IN BRIEF
1. Someone has a good idea: Teacher-librarian contacts teacher or vice versa (briefly in person, or by e-mail - can take less than a few minutes). Teaching variables usually include: course content, grade, ability of students, curricular goals, time teacher has allocated, product to be evaluated and information literacy and media literacy goals.
2. If teacher has an assignment in a Word document, she/he sends it to teacher-librarian by e-mail as an attachment. If no assignment, teacher-librarian may offer to write it.
3. Teacher-librarian and teacher discuss edits, adaptations etc to the assignment.
4. Teacher-librarian posts edited assignment in a blog, and adds links, images, and a narrative by the teacher-librarian.
5. Teacher may teach lesson alone, or in combination with teacher-librarian.
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ADVANTAGES
Time saved
Once the assignment is in digital form, easily moved anywhere
E-mail etiquette makes it easy to get right to the point
- Communication takes place instantly through school walls, without schedules appointments - easy to fit in
- Once published online, can be easily seen and edited
Assignment can be projected in classroom.
Students can work anywhere. Once assignment is published, with embedded resources, homework can be done at any online computer.
Teacher-librarian integral. If students need support, or have missed the class where assignment was given out, they can see the teacher-librarian ( whose schedule is more open than classroom teacher).
Adaptation & Open Access. Once posted, assignments are easily used again, or adapted for other teachers & students ( anywhere in world)
Advocacy tool. This lesson is now transparent (to parents, administration, trustees).
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