March 13.
The last official day in my Media Center.
When "all of this" (the way Southerners say quarantine) started, the only thing I knew for sure is that I would be running tech support for teachers, students, and parents. That is exactly what I did for the first week.
But now? Going into week 8?
I am not doing a lot of tech support. Everyone seemed to hit their stride going into week 3. During this time I have recorded a million read aloud videos and put them on my YouTube channel (all unlisted), created some assignments for different grade levels, and joined classes for Google Meet read alouds.
In my Media Center classroom, I have created only a few assignments and students seem to complete those (I have a flexible schedule) when they get bored. I just want to stay connected to my students! Especially those that came by daily, just to say hello.
Here are some screen shots of the types of things in my Media Center Google Classroom.
As you can see, I have a few topics set up and when I add "assignments" they go under these topics. Lately, I have just added links on the stream (the main page) like the one below.
I also will post Google Meet links in the Classroom for students that want to hop on and say HELLO! Some days, my Kinders just want to lay on their pillow and just watch everyone..... and I don't mind a bit! I try to do it on Mondays at 10 am and I will have teachers pop by and even my district's Coordinator of Media Services came by!
I am not sure that you will get much participation with your Google Classroom when you don't see classes and assign grades, but I do feel like it is important to have one to let your students know that you are still there and that you are there for them!
