Montessorian Librarian

RESOLUTION: Get Back to these Blogs and Organize more than the Shelves!

(Actually, I don’t spend a lot of time in the shelves, I am too busy finding resources, creating content, helping children, and exploring children’s literature. I just thought that was a catchy start to this entry about some of my uses of technology. So far I have little aptitude for Webquests but I love flickr and blogs.)

This year I’ve stretched myself: As a participant in the Federal Grant Project, “Explorations in Puerto Rican Culture Through the Arts” I’ve worked in an afterschool program here at Zanetti. Our students put on a major production. They researched Puerto Rico, composed poetry, made sets, learned dances, music, everything they could learn about theater arts. We had such a time! There were so many scenes — El Yunque, The School Yard, Bombas, Vejigante Carnival, etc……Amazing. It was such a great way for research skills to develop within a real context. What is Ponce known for? What colors is the Ponce Firehouse? How can I paint it? What are Vejigante masks? Where did they come from. How do they differ from Ponce to Loiza?

Oh, for the afterschool program I started a wiki so that my team teacher and I could communicate. It turned into a soliloquy. Oh well, wikis aren’t for everyone. Here’s the link:

Zanetti Theater Arts Wiki. http://zanettitheater.pbwiki.com/Pfeifer%27s+Activities

After going with an E1 class to the woods I made this Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/montessorianlibrarian

And after visiting another Montessori school I made this little blogger page in order to share what I’d seen with teachers: http://washingtonmontessori.blogspot.com/

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(I’ll find the link later! Gotta go!)

Ms. P.

Two other activities generated the use of technology.