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Martindale's Musings

I am an elementary school media specialist & a Library Science graduate student at SHSU who loves to share about books, technology, collaboration with others and my personal book reviews.

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February 26, 2019

There are a variety of awards that ALA gives to authors and illustrators. One that peaked my interest was the Pura Belpré Award. I have created a GoogleSites to share some of my findings after researching.

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Podcasts

April 15, 2020

Podcasting is a great way to listen to a variety of things and also share about things you know. Podcasts are not only radio show topics, but also include cooking, crafting, podcasts for dog lovers, devotionals, edtech, educational, and yes, even podcasts for those who enjoy Pokemon. If there is something that interests you, there is most likely a podcast for you to listen to. Librarians and teachers can use podcasts for simple things such as book talks, but they can also be used for someone who is being interviewed for their thoughts about a book, and can be used for book club discussions. Instructional materials for the library can also be recorded in the form of a podcast. The possibilities are truly only limited as you wish for them to be. Here are a couple of good reasons to using podcasts in school: ~Flexibility-podcasts are open 24/7 & on different devices ~Most peo...

Comics, Comic Strips, & Avatars in the Library

April 06, 2020

As the popularity of Graphic Novels rises, we as media specialist librarians should use the format of comics to our advantage. Students already are drawn to them (no pun intended) and using comics, avatars, and graphic novel styles to present information is bound to get their attention. I used several sites and apps to create some that I thought would be helpful for me in my library. Here are some questions I was able to answer about each. 1. Pixton Evaluation of the site Google Sign-in Teachers can create classes and students can join in class. Not a huge variety of backgrounds on the free version. Were the comics easy to create? Had to learn their set up, but it was not bad. Could change facial expressions of the characters. Can change poses of each character individually “Words” are easy to add, can choose from different formats-speech, shout, whisper, thought Easy to save? Can download, print, or share. D...

Reflections of LSSL 5391

April 28, 2020

I absolutely loved taking this class. I was already comfortable with technology and tried to incorporate it into my library lessons weekly; but this course allowed me to take it a step further. It allowed me to view and use some of the programs and apps in ways I had not before, I also really liked being able to see the ways that other students/my peers used both the same apps/technology I’ve used but differently, and the way they found new apps/technology to complete tasks in similar ways. I enjoyed reading about the ways that they made an app complete a similar task, but much more efficiently than what I had found. I am the type of learner that learns best by “doing,” and this class really allowed me to do that. One fellow classmate shared about “Fotojet Online Graphic Designer” on their “Comics & Cartoons” blog and I liked that they shared about an app similar to ones I used, but this one had different options. I think that sharing in discussion boards and bl...