Part C: Reflective practice ETL401 has required me to delve into the concept of information literacy, connect my understanding of the past and current information landscapes and critically analyse what the term ‘literate’ now entails in a 21st century society. Being literate can no longer simply be defined as being able to read and write,…
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The Library Learning Path A link to help me (and maybe others) find the IL guided inquiry model used to scaffold inquiry learning. This IL model has been developed by Newcastle Teacher-Librarians and the website contains excellent resources and programming examples/templates to download, use and adapt. You can read more about it here. I will…
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Prior to the commencement of the ETL401 Assignment 1, what I knew of Creative Commons (CC) was completely minimal. Apart from what I knew about copyright and plagiarism from learning about this at the beginning my Bachelor’s degree (how assignments are digitally submitted for the purpose of scanning for plagiarism), I did not fully understand…
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Regardless of their unique qualifications, the role of the teacher librarian (TL) is often perceived in schools by faculty, parents and the community as the person who simply reads picture books, lends out the library resources and may have the knowledge to repair a broken computer. I have found in my experiences working as a…
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