There have been some great presentations so far, giving lots of food for thought – much of it very profound indeed. So, today was my turn! I presented on “Creating a 21st Century Library in an 1828 Building”. There are no complex ideas here, just a practical case-study of how we created this lovely new library in a tiny space. I enjoyed putting the presentation on VoiceThread – so here it is:
Well, folks, I have been neglecting this blog over the Summer – sorry! Anyone who knows me will understand that I have been really busy organising the refurbishment of my school library. Is that a valid excuse? Well, I think so!
Anyway, it is progressing very well and we hope to open it soon. From the time the work started, in July, I have been taking photos and posting them on the library site – Library Online. Also, I have been tweeting (probably too much) from The Librain’s account and also my school library account – Library Online – with almost daily updates. I think that because of this activity, I have been asked to do a presentation for the next Your School Library Course!
If you are interested in library design, then this course should be very interesting. There are some great presenters – I wish I could have had this course a year ago! Anyway, if you want to find out more, then check out the flyer below:
I am really looking forward to the next Your School Library Course, which starts on June 13th. The focus this time is on Web2.0 and Information Literacy. This list of presenters looks fabulous and I can’t wait to get started.
Information Literacy – The Most Basic of the Basicsby Mike Eisenberg
Power to the pupils!: a concept for information management and information literacy in the school libraryby Lourense H. Das
Promoting Information Literacy in School Education through Collaboration between School and Parents by Dr. Siu Cheung Kong
Information Literacy Teaching Methodsby Miranda van Roosmalen and Kees Kok
Warp and Weft: Weaving Web 2.0 into the School Library Programby Kate Reid
Information Literacy 2.0by Mihaela Banek Zorica and Sonja Špiranec
Literacies in the Web 2.0 Worldby Daniel Churchill
The SMMMART B Way of Teaching ILby Lourdes T David
Information Literacy in the curriculum (includes Dutch version) by Albert K. Boekhorst
Information Literacy meets Library 2.0 in Schoolsby Peter Godwin
Developing Information Literacy in School: Being Strategicby Sharon Markless
Developing a Culture for Information Literacy within the School Environmentby Patricia Montiel Overall
A series of four podcasts on Information Literacyby Donna DesRoches and Carlene Walters
Using Wiki to Implement Guided Inquiryby Lee FitzGerald
Next Generation User Skillsby David Kay
Assessing Information Literacy Outcomesby Lesley Farmer
Information Literacy With YouTubeby Dana Dukic
Our Neighbourhood: Cedar Cottageby Nancy Campos, Janet Thompson, Pat Parungao
The hitchhiker: Information Literacy and Web 2.0by Roeland Smeets
Promoting Information Literacy in School Education through Collaboration between School and Parentsby Dr Siu Cheung Kong
With presenters like this can you afford to miss this course?
Some participants in the previous course found the Sosius platform that we used a little difficult to get-to-grips with. This time, I have been asked to moderate a help forum for Sosius and I have written a guide that will be made available to all. That way, we will be able to help each other get the best out of this great opportunity for professional development.
