Tag Archives: school library management
Robin Hood, Historical Fiction and Summer Plans
Life has been quite amazing this week. My parents left on Monday, I had an interview on Tuesday and one on Wednesday and now the one on Wednesday has lead to me having a summer internship. I still need to … Continue reading
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Stretching Beyond My Limits
This has been a long and hard semester and its almost done. I feel like I’ve been stretched and pulled in a lot of unexpected and good ways, which I’m going to reflect on here. First though I want to … Continue reading
Looking Ahead
Reading the start of Woolls’ chapter, I was struck by her comment that librarians who work with young people aren’t always seen as being meant for leadership positions. I was wondering why this is since it seems from what we’ve … Continue reading
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Videos and the power of the right measurements
I can’t believe that we’re almost done with classes, but this last class was just a treat. We’ve been watching these various videos put together by either associations of school librarians or schools and so we had the chance to … Continue reading
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Boys’ Education Slideshow
This is another version of my book review that I did last month. I still haven’t found a tool or online presentation style that actually suits how I work, but I’m looking. So I’ve chosen to do a simple powerpoint … Continue reading
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Data and Evidence
The Mueller article sets out a clear definition of authentic assessments, “students perform real world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills.” This seems to be such a key instructional idea yet it also seems fraught with … Continue reading
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What image do you present to the world?
In class we were able to talk and listen to Buffy J. Hamilton, who’s behind the Unquiet Library, she is an amazing librarian. I was so struck by how consistently she created and then presented her library’s identity across multiple … Continue reading
Putting Ourselves and Our Libraries Out There
Empowering Learners choice of the word Advocacy to anchor this section about making sure that both the school, community and those outside it are aware of what the library does and can do is powerful and effective. Also the mentions … Continue reading
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Ethics
This seems to be the week for discussing ethics, we spoke about them too in my archives’ class. That professor used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before connecting with ethics, but makes a lot of sense, risk management. Ethics … Continue reading
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Our Duties and Responsibilities as Librarians
Reading through the Library Bill of Rights, I’m struck by how vague and righteous the language it is, I think its the use of all the shoulds that gives the impression of moral rightness. Also its interesting that the language … Continue reading
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