tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70735483301978214092018-02-03T07:28:34.608+00:00Libraries, Schools, Social Media and lots more...Libraries are an important part of our children's lives. This blog will include ideas on using your school library along with suggestions on making change. Views are my own. Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-18026448875573328512018-01-27T14:48:00.000+00:002018-01-28T09:03:35.395+00:00New online book club for school library staff - What next?<h2><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">Running an online book club</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oFiHpy3-qbs/WmyLdCgYrvI/AAAAAAAAAzM/5uRB9Tcd2yw9R0abd-hfctjN-UN6u_2ZQCLcBGAs/s1600/christin-hume-482925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oFiHpy3-qbs/WmyLdCgYrvI/AAAAAAAAAzM/5uRB9Tcd2yw9R0abd-hfctjN-UN6u_2ZQCLcBGAs/s200/christin-hume-482925.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/k2Kcwkandwg?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Christin Hume</a><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/search/photos/reading?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">Well, it has been and gone. Our first attempt to create some professional development for school library staff. After a sudden and inexplicably impulsive&nbsp;suggestion that I wanted to set up an online book club I found myself having to put my money where my mouth was. Too many of my twitter friends thought it was a great idea so I had to find a way to make it work.&nbsp;</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">My plan, well I didn't really have a plan, and to be honest I still don't! Was to create a platform for book suggestions and provide an area for discussion. I have joined in several twitter chats and felt that this was something that I could do but also wanted to provide a platform for those who don't use social media. This was why Padlet was chosen. I was not sure whether&nbsp;to post the link open to all or keep it for those that asked for it and have currently decided to keep it closed. &nbsp;I may be wrong but this feels like a little like signing up for it which gives it a little more status. If you want to join in after reading this, either email me at ehutchinson@library.gg or follow me on twitter&nbsp;@elizabethutch. Be aware that I don't automatically follow back so you will need to post a message to me saying that you want to join. At that point, I will follow you and give you the link to the Padlet.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">The first discussion took place on the 23rd January both on the Padlet and on twitter. We had chosen to read <i>Reading by Right</i> by Joy Court. After 2 hours of moderating I was shattered. I did learn a lot from the experience and will be making changes to the next one. I have also had some very useful feedback too that will be taken into consideration too.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gpg8wrXbBds/WmyOKNy5deI/AAAAAAAAAzY/hjMQfpil9XwMuPsanxD1mHvrqLewRzZbACLcBGAs/s1600/51AFfAZVzRL._SX332_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gpg8wrXbBds/WmyOKNy5deI/AAAAAAAAAzY/hjMQfpil9XwMuPsanxD1mHvrqLewRzZbACLcBGAs/s320/51AFfAZVzRL._SX332_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="214" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">My thoughts on the first discussion&nbsp;</span></h3><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">I need to consider my focus for my questions. Am I wanting to engage in school library discussion or more about the book? I think this was a little difficult with the first book Reading by Right by Joy Court as it had very specific chapters and it lent itself to linking what we do in practice. This meant that it was possible to join in the conversation even if you hadn't read the book. I don't think this will be the case with every book so will monitor as we work our way through the next few books.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">I had far too many questions. 10 in an hour does not lend itself to a good discussion. I was moving to the next question just as an interesting discussion was starting on Padlet. On Twitter, I did not have time to join in the discussion myself as I was too busy getting the next question ready. I felt that I could not change this once it had started because I had already posted a link to the questions out on Twitter. I could, however, have some reserve questions in future! (Thanks, Janet!)</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">I need to sit at a desk and not the kitchen table as I was aching after I had finished 2hrs of talking on the computer...</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">Is the Padlet the best platform for this discussion? We had to keep refreshing in order to see other peoples comments and it felt a little disjointed although I am not sure if there is a platform that would give us what we need. I don't intend to change it for now as it may be that we just need to get used to it.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">I also need to think about keeping a 'request only' link to the Padlet. I am not sure if it will get too big to have a proper discussion if too many people are involved. Will I have time to keep adding people? I think I will have to monitor to see how this goes.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">Twitter, this worked well but I just need fewer questions and maybe someone else moderating with me. One person to ping out the questions and another to respond to comment might work better. Looking for volunteers :) &nbsp;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">The books need to be reasonably priced, most of the time. I had not thought about this at all and chose the first one on book suggestions and votes. I don't want to be restricted by price all of the time as there will be some really useful books that we should be reading that will have a higher price. I will try to make sure that at least every other book is one everyone can afford to buy.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">This is a very useful thing to do and there is a need for this kind of #PD for school library staff</span></li></ul><h4><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">Where next?</span></h4></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">I am very pleased with the enthusiasm for this book club. I do feel that there is a need to continue it. I hope that everyone taking part will suggest books or if not at least vote for what they would like to read. I don't want to feel like I am making all the decisions and so far that is not the case.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;">If you have any feedback on the last discussion or any suggestions please feel free to comment below. This is very much our book club and I will try, as best I can, to make it worthwhile for everyone taking part.&nbsp;</span></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-14727829055953113342018-01-20T16:07:00.001+00:002018-01-21T07:07:59.617+00:00Advocacy for school libraries. How we can take responsibilityAfter the success of my post in November 2017 <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2017/11/why-do-teachers-need-school-librarians.html" target="_blank">Why do teachers need school librarians? 5 questions to ask yourself.&nbsp;</a>Where over 29000 people viewed it I began to worry about how I could ever match that again. I think I have come to the conclusion that I can't! I just have to write about what I feel passionate about and let the world decide if it is interesting enough to read and share so here goes.<br /><br /><h3>Advocacy</h3><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XLM7e4Y3O7s/WmNiJqNbkBI/AAAAAAAAAy4/M0MG03nnuukO-vwur0kkEIGbiLq67CRjgCLcBGAs/s1600/alexander-milo-428688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1071" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XLM7e4Y3O7s/WmNiJqNbkBI/AAAAAAAAAy4/M0MG03nnuukO-vwur0kkEIGbiLq67CRjgCLcBGAs/s320/alexander-milo-428688.jpg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">(</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/HwxVLhLyg2s?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">alexander milo</a><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/search/photos/steps?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Today I want to talk about advocacy for school libraries, it may seem an impossible mountain to climb but I do feel that we all have a responsibility to engage with it one way or another. It is not about shouting about how great we are, it is not about demanding that teachers work with us, it is not even about increasing our loan figures. It is all about our students and this is the only reason that advocacy is important. Our students deserve the right to have access to a good school library with a librarian to support them, they deserve the right to understand how to access good quality information and they deserve the right to have access to fiction that will enhance their literacy and learning. Without the support of the teachers and senior leadership teams in schools these rights are undermined and one of our roles as school librarians is to make sure that teachers know and understand what we can do.&nbsp;</div><br />Ok, I hear you say, that is easier said than done. I agree the thought of sticking your head above the parapet is frightening, you are one librarian in amongst a whole school of teachers. Who are you to be telling the teaching staff what to do? I thought I would share some of my ideas for advocacy this year in the hopes that it may inspire you to try at least some of it.<br /><br /><h3><b>Advocacy Ideas</b></h3><h4><b>Staff meetings</b></h4>Like you, I have always felt frustrated that I know that I can make a difference to a teachers job if they allowed me to work with them. The problem is getting them to give you enough time in their very busy day for you to explain. The only way I have found that works is to ask the Headteacher to give you a staff meeting slot at least once a year. It doesn't really matter when, so if you ask now and you can't have a slot until September then at least you know it is booked in. Before you approach the Head make sure that you know what you are offering. Do you want staff to know about all the resources you have? Do you have new resources that you want to share? Have you worked with a teacher in a innovative way that you think would inspire other teachers to work with you? It may be an opportunity to share what you would like to happen or to show what other schools are doing that you could do too. Here are a couple of blogs that I follow that give some great ideas for innovative teaching:<br /><br /><a href="http://readresearchrestrepeat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Read. Research. Rest. Repeat</a> by Kathleen Currie Smith<br /><a href="http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Heart of the school</a> by Caroline Roche <br /><br />Also take a look at my <a href="https://www.scoop.it/t/recommended-reading" target="_blank">scoop.it account here which has lots of ideas for school librarians</a><br /><br />Have all my staff meetings gone well, no! You should not give up though as the more you do the better you get at it. Even if you manage to get one teacher to understand what you do and start working with you then that is a win. Sometimes I feel that all I do is talk but that is ok. Advocacy is about talking and sharing what we do. It will generate interest eventually!<br /><br /><h4>Social Media</h4>Next, make sure that your social media is working for you. Have a library twitter, &nbsp;Facebook page , Instagram account, or whatever tool you like the best, to show what you are up to in the library. You may not be collaboratively teaching yet, but posting new resources and book groups is a good place to start. If your senior management team are not keen on you having one for the library show them some good examples of what other school library twitter and Facebook accounts look like. Here are some worth following:-<br /><br /><b>Twitter</b><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/CanonSladeLib" target="_blank">Canon Slade Library</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/LMDCHS_LRC" target="_blank">La Mare de Carteret High School Library</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WCS_Booklovers" target="_blank">Worle School LRC</a><br /><br /><b>Facebook</b><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/160399200980543/?ref=bookmarks" target="_blank">St Sampsons High School Library</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Schoollibraries/" target="_blank">What a difference a school library can make</a><br /><br />If they still are not keen then ask them to post on the school accounts on your behalf. If you keep pestering them with all the good stuff you are doing it raises awareness but it may also lead to them saying you can have your own because they don't have time to post everything you want :)<br /><br /><h4><b>Blogging&nbsp;</b></h4>This is a perfect advocacy tool either for yourself or your school library. It is a place where you can write about what is happening in your library and critically evaluate what you are doing. How can you make it better, is it worth sharing so that others can learn? Don't use it to vent your anger but put it to good use. Saying that there are many times when I have written a blog post in anger and spent a week re-writing so that I could understand, learn and share how to improve the situation. It does not always work and those are the posts that stay forever as a draft. Sometimes you just need to get something off your chest! Great library blogs:-<br /><br /><a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Library Voice</a> By Shannon Millar<br /><a href="http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/" target="_blank">The Daring Librarian</a> by Gwyneth A. Jones<br /><br /><a href="https://www.teachercertificationdegrees.com/top-blogs/school-library/" target="_blank">Here is a list of other library blogs to follow.</a>&nbsp;You are now spoilt for choice :)<br /><br /><h4>Podcast interviews</h4>I am not suggesting that you start up your own podcast, although if that is your thing then go for it. Rather look out for educational podcasts and offer an interview suggestion about school libraries. I did one recently with Lucy Parsons whose podcast is about what makes a good school. I really felt that you should not be talking about good schools without talking about the school library so I offered to be interviewed and y<a href="http://lifemoreextraordinary.com/parents/power-of-quality-research-school-libraries-with-elizabeth-hutchinson/" target="_blank">ou can listen here</a>&nbsp;I have plans to work with <a href="https://www.theteachingspace.com/podcast/" target="_blank">Martine Ellis on her podcast</a>&nbsp;The teaching space, as she is asking for volunteers to be interviewed. This is a great way to share our passion for what we do. Take every opportunity within a teachers environment to share the benefits of<br />school librarians.<br /><br /><h4>Conferences</h4><div>How often have you sat at a conference and thought, I could do that? or that they are not saying anything that I am not doing already? Then this is the time to push yourself forward and start sharing what you are doing. I agreed to talk at the SLAYLG conference last year and then I blogged about it. <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2017/07/7-skills-you-should-be-looking-for-in.html" target="_blank">Here is the link to my write up.</a> Once you are more comfortable with talking to other librarians about what you are doing then the advocacy kicks in. How about presenting at a teachers conference? How else are our teachers going to learn about what we do if the library is not represented at the conferences they attend. <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-librarian-got-invited-to-practical.html" target="_blank">I went to the Practical Pedagogies conference in Toulouse to present at a teachers conference about using the school library across the curriculum</a> and as scary as it seems I am off to BETT on Thursday this week to do a 20min presentation about how school librarians can support teachers. Honestly if I can do it anyone can! I do not have magic powers I am just passionate about getting our message out.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><h4>Writing articles</h4><div>This is our opportunity to advocate what we do big time! As much as it is important that we share best practice with our fellow librarians it is also important that we are writing where teachers are reading. Have you something important to share then two places you should consider publishing is edutopia and ukedchat as both are widely read by teachers. I usually share something I have already written on my blog for ukedchat so that I don't have to write more and it is a great way to share.&nbsp;<a href="https://ukedchat.com/2017/10/09/school-librarians/" target="_blank">Here is one I wrote about about the importance of parents in independent learning.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;You can find the same piece here on my own blog.&nbsp;</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully some of these ideas for advocacy will inspire you to try some of this yourself. Please write in the comments and share what you are doing.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I just want to take this opportunity to share with you some good news I have had. I have been asked to write a regular column for CILIP Information Professional magazine about school libraries. The first one should be in the March edition so please watch out for it and let me know what you think. I am always happy for ideas to write about.&nbsp;</i></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-19328891133884539512017-12-31T18:29:00.000+00:002018-01-03T07:34:43.533+00:00Finishing off 2017 looking back and facing forward. I wasn't going to write again until the New Year but having just finished my last book of the year How to stop time by Matt Haig and done all the preparations for our New Years Eve party which doesn't start till 7pm, I find myself with a few hours to spare so here are my final thoughts of the year.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHmmeFc4MJ0/WkkpoP4J36I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/1CmGvlkG3okvgmvQ8LIYd0E6oo3GhoJgACLcBGAs/s1600/josh-boot-177342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHmmeFc4MJ0/WkkpoP4J36I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/1CmGvlkG3okvgmvQ8LIYd0E6oo3GhoJgACLcBGAs/s320/josh-boot-177342.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/2x19-mRQgX8?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Josh Boot</a><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div><br />Having met John McCarthy at the Practical Pedagogies conference in Toulouse in November 2016 my blogging and presenting journey really took off after he encouraged me to share what we had been talking about at the conference. I find that life is very much about the people you meet and the chances you take and this was one of them. I know that technically this is not a 2017 story but feel that this should be mentioned as my presenting and blogging journeys both started from that point in time.<br /><br />Since then I have presented at 3 conferences in 2017, the British Isles Google Summit in Guernsey, CILIP SLA/YLG conference in Harrogate and the Back to School Google conference at the London headquarters. which I found both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. I do however, feel that each time I present I learn something new about myself and am finding out about what does and doesn't work. Hopefully, each time I am creating something useful and better too. I have already signed up to speak at two conferences in 2018 so must not find it too scary after all.<br /><br />My blog went from strength to strength this year finishing with a real high at the end of November with over 29,000 views for my post called <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2017/11/why-do-teachers-need-school-librarians.html" target="_blank">Why do teachers need school librarians</a>. I spent the year finding my voice for school libraries and learning how to make the most of social media. I have loved learning this new skill and it is something I will be &nbsp;developing more in the coming year. I have been asked to guest blog and to write articles for professional magazines because of this blog. Opening doors I would never have believed was possible.<br /><br />I have also been a mentor for a couple of years and this year decided it was time to refresh my mentor training at CILIP. During the day I began to think that I may have done enough over the last few years to do my Fellowship. I am the kind of person who, if told I can't do something, I am even more determined to do it. I asked the trainer if she thought I would be able to attempt it and instead of asking why I thought I could do it, I was asked if I had re-validated my Chartership. Admittedly I hadn't and was then told that unless I had had articles published or presented at conferences then I should not even consider it. I kept quite as this person had assumed something about me and made me feel like I had felt at school which I hate. I have actually done both these things and more so I came home and revalidated my Chartership and am now registered for Fellowship. This is something I will achieve in 2018.<br /><br />So what have I learnt about myself this year? Everything I do for myself such as my blog, social media, writing articles or presenting at conferences I do because I love my job. No one pays me to do these extra things but as I enjoy what I do it does not feel like work and for that I am extremely grateful. I have also learnt that it is ok to push myself to do things I don't feel comfortable with. Speaking at conferences and blogging has helped me to continue learning, make connections, read more and really understand my own thoughts about school libraries and their impact on children and if someone says that I can't then I will do it.<br /><br />This leads me to my final new thing for next year. I have set up a new online non-fiction book club for professional development for library staff #nonfbc, why, because I think we should all continue to read and learn and this will make me do it too. Lucas Maxwell wrote a blog about it which <a href="http://glenthornelrc.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/professional-development-for-school.html" target="_blank">can be found here</a>&nbsp;and I wrote a guest blog about it for Heart of the School <a href="http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/2017/12/29/creating-an-online-book-club-professional-development-for-school-library-staff/" target="_blank">which can be found here too</a>. &nbsp;If I expect the students and teachers I work with to keep learning I should be prepared to do this myself.<br /><br />I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog this year. I will try and continue to write something once a month as this is what seems to work for me. I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year and whatever happens always keep reading and learning.<br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-53883005367742223862017-11-07T06:51:00.000+00:002018-01-28T09:01:23.974+00:00Why do teachers need school librarians? 5 questions to ask yourself. How often have you walked past your school library and never given a second thought to the person who works in that room? Or you notice that there are students in there reading books and working on the computers and think 'that's nice'. You may even encourage your students to go and choose a book occasionally and think that you are doing your bit.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">What if someone suddenly said that your school library was closing and the room was going to become a gym. Would you really be upset by the loss of such a resources or would you secretly not be all that bothered? Do you ever think about the person who is working in there who is desperate to help you and your students? Do you ever wonder why that person is constantly trying to stop you in the corridor when you are busy? Do you understand the opportunities you are missing?