excerpted from workshops
WHY PUBLISH ONLINE?
- Because our school library walls have dissolved with the invention of digitized information. No longer confined to so many feet of shelf space and so many volumes, this information is part of our reference collection, if we want it to be. We are the educators most professionally - trained in our school communities, to pick and choose what's meaningful. (more)
- Because our ability to communicate is multi-dimensional in an instant message world. We really need to do more than hand a teacher a list of sites and walk away. Lists of book titles have never been useful by themselves either, unless, introduced by a teacher-librarian in an enthusiastic one-on-one or class endorsement. Our job is not only to find materials for students and teachers, but also to teach them how to do it themselves next time.
WE ARE PRESENT
- When we are accessible. We weave online conversations into our day, free of time and space impediments.
- When we find rich digital content, which we adapt (with online editing) to the exact needs of a child or adult; the right amount of information, depth, detail & readability - and provided exactly when they need it.
- When we frame content with our critical comments, integrating information literacy naturally, the way we would do in a one-on-one conversation.
- When we teach with online computers to promote cross-disciplinary issues such as academic honesty and citation grammar.
- When we teach students and teachers the art and science of online searching including information literacy, critical thinking, and media literacy
- When we are open and generous
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