Holly Godfree wrote an article two years ago in The Canberra Times about the important role of Teacher Librarians in the information age.
Teacher Librarians are certainly not "invisible". I can link back to the role of the classroom teacher. Isn't the results achieved by a classroom teacher absorbed by others e.g. students as well.
I've noticed in my work to date, I've certainly not been invisible at all. Even in a casual or temporary role, everyone does notice your work. I get alot of "thank you's" from students and my colleagues because I have been able to help them in whatever need it may be; big or small.
I have found students to be amazed when I locate information for them on a topic, especially if it is from a source that they may have never heard of. How about databases or newspapers? Many of them have never been aware of their availability to support their learning.
We all think that the internet has made locating information easier because it is there at a click but open up any search engine and the search results may overwhelm a person. Search engines operate on mathematical formulas to find results and hence we can be deluged with information, alot of which is irrelevant. My role is help others to sort through the results and locate the information they specifically need, and ensure that it is correct.
Fortunately, there are databases and collections online as well. Similar challenges there and my role is the same again.
I think too we can get a little too eager and just throw ourselves into research, yet we don't plan on how to get the information. What do I need to research? What do I need to know? What is available? Which sources will answer my question/s?
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Teach Survive Thrive- Beginning Teachers Roadshow (IEU PD Course) Postscript
Newsmonth which is the monthly newspaper of the NSW/ACT Branch of the Independent Education Union did a feature on the Teach Survive Thrive PD course that I did back in June for its August issue.
Each person that attended the evening was interviewed by the media unit and selected comments were published. I was one of four selected. We commented on why we attended the evening, what we hoped to do with what we got from the evening and in my case, some of the challenges we face as teachers in general but also Teacher Librarians.
I apologise for the blurry text but that is how it came out on the scanner.
Each person that attended the evening was interviewed by the media unit and selected comments were published. I was one of four selected. We commented on why we attended the evening, what we hoped to do with what we got from the evening and in my case, some of the challenges we face as teachers in general but also Teacher Librarians.
I apologise for the blurry text but that is how it came out on the scanner.
