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Reading Reflection-Constantly Learning
There wasn’t class last week so I didn’t have a class reflection. Instead I participated in a couple more webinars and found them all fascinating. This project really brought out the best in all of the groups. For this last … Continue reading
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Reading Reflection-Webinars
I watched an archived Webinar on a campaign created by OCLC and the Gates Foundation called Geek the Library, which was fascinating. I was really struck by how difficult it is to make a webinar more than just a recording … Continue reading
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Readings-Ethics
The readings for this week are the ALA Code of Ethics, an article by Mosley and then three posts from the discussion about HarperCollins and the Overdrive issue of how many times can e-books be taken out. One thing that … Continue reading
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Book Club Prep
The reading this week is rather unusual because instead of reading articles, we’re reading what the various groups chose or the book clubs we’ll be doing in class. I’m in the selection of groups called Hearts and my first thought … Continue reading
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Books Clubs and Socratic Seminars
All of the reading this week is about how to run book clubs and Socratic seminars. I’m curious to see what these articles say because one of the things that’s helped my parents get socially active in the community they … Continue reading
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Transferring Knowledge-How do you do it?
The first reading for this week is from How People Learn and is chapter three: Learning and Transfer. I’m curious about the order we’re reading the chapters in because it seems as if transfer should be thought about before assessment. … Continue reading
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Learning Environments and Assessment
This week’s reading is chapter 6 of How People Learn called The Design of Learning Environments, which begins with a brief history of how education has changed in the United States from rote copying to critical thinking. I’ve always found … Continue reading
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Youth Librarians and Information Literacy
Information Literacy is an incredibly important topic at the moment as new tools like iPads allow more ways for learning to move into the classroom and libraries. The important part is figuring out what’s happening with that conversation. So for … Continue reading
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A Short Time to Teach
The first reading for this week is from a book called One Shot Workshop, which does a good job of acknowledging how being taught how to teach isn’t something librarians are expected to know. I like the ADDIE system and … Continue reading
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Competencies for YALSA and Reading
I’m going to start by addressing the competencies that YALSA provides since I find them very hopeful and that they resonate with what I’d like to do. In four out of the seven areas, Knowledge of Client Group, Administration, Access … Continue reading
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