Podcast for "The Rock and the River"

For my podcast, I choose to read an segment from one of the chapters in the book.  The idea was to give a potential readers a chance to find out a little more about the book.  The podcast is about 8 minutes but I think it is worth listening to; so check it out!

Click below to listen to a segment from "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon:

http://www.box.net/shared/iozp5nzdrt

Eventually, I would like to create podcasts to other books as well or help students create their own to promote their favorite books.

Promotion Flyer

I remember in 5th grade when I got to leave class and go next door for a special book discussion group.  Students love to talk about the books, escpecially ones they like.  There fore, as a librarian, I plan on holding my own book discussion.  Students can either meet after school or during lunchtime once a month.  In addition, I would hold "book talks" in order to give students ideas on what to read.

Check out a flyer I created to promote these book talks:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByuTQz-rkscvMDM2MzdlYWUtZDM3OC00NzhkLThkODYtNTc5ZDM1NDk5ZDUz&hl=en

Be patient, it may take a minute or two to download but it is there--trust me!

Plan of Action: Black History Month

Plan of Action for Black History Month
https://bb.pdx.edu/webct/RelativeResourceManager/sfsid/1075229931021
In my plan-of-action, I describe the standards for social studies and technology that are addressed as well as the technology projects I created in promotion for Black History Month.  Finally, I describe my learning goals I hope to achieve with the website.  The above link will take you a more detailed visual.

Banner

For my "Design and Production of Instructional Media" class, I choose to focus my theme around Black History month which is celebrated in February.  Since the idea is to promote literature and literacy activities, I designed this curriculum theme to help students and teachers learn more about African-American authors and illustrators.  This a banner I designed, using Power Point, where I would hang up around the school for promotion to the students.