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Hi

This is my first blog.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a Teacher Librarian in a public primary school in the lower Hunter Valley, NSW. I have been in this area for 10 years and this is my 4th year at my current school. As well as being Teacher Librarian I am a trained Reading Recovery Teacher, so half of my day is involved in working with my 4 students doing intensive reading sessions of 30 mins each, and the rest of the day I am in charge of the Library and teaching 9 classes over the course of the week for 1 hr each.

I started this course because I wanted to make sure that I am abreast of all the changes that are happening constantly and am looking for ways to use these technologies in my teaching. Being a Teacher Librarian we are supposed to be experts at navigating information and advising students how to do the same, but at times I feel that I make one step forward and then go two steps backwards. Most of my year last year was involved in Reading Recovery training and I let the Teacher Librarian side of my job slide a little, but there is no excuse this year!

Prior to becoming a Teacher Librarian 16 years ago I was a Librarian who had worked in Public Libraries, TAFE and Uni Libraries and even a Technical Library attached to the Steelworks.

On the personal side, I have been happily married for nearly 31 years and am mother to 2 gorgeous daughters aged 26 and 23, one just recently returned home after a year overseas and the other living in Sydney.

I look forward to hearing from other course participants and the learning we have ahead of us.

Kim.