Greetings!
My name is Krystal Gibson and I am pleased to be on the journey to becoming a school librarian. I spent many years in school, receiving my Bachelors of Arts in English from Virginia Commonwealth University, and my Masters of Teaching in Secondary Education from Liberty University. I am currently only in my second semester at Old Dominion University, but I am excited to receive my Masters of Education in School Librarianship.
I have a 6 year old daughter that I adore and love most of all. She inspires me to keep the path of education. She loves Tae Kwon Do, Ballet, and reading chapter books. She is really gotten into chapter books lately and we spend a lot of time at the local library just reading, picking out books, and playing on the computer.
I am currently a substitute teacher as I have not gotten that permanent position yet, having just received my teaching license in January 2016. I am looking for an English middle school position and hopefully I will receive one by the Fall. I have lived in Virginia all my life and most likely will never leave.
Becoming a school librarian was not my original career choice, but not because it wasn't appealing. I never thought about such a thing because it was not marketed well and not shown as a career that many people would choose. Becoming a teacher, however, was always said to be a great career with many benefits, so I decided to become just that. Deep down though, I knew being in the classroom, teaching day in and day out, was not what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I wanted to work with books!! BOOKS! The path of librarianship came by seeing the youth around me flourish with books and seeing how much joy the books brought them, just like they brought me. I knew I wanted to create a place that was safe and honest for students to come and read, write, and learn through the use of technology and written text.
To be, or not to be.. A teacher of a librarian?
When it was said I would have to make a blog, I was not a happy person. I am certainly not creative enough to blog! But I understand the importance of such things when it comes to libraries. "When you approach a new challenge as a true beginner, you need not be saddled with fear of failure or of making mistakes, (Reynolds, 2014, "Start with the beginner's mind"). I will be presentation Zen! Reynolds also says I am creative so I know I can do this. I chose the font changing times because it was catchy looking and times are a changin! I also chose the pretty pink and bird background called Ethereal because I want my blog to be light and fun, not something that is strict and demanding. My bright colors of my font was chosen because Reynolds says we need to use colors to contrast one another so they stick out and stand out against the slides. All in all, I want people to enjoy what they see and read and the same goes for my library!
Reynolds, G. (2014). Presentation Zen design: A simple visual approach to presenting in today's world (Second ed.). San Francisco: New Riders.
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