Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts

The last few days I have been sitting through sessions at the SCETV Technology 3-day Workshops.  I submitted a proposal to present, mainly to have an authentic opportunity to “practice” a planned presentation for early October.  (Selfish I know.)  I also co-presented with Fran Bullington and Heather Loy doing the session we did at the [...]

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In recent discussions with friends, we have bemoaned the misunderstanding of what librarians do in a school. Defending one’s job is a tiring and lonesome battle, and in the midst of budget woes all around, downright fearful. In my network of friends, the discussion has been at times heated but plentiful. So what can we [...]

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I’m a big fan of using online videos in my presentations, but I’ve found that I talk way too much (mostly “um’s”) and have a tendency to run short on time.  But when I’ve selected a video to include, I usually allow the whole thing to play, or at least play through a certain point [...]

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Some of you, like me, may have opted for other conferences. Others, often like me, could not afford the cost to travel, lodge, and attend ISTE 2010. Don’t lament your losses (which I’m sure were significant, mine included.)  ISTE organizers have a vision that includes whetting the appetite to attend the next annual conference in [...]

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Tony Vincent just shared this in my Twitter feed and I had to laugh: 12 Page eBook – A New Way To Lecture: Using Web 2.0 to Create Interactive Lectures http://tonyv.me/newlec.  Recently I had a conversations with Chris Craft about what I really dislike in presentations–>sit and get.  He challenged me to think of ways [...]

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Thanks to Dr. Scott Mcleod of Dangerously Irrelevant for the initial sharing of this video in early June, a somewhat satirical look at a serious topic–educational funding cuts! I’d seen this a while back, but it is running in my circles again, so I thought I’d share it here, especially after a news article showed [...]

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There seems to be a demand to post/share our end of the year library reports (dictated by advocacy efforts to justify and save our jobs.) Somewhat incomplete since my colibrarian does not return until August, I have created one for our library.  It will be tweaked in August upon her return. 2010 Annual Library Report [...]

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Just this morning I blogged about the SCETV’s Summer Technology Workshops which is a FREE for the taking–all teachers have to do is register.  So I was saddened today to receive an email plea (here’s the online link) that outlines the 52% cuts that Governor Sanford is supporting for ETV.  Please contact your legislators today. [...]

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What? SCETV Summer Workshops When? July 27-29, 2010; 8:30AM-3PM Where? ETV Telecommunications Center, 1101 George Rogers Blvd., Columbia, SC Who? SC Educators Why? Free professional development for creating engaging classrooms!! P.S.  I’m presenting!! Registration Details UPDATE:  Just fund out the workshops are all filled up.  But you can check daily to see if any one [...]

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Here is my copresenter Wendy Stephens’ slides for Wednesday night’s Webinar on Becoming a National Board Certified Teacher (Librarian)! She will go first: National Board Certification in Library Media View more presentations from wsstephens. Here are my slides! 1. I AM an NBCT School Librarian 2. I AM average. 3. Look at my portfolio entry [...]

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