You Want Me To WHAT ??????????

My response to thing 10: This is a whole new world to me. I’m not ready to comment much, yet. I think I’m a step behind. On the other hand, if this is what kids are really doing, and I want to reach kids, than I have a responsibility to learn a bit. A lot.
Maybe I can get some 8th graders to help me. Or other Middle Schoolers. Maybe I can find a patient 6th grader.

And then I read the title for thing 11. You want me to set a facebook page? Really? Are you nuts? Am I nuts? I have to think about this for a while. Well, really, it’s not much different from what we’ve done already. I have to think of a good approach.

Today, I was doing class visits about vacation week. I bombed in the 7th & 8th grade. When I moved on to grades 4 & 5, I was getting into my stride, but still not there. At grades 2, and 3, I had kids begging for the story. And then 6th. They were really paying attention…they cared. I had written them off as the kids who were too old for me - but
.wait. I just have to find the hook. Maybe a myspace page is the hook. Maybe that’s the way to reach kids today with the same old stuff, just newly packaged.

So, already I’m thinking, how can I connect my yet-to-be-created myspace page to our library webpage. Linking is not a problem. Having interesting stuff is.

It would be great to be ahead of the curve enough to be interesting to the people I want to reach. I just have to think differently. I have to stop thinking 63 and start thinking 14.

I’m too tired tonight.

Hey, I really like this course. Get’s me all shook up.