Final Reflection
I greatly enjoyed this course as it has introduced me to many new topics and in a way that was completely accessible for me. I enjoyed reading and discussing 'Why School' and thinking about the evolution and future of education. Reading about the future place of technology within our schools was enlightening and thought-provoking. I loved the challenge put upon us to explore our own ICT skills and pedagogy in moving forward as TLs, and how we will be evolving our careers moving forward. I am grateful for the gentle push to explore and dip my toe deeper into the world of technology and the tools available for me as a teacher. I also enjoyed the conversation around developing world libraries and how grateful I am that we can access so much material. We are so privileged to have the opportunity to explore in public and school libraries as often as we wish. As Will Richardson states, "whether you’re an educator, parent, community member, businessman, elected official,...
An interesting first reflective blog post. Is there a reason why it is one single image and not text? I am unable to click on the link to your database example, as it just opens up a bigger version of the image. Creating links to other resources is an important part of blogging, and so keeping it as a text post, and not a single image will work better in the future. Also, there were other important topics explored in theme 1, such as inquiry models, definitions for key words and practices, as well as use of crowd sourced resources like wikipedia to discuss. Your discussion of the two texts for our course, as well as the evolution and deduction of our budgets and available resources was helpful.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat. I'm new to the library world and am still hesitant to dismantle traditional library sections despite the lack of use by my patrons. Recently, I inquired to Oxford University Press about their digital reference services for my library. I was astounded to find out that I could get access to about 250 reference sources - dictionaries, anthologies, etc. - for less than $500 Canadian for a year. I couldn't even begin to get that many print resources of the same texts for the same amount of money. I haven't followed through with that purchase quite yet, but given cost and our move away from print references, it's certainly enticing!
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