Hello, everyone. Sometimes I feel like we all already know everyone really well and everything about each other, but that’s probably not the case, so here you go:
I graduated from UNF with my B.S. in Sociology in 2004. 18 months later, I became an Earth Science teacher at Orange Park Junior High School. I worked there for seven years, first as a classroom teacher (two years of Earth Science, one year of Social Studies, and one year of Language Arts), and then as the school media specialist for three years. Once I set my sights on the library job, I applied for FSU’s Master’s program and earned my MLIS in Spring 2013. For some unexplained (and perhaps unexplainable) reason, I decided to pursue my doctorate, and so here I am in my second year. (I think we’re all just a little bit crazy, but at least we have company.)
My areas of interest include Education Informatics, OERs, school library, Information Worlds, and all things sociological. I don’t really know what to say about my intellectual style. I guess I’m more of a visual learner, but I like words. I’m not a fan of diagrams and models, for whatever reason. I tend to get lost in them, unless they’re very simple. I’m a big picture person, rather than a lover of minutia, so maybe that’s why.
And I guess that’s it for an introduction! Until next week . . .