2013-2014 Year in Review

So, it's just about the beginning of a new school year and I have yet to review the previous school year.  Yeah, that sounds about right.  Better late than never, though, so here goes.

Each year I make a flipsnack book showing all the highlights from the year.  It's a nice way to summarize the year...kind of an online library yearbook.  It takes a little bit of time to put together, but it's worth it. Here's this past year's:

http://bit.ly/1314MESMCYIR

My Plans for the Summer, which include things I did before leaving for the summer:

• Reorganize the Media Storage room   DONE!
• Make signs for the new sections in the Media Storage room DONE!
• Reorganize the conference room off the Media Center to make it a parent resource room DONE!
• Paint the Media Center bathroom (it's small, so it shouldn't take long) DONE!
• Decorate the Media Center for next year in the Super Reader theme  DONE!
• Decorate the Prize Cart with the new Super Reader theme DONE!

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• Make new shelf markers for the new theme using super hero duct tape DONE!
• Make new center signs/directions with new theme DONE!
• Barcode older Cobblestone magazines DONE!
• Finish next year's scope and sequence DONE!

• Work on creating a Welcome Back movie with iMovie to show on my new TV that was finally installed at the end of the school year. DONE!  See it here.

• Create some new items for my TpT store including a Fun Pirate theme, a Space theme and some freebies DONE!
• Add Fan Freebies to my Facebook pages  DONE!
• Continue to work on gaining new Facebook, Twitter, and TpT followers

• Participate in more Twitter chats (#edtech, #tlchat)
• Clean up posts on The Book Bug (correct grammar and spelling errors, broken links, etc.)
• Add new freebies to Classroom Freebies DONE!
• Create new orientation PowerPoints for the beginning of the year DONE!
• Work on the new Media Center info pamphlet DONE!
• Update the Media Center website DONE!
• Download and listen to the Elementary Librarian podcasts I have not listened to yet DONE!
• Finish reading the books I brought home to read over the summer

Goals for Upcoming School Year

• Continue to use Skype more
• Utilize Twitter more as a means to get out the word on what librarians REALLY do

• Create lessons using Augmented Reality apps such as Aurasma (now HP Reveal)
• I'd like to have a live morning newscast.  I looked into some ways to using iPads for this.  I'd like to test it out soon.
• I'd like to start a book club once a week for 3rd-5th graders.
• I'd also like to start a newspaper or literary magazine to highlight the great writers we have.  This might even could be an online thing.   
• Acquire more iPads DONE!

Source

• Look into getting a Makerbot 3D printer (possibly via Donors Choose)
• Raise money to send 500 books to the bindery DONE! Thanks PTO!
• Relabel biographies as 92 rather than 921 so that section can include 920 as well as 921
• Attend at least 4 conferences this year
• Present at at least 2 conferences
• Take part in more webinars
• Blog at least once a week

So those are my plans.  We'll see how it goes.

Hope you're having a great summer!