New Year... Fresh Start...

September is a great time to refocus.

On the first day I was given a great reminder of why I love my job.

A group of students came into the library and chatted about what they had read over the summer - "I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 4 days, the second book in 2 days and I stayed up all night reading the 3rd book." Students ran to the new books on display, pointing at titles they had read, and were thrilled to see the book they had been dying to read waiting for them. I love seeing the excitement of reading and the challenge of matching reading interest to readers. This scene I will replay again and again...

Our principal, John McGowan, sent out a YouTube Video about 21st Century Education in New Brunswick. It's worth the 5 minutes. It's a great synopsis of how technology will change the way our students will learn. "Education is about adapting to a changing world." I remember being excited about my first Mac Classic terminal with internet access to teach information literacy skills with web resources. As we move into an era of iPad's and e-books, it is an exciting time to be a teacher librarian, as information specialists, looking for opportunities to incorporate information technology tools into learning.

Given where I left the last few posts in Library Links... To Be or Not to Be a Teacher Librarian, and Keeping the Teacher in Teacher Librarian, I wanted to refocus on the positive...

So as you meander through a year of budget challenges, take a step back, refocus and remind yourself why you love your job!!!