As I have said in previous posts, it is essential to have an understanding of the broarder information landscape in order to know what needs to be taught. If we are not aware of the skills needed, the challenges one may face and the up to date technology, how are we to teach it? And if we are not teaching this critical information literacy what are we doing??
I can see my role will be affected by the changing nature of the landscape. How much things have changed since I last studied by distance ed and began my teaching career. At that time (and until fairly recently) I was one of the tech wizards on staff. I feel now that I have been somewhat left behind and it will be a priority of mine to actively seek professional development opportunities that keep my skills relevant.
I can also see that more teaching time will be dedicated to information literacy than I had previously thought. The library is definitely more than enjoying a good story.
2.5 Teacher Librarian in the information landscape
