Elyse's Journal for Teacher Librarianship
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Part A – Personal Philosophy An effective Teacher Librarian (TL) is a collector, conveyor and supporter of knowledge and understanding through skills and development of other people’s skills. As a collaborative leader in skill formation, the teacher librarian works with students, teachers and other peers to form a learning environment supportive of students needs and … Continue reading ETL507 Professional Reflective Portfolio
Yesterday I started my virtual placement. So far it has been incredible, exploring the resources and infromation that the site has access to. I am really proud of how I have begun my projects for the host. I set up a timetable for myself to ensure I did not get complacent with timing, this has … Continue reading Virtual Placement
Evaluation The use of social networking/media has a beneficial place in the professional environment. For Information Professionals this is especially true as the rapidly changing technology and social media influence clients and changes the desired skills for an information professional. Social media provides opportunity for communication and further professional networking. The experiences that information professionals … Continue reading OLJ: Assessment 3 Evaluation and Reflection
What is the potential for the future of an organisation you are familiar with? Libraries will continue into the future. The way they continue is the area which can be contested. Libraries uses are judged on their ability to provide the service of information collection and dissemination for their users (Hussain, 2020, p. 17). The … Continue reading OLJ Task 18: Thoughts for the future
Let’s first look at what is meant by “Authentic information”. My personal view is that authentic information refers to the factual information related to a particular context or subject matter. Others may have a different view, that’s fine, however for the purpose of this blog I need you to understand my view, this is a … Continue reading OLJ Task 16: Authentic information
Ok so my first choice for my favourite website is Bunnings, I’m sorry but I just love looking and finding things that I want, even though I may not currently need them. Really it is about dreaming. (I have just discovered that they have Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube channel, so guess who I am now … Continue reading OLJ Task 9: Mobile exploration
Laura Cole’s Ted Talk (2016) discusses the Digital Library, from this I took four key concepts away. The first is that of the idea that digital libraries are a solution for how some people can access and interact with services and information. This is true in that people without technology or internet in the home … Continue reading OLJ Task 7: Embracing a Library 2.0 ethos
Oh how the excitment and trepidation is growing! Next week is the beginning of the Virtual Site Visits for one of my units. I am excited for this to occur, so excited I intend to view all of the available services. Trepidation is also being felt in the fact that it is an organisational … Continue reading Upcoming Virtual Site Visit
A key advantage of using virtual reality (VR) is the ability to bring real places into learning experiences with that cost of visiting those places in person. The use of VR offers the opportunity to students visiting the library to have virtual walk through of Ancient sites, or locations from around the world (Hannah et … Continue reading OLJ Task 6: Virtual and augmented reality
I had not used any of these Social News Sites previously. I started by setting up an account for reddit and Digg. This was an easy process for both sites. During the process of setting up an account, reddit prompted for a selection of groups available to join. These groups were ordered according to popularity … Continue reading OLJ Task 5: Social news sites