Hello,
I am Regina Johnson (jeanie). I am currently the librarian at the East Prairie High School.
Our library is a 7-12 library and we are a small school in Southeast Missouri. I love being in the library ! I began my career as a FACS teacher and was doing that for 13 years. I was ready for a change and when the job came open in East Prairie I was glad to be given the opportunity to work back in my hometown. (I have always worked 2-6 hours away from home). I have been given ample time to get my Library Certification and have tried to get the Certification through the Praxis. Not a good idea. I feel I wasted too much of my "ample" time on that very hard test. I am now going to do the right thing and get my degree in Library Science through classes. The library and I are the perfect match. I love a quiet room, to see students actually study, and to be able to help with research. I currently do not belong to any professional organizations although I do plan to join MASL before this year is out. I don't have a favorite database, mainly because there is so much blocked in our library by our technician. EBSCO is used in the library; but I know there is bound to be so much more that would help my kids. Will have to work on that as I learn more from my fellow classmates and these college classes.
I am not familiar with the 2.0 world; but there again I believe that I will learn more about it as my years at college go on.
I set up my first Skype due to requirements of this class and I am glad I did. My first grandchild just left for college and I will be able to skype with her! I do not have a Web cam, have never twittered, and I have no idea what a screencast is.
I am familiar with the 21st Century Learner and the Common Core Standards.
I do hope that my classmates are patient with me and can help me with the new technology that we will be using in this and future classes.
I wish the best for all my classmates. Jeanie
