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Final Reflection: LLED 462

This course has offered many opportunities for learning and growth as an educator and teacher-librarian hopeful. The key learnings for me can be explored with the answers to these three questions: How can libraries help students become critical thinkers? How can libraries help students be themselves? How can libraries help students succeed in all areasContinue reading “Final Reflection: LLED 462”

Using UDL and Multimodality to Empower Student Creation and Collaboration

To meet the diverse needs of today’s students, we must provide multimodal opportunities for learning and presenting information that has meaning for them. The teacher-librarian is uniquely positioned as a curator of digital and print tools that serve diverse communities, and as a leader who models collaboration and promotes the individuality of students and teachers.Continue reading “Using UDL and Multimodality to Empower Student Creation and Collaboration”

How to Use Padlet

Padlet is a digital app that allows you to create multimodal digital collages in various formats. You can import documents, images, videos, etc. from web sources, and also write new content and create new drawings in the app itself. It is a way to curate resources on a topic, and present it in an excitingContinue reading “How to Use Padlet”

MakerSpaces, Doodling, and Fanfic: Empowering students to create artifacts in diverse environments

Learning Log on Module 9 This week, we were asked to reflect on “opportunities that embrace inquiry and design in the library” (Delvecchio) after exploring various formats that encourage students to build their own worlds through writing, drawing, and creating. Although the resources were diverse in their formats and in their attention to different ageContinue reading “MakerSpaces, Doodling, and Fanfic: Empowering students to create artifacts in diverse environments”

Teacher-librarians: Collaborators, Leaders, Ninjas

Learning Log #3, Module 7 For this learning log, we were encouraged to try Padlet to present our learnings, so I have created my first “wall” titled “Teacher-librarians: Collaborators, leaders, ninjas”. I took the ninjas concept from Mark Ray’s TedxTalk, “Changing the Conversation about Librarians”, which focused on the future of librarians as “Slayer[s] ofContinue reading “Teacher-librarians: Collaborators, Leaders, Ninjas”

The impacts of teamwork on reading culture (Module 3)

Source for feature image: “Tips to encourage better teamwork” For this LLED462 Module, we were posited with a scenario to deconstruct: A grade 10 student comes into the library weary because he has to submit an intended reading list and goals for the year. The teacher is excited about his/her new syllabus and is makingContinue reading “The impacts of teamwork on reading culture (Module 3)”

How to build an awesome Library Learning Commons at your school (Module 2)

Source for feature image: Mooreco How to Build an Awesome LLC* (Infographic and Video showing animation of Infographic can be found below) People (Administration, staff, students)CollaborativeOpen-mindedSupportiveVisionariesSolutions-based thinkers Resources (Print and Digital)Reference worksDatabasesICTResearch materialsFictionNon-fiction Design (Invite others to participate)PracticalSafeInspiringModernComfortable, inclusive, welcoming Culture and Atmosphere (LLC and larger community)Reading culture promoted in schoolCelebrates local artists and authorsRecognizesContinue reading “How to build an awesome Library Learning Commons at your school (Module 2)”

Final Reflection for LIBE477 Summer 2020

This final “Vision of the Future” assignment brought a mix of emotions for me as a teacher and a learner. After having found my footing with the blog posts and feeling comfortable including research and support for my ideas, this assignment felt overwhelming. The added pressure of knowing that the digital artifact should/could be sharedContinue reading “Final Reflection for LIBE477 Summer 2020”

Collaboration in teaching and learning ICT: streamlining digital resources in-house

Source for feature image: Cisco Vision of the Future Assignment: LIBE477, UBC Teacher-Librarian Diploma For the final LIBE477 task, we have been asked to come up with a “Vision for the Future” of teaching and learning for the 21st century, based on our essential learnings in the course. In addition, we are to come upContinue reading “Collaboration in teaching and learning ICT: streamlining digital resources in-house”

How mobile technology improves access to literacy in developing countries (and what we can learn from them)

Featured image source: BizEd Inquiry Blog Post 4 A discussion of libraries in developing countries is necessarily a discussion of literacy and access to materials. Books and public libraries have been a refuge for me since I was young; today library time looks a little different, as I most regularly visit with my daughters, agedContinue reading “How mobile technology improves access to literacy in developing countries (and what we can learn from them)”