Jennifer Mudd

Virginia Cross Elementary Media Specialist 🦁📚 | National Board Certified Teacher | MLIS

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The VCE Media program is now on Instagram! Follow @vce.media on Instagram for more updates from our library📚📸 #CCSLibraryMedia

[Jennifer Mudd @msmuddmedia]

Students have had so much fun reading the 2025 @NCCBABooks nominees this week in celebration of #ReadAcrossAmericaWeek Our readers had me laughing out loud many times with their dedication to characterization and peer engagement! #CCSLibraryMedia @VirginiaCrossEl

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This week we've been reading through the 2025 NC Children's Book Award nominees -- students have to read at least 5 of the nominees before they cast their vote. They've had great discussions about what stands out to them in each book! #CCSLibraryMedia

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Happy Read Across America Week! Our Cubs have been celebrating by digging into text, reading for fun, and checking out new books...some of which had a surprise in store! #OneChatham #ReadAcrossAmerica #VCEPride

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Session 4 taught me the Loona robot dog can follow you, describe tricks, and even play dead #CCSDISC #CCSDISC2025

[Jennifer Mudd @msmuddmedia]

Learning about AI tools through actual demos to see their capabilities live #CCSDISC #CCSDISC2025

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Congrats to @SeaforthLibrary and her costume contest win!! #CCSDISC2025 #CCSDISC

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Spending Session 2 of #CCSDISC2025 in the Sandbox learning about different tech our kids would love in the library! So fun! #CCSDISC

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Love reviewing MagicSchool with my colleagues thanks to @phe_library #CCSDISC #CCSDISC2025

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Great start to #CCSDISC2025 with @erriccurts as Keynote! 🤖 #CCSDISC

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VCE celebrated the 2025 Young Authors launch by raffling off books from last year's and this year's featured authors, Scott Reintgen and Amber Ivey. I look forward to the day I'm raffling off former students' books! #CCSLibraryMedia #YoungAuthors2025

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Stumbled upon Ms. Hitmar's 5th graders taking their author pictures during indoor recess as they gear up to write their masterpieces! #CCSLibraryMedia #YoungAuthors2025

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To say our Cubs are excited for Young Authors 2025 would be an understatement! #CCSLibraryMedia #VCEPride

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Young Authors is back! Students can write an original story between now and March 21 to become published authors online. Last year VCE students published 32 stories -- we can't wait to see what is written this year! #CCSLibraryMedia @VirginiaCrossEl

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This week Kindergarten learned about robots and code thanks to “How to Code a Sandcastle” by Josh Funk. Today they designed a sequence and programmed a robot themselves! #HourofCode #CCSLibraryMedia @VirginiaCrossEl

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By the end of their current ELA unit, 4th graders will be the authors of a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure text, so we took some time this week to start digging into the genre with print and digital examples #CCSLibraryMedia

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Some of our 2nd graders happened to be dressed on-theme for our dinosaur fossil VR expedition today! We had fun applying classroom vocabulary and continuing to grow background knowledge for their new EL Module @VirginiaCrossEl #CCSLibraryMedia

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After using the Chalk Talk method to review our first AI lesson, we used AI, internet sources, & VR to gather info about rain forests. Then we compared results and reflected on how effective our AI/search engine inputs were in gaining a complete understanding. #CCSLibraryMedia

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Today 5th graders are touring UNC Chapel Hill (Go Heels!). Last week students prepared for their visit by interacting with the @magicschoolai College & Career Counselor chatbot, asking questions about UNC, the college experience, and possible future careers! #CCSLibraryMedia

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October was full of fun fall activities related to our read alouds, from 2nd graders reimagining pumpkins to 3rd graders trapping creepy carrots and making (paper) sugar skulls! #CCSLibraryMedia

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Our book order has arrived! I can’t wait for students to see what we’re adding to the catalog 🤩 #CCSLibraryMedia