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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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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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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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Helping Teachers Learn
The article on Lesson Study seems to present an interesting idea of use the tools to teach teachers with the same ideas that you want them to use in their classrooms, which seems quite powerful. Since its one thing to … Continue reading
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The Problem with Boys’ Education-Beyond the Backlash-Book Review
Boy’s Education
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Nitty Gritty-Running Money and People
My first thoughts on the Johnson blog is that I like how honest and straightforward the language is and facing common misconceptions like the idea that the online resources will save money on print. Its really a trade off and … Continue reading
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Challenges of Working Together
The first article by Harvey really put together I think some of the issues that came up during the online class, because it shows how easy it is to not think about what teachers are doing. To really be an … Continue reading
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Making the Library More
I found the articles this week fascinating in terms of how they talked about ways to really take learning beyond rote and how to do it without alienating teachers. The Hrada articles presented really incredible road maps that I could … Continue reading
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