Portfolio

Breakout: Case of the Missing Mona Lisa

I created an art detective agency breakout game for high school students (primarily for 9th grade students) to get them thinking about effective search strategies, evaluating sources, citations, and sharing and permissions.

Teaching your Students How to Effectively Search Databases

I created an instructional video for teachers on how to guide their students through searching databases with search strategies.

Designing a Book Cover

I designed a book cover by analyzing and formulating ideas about the themes, events, characters, and era of a book I love, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell as an idea for a collaborative lesson along with refreshing outdated book covers in the library.

Interpreting an Image

Interpreting an image requires close examination, questioning, and critical thinking to form conclusions and make educated analysis of the symbolism, meaning, and historical context.

Comics

I created a comic spread based on a scene in a book that stood out for its tension, visual imagery, and its personal impact. Creating comics forces you to analyze, think critically, and tell (or retell) a story through visual imagery, timing, and iconography.

Memes

I created two memes to teach an Information Literacy rule and Library policy that made it easy for students to understand and retain the information.

Videos

I created a book talk video to promote a book I recommended. Videos are a great versatile technology tool for teachers, librarians, and students. They can be used as a tool to teach part of a lesson, a tool to reference at any point, or a tool for communication on any topic, subject, idea, or thought.

Infographics

I created an infographic to display library catalog data that was quick and appealing to read. Infographics can be created for any topic that has multiple instances of information that would be easily understood in visual representation.

Exploration of a Tech Tool

I explored different technology tools and chose one to integrate into the library.