I had three goals going into my placement at the State Library of Victoria (SLV): experience a range of roles within a public library, gain an overview of how the library strategically engages with its local community and participate in customer service operations in a…
Throughout my placement at the State Library of Victoria (SLV), I saw many direct connections to what I have learned throughout my Teacher Librarian course. I worked most closely with the Visitor and Information Specialist Team (VIS) as well as the Acquisitions Team. Throughout my…
The impression I formed throughout the MTL course is that ETL504 is the nightmare class! I had never heard of a “middle leader” before and was secretly terrified that my introverted self was going to be told to narcissistically insert myself into leadership meetings. Thankfully,…
As part of my preparation for Assessment 2, I looked up my school’s Strategic Plan. The Plan’s Mission Statement has 11 bullet points of things they would like to see achieved. Their bullet points are in bold. My quick brainstorm of ideas for how the…
I have just completed my final assignment for ETL505 Describing and Analysing Education Resources. In many ways, it was much more difficult than I expected it to be (the final section, on the final question, of the final assignment, I just could not work out…
The Role and Nature of School Library Collections I was not sure what to expect from ‘Resourcing the Curriculum.’ I was thrown into the deep end of running a library solo at the end of last year and was hoping this class would give me…
It’s been a while since I’ve been in this space and much has happened. After four back-to-back study sessions, I took Session 2 off last year to give myself and my family a little breather–so I thought! It turns out there was no time to…
Before this course began I wrote a blog post (McEwen, 23 February 2021) on why I chose this elective. I wanted to be stretched and challenged and become more knowledgeable and wise in my support of technology in the classroom (McEwen, 22 March 2021). I…
I really enjoyed reading through Module 3 “The Digital Learning Environment.” It helped me to become aware of what practices I’m already engaged in, some new things to try and some things to implement in the classroom. I’ve realised that about 50% of my social…
I expected ETL402 to be very practical, thinking it would give me insight into how to purchase a range of books for a school library. It has done that (McEwen, 2020, December 28) and more. It has made me think about how I can increase…