Re: General: Are School Librarians Sedentary?

[Diane H <daichan@ISLANDNET.COM>]

Mary,
    Out of curiousity, I borrowed a pedometre for one day this week.  I was
FLABBERGASTED!!!  In one day I walked 6.3 kilometres!!!!! Wow.  Keep me on
your list for January.  I really want to see how far I walk in a month.

Diane Gallagher-Hayashi
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
Saanich School District (63)
1627 Stelly's Xroad
Saanichton, British Columbia
Canada, V8M 1S8
Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca
daichan@islandnet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ludwick Mary" <ludwickm@LISD.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:04 PM
Subject: General: Are School Librarians Sedentary?


> I have been mulling this idea around for awhile.  Too often others think
> that our job is s-o-o-o-o  sedentary and I would like to prove them
> wrong.  So, I am proposing the following idea.  I would like for all who
> are willing to purchase a pedometer and use it for 30  working days,
> then submit the information and I will compile it/analyze it.  We will
> either find out that we are quite active, or everyone else is correct!
> So, if you are willing to do so, obtain a pedometer, and we will collect
> our data for the first 30  working days in the year 2001.  Here are the
> exact rules I have devised.
> 1. Participants purchase a pedometer.
> 2. Pedometer will be used for 30 working days, beginning in January
> 2001.
> 3. Pedometer will be activated each morning when you enter the building
> in which you work.
>     Pedometer will be turned off each PM when you leave the building.
> Distance will be recorded each day.
> 4. I will send out a form to fill in at the end of the time to gather
> our statistics.
> 5. If a holiday falls within the time, that day will not be used for
> data collection purposes (duh!), we will use 30 *working* days.
> 6. Our study will be international in scope.  (When I analyze the data,
> I will ask for country and then we can compare US to others as well as
> total group.)
>
> I hope I am not the only one curious about what the information will
> show.
> --
>
> Mary Croix Ludwick, MLS    B.B. Owen Elementary K-5
> Lewisville ISD,  The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
> ludwickm@lisd.net (school)   ludwick@swbell.net (home)
>
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