where has the year gone?                     Is it May already!

5/4/2019

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2018-2019 School Year Round Up
Diana & I have been busy!
1- Grants: We teamed up and received an KellerISD Ed Foundation Grant
Check It Out! : STEAM BACKPACK - Books get checked out all year round. It is now time for STEAM items to join the books and become available for check out all year around. These STEAM BACKPACKS will be made available for check out to students at 2 elementary schools.  The kits will include activities to engage engineering, physics, electronics, robotics, arts, technology, and mathematics. Even a book might be in some to promote STEAM and literature connections. (Plus - Diana received one focusing on reading.)
2- Clubs: Battle of the Books; Tech Ninjas; Incognito Readers; Girls Can Code
We are really liking the before school times for the club meetings. Plus adding eating lunch in the library opportunities for the club members. Our Tech Ninja Friday Tips definitely were very successful addition this year.
3- Presentations: Girls Can Code; Design Thinking; Seesaw; Librarians-Wild Card; STEM Boxes To Go
These presentations were done at varies conferences...TCEA, Service Center XI, KellerU, District PD, Staff PD
4- Building a READING Culture:
  * DREAM BIG: (Diana) kindness/reading/physical activity school-wide project
  * "What I Am Reading" - POSTERS: so staff can show off what they are reading
  * Global Read Aloud
  * Book Character Parade
 * Dr Seuss Week (Dr Westfall did a read aloud FaceTime from Bluebonnet ES (Diana's Library))
  * March Book Madness
 * Bus Book Mobile Grant (Cross your fingers that we can get a grant/grants to make this happen)

Here comes the books!  The KISD Libraries dream of bringing books to KellerISD students during the summer; as well as, have the ability to do Pop Up events during the whole year. We want to provide access around the District in a variety of places so students & their families can acquire books to read. Research has shown that reading during the summer stops the “summer reading slide”. This dream needs wheels!
5- AR/VR : These are still creating "AWE & WONDER". 
6- Digital Citizenship Lesson: We are  helping to develop these for our District using Common Sense Media.
7-  District Technology & Library Leadership Committees
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    two authors:

    Diana Colby @DianaColby Mother of eight. Librarian, one busy momma. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow, Learn as if you will live forever." Gandhi
    ​Suzanne Ross @pgelibrary TCEA 2017 Library / Media Technology Specialist...Mother...Wife...Grandmother...trying new things one 'byte' @ a time...too many 'squirrels'...but that makes learning and sharing fun.

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