&nbsp;</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F5QiVtG2cB8/WgFSS0tRjrI/AAAAAAAAAw8/PmnDtLod_84qky9i6NzAW9KZulBPmpwAACLcBGAs/s1600/diego-ph-254975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F5QiVtG2cB8/WgFSS0tRjrI/AAAAAAAAAw8/PmnDtLod_84qky9i6NzAW9KZulBPmpwAACLcBGAs/s320/diego-ph-254975.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/SZYreZsJ-fE?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Diego PH</a><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>You have the power in your hands to open your eyes to change. Is it time to take stock and think about what your school library means to you as a teacher? The school library is there for you as well as your students and are you missing out on something that may make your teaching life easier?<br /><br /><br />Ask yourself these questions:-<br /><ol><li><b>When was the last time I went to the school library?</b></li><li><b>When was the last time I talked to the school library staff about my curriculum?</b></li><li><b>Do I know what the library staff can do for me and my students?</b></li><li><b>When was the last time I looked at the resources for my subject or encouraged my students to do the same?</b></li><li><b>Do I know what online resources are available for my subject?</b></li></ol>If you don't know the answer to any or all of the above questions then I would encourage you to approach your library staff and start the conversation. Teaching was never meant to be something you do on your own and working with the library staff may just be the thing that is missing from your teaching.<br /><br /><b>Did you know that the school library:-</b><br /><ul><li>Can provide you with free resources for your subject that will relieve the pressure on your departmental budget and even your own pocket.</li><li>Can provide space for these resources in the library so that your classroom is not full of resources that you only need once a year.</li><li>Can provide resources on request - yes, if the budget is there they will buy books for you!</li><li>Can provide online resources that are subject specific.&nbsp;</li><li>Can proved a space outside your classroom for you to teach.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><b>Did you know that the library staff can:-</b></div><div><ul><li>teach research skills - referencing, plagiarism etc.</li><li>teach digital literacy - online research, digital tools, Google searching</li><li>teach digital citizenship - social media, online collaboration etc.</li><li>connect you with other educators, schools and professionals around the world</li><li>support and train you in using new online tools</li></ul><div>If you need more ideas, don't just take my word for it there are many school library staff out there willing to share ideas with you. Take a look at these amazing blogs&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://readresearchrestrepeat.blogspot.com/2017/07/digiursday3.html" target="_blank">Read research rest repeat</a> &nbsp;by Kathleen Curry Smith</div><div><a href="http://librarymediatechtalk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Library Media Talk</a> &nbsp;by Stony Evans</div><div><a href="http://barbara567band.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Library Stuff</a> by Barbara Band</div><div><a href="http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Heart of the School</a> &nbsp;by Caroline Roche</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the last few years I have noticed that teachers are being encouraged more and more to use technology within the classroom. There are those that have moved into this world comfortably, who can use Google responsibly and understand how to navigate it well, demonstrating to their students the skill needed to do this properly. Teachers who are comfortable in this digital world are also happy to connect their students through hangouts and online digital tools like flipgrid and padlet but there are so many more that are not.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Are you a teacher reading this that has never heard of flipgrid or padlet? Does the thought of having another class from across the world talk to your students fill you with dread? Are you unsure how to teach your students how to access academic resources? Would you like more books in your classroom? Would you like support? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then next time you walk by your school library don't pass walk in and say hello.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-83934613755380646862017-10-16T06:39:00.000+01:002017-11-28T06:43:45.982+00:00In house professional development for teachers. Start with your school library. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-StOpbEM4JUs/WeQ9kqsnjlI/AAAAAAAAAwg/Z0_iFQ1A0ckGrGBQ0sp5IuZgWxfl1OeCwCEwYBhgL/s1600/the-climate-reality-project-349094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-StOpbEM4JUs/WeQ9kqsnjlI/AAAAAAAAAwg/Z0_iFQ1A0ckGrGBQ0sp5IuZgWxfl1OeCwCEwYBhgL/s320/the-climate-reality-project-349094.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/Hb6uWq0i4MI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">The Climate Reality Project</a><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div><br /><br />We all assume that teachers know and understand the value of school libraries. We would hope that they encourage their students to check out books, use the online resources and credit what they find. Although there are many teachers that do, there are also an equal many that don't. We regularly talk about advocacy in the librarian world, how we should be out there reminding teachers about the support they can get from the school librarian but there is only so much one school librarian can do in a school to encourage use. In many schools this advocacy is through talking to teachers individually which can be very time consuming.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><br /><br />I recently took part in a twitter chat about teachers Professional Development (PD) and the question was&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;;">"What professional development should teachers have to assure we are eliminating the achievement gap? </span></em><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/satchat?src=hash"><i>#satchat</i></a><em><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;;">"</span></em> and my response was this:-&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;;">All teachers should know and understand how their school library and librarian can support teaching and learning. Do you? </span></strong><b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/satchat?src=hash">#satchat</a></b><o:p></o:p><br /><br />How can we achieve this? Once a year the school librarian should be asked to provide compulsory PD to all teaching staff to:-<o:p></o:p><br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Remind and inform teachers, who do use the library, about new resources and lessons available<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Inform new teachers to the school about what the school library provides and to let them know &nbsp;about the collaborative teaching available. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br /></div>If this happens student attainment will increase. How do I know this? There have been several studies about this, this one especially is worth reading.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><br /><br />Williams, D;&nbsp;Wavell, C;&nbsp;Morrison, K (2013)&nbsp;<em><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;;">SCHOOL LIBRARIES on LEARNING</span></em>.&nbsp;Robert Gordon University Institute for Management, Governance &amp; Society (IMaGeS)<o:p></o:p><br /><br />Teachers can't use something they don't know about so it is up to the senior leadership team to ensure that a resource they are paying for gets used to it’s full advantage. 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mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--><br />Collaborative teaching with the school librarian can lead to impressive student learning, we just need to make sure that teachers know how to start the conversation with the school librarian and to open the doors of their classroom to extra resources and support and PD is the perfect starting point. <o:p></o:p><br /><br />School's Library Service in Guernsey recently ran a whole inset day on raising accademic attainment through your school library. <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2017/04/inset-training-how-librarians-can.html" target="_blank">Read about it here.</a>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-42822124785557986902017-10-04T20:40:00.000+01:002017-11-28T06:44:23.897+00:00School librarians helping children become independent learners with parental support. <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcv8H6wWizk/WdSBbRpJnZI/AAAAAAAAAwA/vO2VEXyjvJAjKh63nQUjaQ1bJU9LjMXUACLcBGAs/s1600/helloquence-61189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcv8H6wWizk/WdSBbRpJnZI/AAAAAAAAAwA/vO2VEXyjvJAjKh63nQUjaQ1bJU9LjMXUACLcBGAs/s320/helloquence-61189.jpg" width="320" /></a></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , 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href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a parent I have always been able to help my children find good sources of information in order to do their homework. How do I know where to find the best information? Do I have some inside knowledge that most parents don't? Yes! How? I am a librarian...</div><br />I have long believed that if parents knew about the resources available from their school library to support their children's homework they would be relieved and happy. They would be able to guide them to use these good tools without worrying about quality or reliability. Many of our resources go unused for two reasons, firstly, many teachers and students do not know about these resources, how easy they are to use and reference and secondly, parents don't know they exist.<br /><br />I spend a lot of my time talking to teachers about using online reosurces and offering support in the classroom, however, I am beginning to understand the importance of engaging with the parents. By offering support to the parents they in turn can support their children.<br /><br /><b>Parent workshops</b><br /><br />The other evening we were invited to present a parent workshop in one of our secondary schools to inform parents about the online resources available from their school library. We are very lucky to be able to offer books, ebooks, Britannica on-line and many online resources. The idea was to inform parents about where their children could find the best information to do their homework.<br /><br />Many parents are happy for their children to do a Google search because they do not know where else to go for the information. These parents were brought up before the internet was freely available, where most of the answers came from books from the library or, if you were lucky enough, &nbsp;from a home set of encyclopaedias. There was never any worry about safety or being caught for plagiarism, The chances of the teacher having the same book, that you had copied the answer from, was very unlikely and at least you had to read it in order to copy it down. There was no 'copy and pasting' in those days.<br /><br />We guided the parents to access the online library catalogue, talking to them about how their children could access the books. Telling them that if the homework was not for the next day they could help their children to find a book and get them to go to school the following day and borrow it. We talked about how to reference a book and why this was necessary. We showed them how to access the websites linked to the catalogue and talked about why they were better quality because they had been curated by the school librarian. &nbsp;We then showed them Britannica Online and explained how to find articles, pictures, videos and more websites. We talked to them about the importance of using citation tool and giving credit and how easy it was to do this using Britannica and our other online resources. We showed them how easy it was to access our ebook collection and finally gave them the opportunity to use all of these resources on their own phones or hand held devices.<br /><br />One parent asked about restricting their child's independence by guiding them to these resources. This gave me the opportunity to explain that independence was not about searching the internet it was about being able to know where to look for the best information to answer their question. Getting lost and bogged down by a Google search was not independence but being able to find quality information quickly was independence at its best.<br /><br /><b>What did they say?</b><br /><ul><li>Why have we not been told about this before now?&nbsp;</li><li>Why are more parents not here listening to this?&nbsp;</li><li>Can we take a leaflet to share with other parents?&nbsp;</li></ul><b>Why do we need to work more closely with parents?</b><br /><ul><li>School libraries can provide the safe searching that parents are looking for but are unaware exists.&nbsp;</li><li>School libraries can provide resources that are of good quality and age specific.&nbsp;</li><li>School libraries can provide support to parents looking to help their children.&nbsp;</li></ul>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-63749947745875247532017-09-02T16:17:00.003+01:002017-11-28T06:45:15.608+00:00Teachers, 6 ways the school librarian can empower you to do it yourself!A recent twitter conversation with&nbsp;@julielindsay made me really think about how I advocate about what school librarians do. Julie questioned whether my statement about 'what school librarians can 'do' for teachers' should not be 'doing it for them' but to empower them to do it themselves made me think about what I have been saying about a school librarians role in schools.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mxvavsn3as/WarY7f9c3QI/AAAAAAAAAvs/38VdTl5nU78jl4E_0OJvn_bzMegJwgg8wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-09-02%2Bat%2B17.12.25.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="646" height="315" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mxvavsn3as/WarY7f9c3QI/AAAAAAAAAvs/38VdTl5nU78jl4E_0OJvn_bzMegJwgg8wCLcBGAs/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-09-02%2Bat%2B17.12.25.png" width="640" /></a></div>After thinking about this I still do feel that an important part of a school librarians role is &nbsp;'doing' things for the teacher, and as a information professional it is part of our role. As I have said before, if a librarian can save teachers time by finding and supplying the best resources for a topic they are about to teach then we are doing a good job. This is better than teachers using books that have been int their classrooms for years or them spending hours Googling to find decent websites. I also agree with Julie, however, &nbsp;that empowering teachers to be digitally fluent and connected is equally important and this is why advocacy for school librarians is important because we do that too.<br /><br /><h4>New teachers induction day&nbsp;</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bs_PIkgVu50/Waq-Pg26uyI/AAAAAAAAAvc/tN_jH8blvhw1HxhVZvfkAEXXT3fmd1JKgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-09-02%2Bat%2B15.20.01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="565" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bs_PIkgVu50/Waq-Pg26uyI/AAAAAAAAAvc/tN_jH8blvhw1HxhVZvfkAEXXT3fmd1JKgCLcBGAs/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-09-02%2Bat%2B15.20.01.png" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently attended a new teachers induction day alongside Ellie, one of our SLS librarians. Schools' Library Service (SLS) were asked to attend as a support service and were delighted to be able to to chat to new teachers about how our service supports teaching and teachers. &nbsp;Many teachers had heard of SLS's having come from the UK and were expecting the book loans but were surprised when we started telling them about the support we provide within the classroom. This is where advocacy is essential because our role is also to 'empower the teachers to be digitally fluent and connected' through co-teaching in the classroom. We were able to talk to teachers about the support we give in:-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ol><li>lessons, on using online resources, focusing on the importance of a keyword search.&nbsp;</li><li>using current digital tools such as Padlet and Flipgrid within the classroom. We create the platform find a connecting school and help support it during the lesson.&nbsp;</li><li>collaborations by finding and linking classrooms across the world.</li><li>bringing the outside world into the classroom thought Google hangouts, be that specialist on volcanoes or people talking about their own culture.</li><li>engaging ways to encourage reading, literacy and information literacy i.e breakout</li><li>book awards etc.</li></ol><br /><br /><div>All of this empowers the teachers to do this themselves. Many teachers do not have the time to do much of this when it all seems so scary and new to them. Our role allows them to try these things with support. We show them how to find connections, what new digital tools to use, how to set up the &nbsp;platforms and when they are ready, they do it themselves.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>So do I do it for them? Yes but only when they need me to...</div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-68681722812111455772017-08-13T14:51:00.001+01:002017-11-28T06:45:49.952+00:004 ways the school librarian can save teachers time and help support independent learners<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Independent learners</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><u>What makes an Independent learner?</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ability to understand which resource is going to help you find the best quality information and being able to use research skills to locate it.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Knowing and understanding the importance of referencing, copyright and giving credit.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Many teachers believe that if a student can find the answer via Google they have an independent learner. This is not independence; this is just the ability to type the question into Google. If this is the tool that teachers want their students to use then they need to be prepared to make them reference what they find and find time to check those references.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>As many teachers do not have time to do this it re-enforces the idea that Google is the best way to find information quickly without looking at the quality of the resource. It does not ensure that students are evaluating or thinking critically about what they find. If students know that teachers are not going to check where the information came from why would they spend time on referencing or researching properly? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Independent learners start by connecting and wondering about the topic they are researching. They come up with keywords and create a question so when they sit in front of their chosen online resource they know what they are looking for. Research is not about finding the right answer but about collecting information to help you come to a conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Critical thinking has a huge part to play in independent research and is different from ‘finding the answer’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Why does this happen? A teacher once said to me that they felt that the students knew more than they did when searching online and they did not feel it was right to stop their students ‘Googling’. I had to remind them that it wasn’t the case of stopping them using Google but it was important to use Google properly through good research skills. Google is only as useful as the persons research skills. Independence is not about speed but understanding the tools and having the skills to navigate them. Independent research skills is not about getting the students to the learning faster it is about knowing how to find the information in the first place. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">School librarian’s curators of information and collaborators <o:p></o:p></span></u></b><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></u></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gyku-kQhLrc/WZBYpasyFMI/AAAAAAAAAu4/u7gkOpPkjrwxRTTNo7DbmmjTKcFDvkpgACLcBGAs/s1600/rawpixel-com-250087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1600" height="218" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gyku-kQhLrc/WZBYpasyFMI/AAAAAAAAAu4/u7gkOpPkjrwxRTTNo7DbmmjTKcFDvkpgACLcBGAs/s320/rawpixel-com-250087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/3BK_DyRVf90?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">rawpixel.com</a><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #111111; font-family: , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;san francisco&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , &quot;noto&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">One of our roles as information professionals, is to curate physical and online resources that not only are age appropriate but also good quality. In order to access these tools, research skills are needed and school librarians are able to support teachers in helping students to access them. This is not about making it harder to find the information it is about ensuring that the building blocks are put in place so when they leave school they understand the difference between using Google to find the time of their flight and doing an in-depth piece of research for work or university. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Another role is using digital literacy to help make connections. Over the last year </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have regularly use my social media skills, as Jennifer Casa-Todd says “to connect educators to educators who I think might work collaboratively together” (2017 p24) which has lead to some wonderful international connections. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">These connections have enhanced teaching and learning and have enabled me to help teachers use digital technology and support research skills in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Our collaborations <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This year we have been able to use and share both Padlet and Flipgrid with our teachers. Not only up skilling them in using these tools but demonstrating how they can be used within the classroom setting. One of my schools used both these tools to engage students in a literacy project reading the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wonder</i>by </span><span style="background: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Raquel J. Palacio. The students were able to share their thoughts about the book with each other but also learn about the students on the other side of the world. Another group who were reading <i>The Thieves of Ostia</i> by Caroline Lawrence were delighted when at the end we connected with her via padlet and were sending her questions and getting answers real time! It was fabulous and I was very grateful to Caroline for doing this. The students came up with some amazing questions too. This supported the curriculum in writing, communication, digital literacy, critical thinking and empathy. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Collaboration saves time and impacts student attainment! <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In a literature review by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">National Literacy Trust</i> they state that “School libraries have been found to impact pupils’ general academic attainment, reading and writing skills, plus wider learning skills” </span><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">(Teravainen and Clark, 2017 p3)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">and if this is the case it is important that teachers and librarians work together often. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The main challenge, regularly cited by teachers, is time. It is therefore important that teachers understand the positive impact that collaborating with a school librarian can have on themselves and their students and this will take some time but the benefits will far outweigh the initial input. