Welcome to my blog for all library, teaching, and technology-related things.
My name is Inma Galan, I am a high school teacher-librarian at Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove. This is my 5th year with the district. Prior to working at the high school, I worked at a public library facilitating storytime programs for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. This is my 6th class on the Instructional Technology Endorsement program. I have completed my ESL/Bilingual endorsements at St. Francis and really enjoyed the experience.
Normally, I would be working with a variety of classes with daily changes from doing book talks to teaching citation tools. However, under the current circumstances we, the librarian's team, are doing the best we can to support teachers and students. We are a 1:1 school and were used to using technology daily. Now we are taking it up to the next level.
I am a mom to two boys (17 & 13) and a crazy dog. I love to travel and immerse myself in new cultures. I am originally from Spain. This past summer we had planned to travel to Spain & Portugal, we're still hoping we'll get to do that next summer. In the meantime, I have been running and reading a lot.
Hi Inma! One of my coworkers at school is from Spain as well and the way she talks about her experiences has convinced me to put Spain at the top of my travel list. I'm sure among all the challenges schools are facing right now, you and the librarian team are quite busy. I hope the school year is going smoothly so far for you and your colleagues!
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Inma
Good afternoon Inma,
ReplyDeleteVery cool that you're helping the teachers out. I consider our lead librarian the "research guru" in our school and he's very helpful. I hope you and your boys have a good start to the craziest school year anyone has experienced.
Look forward to class with you.
Hello Inma,
ReplyDeleteI am very jealous of your amazing blog layout and all of the attachments. Hopefully I can figure all of this out some day!A good friend of mine moved to Spain a few years back. I hope to get out there some day!
Inma, Hi I am happy to hear that you are able to work with other teachers as we teach remotely. I bet the teachers you work with benefit from the support that you provide them. I know that many of my colleagues need that support. Many teachers are not familiar with all of the different learning tools that are out there. With this being your 6th class that means that you are almost done. Way to go!
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