First, I would like to apologize to anyone who might have stopped in and noticed, I didn't complete the homework. I have a very set schedule at school and do not have the flexibility to easily teach anyone something other than what I need to do each week. I have scheduled a common slot of time with a first-grade teacher to show her Marvel this Friday afternoon, so I will not be able to finish this week's Discover Exercise until the weekend!
I found the tutorial very informative and easy to use. When thinking about searching for something of interest, I immediately recalled earlier that week half listening to the news my husband was watching as I was getting ready for work. I somehow missed the beginning of a segment about a high-profile murder case of a 12-year-old girl, in Maine, that took place in 1988 (I'm not sure I feel comfortable putting names here, so I won't). A man was convicted in 1989 and has been in prison ever since. Catching only the tale end of the newscast, I did hear enough about new DNA evidence that incrimated someone else. The question of "What if this person has been wrongly imprisoned?" for 23 years nagged at me and left me a bit at odds, so when this opportunity arose, it was the first thing that popped into my head. When I typed the convicted person's name in the keyword box, the list that came up seemed to have no rhyme or reason to the order articles were listed; the dates came up askew with different years (June, Sept, May, June), but I did find I could type in 2012 and easily found what I needed. As it turns out the DNA does implicate someone else who was a suspect at the time, but there a few significant leads and very substancial evidence that pointed to the person now serving time. When I tried to create the alert, I recieved a message stating a server error caused my requested action to fail. Please try again and contact us if the problem exists. After a couple other attempts, I gave up.
The ability to check archived stories gave me the idea to check on a story that that I read several years ago that referenced a discovery I had made as a young girl, in Franklin Cemetary, in Vienna, Maine. There a handful of very unique stump-shaped gravestones which have the words 'Cut Down' carved along with the personal information of those buried there; most have an arm coming out of the stump and there is one which has a flower! The story told of some man's mission to find information. I had intended to cut out the article but guess it slipped my mind and before I knew it I realized it was gone. When I typed in stump-shaped gravestones, I was able to retrieve the article, but unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be anything more. If anyone is ever in Vienna, Maine. The cemetary is on Tower Road and they mentioned stones are really pretty cool to see! I'll return over the weekend to try and blog the Snapshot and finsih this week's Crafts and Hobby search. I am creative person and am chomping at the bit to explore what may be available to satisfy my creative mind (but am a bit anal and have to do things in the proper order. . . perhaps, that's why I am a librarian :)!
It's Friday and I met with one of our school's top-notch first-grade teachers. I showed her how to access Marvel and showed her how to navigate the many sources it has to offer. I had searched through and found a few articles pertaining to Butterflies and Mexico that I thought she could use with her class (they have been studying Monarchs and are participating in a pseudo migration unit and have sent butterflies to Mexico). She was as impressed as I was and loved it and said she'd take some time to play!!!
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