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b><u>What can the librarian do for teachers?</u></b></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span><br /><ol><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Find quality physical and online resources for your topic (teachers no longer have to spend hours on Google trying to find something suitable)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Co-teach in the classroom and demonstrate how to access the online resources (teachers do not have to learn how to navigate these resources beforehand</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Help find the right educators to collaborate with (which teacher has time to do this?)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Learn the digital tools and then demonstrate their use in the classroom (allowing the teacher to learn about these tools within the lesson)</span></li></ol></div><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">As the relationship between teacher and librarian grows the time the teacher needs to put in will be seen as a benefit rather than a problem due to the other opportunities that the librarian will bring to the partnership.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Creating independent learners is not something that happens overnight. The building blocks need to be embedded all they way through primary and secondary school. With the support of the school librarian not only can the student’s benefit but the teachers will too. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>References</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -22.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;">Casa-Todd, J. (2017).&nbsp;<i>Social LEADia</i>. 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(2017).&nbsp;<i>School libraries: A literature review of current provision and evidence of impact</i>. [online] London: The National Literacy Trust, p.3. Available at: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0004/1275/School_Libraries_2017_-_Final.pdf [Accessed 20 Jul. 2017].<o:p></o:p></span></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-56182721471918506992017-07-01T16:31:00.000+01:002017-11-28T06:46:31.831+00:007 skills you should be looking for in your school librarian #SLAYLG17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt;">Having just returned from #SLAYLG17 conference where I presented a workshop on change management alongside school librarian Terri McCargar @liberryan, I was reminded of the diversity and expertise of school librarians, the need for us to help schools and teachers understand the benefits of working with us and the importance of our own advocacy. The list of our skills is vast but it still seems that many still have to fight too hard to get teachers to understand our role.</span></div><div class="page" title="Page 43"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yqngmJlj2o8/WVex2K-m3nI/AAAAAAAAAt8/JIUT9jB0PEoMvIAX5wU4eW-iGIailkWlgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.27.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="502" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yqngmJlj2o8/WVex2K-m3nI/AAAAAAAAAt8/JIUT9jB0PEoMvIAX5wU4eW-iGIailkWlgCLcBGAs/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.27.22.png" width="290" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">As far as I see it, the problem is that the skills of a school librarian have become so diverse and adaptable, at the point of need, that it is almost impossible to stand, one next to the other, and see the same thing. As schools do not understand the role, school librarians have had to find a way to demonstrate what they can do at every opportunity. If a teacher is interested in promoting literacy and the library the school librarian will focus on that, if the school wants to increase use of online resources they can also do that, if research skills are the focus they can do that, if a school is interested in communicating with others across the world a school librarian will be able to set this up too. There is no set of expectations or understanding of the role from school to school. It's not even a statutory obligation for English schools to have libraries and qualified librarians. If the role has become so diverse how do we explain what we do?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BIee61JCM/WVe0WNypkII/AAAAAAAAAuE/3F3gx7BBH3EHlnNdB90lxBMJiM0-LHKEwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.38.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="506" height="265" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BIee61JCM/WVe0WNypkII/AAAAAAAAAuE/3F3gx7BBH3EHlnNdB90lxBMJiM0-LHKEwCEwYBhgL/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.38.54.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">If you employ any other professional you know what their skill set is and what they are being employed to do but this, sadly, is not the same for school librarians and is maybe why many school still think that a school librarian is a keeper of books in a room. They employ 'school librarians' to issue and return the books, to keep the library tidy, buy new book and online resources and to keep control of the students during lunchtime and they would not dream of giving them a budget to manage. This is NOT a school librarian this is a library assistant, who quite rightly should be paid term time only and on a support staff/admin wage. School librarians agree that you do not need a professional qualification to do this job. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">If a school needs a Maths or science teacher they would not employ a teaching assistant and a law firm would not employ an unqualified lawyer, likewise a qualified teacher or lawyer would not work for low pay. If you want to be able to employ the best, you have to pay the right wages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">A qualified librarian has a degree in information and library studies and many have gone on to masters level too. Continuing their professional development you will find many librarians are also chartered. This high level of academia is important in the role of school librarianship as the skill set to support teaching and learning is critical but is sadly wasted in many schools. In a recent report by the literacy trust they stated that "Evidence collected by Williams, Wavell and Morrison (2013) also shows that one of the elements of the library that contributes to the impact on learning is a qualified full-time librarian who is proactive and has managerial status" this can only happen if Head teachers and the senior management teams understand and supports the role of the school librarian. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">So why is it so hard to understand what a school librarian can do? Teachers have many different skills but fundamentally their role is to teach the subject they specialise in. This is the same for librarians. Many have different areas of expertise but fundamentally they are there to teach information literacy and encourage reading for pleasure. Both of which will make a difference to academic attainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">What should schools be looking for in a school librarian? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRBq3k3vlMw/WVe0WQIDQ1I/AAAAAAAAAuM/JXtd3JymjqMt1i9PvvvbE0RJiX7au2HbACEwYBhgL/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.39.18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRBq3k3vlMw/WVe0WQIDQ1I/AAAAAAAAAuM/JXtd3JymjqMt1i9PvvvbE0RJiX7au2HbACEwYBhgL/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.39.18.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 18.66666603088379px;">First and foremost you are looking for someone:-</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">who knows and understands their role within in the curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">who is happy to work alongside teachers in the classroom <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">who can help the school integrate information literacy into the curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">who can train teachers in information and digital literacy and support teaching and learning <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Secondly you are looking for someone:-</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">5. who will inspire your students to read more<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">6. who has ideas to engage your students and make your school library a welcoming place to be<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">7. who can empower your students to become independent learners through reading for pleasure and information literacy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">However, if schools want this they have to ensure that the school librarian is paid equivalent to full time teachers. That they are also supported and respected as a Head of Department with a departmental budget and in a ideal world have access to a library assistant to run the library on a day to day basis so that they can work alongside teachers and students within the classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">How to make sure your teachers know what the school librarian does?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4PEc95-DYQU/WVe0WW5jfyI/AAAAAAAAAuI/-9YNhfNtQ6A0pWhdHzTIqQemlCnvUC76ACLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.28.02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4PEc95-DYQU/WVe0WW5jfyI/AAAAAAAAAuI/-9YNhfNtQ6A0pWhdHzTIqQemlCnvUC76ACLcBGAs/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-07-01%2Bat%2B15.28.02.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">Make sure you and your SLT understand the role of the school librarian. Have you employed a professional or a library assistant?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">embed information literacy into your school curriculum policy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">ensure your school library is mentioned in your literacy policy, how are they supporting your curriculum goals?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">invite the school librarian into Head of Department meetings. If they do not know what is going on they will not be able to support the teachers or the students<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ask the librarian to run training sessions on how to use the school library and it's resources for both teachers and students<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is so much more to do, to ensure that all students have access to good quality school libraries with qualified librarians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>By meeting and talking to so many passionate librarians with different skills at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>#SLAYLG17 I am delighted to say that there is some brilliant collaborations going on out there and I am proud to be part of this profession. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">Reference<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #535353; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;">Teravainen, A. and Clark, C. (2017). <i>School Libraries A literature review of current provision and evidence of impact</i>. [online] National Literacy Trust. Available at: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0004/1275/School_Libraries_2017_-_Final.pdf [Accessed 1 Jul. 2017].</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> 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font-size: 14.0pt;">Williams, D., Wavell, C., &amp; Morrison, K. (2013). <i>Impact of school libraries on learning: Critical review of published evidence to inform the Scottish education community</i>. Robert Gordon University. Retrieved from <span style="color: blue;">http://scottishlibraries.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/05/SLIC_RGU_Impact_of_School_Libraries_2013.pdf</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-79222775517888111072017-06-12T06:57:00.000+01:002017-11-28T06:47:12.893+00:00Talking referencing and plagiarism with teachers. From school and beyond. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Talk to teachers about plagiarism and referencing and they begin to glaze over.&nbsp;Talk to them about the cut and paste culture or about taking photos from the internet and you begin to have a conversation.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8sXDWetgH8/WTz1UUlL7oI/AAAAAAAAAtc/CXi02zmUKWksQp_t2zdUihd_g9hst-1hACLcB/s1600/IMG_2404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8sXDWetgH8/WTz1UUlL7oI/AAAAAAAAAtc/CXi02zmUKWksQp_t2zdUihd_g9hst-1hACLcB/s320/IMG_2404.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken by Elizabeth Hutchinson</td></tr></tbody></table>The photo above is one I took about a month ago and put it on Instagram. Am I proud of it? Yes, Do I want others to see it? yes. Does that mean that I would be happy for someone to take and use it without my permission? No. A teacher said to me recently that if anyone chose to share a picture online then they should not be surprised or upset if it was taken and used by someone else. This created a really interesting conversation but also highlighted that there is a problem. As teachers encourage their students to share more online the need for them to truly understand the issues of copyright and the need to reference becomes clearer.<br /><br />Teachers get extremely frustrated when they know a child has not done the research for their project and just cut and pasted from one of the top three websites found on Google. &nbsp;I then explain how I can help.<br /><ul><li>I &nbsp;support and co-teach in their classroom.&nbsp;</li><li>I demonstrate tools to up-skill themselves and their students.</li><li>&nbsp;I save them time by finding quality resources for their students to use.&nbsp;</li></ul>This is when the conversation begins to get easier and interesting. Referencing is an essential building block to this which begins with quality resources. &nbsp;Once your students have the right building blocks in place good quality research is then produced.<br /><br /><b>Collaborating with the school librarian enables you to start this journey.&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-en1MiJMUSmA/WTz4MdesDkI/AAAAAAAAAto/wUDSnhcy2bkLjVONgMS9UCbS2RpfOecQQCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.13.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-en1MiJMUSmA/WTz4MdesDkI/AAAAAAAAAto/wUDSnhcy2bkLjVONgMS9UCbS2RpfOecQQCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.13.54.png" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teachers and librarians working together to make a difference&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br />School librarians can collaborate with teachers to enhanse research skills through :-<br /><br /><ol><li>Using the library catalogue to teach keyword searching. This is an important skill which will help students find good books and websites that have been curated by the librarian. (teachers do not need to spend hours looking for quality websites)&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrating how to find the academic sources such as Britannica and History Reference Centre.</li><li>Teaching how to give credit and reference using tools such as Easybib which is attached to Google Docs.&nbsp;</li><li>Teaching copyright and helping students find pictures that they can legally use for assignments.&nbsp;</li></ol><br /><b>How does referencing help?</b><br /><br />Teachers want good quality research from their students but unless they teach referencing they will never be able to check where the information comes from. Just having the right information regurgitated is not research and children as young as 5 can be taught to copy and paste so where is the skill in that.<br /><br />One of the easiest skills to teach is knowing where to find the best sources quickly. This is an important part of independent learning skills. Just because they know where to go to find the information does not make them less independent it makes them more! Students need to be guided to choosing academic sources by being taught how to find and access them. Using the school library as a source of information is a great start too.<br /><br />In order to encourage students to reference properly teachers need to learn the tricks to help make this quick and easy.<br /><br />How do teachers ensure that their students are using these academic sources?<br /><ul><li>By learning the tools to make referencing quicker e.g. Easy Bib, and tools in Word,</li><li>By demonstrating best practice through citing their own sources when producing handouts or presentations.</li><li>By making sure that students know how to find good resources by working with the school librarian.</li><li>By making sure students know how to evaluate websites and use appropriate search engines. <a href="http://www.teachercast.net/2017/06/01/6-best-search-engines-academic-research/" target="_blank">Take a look of this list of academic search engines to make research easier and faster.</a></li><li>By making sure students know how to reference - the school librarian can help here too.&nbsp;</li><li>Checking references and awarding marks for good referencing.&nbsp;</li></ul>If students are never asked to reference anything how does the teacher know where the information came from? &nbsp;I've had a teacher state that as they know the answer and their students have got it correct it doesn't matter where the information came from! My message to this teachers is that it's not your job to pass on the knowledge but the skills as well. Students need to understand that finding the information from a quality resource is important to the teacher too. If not why would they bother?<br /><br />Another said - it takes too long to get students to reference and it spoils the fun of research! My response is this - What if this student produces a piece of work that you are so proud of that you want to share it as an example across the internet? &nbsp;You are only showing your inability to teach and understand the importance of referencing. Nothing should be shared by your students without referencing, why, because it is illegal and you as a teacher are condoning it.<br /><br /><h4>Beyond school, whether it is onto university or to work referencing is important.</h4>Universities are beginning to notice the lack of ability of students coming from schools, especially those doing A'levels, realising that there is a real lack of research and information literacy skills. &nbsp;Some universities, like Birmingham, are even running outreach programmes to teach these skills to students before they arrive at university. Although it is good that universities are trying to do something about this it does make me think that if teachers were working with school librarians these skills could and should be taught in school.<br /><br />Even at work good research is important. Only the other day I was talking to a man who worked in IT support. He told me "my job is not knowing how to fix everything but knowing how to find the answer through research". This is where the world of work is going and we need to send our students out into the world with the right tools not just exam results.<br /><br />Finally, if you really like my photo and you have read this far you may share it. With credit of course :)<br /><div><br /></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-53238719077505941632017-05-29T14:14:00.001+01:002017-11-28T06:47:55.078+00:00Librarians and a teacher presenting at the British Isles Google Summit rocking Edtech and collaborationLast weekend <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelaeEthered1" target="_blank">Angela Etheredge</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/stony12270" target="_blank">Stony Evans</a> and myself presented at the British Isles Google Summit held in Guernsey. Two librarians and a teacher working together. Why is this worth blogging about?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MLh7HCUvC1I/WSkksrkkQpI/AAAAAAAAAsw/q5oOmLll5GAwGXicfjPQmys5PM--r5h0wCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.02.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="927" height="237" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MLh7HCUvC1I/WSkksrkkQpI/AAAAAAAAAsw/q5oOmLll5GAwGXicfjPQmys5PM--r5h0wCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.02.23.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />This was primarily a teachers event, it was about how to use all things Google from Docs to slides and Forms to Classroom so where did a school librarian fit into this? I have been using Google tools for a while now and personally wanted to know more about Google classroom. &nbsp;More importantly though it was important for me, as a librarian, to attend this teachers conference as it would help me highlight the teaching side of my role. <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.ie/2016/11/how-librarian-got-invited-to-practical.html" target="_blank">I have written about this in previous posts</a>.<br /><br />After applying for a place a &nbsp;few weeks later I recieved an email from Lucy Witham arrived saying that there was only one local speaker signed up and if you felt you had something to share then you should apply for a speakers place. I realised once again that I had a chance to talk to teachers about what school librarians do so I decided to apply. Deciding what I would share was easy.<br /><br /><h3>Which Google product have I used within a classroom setting in collaboration with a teacher?</h3><br />This was easy! <a href="http://librarymediatechtalk.blogspot.ie/2016/02/our-first-international-mystery-hangout.html" target="_blank">A year ago I helped Angela Etheredge, a teacher at St Annes in Alderney, connect her students via Google hangouts with students in Arkansas.</a> We played mystery hangout with their students and were amazed at the impact that it had on everyone. I also had something else up my sleeve. About 6 months ago, Stony Evan, the librarian in Arkansas, asked me if I would be willing to join him via hangout at a conference he was presenting. I agreed and I joined his session to talk about our collaboration via hangout, so it was time for him to return the favour. &nbsp;I submitted my idea and was accepted.<br /><br /><h3>How did Angela join in?</h3><br />At this point it was just Stony and myself until <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.ie/2017/04/inset-training-how-librarians-can.html" target="_blank">I went to run the inset training at St Anne's.</a> During the day I shared a little about the hangout with Arkansas with all the teachers and as I talked Angela joined in. &nbsp;I realised that to have a teacher join me in my session at the Google Summit would practically demonstrate how important and necessary teacher librarian collaboration is. So we had our team.<br /><br /><h3>Creating our presentation.</h3><br />As Stony was in Arkansas, Angela was in Alderney and I was in Guernsey there was no way we were going to be able to sit in the same room and talk about our presentation so we decided to create a Google Slide and work on it collaboratively, we also talked by Google hangout too. I did not realise it at the time but by using a shared Google slide and hangout we were actually doing what they were going to tell us about at the conference. <br /><br /><h3>At the conference</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y-cnr1S2iAs/WSknS60cqGI/AAAAAAAAAtA/M-VCcv_TTZo7zpViOaZ-nSLDCqlDArVmwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.13.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y-cnr1S2iAs/WSknS60cqGI/AAAAAAAAAtA/M-VCcv_TTZo7zpViOaZ-nSLDCqlDArVmwCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.13.54.png" width="249" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />We were not presenting until Saturday afternoon due to the time difference between Arkansas and the UK so we were not able to get this out of the way quickly. After sitting through some brilliant workshops by Ben Rouse, Matt Smith, Bogdan Copil and Jon Neale I was beginning to worry that our presentation was so different that it may not be good enough. Every other workshop was full of ideas and we were planning to share only one. Angela was very calm which helped but I still wasn't sure. I wanted to check out the technical side of our presentation but was unable to do this until just before our slot and that worried me too.