The article we read at the beginning of class really left me with some uneasy feelings.  The automatic response from most of us was anger but Jenny made an important point.  That the answer is not to fight; we need to continue investigating, build connections and come up with positive solutions.  Some of the questions that arose for me were, who is writing this? Where are they getting their information? And, although teachers know to investigate further, how would parents react to an article like this? If people say these types of things constantly, how do we know if parents won’t just go along with it? Many parents are naive to what goes on in schools. They don’t know how important the face-to-face interaction is to building well-rounded members of society.  They might think since technology use is inevitable, maybe ipads instead of teachers is the way to go.  So it is our job as teachers to ruffle the feathers and get our word out there too.  This is a perfect example why we all need to stay or become connected and voice our opinions as well.

Some of the others questions we were trying to answer today include: What am I using for our future vision projects? Why have  I chosen this medium? And what do I hope to get out of the use of it.  First, I am using my library weebly website to share my project online.  The reason I chose this is because I feel that the best way for me to advertise the library as a learning commons area, is by providing as much information and resources on the library website as possible. I want the library to become the hub of information and inquiry, both physically and digitally.  I chose to use weebly because I find it to be very easy to use and navigate through.  What I hope to get from creating these new inquiry pages is to get more teachers and students engaged in inquiry and to make it clear that I am becoming the information and inquiry specialist at my school.