ETL504 Assessment 2: Part B

P-I-C your leadership battles… All the way to 21st century pedagogy!

Today’s world is such a busy place. Each day, we are constantly subjected to changes, circumstances and challenges that extend us beyond what we were capable of the previous day. It is much the same for a teacher librarian (TL) functioning within a school community. With the constantly evolving learning environment in response to the dynamic information landscape, TLs are required to adapt accordingly and facilitate development of 21st century teaching and learning practices. Thus, leading from the middle.

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I see. You see. We all see LITERACY!

The INFORMATION LITERACY ocean

“blue1” by Kurt:S is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Before embarking on my Teacher Librarian (TL) journey, the term ‘literacy’ seemed like a simple term with a simple definition. One that could be measured practically through testing methods (such as NAPLAN) to identify a student as having ‘high’ or ‘low’ literacy skills in reading and language conventions. Little did I know, that this basic definition is only a drop in the ocean of what literacy actually means. What information literacy (IL) means. Continue reading