<br /><br /><h3>Our session</h3><br />Time for worrying was over. A quick connection to Stony was tested and we were ready to go. We had a small group of teachers and I would have been happy to present to them but as we started talking more arrived which was great. &nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gV0pWdfYLdmYqPo7hzqrH9xPgulYsev3K8GkHSS_8mk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">The presentation can be found here.</a><br /><br />After all my worrying our presentation went really well with one attendee tweeting that it was the best session of the day! Funnily enough I had not realised that as we started Anglea got really worried when she saw who was arriving. &nbsp;They were IT specialists from the College of Further Education and she did not think that we could show them something that they did not already know. However, that was not the case and our icing on the cake was our demonstration of how easy it was to connect with Stony in America. Having him in the room with us really went down well. People liked the practical application of our session, admitting that we were novices at this but were prepared to try it inspired our attendees to try it themselves. &nbsp;By giving a clear demonstration of how it worked for us, even though we were clearly not experts, was well received.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wHP1anJaQL4/WSkm7AWizxI/AAAAAAAAAs8/I9u0vTWvDRkzZU60ISeDEXFddUF28c9LwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.07.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="587" height="160" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wHP1anJaQL4/WSkm7AWizxI/AAAAAAAAAs8/I9u0vTWvDRkzZU60ISeDEXFddUF28c9LwCLcB/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-05-27%2Bat%2B08.07.23.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Angela and I were on such a high after our session. It worked! We demonstrated something that not everyone is using and we were also able to show how the collaboration between the librarian and the teacher can lead to greater student learning. One local teacher came up and said he was really jealous &nbsp;of us, when we asked why he said, because we had been brave enough to put ourselves forward to present and he wished he had taken the opportunity too.<br /><br /><h3>Why is it important that you put yourself forward?&nbsp;</h3><div>In order for schools and teachers to understand what librarians do we must &nbsp;talk to them about it. Whether that is in the school staff room or presenting at a teacher training day or even being brave enough to present at a conference. Unless we talk and demonstrate how we can support student learning, some teachers and schools will never know what they are missing out on. <br /><br />Finally, one teacher asked me how we could help him to connect his students. If this is all we achieved that day this was enough. Helping one teacher to understand the impact that working with the school library can have on his students then we did a good job. You never know where this may lead.&nbsp;</div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-90833511715482037352017-04-24T21:46:00.002+01:002017-05-10T20:35:45.873+01:00Inset training - How librarians can support teaching and learning. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JkgBW82Sm5o/WRNeCcHnw6I/AAAAAAAAAsg/AvZJaJA1Jk4drsgjJLQCAKu9QI9DSyZGACLcB/s1600/frlbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JkgBW82Sm5o/WRNeCcHnw6I/AAAAAAAAAsg/AvZJaJA1Jk4drsgjJLQCAKu9QI9DSyZGACLcB/s1600/frlbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JkgBW82Sm5o/WRNeCcHnw6I/AAAAAAAAAsg/AvZJaJA1Jk4drsgjJLQCAKu9QI9DSyZGACLcB/s1600/frlbc.jpg" /></a>This blog was written as part of the #futureReadyLibs #blogchallenge&nbsp;<a href="https://padlet.com/ssteimel1/69gloj5qzfw6" target="_blank">which can be found here.&nbsp;</a>I agreed to write about professional development and hopefully have demonstrated how we did this by providing training for our teachers in their inset day. Enhancing their skills through using the school library and its online resources and demonstrating how information literacy linked with the curriculum. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">#FutureReadyLibs #bloggingchallenge</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10-week #FutureReadyLibs #blog challenge, where librarians are invited to reflect upon the different cogs of the </span><a href="http://futureready.org/about-the-effort/librarians/" style="text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #f3686d; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Ready Librarians Framework</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Please join in on the conversations by posting your own blog responses and by joining the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/futurereadylibrarians" style="text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #f3686d; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Ready Librarians Facebook group</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, where a new weekly blog .</span></div><h2><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></u></h2><h2><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></u></h2><h2><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Making changes</u></h2><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">St Anne's school library in Alderney has undergone some big changes in the last few months. Schools’ Library Service (SLS) supports this school from a distance as we are in Guernsey which is a short flight away. This means that we only visit twice a term. On one of our visits, last year, we discussed how we could support the school library and help create a space that was well used by both students and teachers. We agreed to weed and renew the resources and gave them some ideas to move the library around to suit the needs of the school. It was lovely to go back a few months later and see how they had been empowered to change it again. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></u></div><h4><u><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creating </span></u><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>opportunities</u></span></span></h4><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This led to conversations about the importance of information literacy and how it can support and encourage students to use the school library to become independent learners. Exciting discussions have been had about embedding information literacy into the curriculum, meaning that the school library, its staff, SLS and teachers will become a hub of teaching and learning for the students of St Anne’s. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Will you run our inset day?</u></span></h4><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early last month Martin Winward, headteacher at St Anne's, and I were chatting about how we could ensure the changes in their school library could continue to have an impact on students and teachers. We both agreed that after the initial excitement and interest in the changes, it was important that we found a way to continue engagement. Martin asked me if I was willing to run an inset training day about information literacy and the school library because it was apparent that unless we had teachers on board, who understood what we were trying to do, nothing was going to change. We needed to share out vision. &nbsp;I jumped at the chance, how often does the librarian get the opportunity to demonstrate the importance of the school library and librarians to teaching and learning. This was especially important as the new Guernsey curriculum is due to be implemented in September. &nbsp;It is very much skills based curriculum and this is what information literacy is all about. it was perfect opportunity to talk to teachers about how we can support them and have an impact on student learning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Martin sent me an outline of the areas he wanted us to cover. Improvements in the school library, Information literacy and the framework, resources and tools to support learning and examples of best practice. We also wanted to demonstrate how this all fitted in with <a href="https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=102878&amp;p=0" target="_blank">Educations ‘big picture’</a>. After a couple of conference calls I started to create </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16hOLOhb0YaksrmF65PG_nEoKuM4mm51WZDLBTvxFI9E/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my presentation</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and shared it with Martin and Wendy, deputy head. &nbsp;Luckily for me, Wales is currently creating a new curriculum and have decided to incorporate information literacy into it so I was able to incorporate their slides into my presentation. It was important for me to make sure that the day was full of information but hands on too so I made sure it &nbsp;included :-</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovative games/ideas that they could use in their own lessons</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Hangouts</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How social media can have an impact</span></div></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inset training day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I felt It was important to start the day by demonstrate that this training and message was not just coming from me. That schools all across the world are using their school libraries successfully alongside the internet and that the two can and should work together, it is not about one or the other, it is both. It was also important for me to show that there are many school librarians out there doing inspiring things and working with teachers so I started with a demonstration of how social media was important to me and my own personal learning. I explained that I had sent a message out to my followers on twitter asking the following:-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="141" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RtdEBEIP_UdpDx-ZQqspfNzQ76ENXJ3_3mycYIIqZzhmQ8CvJvmbp5v2kplkGdWakapeXac4kOUi5O_udSh712fqeCJPQZq7PKfoKKbB89vgZzimok-xCNhvuwnkX_ppMhRak6lt" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="533" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had some wonderful responses which I shared with the teachers but the one that I finished with was this one. A brilliant message! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="124" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/HqyPWZCPqSaPm_-M-YZmEcwDwBqYGHCxv3LSOT5AyHeYfn2cTj_kkwpdqKGANvICwPJ5ySjboMOSAPTptrjDtvBWMZ6cs8_QKkD3WSlxBLbB3VU5IU_ZuxqzDojP0Mu2zbb22GtX" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="602" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I then moved onto information literacy and how the f</span><a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/lessons-sessions" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ramework SLS</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are currently using links and supports the new Guernsey curriculum. We were able to show how the framework and SLS staff can support students to becoming independent learners through using the school library. We demonstrated how we could support and train teachers to use the school library in an innovative way, opening their eyes to the countless possibilities of using resources that were already in their school and just waiting to be used. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>All at no extra cost to the school and with full support and training included. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kahoot</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We played </span><a href="https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/77a53a05-3b0e-4497-8b73-2469f8b858af" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kahoot an online quiz</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that you can create yourself. We wanted to demonstrate how easy it was to create a quiz but also use it for our own purposes. Our quiz made sure teachers knew about the support available from SLS and how to use the school library. It caused some great discussions especially around the thorny issue of using </span><a href="https://ictevangelist.com/i-got-it-off-google-images/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pictures without credit.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We will be following up with some guidelines on this for teachers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had planned to play </span><a href="http://www.breakoutedu.com/about" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breakoutEdu</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> after break but we began to realise that we needed to help the teachers understand what was available from the school library and how to access it otherwise they would not be able to play the game so we spent some time showing them how to find their way around the resources that we provide, how to access and use their ebook collection and their school library catalogue. We explained that they needed this information to play the next game. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BreakoutEDU</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julia created our breakout game for this inset day. Breakout is based on a gameshow in America where contestants had to break out of a locked room. As it is not appropriate to lock students into a room this game has been adapted by school libraries, especially in America, to challenge students to unlock a box, using clues. &nbsp;&nbsp;Ours was set up to ensure that teachers used the school library in order to work out the clues but teachers can use this game for their own subjects too. &nbsp;They had to work as a team in order to get into the box in under 30 mins. It was great to see how fully engaged all the teachers were. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The box is in the middle of the teachers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/WGVymJdoIKSo04fRQIBNildRn5blW87wDfnfYonM1PFiq-rQaE8jUjJwzei-6DkZxWW0kYMR14hkFw-AX95lWK-1BF0phDfNYaYaMeDkW2Je_s8J_3jp73w4OvUiIG54o6CZ6XwM" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="427" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They managed to breakout in 23 mins...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1KZDrm_suiuEKymahf5L8L_fLUO9UKkUSlPM8p96ubATD1K29pz-1rL606GQX2ZB0tKgTXPtXD62CW7i8aOT3l1OdGBu_Lb7LAIahKE92G2oGOoLRQyMDnKPa6bt14Cfj2nQHC7e" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="427" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;">Photo's by Martin Winward</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Hangouts</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am very lucky to had made some very strong connections with librarians from twitter, so we decided to invite a couple to our inset day through Google hangouts. It was important to demonstrate how easy it was to connect with others around the world but also to help them understand how other school librarians support teachers in their schools. We invited </span><a href="http://librarymediatechtalk.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stony Evans a library Media Specialis</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas and </span><a href="http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caroline Roche , a school librarian</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at Eltham College, South East London to give a 15 min presentation about how they collaborated with their teachers. Both gave really interesting presentations and shared lots of idea with us. We were very grateful for their time and enthusiasm in sharing their best practice with us. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Stony, talking to us at 7am in the morning! &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bYFrNzIxyRPO9FDaAghA5Ws4_O7InMnchfRxwS8v75dpg9NRBHOifm-RbN9T70njDD4p-QVSg-u6tS-nExO0pRbxZx5Lt4V-ZextShVJxCKaGYY7OYRihV3f2cON8yy163IYpHKH" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bYFrNzIxyRPO9FDaAghA5Ws4_O7InMnchfRxwS8v75dpg9NRBHOifm-RbN9T70njDD4p-QVSg-u6tS-nExO0pRbxZx5Lt4V-ZextShVJxCKaGYY7OYRihV3f2cON8yy163IYpHKH" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="320" /></a></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo by Stony Evans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="inset.JPG" height="236" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mO2TmPB60_8FzcrxYtDaoVgTl590szqJrIhEqHYi7Q4ks35yYfPtoU2I8KGCLuMujPrtbWG--75tCc1UpLZknK6-2MU3S2HCncKhaepcdCBreBNnX8iF44Wz2qsKJx1cvPB00My" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="554" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="inset1.JPG" height="208" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XOLJ2mmVfUHJE-lB_f5DpTJ5g_7WJRKjjGF7G_NY7CLa8C8xaKyEX7IvFoqEyJn_MNjYGFxCHVNGCe3njn-oQdFT5SFyVWektdHUtIeczwS5Dd8np985p1BQmJhDdo5qWTNNxmE2" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="570" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The day ended by giving teachers the opportunity to feedback on what we had covered during our inset day and to decide how they would include any of this in next term's lessons.&nbsp;Several teachers commented on trying to use the Kahoot and Hangout within a lesson. There was also a lot of feedback on using the SLS website more and asking for support. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: normal;">“I feel more confident to take a more immersive approach to topic work. I will utilise the SLS website and will liaise more closely with them.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Loved the cross curricular approach / opportunities…. MORE / MORE / MORE PLEASE"&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We look forward to supporting St Anne's more in the future. We are very grateful for this opportunity and for your enthusiasm throughout the day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-87004725389791764302017-04-09T19:29:00.000+01:002017-04-10T06:57:53.304+01:00Librarians and teachers - How to make an information literacy framework work for you.<h3 style="text-align: center;">What is an information literacy framework and why do schools need one?</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V40x-Ndz_L4/WOp4A4Pmu5I/AAAAAAAAAnU/4FiLFSqhW38j0RL4e7eFlvjKFKdpyGx_QCK4B/s1600/learn-2105410_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V40x-Ndz_L4/WOp4A4Pmu5I/AAAAAAAAAnU/4FiLFSqhW38j0RL4e7eFlvjKFKdpyGx_QCK4B/s320/learn-2105410_640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />An information literacy framework is the building block of skills that every student needs to become competent in todays world of information overload. It is the set of skills that ensures that every student becomes independent learners and critical thinkers. So why do we not already have one in every school? Is it a lack of understanding of what information literacy is? Is it because we think that Google can answer everything? Is it because we believe that all students can already do this? I truly have no idea, but over the last few years it has become apparent that although students are very competent at using technology their ability to research has not changed from the time that we only had books and if anything it has become worse.<br /><br />Many school librarians are asked to run research lessons for various classes across many schools. This tends to look very similar whether it is a junior class or secondary class. We help them to think of keywords and to use the library catalogue to find books and curated websites. Depending on their age we may continue to show them how to use the other online resources that are available. This lesson seems to tick the box for many teachers, however, I would suspect that after this lesson the chances of students using the library catalogue or online resources in a lesson again is very slim.<br /><br />In some schools that I have worked in I have been asked to show students as young as 7 and 8 &nbsp;to evaluate websites. This unrealistic expectation of what primary students should be able to do is difficult. The pressure teachers are under to ensure their students become independent is huge and the two seem to be linked. Many teachers seem to be under the impression that a research project is not good enough if their students only use the library and online resources and not the internet. &nbsp;This is why an information literacy framework is so important.<br /><br />SLS Guernsey use one that we call CWICER (Connect, Wonder, Investigate, Construct, Express, Reflect), it was adapted from&nbsp;<a href="http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf" target="_blank">Empire States Information Fluency Continuum, New York</a>&nbsp;by &nbsp;Darry Toerien and with his help we have&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/lessons-sessions" target="_blank">adapted to work for us here in Guernsey.</a>&nbsp;What it has allowed us to do is have sensible conversation with teachers who ask for unrealistic research lessons. We are able to show them what their students should be able to do by the time they are that age and if they are not capable of that we can also show them the building blocks to get there.<br /><br />As a librarian I am very happy to co-teach these lessons but like many school librarians it is not possible for me to be in every class that is doing a research project. I work towards up skilling teachers and students so that I can support other classes whilst they embed what I taught. A framework will ensure that this is happening. If it is embedded into the school curriculum headteachers will be aware of it and expect to see it being taught in lessons once they know I have been in a class.<br /><br />It is also important in secondary schools that teachers know when these skills are being taught and allow students to use them in their lessons too. For instance, if a Geography teacher has worked with the librarian to use Brittanica in yr 7 then every subject that is running a research lesson across the school should be making sure their students are practicing using this resource within their lessons too. This is only possible if all the teachers know that this is happening and that teachers have an understanding of the resources themselves.<br /><br /><h3>How to use an information literacy framework when it is not embedded in the curriculum&nbsp;</h3>Find an information literacy framework that you are comfortable with. Find time to know what it is all about, the more you talk about it the more confident you become in using it. Once you are happy that you understand what you are offering start using it with teachers who are already working with you.<br /><br /><h4>Here's an example of how to use it.&nbsp;</h4><div>A year 3 teacher asks me to do a research lesson with their students and they really want an internet lesson. I would firstly show them the lessons that we offer, based on our framework, for year 3. 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padding: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Recognises that ‘I wonder’ questions can be answered by finding information </span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">LO</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Selects and uses appropriate sources with guidance including books, on-line encyclopaedias and recommended on-line resources. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">SC</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Students can give more than one example of somewhere they could find information to answer a question.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Students can select a useful source of information from the options given.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;">Students can, with guidance, find the answer to their question using their selected resource.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><!--EndFragment--></div><br />I would explain to the teacher that a lesson like this would support their students journey onto the internet as using quality resources is essential for good research. If students can learn to select these resources first before going to the internet their research will be much stronger.