Introduction

Introduction



I am Beth Obear, Library Media Specialist at Kenilworth Elementary School in Bowie, MD. This is the second part of my career after 18 years as a special educator. I finally went back for an MLS after three times considering it but rejecting the idea from fear of technology. Linda Sweeting encouraged me in this decision, saying it was the best job in the world and if she could do it, so could I. The irony is that at that time, technology meant 16 mm projectors and filmstrip projectors. People who have known me since childhood are stunned when I tell them what I am doing now with computers as they never ever saw me that way! As a matter of fact, the first time I sat down at an Apple IIIc and thought I had broken it, I cried. The wonderful principal, Bob Weimer, would not let me give up on myself or technology.

Among my goals are to catch up to my nieces and nephews. So the interim goals are for me to:

1- learn as much as a third grader about technology 2- learn as much as a fourth grader about technology 3- learn as much as a fifth grader about technology