LIBE 477B

 Module 11: Final Vision Project Learner Considerations Having looked at the websites for the other elementary schools in my district (including my own school's), I notice that they seem fairly static and unlikely to draw repeat visits. I also looked back over the past year's emails shared in the Teacher Librarian's Private Group and noticed little discussion of maintaining school websites or generally of utilizing technology in the library space. My goal with this project is to share what I have done with my colleagues in the hopes that some of the work may be applicable in their contexts or be adaptable for their contexts.  I am planning on organizing my thinking on Google Slides. This is a useful format for a variety of reasons. Firstly,  I know that all Teacher Librarians in my district have access to Google Slides and are reasonably comfortable with it. If I used a newer presentation app, some people might be unfamiliar with it and so not engage with the content that...

                                                       Final Vision Project Considerations One area for growth throughout this course for me has been using technology to better create a library community.  This is the goal that I would like to set for myself with this final vision project.  Today, I looked at our school library website and at the library websites of all of the other elementary libraries in my district. In general, the websites looked like they hadn't been changed in months. They had some useful features (links to the virtual catalogue or to other educational sites),  but they had nothing new that would encourage users to continually check in on it. I would like to start regularly posting to our school library website as a way of encouraging more visits to it and to the online educational conte...

                                                                        Diversifying my Twitter Feed           The Developing World Libraries Module was my favourite from the course. It helped show me how blinkered and limited my understanding of teacher librarianship was. Given that, I purposely set out today to diversify my twitter feed to include under-represented voices. In addition to adding many fantastically interesting people to my Twitter Feed, I also learned a few things along the way that I would like to share with you.  1. I started out by using the search term 'teacher librarian' and then adding a further specific topic of interest e.g. 'teacher librarian' and 'Kenya' or teacher librarian and 'LGBTQ'. The results in some cases were q...

                                                   The Future is Digital and Developing I found this module to be an absolutely fascinating one. It was really special to realize that I am a part of a global community of teacher librarians knit together by a common belief in the power of literacy and the right of all to an education.  A Guardian article I read pointed out that of the "320,000 public libraries worldwide, 230,000... are in developing countries" (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/mar/12/libraries-power-global-development). With 2/3 of libraries in the developing world, I realize just how limited and biased my scope of vision has been. I follow lots of teacher librarians on Twitter, but virtually all of them are in the U.S. or Canada. Consciously seeking to broaden my network of...