{"id":93,"date":"2015-02-18T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/libe477\/?p=93"},"modified":"2015-02-18T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:28:46","slug":"inquiry-project-post-3-and-you-call-yourself-a-teacher-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/libe477\/2015\/02\/18\/inquiry-project-post-3-and-you-call-yourself-a-teacher-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry Project Post #3: And you call yourself a Teacher-Librarian??"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an age where teacher-librarians are disappearing like leftovers in a kitchen of teenagers, we must make ourselves irreplaceable, indispensable, and invaluable. We must be more than “keepers of the books.” We need to be strong leaders, comfortable with technology and web 2.0 tools, ready to instruct and support those on our staff.<\/p>\n

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In our Inquiry Post #2, I enjoyed reading\u00a0Lia’s blog<\/a>, where she talks about her principal hosting weekly “Teacher Talk” sessions before school. It got me thinking about the concept of hosting a book club using our class text, Why School?<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (Richardson, 2012). \u00a0We could discuss a chapter\/section each week. We could use our Discussion #3 question from this class, for example, as a jumping off point: “After reading ‘Part II: New School’, which practices and ideas could you drop from your current teaching practice, and which would you be interested in exploring?” I think that this would be a non-threatening, non-judgemental, low-key way of connecting with teachers at the level they are at.<\/p>\n

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A second idea I have is using one of our after-school-collab sessions to demonstrate the features of our new\u00a0Destiny Quest\u00a0<\/em>OPAC. In particular, I would like to show teachers how seamless it is to organize their research projects on Destiny.\u00a0<\/em>I couldn’t host it this school year, but I am hoping that by September, I will be more adept at using the OPAC and be confident enough to teach it to staff. \u00a0Collab is a huge deal in my school, and the Collab team is always looking for ideas. If I let the Collab team know now that I am interested in doing a Destiny\u00a0<\/em>session in the fall, it would force me to spend my spare time working out the bugs, learning the program, and getting comfortable teaching it. I know that many teachers would appreciate the instruction and support.\u00a0Getting them on board will increase its usage and make our educational community even stronger. Here is a sample video that I could begin a Collab session with:<\/p>\n