ETL 401: Critical Reflections

Time for the Aspiring TL to Grow Up! I noticed in our “Introduction” chat that fellow classmates were scoffed at for beginning a teacher librarianship program. I vented in my first submitted blog post and the feedback from Lee Fitzgerald encouraged me to focus on the positive aspects of my work environment and attempt to win […]

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Constructivist Learning: Guided Inquiry and Scaffolding the Process

I’ve often thought about inquiry based learning (IBL)  and feel like I unintentionally am engaging with it in my own classroom, but I’m often left wondering: what does it really look like? While reseraching the topic,  I’ve recognised the cyclical nature of inquiry based learning. By the “end” of the process learners now own new information and ideally […]

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