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About Linette

I am an elementary educator with the North Vancouver School District #44 and have been teaching for 26 years. I am enrolled in the Teacher-Librarian diploma program at UBC. I am inspired by the changes to the library setting to what is now known as the Library Learning Commons. I love to incorporate mulit-modal ways of teaching and learning for my students.

Theme 3 Blog Post: Critical Literacy in Accessing Internet Reference Resources

Inquiry-based practices expect students to question, reflect, and respond to their inquiries.  Research skills are required to effectively answer questions.  However, in today’s digital world, with unlimited and instant access to videos, live streams, social media, and news reports, students … Continue reading

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Assignment 3: Evaluation Plan to Improve Reference Services in H.E.S. LLC

This evaluation plan documents the reference collection in the Highlands Elementary School Library.  Below details an overview of the school population, analysis of references, rationale for suggested improvements, action plan, timeline, and communication to stakeholders. Overview, Analysis of Reference Collection, … Continue reading

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Assignment 2: Collaboration with Teachers to Evolve Their Practice Using the Concerns Based Adoption Model

This report documents the collaboration and implementation of two non-fiction units for Science and Social Studies with a focus on the effective use of reference resources guided by the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). Collaboration took place with Teacher A (gr.2), … Continue reading

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Theme 2 – Five Reference Tools a School Library Learning Commons Should Have for Staff and Students

When deciding on five reference tools that would be most beneficial to the students and staff in my elementary school community, I referred to Riedling et. al.’s work where they list the essential criteria for TL’s to look for when … Continue reading

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Assignment 1 – Evaluation of a Reference Work

Evaluation of a Reference Work for an Elementary School Library Learning Commons Collection: The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Animals, 1st Edition, & National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Introduction The purpose of this report is to inform School Community stakeholders … Continue reading

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Theme 1 – Reference Sections – A Thing of the Past? – A Case for Keeping Reference Material in an Elementary School Library Learning Commons

Eliminating reference sections in school library learning commons isn’t just something to ponder, it is an event that is in the past; meaning, in my SLLC, it has already happened!!! I work in an elementary school, and I have not … Continue reading

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LLED 462 – Assignment #1 – Learning Log 4 – Module 11 – Awareness of Social Justice Issues – Lessons & Toolkit on Social Justice for Elementary-Aged Children

The assembly of the toolkit began with this video called, The Invisible Discriminator, from Stop. Think. Respect BeyondBlue.  The Invisible Discriminator – YouTube This is a powerful, multimodal tale that even the youngest students can understand what is being experienced by … Continue reading

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LLED 462 Assignment #1 – Learning Log Prompt 3 – Digital Tool Kit Module 8 Supporting Literacy with Learning Technologies: Web Tools

Back in my post from Module 6, I created the beginnings of a web-based toolkit using the digital bookmarker, Symbaloo.  You can read that post in its entirety by clicking this link:  https://blogs.ubc.ca/lmacneiltlblog/2023/10/15/lled-462-assignment-1-learning-log-2-digital-toolkit-takeaways-from-module-6/. Module 8 builds on this theme, but … Continue reading

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LLED 462: Assignment 1 – Learning Log #2 – Digital Toolkit – Takeaways from Module 6

  Click the link below to go directly to my Symbaloo Education Webmix page. Mrs. MacNeil Symbaloo Webmix Page There was a plethora of information to digest and ponder over from Module 6, “Supporting Learners Through the Library – Digital … Continue reading

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Final Assignment – Vision Project & Reflection LIBE 477

Final Vision Project for LIBE 477:  Virtual School Library Learning Commons Website https://lmactl2024.wixsite.com/virtualsllc Reflection: In Reading Assignments, A and B, I identified that I wanted to focus on the transformation of a library to a School Library Learning Commons.  I … Continue reading

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