<br /><br />By sharing and using your information literacy framework before it is embedded in the curriculum is really important. It will help you become confident in what you teach and how your framework works. Our students deserve the right to be taught how to do this properly and now is the time to show schools, headteachers and administrators how a school librarians skills set can be used effectively.Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-74005778302395130572017-03-18T17:22:00.000+00:002017-03-18T17:22:04.643+00:00How teacher - librarian collaboration can lead to 'higher order thinking' and 'growth mindset' in students. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cNW33-EA23k/WM1qDmsd3OI/AAAAAAAAAms/FT9DzsAizScXHfWc4d1LbaldZK56c_tcQCLcB/s400/higher%2Border%2Bthinking.jpg" width="400" /><a href="http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/mzacha-39017" target="_blank">http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/mzacha-39017</a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #363f48; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />Every day I hear teachers talk about about new teaching theories. The two that I want to talk about today are 'growth mindset' and 'higher order thinking' as they link perfectly with information literacy.<br />Teachers are constantly dealing with changes in the curriculum and I regularly hear it being said that some of these new ideas are not new they are just packaged under a different name. If teachers have been doing this for year the pressure to produce something amazing is high. However this does not always mean that it needs to be all singing all dancing, sometimes just doing it right and understand the link yourselves can be enough. I thought I would use this blog post to remind teachers how librarians can help with both of these theories through looking at a senario that many teachers come across regularly.<br /><br />Example: Research topic on the Tudors.<br /><h3>Version 1 - teacher works alone - little potential for 'higher order thinking' or 'growth mindset'</h3><ul><li>Teacher has found some useful books which are shared within the classroom. Most of these are the teachers own resources, some have been taken from the school library.&nbsp;</li><li>Teacher spends hours looking for appropriate websites which are shared and given to the students via a file or on j2e (a new platform for getting the 'to the learning quicker')</li><li>Students are told they are doing a project on Tudors and have to produce a powerpoint, poster or leaflet. They are also expected to present what they find.&nbsp;</li><li>Teacher books the laptops for a research lesson.</li><li>Students research Tudors through the linked file of websites.&nbsp;</li><li>Students make notes by copying directly from the books or websites. Although, they are told not to copy and to write in their own words.</li><li>Students are then allowed to search the internet to find more information. More copying is then done.</li></ul><b>Presentation&nbsp;</b><br /> <ul><li>The powerpoint has all the information on each slide so during the presentation they read every word from each slide. &nbsp;There is no referencing.&nbsp;</li><li>The poster allows a little more presentation skills as it is harder to read from but still every word is read out and again no referencing.&nbsp;</li><li>The leaflet is also unreferenced and is put on the classroom wall.&nbsp;</li></ul><b>Learning outcomes</b><br /><br />Students find out more about the Tudors through copying from resources provided by teacher. Can cut and paste pictures from Google and can produce a powerpoint, poster or leaflet.<br /><br />The teacher is unable to check where the information came from due to no referencing. A real problem if a good piece of work is handed in and the teacher now wants to share it on social media. No higher order thinking has been done as all the informant has been given to them. No evaluation of websites has been done as no referencing is needed.<br /><br /><h3>Version 2 teacher collaborates with librarian with higher order thinking and growth mindset.&nbsp;</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OIZZbO9Hs7g/WDk_oKSgFUI/AAAAAAAAAdI/sWrrsL195msxCPJQOAYGjtQK_VF93Mv_ACPcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.52.26.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OIZZbO9Hs7g/WDk_oKSgFUI/AAAAAAAAAdI/sWrrsL195msxCPJQOAYGjtQK_VF93Mv_ACPcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.52.26.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><ul><li>Teacher and librarian plan topic together.&nbsp;</li><li>Librarian makes sure there are good books in the school library and searches for websites to add to the library catalogue saving the teacher time.&nbsp;</li><li>Teacher shares the websites that he/she has already found and they too are added to the library catalogue.&nbsp;</li><li>Students are told they are doing a project on Tudors and have to produce a powerpoint, poster or leaflet. They are also expected to present what they find.&nbsp;</li><li>Librarian and teachers co-teach the importance of keywords and research questions.&nbsp;</li><li>Librarian demonstrates how students can find books and websites from the library catalogue.</li><li>Students use these skills to find books and useful websites. (higher order thinking)</li><li>Students are expected to read - no note taking is allowed at this stage.&nbsp;</li><li>librarian demonstrates other online academic resources available such as Britannica online.</li><li>Librarian supports a lesson on note taking and referencing.&nbsp;</li><li>Librarian and teacher demonstrate how powerpoint is used in a presentations (importance of pictures and information in the notes and not on the slides) including a lesson on presentation skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Reminder that referencing is expected.</li><li>presentations are given peer feedback and references are checked.&nbsp;</li><li>students - how can I improve next time? (growth mindset)</li><li><a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/sites/default/files/uploads/year%206%20Inspirational%20Leaders%20RE_0.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a case study of such a lesson</a></li></ul><div><b>Learning outcomes</b><br /><ul><li>Growth mindset</li><li>higher order thinking</li></ul></div><div>Students independently find out more about the Tudors. They are able to independently find information which is age appropriate and focused on answering the question rather than a broad topic. All academic resources are used and referenced. All written in the students own words, no copy and pasting.<br /><br />If a good piece of work has been handed in it can be shared on social media because the correct referencing has been done. A great example of best practice.</div><div><h3>The reason this is important</h3>The benefits to working with the librarian is that the students are able to start higher order thinking. They begin to understand that research is not a quick process but if it is done well it can be really interesting and they will learn something. They learn and understand the importance of referencing and giving credit.<br /><br />Teacher also benefit from this process as they are now skilled in how to use the school library catalogue, academic resources and they too understand how and why referencing is important for future lessons.<br /><br />If you want to read more I wrote a previous blog on <a href="http://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2017/02/teachers-how-important-is-academic.html" target="_blank">digital literacy</a> that link with this.&nbsp;</div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-78847283611331021582017-02-19T09:15:00.002+00:002017-02-28T07:58:05.484+00:00Teachers: How important is academic honesty? Essential for digital literacy. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuSL0UW2Mnc/WKldKRSQZlI/AAAAAAAAAiM/jWorv7Y67oMdPf6sf9WjXo4S4ws5CkSJwCLcB/s1600/learning%2Bblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuSL0UW2Mnc/WKldKRSQZlI/AAAAAAAAAiM/jWorv7Y67oMdPf6sf9WjXo4S4ws5CkSJwCLcB/s320/learning%2Bblog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Teachers, do you use information ethically when creating resources for teaching? Do you know when it is ok to take pictures from the internet? Do you know if you are breaking copyright laws? Copyright is a complex subject and here is <a href="http://www.copyrightsandwrongs.nen.gov.uk/students/schoolwork" target="_blank">a guide to what you can and can't do within a school setting.</a>&nbsp;Just because it is ok to use resources for educational purposes, it is an individuals right not a shared right of the school and it is time to understand that as teachers you should be demonstrating best practice at all times. Do you reference all your sources whenever you produce something for school? If not where can this lead and why is this a problem?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Primary and secondary school students do not create original work. Writing it in their own words is not original. &nbsp;</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many teachers talk to their students about the importance of giving credit for where they find their information but never expect a reference list. This is a real lack of understanding about information and where is comes from. The information we find has been written by someone else and is not original. This is especially true if you are expecting your students to find the answer to a question or to write a piece of research. This is what research is. Finding the answer and referencing where you got it from. No student is going to write something original when researching because this is not what you are asking them to do. Part of the learning process is understanding that we must give credit for what we find.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4zGLdTsC3M/WKleCgzGoZI/AAAAAAAAAiU/gh1ZcbkJo4g_5j59aB0fV0-5pG0FsKuXACLcB/s1600/future.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4zGLdTsC3M/WKleCgzGoZI/AAAAAAAAAiU/gh1ZcbkJo4g_5j59aB0fV0-5pG0FsKuXACLcB/s320/future.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If we don't expect a reference how can you, as teachers, work out where the information is coming from? Why do we need to worry about this? As a teacher if you know they have found the correct answer does it matter where they got it from? Yes it does! Most students go to one website. They may very well get the right answer each time without thinking about the source they are using because they want their homework done quickly. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/videos/10154548775681939/" target="_blank">Fake News is huge at the momen</a>t and without asking for a reference how do you know if they have chosen a good source? &nbsp;At least if they had a list of sources teachers would be able to have a conversation about the websites used. Teachers are currently working blind and seem to be happy as long as the right answer is given. It is not something that is a concern but it should be.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Sharing students work beyond school without references.</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DCl_m5MU6xI/WKlgyGB7WrI/AAAAAAAAAig/oWcTzvcKlEUO3mKC85Dc0pj3VhvI0yxSACLcB/s1600/sharing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DCl_m5MU6xI/WKlgyGB7WrI/AAAAAAAAAig/oWcTzvcKlEUO3mKC85Dc0pj3VhvI0yxSACLcB/s320/sharing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In todays world it is common to share students work on our school websites or on social media. &nbsp;If nothing is referenced we are breaking copyright laws and here is where the problems lie.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Imagine this. One of your students has produced a wonderful piece of work and you want to use it as a wonderful example of learning outcomes. It is well written, got some great pictures and all the information is correct. You decide to share it on the school newsletter and on twitter as an example of best practice. If none of it is referenced then this is not best practice this is embedding that it is alright to break copyright laws.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Research skills are really important in todays world. It's not just about finding the right information but also about making sure it is true, if there is a bias and knowing who wrote it. If teachers insist on allowing their students to use Google as a research tool they must understand the importance of ensuring that their students give credit for what they find and use. Academic honesty and teaching for integrity is going to become more important with the advancement of digital literacies and teachers need to understand their role in ensuring that our students are taught this correctly.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is not alright to take pictures and information and not say where they got it from just because their work is only going to hang on the wall of the classroom. there are so many tools today that make this easy. Free pictures like the ones on this blog are available from places like <a href="http://pixabay.com/">Pixabay.com</a>&nbsp;so there is no need to just take from Google images. It is a case of teaching it the right way. Just as it would not be alright for anyone of your students to steal someone's sweets, just because no-one will find out does not make it right. As digital competencies become part of the curriculum it is essential that teachers understand why this is important and know how to teach it. We are giving our students skills for life not just for one assignment. It is important that our students learn about the subject that is being taught but it is just as important to make sure they are given the skills and understand the ethical way to do this too. Many people are writing about this, however, I recently read a blog post by Alison Miller on <a href="http://eworks.edu.au/blog/2017/01/developing-digital-literacy-learners-guide-teachers/#comments" target="_blank">Developing digital learners</a> which also talks about the importance of digital competencies and gives some great idea of how to use it in the classroom which is worth reading.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Are you confident about teaching referencing? Your school librarian can help.</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The excuses that this takes too long or that it will spoil the enjoyment, &nbsp;just do not add up. Maybe teachers are not confident at teaching or checking references or maybe they are remembering when they had to reference when they were at university and it did take forever. This is just not the case now. Both Word and Google doc have a built in reference generator which is easy and simple to use.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your school librarian will be happy to help teach this but here is an easy guide to how it works on Google docs:-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Find the Easybib add on.&nbsp;</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RV7b4V1zNzk/WKKjdP7iRaI/AAAAAAAAAhs/bcLdFc1JeH4L95lEJ2MiwtbYpVPFX24swCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.15.29.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RV7b4V1zNzk/WKKjdP7iRaI/AAAAAAAAAhs/bcLdFc1JeH4L95lEJ2MiwtbYpVPFX24swCLcB/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.15.29.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Click on EasyBib Bibliography Creator and this box will appear to the right of you document.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S1hkiTxuKyo/WKKjbNjAeOI/AAAAAAAAAho/voCi-96skFA9KKSjLmSunlAMIkjB3cSHgCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.15.53.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S1hkiTxuKyo/WKKjbNjAeOI/AAAAAAAAAho/voCi-96skFA9KKSjLmSunlAMIkjB3cSHgCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.15.53.png" width="212" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li>As you find sources you add them to the generator to the right and it creates the Bibliography. From books to websites they are all there. Once the document is finished click on the red box 'add bibliography to doc and it appears at the bottom of the page.&nbsp;</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v6v__sZps98/WKKjW-tS1OI/AAAAAAAAAhk/NYStgAZaI3wbWuYmVbkmYxfwI9W6gKmNwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.26.11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v6v__sZps98/WKKjW-tS1OI/AAAAAAAAAhk/NYStgAZaI3wbWuYmVbkmYxfwI9W6gKmNwCLcB/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-14%2Bat%2B06.26.11.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />This does not take long to learn and is essential for our students to understand academic honesty and teachers need to expect it. It should not make any difference whether our headteachers or policy makers are not asking for this. We all know what is right, this is simple to do and teach and teachers should be leading by example.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-45905658267900811932017-01-23T06:18:00.000+00:002017-01-27T06:48:29.762+00:00Advocacy for school librarians - Training and Personal Learning Networks PLN<h3>Helping teachers set up their own Personal Learning Network (PLN)</h3>As a librarian I am never sure what I am going to be asked to do next. My own skill set is broad and this being the case I am able to do many things which includes training. Recently, after a conversation with a teacher about Personal Learning Neworks (PLN) I realised that my own skills in setting up my &nbsp;PLN enabled me to support this teacher and potentially support him to train other teachers in his school. &nbsp;Is this an important part of my job? Absolutely, teaching and sharing my own best practice, &nbsp;enabling and inspiring teachers to find the information they need themselves is essential. If &nbsp;I can work alongside teachers to enhance their learning it allows me to talk to them about their students learning too. Raising my profile and skills set helps me to raise awareness for the school library. I can't be in every classroom but I can teach and up skill the teachers which is very definitely my role.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxjFs98uQI/WITmo1_NfuI/AAAAAAAAAg8/-z3xAYwwnH4d5-rtMRGhXNiTs4kzcmIWwCLcB/s1600/teamwork-2-1236611-640x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxjFs98uQI/WITmo1_NfuI/AAAAAAAAAg8/-z3xAYwwnH4d5-rtMRGhXNiTs4kzcmIWwCLcB/s200/teamwork-2-1236611-640x480.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3>My own personal learning journey.&nbsp;</h3>It started in 2009, &nbsp;I had qualified as a librarian in 2003 and after chartering in 2008 it was time to take responsibility for my own development and learning rather than having to do it because I was studying. My own reading, at the time, started and stopped with the CILIP Update magazine but I needed more and really had no idea where to look.<br /><br />My decision to use social media for personal learning was for two main reasons. Firstly, I had children who were wanting to use Facebook and twitter and at the time I felt that I did not know enough about these resources. Rather than saying no you can't because they scare me, I realised it would be better to find out about social media and how it worked. Secondly, I was aware of the potential for using social media for more than following your favourite pop star and was interested in finding out if I could use them for work. I was particularly keen to know enough about social media so that I would be able to talk to students about it.<br /><br />In the beginning I decided to use Facebook for friends and family and twitter for work only. This has changed overtime and my Facebook has expanded to special interest groups to share knowledge too. Twitter has enabled me to learn more and connect with people around the world that I would never have been able to otherwise. Some of the most exciting things that I have done in the last year has been because of Twitter. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_388509987"></span>Trips to Toulouse to present about using school libraries across the curriculum<span id="goog_388509988"></span></a>, <a href="https://slsguernsey.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/international-skype-session-at-arasl-2016/" target="_blank">talking to librarians in Arkansas via Google Hangouts</a> and &nbsp;<a href="http://www.edcircuit.com/the-role-of-the-school-librarian-in-teaching-and-learning/" target="_blank">requests for articles</a> all have come from my PLN on twitter.<br /><br />So how did I start? I set up an account, worked out how to follow a few librarians and teachers and then I lurked. I read the threads that came through and have to admit that not much of it made any sense. Hashtags and&nbsp;@ and bad English was what it seemed to be all about. I was not sure how this would help me but then I became aware that some of the people I followed were sharing articles that were very useful and because of this I began to read more. &nbsp;The idea that other professional have read something and thinks it is worth sharing is very powerful. I then became braver and began to retweet and share articles that I found interesting. Finally I took the plunge and sent out my first tweet. It makes me smile when I read it now as I can't stand anyone who writes about that they are about to do. &nbsp;I do think there may have been a little sarcasm in my first tweet. I had to start somewhere and this was what I chose to write:-<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zTCrAy6yuVE/WIRy1hyJafI/AAAAAAAAAgs/_DWNE59--0opH9SBGJBLEyYMnBLFw4d3wCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-22%2Bat%2B08.49.27.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zTCrAy6yuVE/WIRy1hyJafI/AAAAAAAAAgs/_DWNE59--0opH9SBGJBLEyYMnBLFw4d3wCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-22%2Bat%2B08.49.27.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span id="goog_882157302"></span>I used the <a href="https://discover.twitter.com/first-tweet#Elizabethutch" target="_blank">discover twitter</a> to find this. I admit I did get a little distracted by putting in some of my twitter friends in and laughing at their first tweets. Nearly all are as bad as mine :)<br /><br />I slowly &nbsp;began to understand how powerful this tool was. I began focusing on the group of librarians and teachers I was following and started making decisions about unfollowing those who were tweeting rubbish. I did not have time to waste so my focus has always been quality. If someone is not useful to my goal I unfollow. This leaves me with a quality group of people who I have learnt so much from. They share their best practice with me, answer questions that I could not answer myself and through this I began to grow in confidence. It gives me a place to share my ideas and enables me to learn about new teaching practices and help me grow as a professional. My PLN is essential to my role as a librarian which enables me to learn and discover more every day.<br /><br /><h3>Where can I start?</h3>If you are looking where to start here are a few suggestions from my social media friends. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/auntytech/pln/?sender=72691118893957314&amp;invite_code=d7c7eb92648276d2391ed0d161d21276" target="_blank">PLN on Pinterest</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/auntytech/twitter-twitter-tools/?sender=72691118893957314&amp;invite_code=04ca8b50124b4d027db63c13717ac57f" target="_blank">Twitter tools</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.classtools.net/twitter4teachers/" target="_blank">Twitter for teachers</a><br /><br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-calendar" target="_blank">Education chats on twitter</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html" target="_blank">Educational hashtags</a><br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-38266986148212431522017-01-17T17:50:00.001+00:002017-11-28T06:48:33.341+00:005 easy steps to full integration of your school library and librarian<h1 class="entry-title mkd-post-title" itemprop="name" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(76, 76, 76) !important; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Role Of The School Librarian In Teaching And Learning</h1><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid mkd-section article_sub_title mkd-content-aligment-left" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #6c6b6b; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="clearfix mkd-full-section-inner" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 679.25px;"><div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 679.25px;"><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; height: 32px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><br /><h3 class="mkd-st-title" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(76, 76, 76) !