Lesson 10--Wrap Up

 

 

     1.  Deciding on my biggest discovery may be the biggest challenge of all for me as I started as a true novice (Humility had nothing to do with the blog name!).  There were so many discoveries and each one useful in its own way.  Personally, I know that I'll use the Ancestry Library and the Heritage Quest information for my own family projects and have already passed along some of my finds to  my family members.  My mom didn't even know that her mom had a half-sibling!  Professionally, I've been using most of  my new-found skills on my students as we went along.  There's no better way to learn something than to teach it to someone else, right?  If I  had to choose one piece that I think I will use most, I guess it would be the World Book Student resource.  I teach social studies and math in the middle school, and this offers so, so much usable material for me without much effort on my part.  My students can easily navigate and figure things out as they go.  So, thanks for making my life easier!

 

     2.  By exposing my students to these resources, I hope that they will think of the South Dakota Library when they have a project in school or outside of school.  I've been raving about this class to my colleagues as well as passing along resources to my fellow teachers.  If the class comes along again, I'm going to try to talk some of them into taking it because it has been one of the most worthwhile classes I've been involved in, and I've been in the business a LONG time!