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How closely do you work with the IT teachers do develop curriculum and help teachers incorporate technology

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Web 2.0 Discoveries and 'Learning Gems'
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Describe your school library:

Largish, welcoming P-12 library which is also the assembly area, multi-purpose space.

About Me:

Educator; newish teacher-librarian (transformed after many years of English and Geography teaching); mad blogger and tech-obsessed

Don't be modest...list two strengths you bring to the role of teacher-librarian:

T-Ls do need to 'sell' themselves and highlight their strengths or risk being undervalued. My strengths are my knowledge of curriculum and my creative, sometimes crazy ideas.

How large is your library team?

1 TL (me) 1 full time library tech and a library assistant who works 7 hours a week

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http://bookjewel.edublogs.org

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At 9:05am on December 8, 2008, Sue Ann said…: Hi Julie
I've only been at my current school this year - hope to stay for many more! I've been in Vic since 2000 and have flitted between contract jobs until I finally found ongoing work.

At 7:59am on November 27, 2008, Cate said…: Hi Julie, It's very kind of you to have me. Thanks for setting this up so that I can have TL 'company' during my day. Best wishes to you

At 7:58pm on June 5, 2008, Shona Cornwall said…: The students still seek help at senior level and it is interesting to work with them as they investigate information.

At 2:15am on June 3, 2008, Shona Cornwall said…: Thanks for the welcome Julie, and for starting up this wonderful site. I am just finishing my TL studies and look forward to putting what I have learned into practice.

At 11:14pm on June 1, 2008, leo said…: Hi Julie,
Thanks for becoming my friend. I am currently doing the web2.0 course through SLAV and utilizing as many web 2.0 resources as possible and trying to sell them in my school. Unfortunately, more and more sites are being blocked - my igoogle which I have used since its first beta day, was blocked this week. I can only hope that nagging as well as enlisting enough staff in constructive outcomes will get "things" happening. I joined Edna's Me on Friday and found it blocked immediately (only launched Friday).
I look forward to following and participating in your site
Check in again soon,
Leonie

At 10:33pm on May 28, 2008, Greg Handley said…: The main thing I have learnt about Library 2.0 to this point in the course is just how much I did not know or wasn’t aware of !! No doubt some of the aspects / programs could (and will) be introduced immediately to take advantage of the new approaches to information gathering, sharing, assessing and accessing information. However, I am a little annoyed by some of the literature which “boasts” that this will mean ‘radical change’ to current library services. There seems very little recognition of the positive aspects of library structure and service as we now know it and “it’s” ability to cope with change (and be leaders in change) from the time libraries were first established. Weren’t there card catalogues once(?) and weren’t most libraries stand alone buildings independent of all other libraries? There are also many aspects of current library service (eg) promotion of literature and reading which should not be (or feel )threatened by advances in technology. How much of an impact will Library 2.0 have on reading (for pleasure), browsing and literacy levels? Also, something that espouses to be “without parameters” may sound incredibly exciting (and may well be) but for those of us working with chidren and helping them to prepare for adult life, a lack of parameters can often be a risky venture and I would proceed a little slower and little more cautiously than the rampaging advocates would suggest. If you are going to make ’overnight wholesale changes’ , you would want to be sure about where it will (potentially) take you and what it is replacing (leaving behind).
I must however repeat that the “features” of iGoogle, del.icio.us, ning and LibraryThing are most impressive and would advance the profile, function and capabilities of libraries (or, between a library and it’s users / clientele) IF introduced according to the quality of, and need for the new resource, progressively over time and not overnight.

At 3:26pm on May 28, 2008, marcia ryan said…: Hi Julie,
My shift from classroom to library came with the birth of my second child.I decided I didn't want to go back to the classroom so did a teacher librarian course by distance ed..It was a great idea to reinvent myself and I have never regretted the new direction.
What about you???

At 1:52pm on May 28, 2008, Judith said…: Hi Julie,

We need new furniture, computers, shelves, paint job, etc. We are only in a double portable, so although we would love something bigger and brighter, we have to work with what we've got.

On the upside, we only have 350 girls 7-12....

At 2:30pm on May 23, 2008, Cheryl Griffin said…: Hi Julie. There are over 1400 girls at my school. It's a government secondary school in the north-west of Melbourne. I'm the only TL. At the moment I have two fill-in assistants (each 0.5) who are not library trained but boy, they've learned the ropes quickly. They'll be with me until Term 4 when a library-trained ex-teacher will be taking over as assistant. I also have a number of under-allotted teachers coming in, so there's always a member of the teaching staff around, but most of them just come in once a week so they can't help very much, just do returns, shelve or cover new books. It's a constant struggle to juggle the day-to-day necessities with the big picture projects but I'm managing - just!

At 2:18pm on May 23, 2008, Glenys Lowden said…: Hi Julie, I have enjoyed reading the comments so far. We are lucky at GVGS with the current facilities which were only completed at the end of 2006. We moved from two converted small classrooms into a large, light filled and visually attractive space. It has been a huge learning curve.
Cheers
Glenys