Been so sick

Trying to do some work, my son and I have managed to get a bad cold, coughing sneezing it doesnt sound good. Im reviewing the DET foundation statements and trying to identify some links with elements of the teacher librarian standards, trying to link them to everyday teaching.



THIS WEEK UNIMPORTANT STUFF... What is unimportant mean?????
This week at my school the library was closed and I have been teaching classes all week, and I really miss my library but it was good to see a change from time to time.


PS IM SICK AS A DOG... THE END

New Beginnings...

I have just had another significant setback with my paper, not only did I get a late start because of my son; I will need to redo the second part of part B.



I had completed the research and largely finished a draft of part B, only to realise my selection was based on a flawed premise. All of the standards were from professional knowledge and practice and I had ignored commitment. Looking at the research the evidence is strongly pointing to a holistic approach, and I feel convinced all 3 categories should be represented if I am to choose 3 preferred standards.



The other flaw I made was not to select a standard that included a strong aspect of library and information management. I have neglected a key aspect of my TL role in not covering this standard. Whilst education is important I impact education just as much through library management as I do through pedagogical aspects.



It seems there is no choice but to start again on this section!

One lazy day

Today exhausted after having a sick son.., I revieved the det foundation statements across the KLA's and trying to link them with the teaching statements. I feel like I'm going no where at times. I'm going back to traditional methods trying to tackle this assignment... Cutting and pasting things on pieces of cardboard... The visual learner I am... Trying to see the bigger picture

Looking at Teacher Librarian Standards and link with real life examples...

reading and re-reading those teaching standards and trying to find empirical evidence to support my three choices. There is so much around but not relevant, and i think they need to be organised. Its interesting what people view as "quality".

Mad about ETL 401... Assignment Part A

While I have been researching, reading and working hard, and after my study leave yesterday, i continue to find more about 3 learning models.

The Pitts/Stripling Research Model is an intersting one, I realise how crucial these research models are in teaching at schools, and it starts from young. The Pitts/Stripling model intergrates, concludes and conceptualises so this leads to students being able to reflect and sythesise = higher order thinking. All the different research models reflect well with the quality teaching framework and I found using these models to help plan lessons gains a true reflection of the quality teaching framework. In partiicular this model is a 10 step model, and when comparing this to the big6 and Kuhlauthau models i see that they also reflect on different learning theories... GREAT.... ONE... OLI... reflecting back to the Education Degree... Good work skinner and Blooms now your work is linked to these research models... i hope that now it works well in my assignment... i missed taking my son on his swimming lesson all due to ETL 401 thankyou... LOL

Areas of Importance: Time Management and Conflict Resolution

I feel the three main areas addresssed in Topic 6 readings are:
1. Importance of Optimism
2. Positive Attitude
3. Priotising Matters

Covey highlights time management and self evaluation and self magnagment skills. His matrix shows how to prirotise and shows attempts people use and what people say.

All 3 essential readings outline the importance of building relationships and listening to what people say.

Goal is to be: intuitive and organised. I need to assess priorities and steer away from emotion.

Module 6

After reading all the others, i realised i have to re-read 6 to clarify a few things.

Definatly even before i become a TL I realised to some extent the importance of "time management", but now its even more vital. I remember when i first started as a TL in 2008. I was overwhelmed with work. I didnt know how to even use Oasis properly and i was asked to do all these things. After going to a 1 day crash course on Oasis I was expected to know hoow to do eveything... Yeah right.

The "Libraries Guide for Dummies" still comes in handy. It was a guide that I used in the library that helps me over come problems that i see may arries... As we are expected to "know it all".

After reading about time management. It gave me ideas on how to change things that im doing at the moment... (im always tryling new things in the library).

TWO WEEKS AGO...

I was doing ETL 401 assignment and I had finally realised the importance of professionalism of being a TL... using professional journals and OZ TL Net... Its taken me this long to realise the benifits...

I realised the importance of the library needing a blanaced collection.
The importance of having a collection policy and now since ive done one... It is now a working one for my school... which it did not have previously... All that HARD work finally paid off in some way.

I realised the importance of keeping up to date in order to promote a 21 century library.

The librray must address the needs and intersets of its users.

Going forward developing and linking the library website to Web 2.0 applications such as Wikis and Blog will promote a transparent learning community. The learning community can share and re-use information.

Continuing to research and plan for teaching and resource management plays a pivotal role in keeping the library visible (Oberg, 2006). This ensures that the library is seen as a place that matches the needs of the school community.

Misconceptions of what is the library...

My library, at wor, seen as the place where i set up kits for teaching and accession books... really according to some pple.

These misconceptions may lead to poor program plannin and lack of time to include the teacher librraian as part of schools programming and the library program. In many schools the library is seen as an add on to the curriculum rather than an inclusive process (Kuhlthau, 1993)

And sadly since 1993 it still seen like this in many schools.

A common problem in the role of the TL is the failure to understand the role. People make judgements of what a TL is based on precnceptions rather than facts. This leads top the TL becoming invisible to the other teachers in the school (Oberg,2006). This then starts a viscious cycle: FRUSTRATION and FAILURE...

My new view of the library

Overtime my view of the library has changed. From being the place is contains resources and supports the love of reading and resarch based learning skills ... to... being the place where it creates and supports information literacy. It is the core of the school values and the curriculum is taught and the learning environments have a transparent disposition where everyone in the school knows what is being taught (Henri, 2005). The librray can unify an information literate school community and support quality teaching practices. The librray needs to show the wider community how the school has adopted this ideology. This can be achieved by fostering a transparent learning community and can be supported by web 2.0 applications eg wiki's and blogs. The TL can be a proactive laeder and demonstrate what is being taught and how the school can become information literate. The school and the community gains freedom to share and re-use information (Lorenzo, 2007).

What are the differences in the definitions of information literacy that have been introduced to me????

Information Literacy is normally seen by the teacher and taught mainly through either reading or respeach based teaching, or comprehension. I feel that many may ignor that it takes time to develop these skills and they are an on-going process. Where we need to look at different resources and by undertaking a series of skills that follow many of the ISP models of exploring, defining, reading, sythesising, applying and self evaluation or any other model may have... if that makes any sense...
as i does to me...LOL...


Langford (1998) sees the role of the TL needing also more support.

NSW DET outlines information skills as part of its library policy.

There is definatly a need to identify the role of the TL to teachers in a school, and perhaps... GIVE the TL a day off to program and replace them with a casual... as they do with the rest of the staff...

That only is the beginning...

RBL, From Emerging Perspectives on Leraning, Teaching Technology

Colleborative progrmming and team teaching support QT, RBL is "predicted upon the principal that individual learners will be drawn to the media and content which best match their own processing skills and learning styles (farmer, 1999). Where learners find their resources and the job of the TL is to guide them.............RESOURCE BASED LEARNING... SPECIALIST IN EVERYTHING

QT Relating to Resource base and inqury learning approach

By having students gaining intellectual quality they are engaging in higher order thinking skills and this can be done when students in RBT are formulating their own hypothesis. The RBT supports quality learning environment and significance and it encorperates and works well with the NSW QT model.

Also inquiry based learning models also support QT.

Using the QT model and linking it to all teaching standards

In all the years of teaching ive only reaslised the real importance of the quality teaching framework now and it has been after seeing the role the TL has in selecting resources that promote different learning styles to promote life long learning. It isnt just having knowledge of the curriculum, but its enriching the environment at the school to promote the QT elements.