Tag Archives: teacher-librarian

What now, brown cow?

Yesterday I handed in my last assignments for my last course in my Master of Educational Technology degree through the University of British Columbia. While I won’t graduate until May, it marks the end of an era – just shy of six years I have been plucking away at courses through UBC, first with myContinue reading “What now, brown cow?”

What NotebookLM Remediates (and other LLM tools too for that matter)

Imagined as a rousing political speech, with patriotic music slowly swelling in the background. Colleagues, I know many of you are excited about NotebookLM, especially that uncannily almost-human podcast feature. We upload our readings, videos, and professional documents, then receive instant synthesis supporting multimodality and differentiated instruction. But I want us to consider what’s happeningContinue reading “What NotebookLM Remediates (and other LLM tools too for that matter)”

AI Essentials for Educators

Okay, so my video is a bit longer than 5 minutes, but I swear there’s a reason! My video tour is presented as a mock news segment with Artie Smarts, an animated robot newscaster. I went with this format to keep things conversational and fun while still walking through the project in detail, drawing onContinue reading “AI Essentials for Educators”

Making Reference a Priority

Reference collections and services are an integral part of any Library Learning Commons. The collection itself has traditionally been defined as a physical section of the library that holds print copies of materials that are not allowed to circulate outside of the library, to keep them on hand for client questions and research (University ofContinue reading “Making Reference a Priority”

Evolving Practice

Teacher-Librarians are not just student educators – they also help lead their peers to growth and development in their own practice. But just like student learning, this can be a sensitive task. Our students come to us with a wide range of background knowledge, experiences, interests, and skillsets, and so do all teachers. We know thatContinue reading “Evolving Practice”

477 – Keeping an audience in mind

Whelp. I’m finally coming up for air. This past week has seen the world change forever in my neck of the woods and probably yours too. You maybe are even a week or more into it. Fortunately I was a bit ahead of myself in my coursework – but I know that I haven’t evenContinue reading “477 – Keeping an audience in mind”

477 – Libraries Build Connections

Cerebrating on these last few weeks (yes, sometimes I do use the thesaurus), the word connection is the one that comes to mind the most, although you could argue that listening fits just as well. Library patrons, both locally and globally need to be connected and listened to in our spaces.  It’s important for studentsContinue reading “477 – Libraries Build Connections”

477- Technology as a global game-changer

When I first sat and pondered this week’s blog topic, I was reminded of the ‘charitable’ practice of donating used clothing. According to this 2018 CBC News article, 80–90 percent of clothing donated in Canada isn’t being resold here. Some is cut into rags, others ground down into upholstery filler, but the majority is packaged upContinue reading “477- Technology as a global game-changer”

477- Leading Learning

I just finished reading Todd Rose’s The End of Average this week. Rose, a professor at Harvard and a student who barely made it through high school, discusses how the concept of average people and standards came to be. Ultimately, he argues that although this view has played a crucial role in creating the world that we liveContinue reading “477- Leading Learning”