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial !important; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 500; height: 34px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;"><span class="mkd-section-title-holder clearfix mkd-pattern-light" style="background-image: none !important; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px; clear: both; display: inline-block; height: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 19px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 649.25px;">They are essential for the information world of today and tomorrow</span></h3><br /></div><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><h3 class="mkd-st-title" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(76, 76, 76) !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial !important; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 500; height: 34px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;"><span class="mkd-section-title-holder clearfix mkd-pattern-light" style="background-image: none !important; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px; clear: both; display: inline-block; height: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 19px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 649.25px;">The full article can be found on<a href="http://www.edcircuit.com/the-role-of-the-school-librarian-in-teaching-and-learning/" target="_blank"> edCurcuit&nbsp;</a></span></h3><span class="mkd-section-title-holder clearfix mkd-pattern-light" style="background-image: none !important; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px; clear: both; display: inline-block; height: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 19px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 649.25px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDQuyZhjjNI/WEulb39XCvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/f3076KwnchI6ImLHPlEwL4PccBCkmv65QCPcB/s1600/handshake-1830762__340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDQuyZhjjNI/WEulb39XCvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/f3076KwnchI6ImLHPlEwL4PccBCkmv65QCPcB/s320/handshake-1830762__340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #6c6b6b; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How can the Head Teacher/Principal effect change?</strong></div><div style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #6c6b6b; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Find out if you have employed a qualified librarian or not. If you do, make sure you are supporting them to do the job you have employed them to do.</div><ul style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #6c6b6b; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15px; list-style-position: inside; margin: 15px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Question your teachers about how they have included the school library and the librarian into their teaching.</li><li style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expect to see the school library and librarian in their lesson planning.</li><li style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Embed information literacy at policy level with the help of the school librarian.</li><li style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make the school librarian head of a department.</li><li style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure the school librarian attends meetings regarding teaching and learning.</li></ul>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-83056684333399605822017-01-09T06:23:00.000+00:002017-01-09T19:08:50.577+00:00Teachers - digital literacy and school librarians. Innovation at it's best! <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0-0EcsAgWE/WHJ_82chm2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/nOHtqbbpKfcgQRZsLrrZBg3IDO3qNWOLACLcB/s1600/together%2Bwe%2Bcreate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0-0EcsAgWE/WHJ_82chm2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/nOHtqbbpKfcgQRZsLrrZBg3IDO3qNWOLACLcB/s320/together%2Bwe%2Bcreate.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">I am very excited about the opportunities digital literacy is creating for every school librarian. At last we are able to demonstrate how we can work alongside teachers with our skill set being used to it’s best advantage. Together we can create independent learners who can find great resources and&nbsp;improving&nbsp;academic&nbsp;attainment.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">When I think about digital literacy I can’t think of it in isolation without the overarching skill of information literacy. Schools and teachers, however, seem to have decided that digital literacy is the overarching skill for all subjects so where does information literacy fit into this?</span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Does it matter whether we call it information literacy or digital literacy? Let's find out how they&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">differ.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhAYfF3enYA/WHKHObjDprI/AAAAAAAAAgA/u9Qtg7xDtj4ZyQ_Ey1oeMnPoCKVaXQFBQCLcB/s1600/which%2Bway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhAYfF3enYA/WHKHObjDprI/AAAAAAAAAgA/u9Qtg7xDtj4ZyQ_Ey1oeMnPoCKVaXQFBQCLcB/s320/which%2Bway.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">As good librarians do, &nbsp;I went looking for a definition for </span><a href="http://connect.ala.org/node/181197"><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><b>digital literacy</b></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Digital Literacy</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is the ability to use <b>information</b> and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate <b>information</b>, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then the definiton for <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/infoforyou/infolitdefined.html" target="_blank">information literacy</a>&nbsp;</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Information literacy</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is a crucial skill in the pursuit of knowledge. It involves recognizing when <b>information</b> is needed and being able to efficiently locate, accurately evaluate, effectively use, and clearly communicate <b>information</b> in various formats.”</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Interestingly there are many similarities between the two, if teachers feel more comfortable with the term digital literacy than information literacy, I am&nbsp;beginning to realise that the terminology is not as important as the skills it ensures the students learn. As long as find, evaluate and use&nbsp;information&nbsp;is in there and teachers understand the need for research skills it works for me. Both literacies demonstrate the essential role a librarian is required to play. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">School librarians supporting digital literacy</span></h3><br /><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">I have recently been asked to support schools trying to increase their use of digital across the school curriculum. Just this week I was sent a <a href="http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/curriculum_microsite/uict_ks1_and_ks2/docs/what_is_using_ict/interactive_levels_grid/index.html">document from Northern Ireland</a> that schools are using as a guide for this. It is an old document as it gives examples of CD ROMS but the overview is fairly good so it just needs new examples fitted in. I am being given permission and the opportunity to demonstrate how library professionals can enhance teaching of research and wanted to share how schools and teachers can use the expertise of the school librarian to support digital literacy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><b>Digital literacy is not</b></span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Being able to type a question into Google and get an answer.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Being able to cut and paste into your homework</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; text-indent: -18pt;">Steal information and pass it off as your own</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">A colleague I was talking to recently put it perfectly when he said ‘none of this is about how good they are at using tech. It’s about selecting good quality resources. Yet within education the importance is being put on the tech and not on the resources found. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Going back to the <a href="http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/curriculum_microsite/uict_ks1_and_ks2/docs/what_is_using_ict/interactive_levels_grid/index.html" target="_blank">Northern Ireland document</a> level 5 is high end year 6 = 11 year olds the overarching skill was to:-</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Research, select, edit, use and evaluate assets from a range of digital sources</span></b><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">The suggestion attached was the following.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Research internet sites of their own choice to find and select information, images, movie and audio files to support the production of a short film about their local area.</span></i><br /><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">How does this explain to the teacher how to teach this? It is making an assumption that these skills have already been taught but if teachers are not confident of these skills themselves how can they be really taught and assessed. I would like to challenge many of the teachers I know, to find and use their school library catalogue within a lesson to find good resources. I would bet that many of them would struggle at finding the library catalogue in the first place.&nbsp;</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Collaboration&nbsp;essential.</span></h3><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BZ7QcMeYXPU/WHKVhVCn6HI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/NcZAAm80AxY2wmuk0lm2COtkBUBHyq8MQCLcB/s1600/working%2Btogether.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BZ7QcMeYXPU/WHKVhVCn6HI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/NcZAAm80AxY2wmuk0lm2COtkBUBHyq8MQCLcB/s320/working%2Btogether.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">At </span><a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/" style="font-family: Helvetica;" target="_blank">Schools’ Library Service</a><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"> we have spent the last couple of years creating lessons that demonstrate progression to this stage. Our l</span><a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/lessons-sessions" style="font-family: Helvetica;" target="_blank">esson and session</a><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"> cover all lessons from year 1 to year 13. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">Here is a </span><a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/sites/default/files/uploads/year%206%20Inspirational%20Leaders%20RE_0.pdf" style="font-family: Helvetica;">case study</a><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"> for the type of lessons that we would cover for a year 6 group. It includes selecting good quality information from the library and online, note taking and referencing. The teacher was so pleased with these set of lessons that I have been asked to repeat it again this year. This only worked because the teacher gave me some time to plan this with her.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Why are school librarians so important to digital literacy?</span></h3><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">School librarians are constantly sharing and keeping up to date with new resources something that teachers don't have time to do themselves. My own PLN (Personal Learning Network) is constantly sharing good practice and resources. A perfect example of this recently is I found out about Infotopia which was recommended by my network, which is a </span><a href="http://www.infotopia.info/" style="font-family: Helvetica;">search engine</a><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"> that I was not aware of for children. It is created by librarians and finds websites at the appropriate level. This is a brilliant resource on two levels. One, it is now something that I will teach in a class where I am being asked to teach website evaluation and it is also something I will use myself when I am searching for appropriate websites to add to our school library catalogues.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">At every level I am able to collate good resources for my teachers, I am able to teach in the classroom to show how to access our online resources and I can also teach referencing and plagiarism. Along with all of the basic research skills I am also making connections around the world to ensure that I include innovative ideas within my teaching too.&nbsp;</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Interestingly, I recently came across a blog post that talks about innovative teaching which I feel links nicely with what I am trying to say. “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;"><a href="http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6801"><span style="color: #262626;">Innovation is NOT synonymous with the word technology</span></a>, but how we create and use technology can lead to innovative practices in many elements.”&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;;">For example after a lesson on creating a good question I invited an expert into the classroom via Skype and the students were able to ask their questions directly. 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Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-35516046697495925802016-12-10T06:51:00.001+00:002017-03-19T08:23:24.640+00:00Let's start at the very beginning: 3 simple steps to raising academic attainment through your school library<br /><div class="page" title="Page 13"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/en/collaboration-collaborator-book-1106196/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mgvlh_xYwrY/WEukTklxzBI/AAAAAAAAAe8/axW3wEeh6L4BRfye1SXHs9keyQQDIKQBwCK4B/s320/collaboration-1106196__340.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Ok, so I have created several posts recently about how Headteachers/Principals, teachers and librarians can work together in order to make a difference to academic attainment. &nbsp;If we are to effect change I do believe it has to come from the top. There are, however, many teachers out there that have never worked alongside a school librarian and have no idea what we can do for them or their students and we need to find a way to change this ourselves too. &nbsp;Which teacher would say no to free help and resources within their classrooms? Not many, I'm sure, so this has to be down to a lack of knowledge and understanding of what we do and this is where we can all do something. So whilst working towards change at the top, librarians need to find a way to start collaborating with those who never use the library and encouraging those who are already working with us to start sharing their best practice.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Why do some teachers not use the school library?&nbsp;</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">I began to wonder why every teacher is not demanding to have a good school library with a qualified librarian? Is it because of their own experience or lack of school libraries as they grew up? &nbsp;Did they ever get the opportunity to use their own school library as children and teenagers? It got me thinking about what I remember of my own school library experience. I do remember my middle school library well, both for choosing fiction and being taken to the library &nbsp;to find books for research during classes, but once I got to secondary school my memories of the school library are non-existent. &nbsp;I was very lucky, however, to have <a href="http://jesmondlibrary.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jesmond public branch library</a>&nbsp;that I was able to go to on a Saturday that supported the way I feel about libraries today. If I hadn't had that would I know how important libraries are?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Is this the missing link? Does our own experience of school libraries effect the way we use them as adults and teachers? It is even possible, for anyone going on to university, to use the library without ever having to go anywhere near the physical space or speak to the librarian. If you then go onto teacher training it is likely that your course does not even mentioned the school library or how you can access it. My two boys are both&nbsp;teachers and the only encouragement to use the school library has come from me and this is difficult with everything else they have to do to add this themselves. &nbsp;It is understandable, therefore, that if a trainee teacher thinks that the school library is only about books and have never experienced the support and expertise of a school librarian why would they even think about collaborating with one. This then will effect how they encourage their students to use school library too.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Having said all of this I do believe that teachers need our support and want school libraries.&nbsp;One of my questions in my masters&nbsp;research was 'do you think the&nbsp;school library is important' and 100% answered yes. However, when asked if they use it themselves the number reduces dramatically.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">So where is it all going wrong? Life long learning come from the skill of information literacy and learning how to learn. If this is not embedded in our teachers how can they pass these skills onto their students? I recently found a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">study by Kasu and Demiralp where they concluded that teacher training programmes do not support teachers to up-skill life-long learning competencies (2016). If this is the case, how can teachers be expected support their own students when teaching. "Scheuch, Shouping and Gaston(2009) highlighted that even if pre-service teachers have the basic skills of the field they study, they still lack basic research and learning skills belonging to all disciplines"&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.ejer.com.tr/0DOWNLOAD/pdfler/tr/hkazu63.pdf" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">&nbsp;(Kazu, H, Demiralp, D, 2016)</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">and in my own experience I would agree. Teachers are so busy that they automatically go to Google themselves to find good resources for their students. They don't think to ask the librarian and they don't think to look in the school library and this has to change.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>How can we improve the relationship between teachers and librarians?</b></span></h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">So what can we do about this? Apart from teacher training programmes seriously looking at how they should be working with school librarians we need to make it as easy as we can for teachers to access our skills and&nbsp;support&nbsp; We need to encourage teachers to think about upskilling themselves and their students by using the library and librarian in their own schools and get them to understand what they are missing out on by not using their school libraries. The demand has to come from the teachers so let's enlighten them to what they could be achieving by using their school library.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Teachers: your first steps on making a difference <a href="http://scottishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SLIC_RGU_Impact_of_School_Libraries_2013.pdf" target="_blank">to your students academic attainment</a>&nbsp;through using your school librarian.</span></h3><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://scottishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SLIC_RGU_Impact_of_School_Libraries_2013.pdf" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-kCNnqeovw/WEpdsW5DOKI/AAAAAAAAAes/GYD_-hlQ5Xcmdsfe11W0Owxu4g9IRUGBACK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-09%2Bat%2B07.30.27.png" width="320" /></a><br /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2e2f; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Williams, D. Wavell, C. and Morrison, K., 2013. Impact of School Libraries on Learning. Aberdeen: Institute for Management, Governance &amp; Society (IMaGeS), Robert Gordon University.</em><br /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2e2f; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></em></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">If you are a teacher reading this I have a couple of questions to ask...</span></div></div></div></div><ol><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Do you know what resources are in your school library for your subject?&nbsp;</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Are there books as well as online resources?</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Are they good enough for you to want your students to access them?</span></li></ol><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">If you are sitting here honestly saying you don't know then I suggest that the next time you are in school you find out. Talk to your school librarian and see what is there. On a basic level school librarians are&nbsp;there to provide good quality academic resources and if you use them for that and nothing else what an amazing step forward. Many teachers struggle to find enough resources for their classrooms and some even buy there own but have never found the time to look at what is in their school library. Many teachers spend a lot of wasted time looking for websites that are suitable for their subject and putting them in a files for their students to access. Did you know that this is what a school librarian can do for you? Are you frustrated that when you ask your students to do some research that many of them cut and past from Wikipedia? We know this is what is happening but how can we support and teach good practice?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">We all want our students to become independent learners and unfortunately the idea of independence has been swallowed by our ability to 'Google' the answer. Google does have a place in society but I would argue that being able to search with skill and find academic sources is far more important, especially when doing homework or studying. &nbsp;We don't need to teach our students how to find answers to non-academic questions, they have been doing that since they were little. We do, however, need to teach them to:-&nbsp;</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">know and understand what educational sources are&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">be able to decide/choose where they will find the best answer quickly using those sources</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">access the information - using keywords</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">reference and give credit to where the information came from&nbsp;</span></li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">This is where your school librarian comes in. By knowing what books and online resources are in your school library it is possible to start guiding your students to better resources and giving them the skills to access them. This is not spoon feeding them! they still have to independently decide which source to use and actually be able to find the information from it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/en/handshake-regard-cooperate-connect-1830762/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDQuyZhjjNI/WEulb39XCvI/AAAAAAAAAfI/mlvXAmAXDmEW2TMJbsze1hXajw2nK4oRgCK4B/s320/handshake-1830762__340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><h3>Teachers: 3 simple steps to getting the most from your school library and librarian</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Let's start with encouraging your students to use books for research. You as a teacher know that there are several great up to date books on your next topic in the library. How?