When I was Litle

For my last book of the year I read When I was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis. It is a cute book and a great beginning memoir for children. I Chose this book because I had checked out the Children's Lit book this semester from App and I had to turn it back in. My library had few children's memoirs, but I am glad to have picked this one. I like to see what t is about children's books that make them great sellers and I haven't yet picked it out totally but I can now recogize it even if I can't put my finger on the definition of it.

Dr. Nita,
If you read this...thanks for a great year!

sad to leave

I just got word a week ago that my husband has recieved a job in KY. So therefore I won't be able to finish my MLS here. They say they may transfer in 9 hours but I have 15 so far. That's ok I guess but I will hate to leave all the great people that I have met in this cohort. The profesors are wonderful. I have learned so much from this program. I will be leavign in June so there is no reason to be in summer classes. So sad to go but new opportunities await my husband. Thank you Dr. Nita for all you have taught me!

Epistemology

It is undersndable that the nature of knowledge comes in different ways, hence the various theories of learning. I did my unit plan a kindergarten science lesson that could be done in a library setting. Cognitivsm can me seen in the lesson as we repeat the vocabulary and also show pictures of the different types of weather each day, and students are encouraged to ask qusetions and be given answers by classmates and librarian. Behaviorsim is the interraction of the students with different media and temperature/weather gathering sources. The activities are structured from day to day with a concept that is introduced...guided practce, individual practice, discussion and observation are all part of my plan - though I don't come out and call it these things. And finally, constructivism - the whole lesson grows as children construct their learning from prior knowledge of computer skills, reading skills, and temperature/weather skills that they have learned. The librarian doesn't always tell the children what to do and allows individual learning. Students are encouraged to find out for themelves how to tell the temperature how to know what to wear on a rany day, etc. I really enjoyed doing this lesson/unit plan and learned a lot from it.