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Reading Assignment (part b)

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After reviewing my previous post I decided to hon in on digital literacy with a focus in inquiry. As a classroom teacher I have done research projects and some guided inquiry but I have not felt confident in what I am asking my students to do and using technology can be frustrating with a group of students. These are the resources I found after falling in the search rabbit hole.  Digital literacy I started off safe in the suggested reading resources for the class. I found on the BC government website there is information on what digital literacies students should be taught in our school system. This document is useful because it has listed broad topics that teachers could implement into their teaching practices. The topics are also tied into the curriculum and the core competencies. It would have been nice to have some specific examples because more of the topic suggest the use a "digital tools" but they don't give any examples on what kind of digital tools. However, on t...
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Theme #2 - What does a Teacher Librarian actually do?

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My thoughts and opinions have evolved over my journey to achieve my Teacher Librarian (TL) diploma. Before I started the program I was like “Oh, how nice it would be to have groups of students come in, read them a book and help them sign out books.” Little did I know what the whole scope of a TL position entails. Now that I am on my final course I have a far better understanding of the role of the TL. Not only are TL’s responsible for creating a welcoming environment for the school community, they need to ensure that the Library Learning Commons (LLC) is a place where the school community can come for help to find appropriate resources, lifelong literacy skills, support in answering questions, and access to a wide range of topics and ideas.  Managing the Library Learning Commons This theme held lots of great information about how a TL should run a functional LLC.   I am a daydreamer, so I sat with this information for quite a while planning out my LLC and how I would like to “...
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Blog 3 - Reference Resources Beyond Google.

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Introduction At the start of this course I wasn’t really sure what to expect. At first, I was thinking well Reference material is Reference material, not much else to it. Boy was that a misconception. I knew right from defining some of the introduction terms that I would be learning a lot about Reference resources. My first stop was to my school's current Teacher Librarian (TL). Personally I had not really thought about using reference resources, as I usually jumped right on google to find the answer to my questions. I found that our current Library Learning Commons (LLC) had a reference section that was tucked away in the teacher area and all the resources were more than 20 years old. Our school isn’t even 20 years old. My takeaway from this theme is that Google is not the only place to get information and that there is still a need for students to be exposed to physical reference materials. I am not currently a TL but this course and many of my others have done a fabulous job on ...
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