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">You met with the school librarian the term before and together you selected and ordered the necessary books. (school librarians really want teachers to collaborate with ordering stock for the library, it should be based on the curriculum and if you change topic then the librarian needs to know)&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">These books have been added to the library catalogue with some keywords that you and the librarian have agreed on&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">They are now already sitting on your library shelves.&nbsp;</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">You want your students to look at them but you want them to find them themselves. A really easy lesson is this:-</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Explained to your students about the new topic and what you want them to create.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Tell them that the information has to come from books only.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Invite your school librarian into your class to demonstrate how the school library catalogue works.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Together you will teach the importance of keywords and how your keywords can create a good question.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">With the librarians support, your students need to use the keywords to find the books in the catalogue and write down the information they need: Author, Title and class number</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Take your students to the school library to find the books. Make sure that any books are borrowed correctly from the library. A good lesson in responsibility!&nbsp;</span></li></ol><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Once the books are back in class remind them about their keywords and how to use the index to find what they need. You would be surprised at how many have forgotten how to use an index. Finally once they have found the book and the information that they want the librarian can also teach a lesson on note taking if needed. &nbsp;Finally, the librarian can also teach them how to reference where they got the information from.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Ok so how does this process create independence?</span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Using books from your school library is independence! Just because you are guiding them to the books they still have to make a selection. It is their choice about which book to choose and which information to take from it.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">This process has up-skilled the teacher and the students on how to use the library catalogue. This is a skill that needs to be used regularly and as you now know what resources are in your school library you can encourage them to borrow books for future topics.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">The librarian can also add websites to your library catalogue so future lessons could include books and websites from the same search making less work for the teacher.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">If your students can use your library catalogue, which is a database, they will find it easier to search online journals when they get to that stage. Academic resources can't be searched with a question so the skill of keyword searching is a very important start the independence journey.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">If you have read this far you are obviously interested in what happens next. Caroline Roche is a school librarian at Etham college an independent school whose website <a href="https://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/what-we-do/collaborative-projects/" target="_blank">Heart of the school</a> is full of amazing ideas of teacher-librarian collaboration. Take a look and share it with your own school librarian to start the conversation.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">This all seems so straight forward to me. If every teacher and school librarian were only doing just the basic, school libraries would be thriving, students would be using great resources, teachers would be less busy and academic attainment would rise. &nbsp;There is so much more too...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Reference</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;minionpro&quot;; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Azano, A. (2014). RURAL: The other neglected “R”: Making space for place in school libraries.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;\22 arial\22 &quot; , &quot;\22 helvetica\22 &quot; , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Knowledge Quest, 43</span><span style="font-family: &quot;minionpro&quot;; font-size: 10.000000pt;">(1), 60. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;minionpro&quot;; font-size: 10.000000pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;bookantiqua&quot;; font-size: 9.000000pt;">Kazu, H. &amp; Demiralp, D. (2016). Faculty </span><span style="font-family: &quot;bookantiqua&quot;; font-size: 9.000000pt;">members’ </span><span style="font-family: &quot;bookantiqua&quot;; font-size: 9.000000pt;">views on the effectiveness of teacher training programs to upskill life-long learning competence. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Eurasian Journal of Educational Research</span><span style="font-family: &quot;bookantiqua&quot;; font-size: 9.000000pt;">, 63, 205-224, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.14689/ejer.2016.63.12&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;bookantiqua&quot;; font-size: 9.000000pt;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Up-skill life-long learning competencies <a href="http://www.ejer.com.tr/0DOWNLOAD/pdfler/tr/hkazu63.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ejer.com.tr/0DOWNLOAD/pdfler/tr/hkazu63.pdf&nbsp;</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-12115490370610075192016-12-03T06:57:00.001+00:002017-03-19T08:21:18.479+00:00Headteachers and Librarians - 7 steps to immediate collaboration and change for school libraries <div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBqmFj1FymM/WEEX7jk93XI/AAAAAAAAAd8/KVcp2iyVb-8tUDjUYFygMN2uF4qUru7xgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.34.21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBqmFj1FymM/WEEX7jk93XI/AAAAAAAAAd8/KVcp2iyVb-8tUDjUYFygMN2uF4qUru7xgCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.34.21.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">In my last post I talked about Headteachers needing to understand the role of the school librarian. Unless they themselves are aware of the difference a professional librarian can make in their school the loan librarian is fighting a losing battle. Today I want to talk about how by understanding the role of the school librarian schools can make change for the better. Embedding information literacy, which includes digital literacy, within school policy can make a difference to academic attainment and your school librarian is the person to help with this. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">The role of the school librarian</span></h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MV5Yl4jdKEU/WEEYtsBYVDI/AAAAAAAAAeE/CfQvv4jDW00ewNKBC1eTq3D_pid-M62WgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.36.42.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MV5Yl4jdKEU/WEEYtsBYVDI/AAAAAAAAAeE/CfQvv4jDW00ewNKBC1eTq3D_pid-M62WgCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.36.42.png" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">We must first look at where the problems are. &nbsp;Many schools, if they employ anyone at all to work in their school library, pay low salaries. This is because of the lack of understanding between a qualified librarian and a library assistant. It is like comparing the qualified teacher with a learning support assistant (LSA).</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Schools do need library assistants to run the library which is checking the books in and out, tidying shelves and looking after the day to day running of the school library but they do not need professional staff to do this.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">However a school needs to understand and experience the benefits of a qualified school librarian to make change. Unfortunately it is a little like chicken and the egg, if the librarian has never had the chance to work in a professional capacity within a school why would teachers suddenly allow them into their planning and classroom? This is why it is essential for headteachers to know and understand the role themselves, <a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/learning4life/resources/sample_job_description_L4L.pdf" target="_blank">here is a job description incase there are any headteachers reading this</a>. Did you know that this is what they do? Now you need to ensure that your librarian is working as head of department on curriculum mapping information literacy across the whole school. This way they begin to work alongside teachers and therefore within the classrooms to ensure that research skills are taught.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">A headteacher who is ensuring that teachers were using the specialism of the school librarian within the classroom is working towards raising literacy standards in their school and <a href="http://keithcurrylance.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WilliamsWavellTLfeb2014.pdf" target="_blank">even impacting on student attainment</a>. Julie Angel, who attended the SLG regional conference, <a href="https://slgtalkingbooks.com/2016/11/10/slg-regional-conference-oakham-school/comment-page-1/" target="_blank">wrote her blog post</a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;David Harrow, academic deputy head of Oakham school said</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">"<i>t</i><em style="border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he progressive interpretation, where the aim is for students to acquire both knowledge and mastery of the processes of learning more for themselves, as well as engendering ongoing wellbeing, is also dramatically evidenced by the same studies as being strongly supported by libraries.</em>&nbsp;The place of the school library at the centre of teaching and learning can, therefore, be established beyond doubt.”&nbsp;</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If Private school like Oakham can understand the necessity for a school librarian there must be an argument for them to be needed by all schools.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The difference between a library assistant and a qualified librarian&nbsp;</span></h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><em style="border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em>I was once asked, by a headteacher, why the library assistant could not teach within the classroom as "we are all being asked to do more for less". Why? because this is what we have trained to do and your library assistant agreed to take on a low paid job to run your library not teach in the classroom! We are professionals who actually know our stuff! This would be like asking your LSA to teach your GCSE history class because they have worked with students in the class and now know enough to teach it. I don't think so! Also, if your library assistant is in the classroom teaching who is running your school library? It is not possible for one person to do it all and schools actually need professionals in their classrooms and library assistants in their libraries. I know it is all about money but getting value from a professional role makes more sense than having them stuck in your school library, doesn't it?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17gWtFecqQs/WEEcgwfahDI/AAAAAAAAAeU/VDUMHpf4a2EdUpXZjYimvasQPMmegFNPACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.37.54.png" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="84" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17gWtFecqQs/WEEcgwfahDI/AAAAAAAAAeU/VDUMHpf4a2EdUpXZjYimvasQPMmegFNPACK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-02%2Bat%2B06.37.54.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Recent reports about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/17/school-libraries-change-lives-cutting-children-social-mobility" target="_blank">fake news causing problems for students when evaluating sources</a> highlights the need for school librarians more than ever. Laura Gardner recently wrote an article for the School library Journal on <a href="http://www.slj.com/2016/11/literacy/teaching-media-literacy-now/#_" target="_blank">teaching information literacy within schools and the opportunities now available for school librarians.</a>&nbsp;These artlicles are highlighting more and more how school librarians can close the gap in our students learning by teaching and embedding research skills in our schools.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><b><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Effect change at Policy Level</span></b></h3><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Ok so how can we change this? How can we raise awareness of what school librarians actually do? I do believe that this needs to be raised at local school level. All school librarians need to talk to their headteachers and start the conversation about change <a href="https://elizabethutch.blogspot.com/2016/11/teachers-is-your-school-library-having.html" target="_blank">as I discussed in my last pos</a>t but I think it goes further than that. Change in one school is not enough. Oakham do it because they have senior leaders who understand. All schools need to see the opportunities of working with a qualified school librarian, so what is my plan? How am I going to effect change?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Talk to the Education department (or those responsible in government who make these kinds of decisions) and start the conversation about information literacy and librarians in schools. I am sure after talking to many headteachers that if information literacy was embedded at policy level the conversation would be easier within schools. Schools would then be accountable. Schools would have to address how they were ensuring that their own teachers were using the school library and librarian. Librarians as specialists would not only support students learning but teachers too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>How Headteachers and Librarians can make change now.</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Ok, I know that many headteachers and librarians will be reading this saying that this all sounds great but what can I do at my level? How can I effect change now? Well here are 7 steps for immediate change if you have a school librarian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">1.Think differently about the budget for the school library. It is a cross school resources so don't fund it in isolation. Make sure that every teacher knows that they have a responsiblity for the library budget within their subject.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">2. Find out how your teachers are using the library and librarian within their curriculum -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjDxtfI_NTQAhXjI8AKHTesCcQQFggjMAE&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fschools.natlib.govt.nz%2Fsites%2Fschools.natlib.govt.nz%2Ffiles%2Fsurvey-example-teachers-primary-intermediate_0.DOC&amp;usg=AFQjCNEx1S-YC2pDjvnLy38hruI0Xayidw&amp;sig2=76Izp3qYwsSL-FcP-lmFyA" target="_blank">send out a questionnaire like this one.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">3. &nbsp;Provide a framework for information literacy that could work in all schools from yr 1-yr13 so that they can see how it could work.&nbsp;<a href="http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf" target="_blank">Here is the one we use when we teach</a>. We have adapted it to be useful for us and the<a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/lessons-sessions" target="_blank">&nbsp;lessons we provide can be found here.&nbsp;</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">4. Embed Information literacy at school policy level it could then be curriculum mapped with the support of the school librarian and would then cascade down through other policies. This would ensure that school librarians were in a position to help. The school library would then not just be something that is nice for the school to have but essential to teaching and learning.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">5. Write the school librarian and library into your literacy policy. Literacy has always been linked to school libraries. It is easy to understand that if you have a library full of good books and someone to encourage children to borrow them the chances are it will improve reading. Sharing stories and finding the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.libraryfoundation.org/public/tlf/file/Summer2008.pdf" target="_blank">right book for the right child</a>&nbsp;is a hugely important role for the school librarian which does make a difference to student attainment.&nbsp;</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">6. Training for all teachers. Do all teachers have the skills of research themselves? Allow your librarian to run training sessions for teachers. Ensure that any trainee teacher knows and understands the role of the school library and the librarian. Librarians need to run classes on all teacher training courses. One of the first things a newly qualified teacher should be doing is finding the school library and the librarian. If new teachers do not know about the school library how can we expect them to excite and encourage their students to use it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">7. Bring teachers and librarians together on subjects that fit easily. history, art, geography and get them to work together to collate good resources. Get the librarian into the classrooms to demonstrate how to use these resources and insist on referencing in all year groups.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pcc.edu/library/scripts/know-your-sources/index.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EsW3wPBrfcI/WD_VIPD4YhI/AAAAAAAAAdc/3Df1jxMLFmkLZtClAB9mw10o1zgliwtGACK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-01%2Bat%2B07.44.57.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Thanks to&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #f5d790; color: #004f54; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">"</span><span property="dct:title" style="color: #004f54; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">Know Your Sources<span style="background-color: #f5d790;">&nbsp;</span></span><span property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL" style="color: #004f54; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#">Portland Community College Library</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL" style="color: #004f54; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">I hope this is useful to anyone reading it. Please feel free to comment and share. I would love to hear from any Headteacher or School Librarian on how they are effecting change where they work. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-18205740701916235502016-11-26T08:08:00.001+00:002017-03-19T08:22:20.594+00:00Teachers: Is your school library having an impact on teaching and learning? 4 ways school librarians can effect change.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This brilliant diagram demonstrates clearly how a school librarian can make an impact on teaching and learning in schools, but how can you make this happen in your school? Whether you are a librarian or teacher you can all be responsible for making change. Librarians need to start talking about what they can do and teachers need to be asking what is my librarian doing for me.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D7CpzCjwEgM/WDk9J73FpBI/AAAAAAAAAcw/rf4wWYSspkcvuYbcTb_4gJU4UkyJAlwMgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.42.58.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D7CpzCjwEgM/WDk9J73FpBI/AAAAAAAAAcw/rf4wWYSspkcvuYbcTb_4gJU4UkyJAlwMgCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.42.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2e2f; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Williams, D. Wavell, C. and Morrison, K., 2013. Impact of School Libraries on Learning. Aberdeen: Institute for Management, Governance &amp; Society (IMaGeS), Robert Gordon University.</em></div><br /><b>What kind of school librarian do you have? Do they:-</b><br /><br /><ul><li>check out books</li><li>tidy shelves</li><li>controle crowds of students at lunch and break time</li><li>run the AR reading scheme or any other reading scheme</li></ul><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>How do your teachers use the school library? Do they:-</b></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">send students who have been excluded from class</li><li style="text-align: left;">send sick students to sit in the library</li><li style="text-align: left;">bring groups of students when they have a cover lesson</li><li style="text-align: left;">Request books but never use the library themselves</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>What would your librarian like to be doing?</b></div><div><ul><li>Working alongside teachers &nbsp;- planning and teaching&nbsp;</li><li>supporting English curriculum for literacy</li><li>supporting information and digital literacy across the whole school</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>How would the school library then be used?</b></div></div><div><ul><li>classes book the library for research lessons</li><li>classes book the library for literacy lessons&nbsp;</li><li>books and on-line resources used more within the classroom</li><li>teachers using the library for their own research and subject knowledge</li><li>students become independent as they know how and where to access good quality resources</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>Benefits for teachers?</b></div><ul><li>They would know what resources are in the library for their subject</li><li>An expert could teach research, referencing and plagiarism skills&nbsp;</li><li>students quality of work will improve</li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div>If this is to change the school librarians, senior leadership teams and teachers need to work together to ensure that everyone understands the specialist role of the school librarian in their school.&nbsp;</div></div><div><br /></div><h3>4 Steps to make change</h3><br /><br /><b>1. Find an information literacy framework that works for you.</b><br /><br />An information literacy framework enables librarians to talk to teachers in a way they understand. We are all talking about the same thing but if we are using librarian terminology it does not make sense to teachers. The Schools' library Service in Guernsey, use one adapted from the <a href="http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf" target="_blank">Empire State Information Fluency Continuum</a>&nbsp;This is a huge document but everything you need is there. This was shared with us by <a href="https://www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk/Academic/Smallbone_Library/Smallbone_Library.aspx" target="_blank">a librarian at Oakham school, Darryl Toerien, </a>whom I met when I attended an IB course he was running. He is currently helping his school embed information literacy in his school curriculum. If you would like to see our adapted&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slsguernsey.gg/lessons-sessions" target="_blank">framework we have attached it to our website</a>.