March 2011
6 posts
Embedded Librarians + Effective Teaching
The articles and chapters for this week really synced with my thoughts and frustrations surrounding my future as a school librarian. Pardon me if I write a little too much about my outside experiences in this post, but it is all too interconnected for me to focus too closely on just the readings.
Just last week I posted on my other blog, almost jokingly, about how great it would be to have a...
Workshops
I was very impressed by the workshops presented by the other “Hearts” members—great job, everyone. While the primary purpose of the workshops may have been for us to practice using the ADDIE model for planning, implementing, evaluating, and redesigning (or at least thinking about how we would redesign), and while I think this goal was accomplished, I especially loved thinking...
Book clubs, ethics, ebooks, etc.
Congratulations again to my fellow Clubs. You all selected great stories for discussion and we had some really great discussions in our belated book clubs. As mentioned previously, the readings we had were as follows:
“The Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank Stockton
“Cinnamon,” by Neil Gaiman
“The Gift of the Magi,” by O. Henry
“The Goose Girl,” as...
Ethics, Library Assignments, and HarperCollins
The ALA Code of Ethics can be difficult enough for public librarians to adhere to, what with the mandate to resist censorship of all kinds and preventing personal beliefs to interfere with our collection and services. Librarians are, after all, human beings with convictions living in cultures and societies that influence the way they view the world. What might seem outrageous in one community...
book clubs!
Can I just say how excited I am to read the selections chosen by the other “Clubs” book club groups? Gaiman and the Grimms!!! <3<3<3
I am part of the group meeting next week on account of the student teacher celebration dinner. I read each of the selected readings once, but don’t plan to do the super close reading with lots of note-taking, etc., until next weekend so...
Hechinger Report | Why are other countries doing... →
Ties right into what we’ve been reading in How People Learn!
