Final Reflection

    As nerve racking as it was to interact with middle school students, the field experience was quite successful.  I gained so much knowledge from observing Ryan Noble, and interacting with his classes.  In the short amount of time I spent in his library, I built a rapport with Nelson staff, successfully delivered my first iPad driven lesson, and designed a new library shelving display to help students find the books they desire.

   Not only did I observe different strategies to hit the common core standards in the upper grades, but I was fortunate enough to see a 1:1 iPad program school wide.  This is very rare to see in Long Beach Unified School district.  All librarians in our district use Destiny so I was comfortable with the program.  I did need to learn a new method of circulation for upper grades.  During my iPad lesson I learned how to monitor student participation and how to keep students on task.  

    The collaboration activity with the staff allowed me to keep in contact with teachers in an attempt to develop a new collaboration model for the staff.  Because I was at the school for only a short amount of time, it was difficult to see if teachers would follow through with the new model.

    Finally, students had their own iPads that they were able to walk around with while searching the Destiny catalog for materials.  However, I immediately noticed they would still ask Mr. Noble where to find their books.  Nelson Library's newly labeled shelves made a huge impact on student self-monitoring.  Students are now able to look at a shelf to see what ranges are on each shelf.  Clip arts or popular subjects can also be seen alongside shelves to lead students to the right section.