1. What was their favorite “thing” to do in the media center or in tech class. They are as follows:

* Creating brochures
* Working on the newspaper
* Typing Stories
* Working on Wikis and blogs
* Coming in the early morning to write stories and put on the blog so everyone can read it.
* Reading about the Wright brothers and making the report
* Working with partners on brochures
* Writing plays

2. What was the one thing they felt they learned the most about?

* I learned to type better now.
* I learned how to write stories because I wrote a lot.
* I learned about Wikis and blogs.
* While doing brochures, I learned different ways to post pictures.
* I learned how to type a story on PowerPoint.
* I learned you can make your own blog.
* I learned to put my stories on our wiki.
* I learned to copy and paste, work with WordArt, how to change backgrounds, and how to make brochures.
* I learned how to print on both sides of the paper.
* I learned to use the Internet properly.
* I learned computers are slow.

3. What would you like to learned in the next school year?

* How to make my own Website?
* Learn to make an Avatar.
* Be able to write faster on the computer.
* Make a 3-D shape.
* Learn more stuff.
* I want to learn how to track people down on the computer.
* Learn how to build a robot.
* Learn about how the computer works.
* Learn more about Wikis.
* How to build a video game.

Our students love coming in working on various activities with their teachers and tech staff. They are encourage to create powerpoints, inspiration projects, and excel graphs besides Internet research projects. The media center staff are fantastic at creating lesson plans for many activities that aligned with the classroom curriculum and state testing mandates.

Most of our students are involved in Accelerated Reader where students check out books from a specific list. After the book has been read, the students will take a reading comprehension test. The program stores all test scores taken (passed or failed) by the student. The student receives a print-out of their history with Accelerated Reader. In my opinion, this has been a fantastic way to get students involved in reading. They can find many books that are very interesting on the list such as Bridge to Terabithia, Tuck Everlasting, Giver, Number the Stars, Twenty and Ten, Snow Treasure, and many, many, more.

Our media center may be small, but it is used constantly by students as well as adults. There is never a dull moment in this classroom.