When completing Module 3 about the digital library the most important aspects that resonated to me in, Module 3.2 web design, was accessibility (Charles Sturt University, n.d.). Accessibility is a very important aspect in education to me. I have taught students who have real issues accessing the curriculum from physical restrictions, vision, hearing, and learning […]
What is your school’s current approach to using Wikipedia? Based on the readings for Module 5.1, what adjustments (if any) would you make to this policy? Is there an activity that you feel would engage students in learning how to use Wikipedia appropriately as a source? Wikipedia is widely used by students at my school. […]
This is a real issue in schools. Reading the article, Reducing the Information Literacy Gap in High school students (McPherson and Dube, 2016) i had so many moments of recognition. Students information literacy needs to be supported and explicitly taught. Students use technology daily but do not understand the implications of what they are doing. […]
Students in my context need to focus on searching with these 3 things in mind. This is the information literacy skills they are learning about currently. What’s next????? Boorlean searches!!!!!
Information literacy models can be used to frame TL programs and reference services. How does a child’s developmental stage impact their information behaviour and what is the influence of this on the role of the TL? Teachers have expectations of a childs’ information behaviour based on their age. When a child is in infants, […]
Forum post: Select one useful participatory design strategy and explain how you would use this strategy to engage students in the process of redesigning a space within your library. Participation in my school context is minimal. Parents and carers are not onsite often at all. For this reason I would engage families by creating a […]
Task: Select one of the learning space archetypes mentioned at the beginning of Module 2.2 (either Thornburg’s or McIntosh’s). Describe this archetype in your own words. Select three of La Marca and Manning’s practical elements of library design [of any of the elements that are mentioned within this module] that you believe are connected with […]
After completing module 1 of ETL501, I am so excited to be doing this course. The reinforcing all the ideas and plans I have for my school library. From makerspaces, lego corners, designing and using a 3D printer…. the list goes on. I cannot wait to learn more about how and why I should create […]
Reading about the Practicality of Learning Commons Model (Burress etal 2018) How can understaffed schools cope? In a school where the library is an RFF teacher- how can we enact these models???? Burress et al 2018 state 68% of teacher librarians teach library related lessons in isolation and that 30% of TL’s reported co-teaching or […]
My knowledge and understanding of the role of a school librarian has been reinforced and extended. The information gained from module 2 sparked much understanding and ideas for the future. I have been very interested in patron-driven acquisition but am concerned about creating a balanced collection. I am very conscious of the students being able […]