An Experience with Multimedia

This first feeling I had from this article was motivation... the second feeling, anxiety for project management.

I think I need some time to continue exploring and cleaning up my skills with all of these new forms of media before inviting another teacher to ride the wave with me. Although, this fascinating project provides the map for traveling along the same route.

After reading about the award Sanders and Pavelski won, I was inspired however. This is one way a teacher librarian can keep their job interesting. I'm a competitor even though that wouldn't be the purpose, one out to win awards, but I think now knowing there are awards like that out there - I will have more intention behind my planning and collaboration with my colleagues.

I am still in awe at all of the ways they were able to make this project cross-curricular. I don't think most of us truly understand cross curricular work until being able to read about an extensive project of this nature.

One other area that I appreciated was the way students were evaluated... I think it was Abrams who talked in his Digital Photography Webinar about students learning more from the process than what the product was worth as well as doing more writing as a result of the process (rather than just writing traditionally); therefore, he was encouraging teachers to evaluate the value of their process rather than the shine of their product. I agree!