Julia Loving's Page

This final project was great! I focused my project on my journey to Ancient Egypt which is a place that has fascinated me since childhood. I managed to get through all of the tools of Tumblr (chats, video, texts, audio, photo, quote, and links). I worked hard and I prevailed! This was a wonderful way of getting used all types of formats. I hope when I get back to school in September I will remember most of what I learned this summer. It was truly an eye opening experience for me. I learned about… Continue

"The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.
Joyce Cary

When you enter any classroom you should have not only a confidence about yourself personally but also confidence about the content area you are about to teach. That is not saying you should know absolutely everything about the topic but it is saying you are comfortable enough to present the content to anyone one on any level in an effective way. In order to have this level… Continue

I would think these both of these tools would come very natural for me as a Librarian, but quite the opposite. Google Reader took a while for me to figure out and I'm still not sure if I am quite doing it the correct way or not. Tumblr was a lot simpler to user for me. Using Google News and Google Reader I found pertinent articles but having so many articles is rather overwhelming. Is there a way to limit the number possible by using boolean operators or being more specific. I decided that my se… Continue

My role as a School Media Specialist is purely one of referral and demonstration. Meeting with students on various levels throughout the day can be a bit challenging when comes to deciding what is the best technology tools for everyone. I meet with individual students, teacher lead classes of students and students that are a part of our library and poetry clubs. So far, I believe I found a two wonderful tools that lend itself to precisely those various levels of usage. Tools such as Voicethread… Continue

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