<br /><br /><b>2. Make sure you, as the librarian, are confident in teaching how to access any on-line resources.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7AMA-Ds-wk/WDk_tkX-EYI/AAAAAAAAAdE/f5174XNwQsY4hCUnz_ZcnzkX0Io4x6O5wCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.53.17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7AMA-Ds-wk/WDk_tkX-EYI/AAAAAAAAAdE/f5174XNwQsY4hCUnz_ZcnzkX0Io4x6O5wCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.53.17.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Digital research is where many teachers need support and do not have the skills themselves to search online databases. This is where your expertise will be appreciated. Not only for the students for the teachers as well. Bring together all the online databases that the school buys into, make sure what kind of licence they have bought. Is it departmental or whole school? Offer lessons on getting the best from these resources. Offer CPD to teachers or ask them what they are teaching and offer to search &nbsp;for them. Offer to find good websites and add them to the library catalogue. Directing students to good quality websites via the library catalogue is not spoon feeding them. They have to find them by using keywords which is a valuable independent skill.<br /><br /><b><br /></b><b>3. Make sure you, as the librarian, understand referencing and plagiarism and teach it with confidence.</b><br /><br />Many teachers do not know the rules themselves or that there are programmes to make referencing easy. In todays world where information is freely available it is essential that students learn to reference at an early age. Help make it become something they do as habit and not because they have to.<br /><br /><b>4. Talk to the head teacher about the above and ask to be invited to Head of Department meetings.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OIZZbO9Hs7g/WDk_oKSgFUI/AAAAAAAAAc8/FEnnDTIjj4kjU2uxdInDapFGLfDC-U4DwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.52.26.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OIZZbO9Hs7g/WDk_oKSgFUI/AAAAAAAAAc8/FEnnDTIjj4kjU2uxdInDapFGLfDC-U4DwCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-26%2Bat%2B07.52.26.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The role of the librarian needs to be taken seriously by all staff. &nbsp;In order to become more than someone who runs the library it is necessary to be where teachers are talking about the curriculum. The library and the librarian needs to be at the heart of the school and that is not just where it is in the building but where it is in teachers planning.Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-67757735560435457822016-11-19T07:24:00.001+00:002016-11-27T07:18:27.847+00:00Headteachers! Why your school librarian is important. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4s_A48R5EKY/WC_5kAOuHjI/AAAAAAAAAcI/gSWiabEx7vcPUs5D5VceCtvhB-5IwC2TACEw/s1600/images-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4s_A48R5EKY/WC_5kAOuHjI/AAAAAAAAAcI/gSWiabEx7vcPUs5D5VceCtvhB-5IwC2TACEw/s1600/images-2.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I have seen both sides of the fence having worked as a school librarian for 2 years I know how hard it is to create change when no-one is listening. Now with a different hat on and working for a Schools Library Service we still have struggles engaging senior management and teachers but at least we are a team and can support each other. The librarian's role in a school can be a very lonely place. <br /><br />If you are in the role as a professional librarian within a school and with the support of the senior management team the job can be engaging, fulfilling and make a real difference to the students in your school. School librarians, as we know, are dwindling but if you are lucky enough to be employed by a school to work in their library then there is still hope.<br /><br />I have come across two schools where I know their librarians are an essential to the teaching and learning and are great examples of the difference a supported school librarian can make to students. &nbsp;They are Oakham School, UK and Lakeside school, Arkansas and in my opinion are brilliant examples of great practice. Nigel Lashbrook, headmaster at Oakham School, Rutland recently wrote a piece in the Telegraph about <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/11/16/look-at-libraries-over-league-tables-when-choosing-a-school/" target="_blank">libraries over league tables</a>&nbsp;which demonstrates nicely the impact a good school library and librarians can have within schools. <a href="http://librarymediatechtalk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stoney Evans, Library Media Specialist regularly writes in his blog</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/stony12270" target="_blank">@stony12270</a>)&nbsp;about the great activities and learning that is going on in his school with the support of his senior leadership team.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LCv6s1PQY3I/WC_5n_N6NNI/AAAAAAAAAcM/DOluSUqVvswU2921xdNu6a2Xr28DB-I8QCEw/s1600/IMG_4656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LCv6s1PQY3I/WC_5n_N6NNI/AAAAAAAAAcM/DOluSUqVvswU2921xdNu6a2Xr28DB-I8QCEw/s200/IMG_4656.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DOZcpFu39Q/WC_5q3KGlZI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/sDViy_yPHZYa2i5bvjX4WvH-m_OmtGz5gCEw/s1600/IMG_4644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DOZcpFu39Q/WC_5q3KGlZI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/sDViy_yPHZYa2i5bvjX4WvH-m_OmtGz5gCEw/s200/IMG_4644.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />Unfortunately the majority of teachers and senior leaders think that if they have someone working in their library they have a librarian and don't really understand the qualification. You are there to check out the books, keep the library tidy and look after the students who arrive a break and lunchtime with no-where else to go. Now I am not saying that this job does not need doing and it is a great opportunity to engage with students about reading for pleasure but there is so much more to the role and it largely goes unrecognised.<br /><br />Unless the school librarian is appointed Head of Department which will enable them to get involved in the teaching and learning side of the curriculum it will alway be difficult for them to make a difference within a school. &nbsp;As budgets get more and more stretched it is important to realise that there are people within a school that will make greater impact on teaching and learning than others but unless you look at the research schools automatically assume that the librarian is the weak link.<br /><br />There is evidence to support making more use of your librarians, from teaching information and digital literacy to supporting reading for pleasure and literacy. Research from &nbsp;my own masters highlighted that with the support of senior management teams, collaboration between teachers and librarians had a significant impact on teaching and learning. I also recently attended the ASCEL conference and was very interested to hear from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-parkin-149b5821" target="_blank">Terry Parkin</a> that there is evidence from the <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/resources/teaching-learning-toolkit/oral-language-interventions/" target="_blank">Education Endowment Foundation</a> that oral intervention has a huge impact on learning and it focuses on areas that school librarians are experts in:-<br /><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b3a42; line-height: 1.55556; margin: 0px 0px 1.08889rem; padding: 0.46667rem 0px 0px;"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.76222rem 0px 0px 3.11111rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;"><b>Targeted reading aloud and discussing books with young children</b></span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.76222rem 0px 0px 3.11111rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;"><b>Explicitly extending pupils’ spoken vocabulary</b></span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.76222rem 0px 0px 3.11111rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;"><b>The use of structured questioning to develop reading comprehension</b></span></li></ul><div><br /></div>Ofsted are even now proposing that <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reading-supporting-higher-standards-in-schools" target="_blank">reading for pleasure should be within school policies</a>. If this is not a job for your school librarian I really don't know what is.<br /><br />My message to senior leaders is this. If you are trying to ensure you are getting value for money look to your school librarian, if you currently see them as the weak link you need to look at why. They need to be empowered to do the job you employed them to do. They are need your support to:-<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;">Make an impact in your school.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;">Ensure that your teachers see them as equals and not support staff.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;">Embed <a href="https://slsguernsey.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/4-reasons-information-literacy-is-essential-for-improving-your-childs-academic-attainment/" target="_blank">information literacy</a> at policy level within your school so teachers will look to the expertise of your school librarian.</span></li></ul>If this is done you will see the real difference they can make in your schools. Don't allow yourselves to be fooled that your school library can run without one. All you will have achieved is keeping a room full of books, which get older and more useless, which no-one uses. Why waste valuable space on that?<br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-81582208256432952632016-11-06T16:42:00.000+00:002016-11-27T07:19:50.507+00:00How a librarian from Guernsey got invited to present at Practical Pedagogies Teachers Conference in Toulouse. Here is my journey<h2 style="text-align: center;"></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A2OJaqYKf4k/WB7sGq6LUBI/AAAAAAAAAbg/SkAu_AkBwO8mWSL4Qnff2lfJ0WYxxQDfgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-06%2Bat%2B08.38.06.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="84" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A2OJaqYKf4k/WB7sGq6LUBI/AAAAAAAAAbg/SkAu_AkBwO8mWSL4Qnff2lfJ0WYxxQDfgCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-06%2Bat%2B08.38.06.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3>Connections through twitter</h3>At the beginning of the year I was contacted by Russel Tarr&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/russeltarr">@russeltarr</a>&nbsp;a history teacher at the International School of Toulouse, through twitter, who asked if I was willing to present at the Practical Pedagogies conference in November. At first I did wonder why me but thankfully Russell put my mind at rest and explained why he wanted a librarian at a teachers conference. It was about sharing best practice within a school so that included anyone involved in teaching and learning too.<br /><br />The thought of attending a teachers conference rather than a librarians conference did scare me. Conferences are usually places where you learn and share knowledge about your specialist field and for me I have always enjoyed going along to librarians conferences, not only to learn about something new but to hear that what we are doing in Guernsey is as good, if not better than elsewhere in the world. However, sharing my own knowledge and expertise with teachers rather than librarians about using a school library across the curriculum was definitely a little out of my comfort zone.<br /><br /><h3>Writing for CILIP Update</h3>I then wrote an article for the CILIP update magazine based on my masters dissertation about collaboration between teachers and librarian and the difference it could make to students academic attainment. Through this a librarian from Newcastle University, Andrew Shenton, contacted me and said that my article had inspired him to also write something along the same lines but was going to try and get it published in a teachers magazine and not a library one. His argument for this was that within our own field we are preaching to the converted. How right he was! This is one of the reasons that I decided that this invitation to talk at the Practical Pedagogies conference was a perfect way to start talking to teachers about school libraries.<br /><br /><h3>My workshop</h3>My workshop and message was simple. Talk about what we are achieving within Guernsey, looking especially at the information literacy framework we are using then give examples of best practice and inspire teachers to work alongside their librarians within their own schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;I explained that we work within the classrooms co-teaching. The teacher is the subject expert and we are the skills and tech experts and together we support independence and research skills. Alongside this we are also up-skilling the teachers and also supporting new technologies within the classroom.&nbsp;<a href="https://slsguernsey.wordpress.com/category/alternative-teaching-aids/google-hangout/" target="_blank">Our blog, created by Schools' Library Service, Guernsey&nbsp;</a>describes the ways in which we have worked alongside teachers to create an exciting lesson. My main message was that planning was essential. If they could invite their school librarian along to their planning sessions great ideas can happen. My research showed that librarians and teachers working together made a difference to academic attainment and my own experience reflected that.<br /><br />I was a little worried when the librarian of Toulouse International School herself said that she would be attending <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zc0jOlIOV7pbJCroh1HPQTKNmk6L0Wi9hIS8qfKntGE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">my workshop</a>. Thankfully she was lovely and really interested in what I had to say so all was well. She explained that her school has only just re introduced books as the school had wrongly made the decision to remove all books in favour of the internet. Books are an essential part of learning and this is what was found once they had removed them all. The job of retraining teachers and students to use the library is far harder when a library is reintroduced as the skills have to be re-taught.<br /><br />The teachers who attended also were interested although not all of them had access to a qualified librarian so we discussed other opportunities that they could possibly take advantage of, such as working with their public library staff. It made me realise the importance of the support we give within Guernsey schools, especially to the primary schools. Without access to a librarian they will find that their libraries become places to exchange books and not necessaryily places to teach independent learning and research skills. You need a champion for the library in a school and unfortunately teachers just do not have the time.<br /><br />I received some lovely feedback from my session and the others all began to follow me on twitter. It is great to be expanding my network of support and expertise.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TNETSPe9HMQ/WB779Xu54YI/AAAAAAAAAb0/S6CAuYf9msQBxvr-DOJJnScfMuf7rtv-QCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-06%2Bat%2B09.45.43.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TNETSPe9HMQ/WB779Xu54YI/AAAAAAAAAb0/S6CAuYf9msQBxvr-DOJJnScfMuf7rtv-QCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-06%2Bat%2B09.45.43.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3>What came next</h3>After finished my session I was able to talk to other teachers about their own sessions which led to some interesting conversations about mine. I met a very inspiring Head teacher, Simon Hinchliffe <a href="https://twitter.com/sh_hinchliffe" target="_blank">@sh_hinchliffe</a>&nbsp;from Bradford Grammar School who talked to me about how to engage students and teachers in their very well stocked and newly built library. We talked about the status of their librarian and embedding information literacy within his curriculm. I look forward to continued conversations in the coming months. I also met John McCarthy&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/JMcCarthyEdS" target="_blank">@jmccarthyeds</a> who asked me if I blogged. I actually responded that I didn't as I had not kept this blog up to date in a while. After looking to create something new I decided to update what was here and thanks to John Ive been inspired to start writing again. He made me believe I have something worth sharing so thanks to him here it is and I'm sure we will stay in contact.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The session I attended helped me to understand more of the frustrations that teachers have with using new tech in their classrooms, how important it is to promote our CPD in the right way in order to engage teachers in a way that makes it relevant to them and their students. I also learnt a few tips and tricks that I will be sharing and using in my own teaching. All in all a very useful conference.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-62287607217735274872015-10-18T14:36:00.000+01:002015-10-18T14:36:34.654+01:00Friendships made from studying a distance learning masters. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zlhflgg2WzE/ViOdhkgQ2MI/AAAAAAAAAXM/FqGlnAz2rOA/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zlhflgg2WzE/ViOdhkgQ2MI/AAAAAAAAAXM/FqGlnAz2rOA/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Ok, so I have finished my masters. Apart from being very happy this week what has changed? I no longer have to come home from work and study, I have my Saturday and Sunday afternoons to myself but what difference does that really make? This afternoon for the first time in 2 years I have no studying to do and I am lost, its Sunday afternoon and the routine for my family has not changed but mine has. My husband, after cooking the Sunday dinner (I know I am very lucky!) still wants to lay on the settee and snooze because that is what he always does after the trials of cooking the dinner and a long hard week. My son, the only one left at home now, still wants to go and play on his game machine and then do his homework. For them nothing has changed but it has for me. Yesterday I enjoyed finishing off my book without feeling guilty for reading something enjoyable instead of studying, but I have timed it badly and now have nothing that I want to read at home (there are several half read books by my bedside but non of them are saying you really want to read me). So what am I doing, I m in my study trying to decide what to do with my blog. There are 2 ideas; one, write about what I have learnt from studying my masters. I will do this but not yet, that would feel too much like studying still. The second is about my journey from starting my masters to who I met not the way and where I am today. That sounds more fun so here it is.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Why did I decide to start a masters? Three years ago I knew I had the opportunity to become Head of Schools' Library Service when the current Head retired and after a conversation about what would stop me highlighted the fact that I would need a masters. Work agreed that if I wanted to do this distance learning they would pay for it and all I had to do was give my time. I had studies for my degree the same way qualifying in 2003 so knew what I was letting myself in for. The only difference this time was my four children were significantly older. My fourth was born just 5 months before I started studying last time and was only 3 when I finished. If I could do it then it was definitely going to be a lot easier this time. I also felt that it would be good for my youngest, who was then 13, to see me studying too as my third child was leaving for university that year and number four would be at home on his own.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So after signing up, once again I found myself heading to Aberystwyth University on that long train journey, to do my first study school for my masters. I was nervous but felt strangely at home when I got off the train. I could not say that I knew Aber very well but it felt familiar and these feelings continued when I went to register and found Marianne waiting for me. Amazingly she seemed to remember me from last time and I was greeted like an old friend. I was not a newbie after all I was one of the old hands who knew what was about to come.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">What is really important about my story is that there were 150 students starting their masters on that study week but only 4 of us had signed up for the management of library and information services course. We were spilt off into separate groups in order to do the particular modules for that course. Here I met the two people that were going to get me through this course with the comradeship that can only be felt by those going through the same experience as yourself. Laetitia and Carol have become two of my best friends and I feel blessed that I started this journey with them and they were both still there at the end. This picture was taken at our second study school that we managed to all get to together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYwpdFkG6rE/ViOadQA-zCI/AAAAAAAAAXA/g7lE_kY2f5Y/s1600/IMG_0231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYwpdFkG6rE/ViOadQA-zCI/AAAAAAAAAXA/g7lE_kY2f5Y/s320/IMG_0231.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is great about our story is that not only did we help each other along with our course but learnt about each others lives and families enough to to a road trip to go to our second study school. Laetitia is from South Africa and wanted to see some of the country before and after the study school and asked if Carol and I would like to come along for the ride. So after spending time with these two women for only four day a year previously I found myself agreeing to spend a week with them driving through the English and Welsh countryside. If I had as much fun with them as I had had at study school we were going to have a blast.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Coming soon, the road trip...</div><br /><br />Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073548330197821409.post-58838898574328262862015-10-14T18:32:00.001+01:002015-10-14T18:32:44.661+01:00Studying for a masters whilst working full time - its been a blast!Well just over 2 years ago I started on a distance learning course with Aberystwyth University to gain my masters in Management of Library and Information Services. On Monday I submitted my dissertation and after studying nearly every night for the last 2 years I have nothing to do. How do I feel? Elated, relieved and tired but most strange of all I feel as if I miss it, that can't possibly be. As I sat night after night longing to be finished here I am not wanting it to be finished. As hard as it was to make myself study for a couple of hours every night it was just part of the routine, and for most of it I actually quite enjoyed it. So now what? I am not the person to watch TV every night, hence that I am writing this blog. So what do I do with my time? Well here are my thoughts:-<br /><br /><br /><ol><li>I have always wanted to have a go at pottery or making a stained glass window. Unfortunately I think that the night classes have already started so this might have to wait until next year.</li><li>buy an adult colouring book, it seems to be the in thing at the moment and I always liked colouring as a child.&nbsp;</li><li>look at my 'to read' books and decide what next.&nbsp;</li><li>make time for my friends who have had to put up with me virtually ignoring them for the last couple of years.&nbsp;</li><li>blog more and make it count.&nbsp;</li></ol><br />&nbsp;This all seems a little futile at the moment and I know these feeling will pass as I did my first degree the same way and it took me 10 years to face more studying. I only hope that in another 10 years that there is not a Phd on the horizon.<br /><br />The next post will be better and more focused I hope :)Elizabeth Hutchinsonhttps://plus.google.com/106841679477844121098noreply@blogger.com0
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