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Saturday 13 October 2012

Great Links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?skeleton

Diigo site at www.diigo.com where is a video which explains what diigo is and how it works. There are also videos available on Youtube which would also assist in your learning.

Personal Reflection of my Journey as TL


What need to be Strengthened and Personal Change
Task C
 ETL401
·         Advocate for adoption of school wide model for IL – principals, teachers (leadership)
·         Common language and approach used throughout school
·         Teachers having ownership of IL model and applying to all curriculum subjects
·         In-service teachers as to what IL is
·         Collaborative planning and program design with classroom teachers incorporating IL taught as part of teacher training
·         Transference from subject to subject – check what herring says
Common language for IL
·         School wide development of information literacy
·         Research has shown that principal support is a key factor in the implementation of effective school library or information literacy programs in schools. Henri, Hay, Oberg 2002).  Work with students and other learning community members to develop information literacy skills within the framework of best practice pedagogy based on up-to-date knowledge of learning and teaching practices (Braxton, Teacher Librarian; Feb2008, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p22-26, 5p
·         A school wide information literacy program takes organisation and commitment from the administrator and a collaborative effort from classroom teachers and the teacher librarian. 
individual educator reluctance, or inability, to learn and implement new methods.
Todd’s conclusion that the results “point to the value of both a process approach and an integrated approach to information skills instruction” (Conclusion section, para. 1) support the plan to implement an information literacy program (Todd, 1995 – Integrated information skills instruction: does it make a difference – School library media quarterly 23(2) http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/editorschoiceb/infopower/selcttoddhtml.cfm
Collaboratively planning and presenting an information literacy program is as much about educating the teachers to a constructivist approach as it is about helping class groups
develop valuable knowledge and skills. The success of such a program is dependent on the development of strong professional relationships that allow for a true team approach in which each partner respects the other’s expertise. With neither partner taking a lead or supporting role, not only is the integration of curricular and information literacy objectives maximized, the importance of both is emphasized.

Need to develop a culture of transference and reinforce this transference across the curriculum (Herring 2010)

Sunday 7 October 2012

Vision Statement

 http://www.saugus.k12.ma.us/Belmonte/Library%20Vision.htm

A great starting point.
http://findingheroes.co.nz/2011/04/19/1-inspire-me-with-your-vision-for-libraries/ 
Checking criteria

CBAM Model for change - quite unstuck with this as personal experience (actually living through change is/has been handled quite differently with a 21st C approach and is working).  Model that is being used for change  is new devised by a working party of key personnel and therefore not documented in journals but in planning stages. 

Some Leader sites 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8Em5vU0FU&feature=related
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHVDrnPecPA

Time Management as ETL504 WIKI Resonanace

As posted on the Home WIKI by Roy Crotty struck resonance with me so have included it here to remind me often:


Time Management


How often do we hear the phrases “I don’t have enough time” or “There’s too much to be done and not enough time to do everything”? These are common sayings used by many people who are frustrated at what seemingly is an Everest of work to climb every day. It is particularly true for someone who is new to a job, who can only see everything as having a high priority and needs to be done today. So what advice can be offered?

Firstly, we need to understand a little about time management. Whether we like it or not, time in an organisation is constant and irreversible. To be effective, time needs to be effectively managed to be effective.

The first step that most people need to do is to analyse how they spend their time and implement a few time saving methods.

In an analysis of time management, these are some of the biggest time wasters:

  • Indecision and procrastination
  • Creating inefficiencies by implementing first instead of analysing first
  • Crisis management – seeing everything as having a high priority and having to be done now
  • Doing urgent rather than important tasks
  • Lacking priorities, standards, policies and procedures

What advice can we offer? The following are examples of time savers.
  • Concentrating on one task at a time
  • Establishing daily, short-term, mid-term and long-term priorities
  • Establishing personal deadlines and ones for the organisation
  • Getting rid of ‘busy’ work
  • Ensuring time is set aside to accomplish high priority tasks
  • Using checklists and To-Do lists
  • Setting aside time for reflection

A simple time management plan should incorporate the following:
  • Get started – procrastination is a classic time waster
  • Get into a routine – use a diary, planning calendar etc & stick to it. There are some ‘planners’ on the net which may prove useful. Try a few until you find one that suits your style.
  • Do not say yes to too many things – learn to say no graciously.
  • Do not commit to unimportant activities.
  • Divide large tasks – by creating small, manageable tasks, the entire task will eventually be completed
  • Deal with it once and for all – either deal with it right away or decide when to deal with it
  • Do not put unneeded effort into a project – save the perfectionism for the tasks that need it
  • Set start and stop time – challenge the theory that work expands to fill the allotted time
  • Plan your activities – schedule a regular time to plan your activities

Saturday 6 October 2012

Well hard to believe but  ETL402 and ETL504 have been  running all semester.  Submitted the final assignment for ETL402 today....one day early. Well unsure how it will go it is such a great learning experience.  A lot of very interesting reading and links share during both these courses.  Will revisit shortly and list some of the readings and comments.