Starting a New Career Path

I'm hoping to find a teaching job for the 2017-2018 school year. I relocated in August of last year, and I have had a nice "gap" year to take care of things, but I am eager to be back in the class room! I recently changed my career goal from Reading/Dyslexia Specialist to Library Media Specialist, and I could not be more excited. I am working on an MLIS degree from an online program through the University of Kentucky. My teachers make me feel like this degree will blow open doors. At my former university, I felt as though most of the work was just "busy work," and I didn't feel like I got anything useful out of it. However, the assignments and projects I've done for my classes at UK are actually fun, and I can use them in any position I'm in, whether it be as a teacher or a librarian.

I've been working on getting more tech-savvy. I consider myself a pretty technical person, but I am very out of date when it comes to educational apps. One of my teachers encourages us to experiment with and design projects using newer technology so that we stay current and can work with teachers to enhance learning in the classroom. My students would do anything for me if they got to use the Chromebooks, so I am very excited to learn how to incorporate new technology into my lessons. Kids these days are so tech-oriented, and using technology in the classroom provides amply opportunities to teach students how to be good digital citizens and how to use technology responsibly.

My favorite digital tool right now is Canva. We were assigned a project to make an infographic using Canva, which was a lot of fun. You can customize everything, and there are already templates available for your use that you can edit. My current project on Canva is updating my resume. Currently, my resume is bland and monochromatic. I'm looking forward to jazzing it up and making it eye-catching!

This is my Screencast on Canva, which I recorded using Screencast-o-matic. I encourage you to try this. It makes presenting a new program a breeze because you can record what you are doing in real time!