I have had a light bulb moment

I want to begin this reflection by outlining why I chose the activities that I did. When I started this course two and a half years ago it was to get out of teaching. I was passionate about getting out of teaching, not because I didn’t like teaching, far from it. I was feeling trapped in the school I was working in and I thought that I would never get out if I didn’t do something different. So began my career change to be a librarian. It was something that I had been thinking about for a long. After starting the course and completing my library visits and practicum I came to see being a librarian was very similar to being a teacher just minus the annoying bits – yard duty, reports and parent teacher interviews! So I'd thought I chosen well, my intellect was still being stimulated minus the stress and severe anxiety that I associated with teaching. Then two things happened….this subject and a temporary replacement position at an elite private school in Melbourne. This subject opened my eyes to how a) as a teacher I could use this amazing technology in my classroom to engage and motivate students and b) that schools and school libraries really needed to get with the program! The school I am currently working at and sadly my contract finishes at the end of this term has reinvigorated my desire, energy and motivation to teach. I realized that it was not teaching that was my issue it was my work place. The activities I have chosen are all from Module 3 and I feel that they provide me with best opportunity to develop myself as a teacher (– which I know is not the point of this subject or course), but also to arm me with information that I will be able to use, not only to improve my teaching practice, but to open the eyes of other educators and school librarians at the possibilities that are out there in cyberspace.

Also Lyn I am going to submit a electronic copy of my OLJ via EASTS…as much as I love the internet and Web 2.0 technologies…I don’t trust them 100% yet!