Moving forward slowly

This was a hectic week. All of the regular library classes (except kindergarten checked books out this week.) I worked with a 2nd small group of 1st graders on using drawing tools to create a picture of a person and learning to type their name with a capital first letter. I have 4 more groups to complete. I collaborated with the classroom teachers to use the 2nd grade TechSteps project on pictographs to compliment their school bus safety unit. I met briefly with 3rd grade to plan a project based unit built around the TechSteps Who am I project. I also met in extended planning sessions with the 4th and 5th grade teachers. In 4th grade we worked out a joint research unit on Native Americans and in 5th grade we discussed how to best to continue the project based unit on heroes in the library and in the small groups in the Intervention/Enrichment time. The PLC teams are working on data analysis and creating their smart goals.
On the equipment front, we are still waiting to hear from the technician on how soon the laptops will be ready for use and if they are going to be able to set ePearl up on the school server. I did rearrange some of the library furnature to allow 1 section of the space to be used as a lab with the laptops. The computers can be set up by 5th grade volunteers who will remove the computers from the charging cart and set them up each day. This will save teachers some time. They don't have to worry about moving the heavy cart and getting the computers out and then we still have the 2 carts that can be moved and used anywhere in the building.