This 4:43 minute video clip from the U.S. has applications to our students as well. As teacher librarians we work with students to develop their ability to locate, access and use information that is trustworthy. We teach them how to use that information ethically. We work with teachers to develop projects that [...]

Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN) Public Schools, describes how a school’s philosophy may well be determined by the kind of library it has.  His vision is one we should all aspire to I believe.
Read it here:  What does a good library tell you about a school?

The B.C. Teacher Librarian Association conducts an annual survey of school libraries.  The most recent one has been posted and a Startling Change in BC School Library Staffing has been noted in the BCTLA blog.  The full Working and Learning Conditions report has been posted as a pdf file here.
Note in the Student FTE, reported [...]

For the last month, grade 12 Carson students have been breaking down the traditional borders of their English classrooms to drive their thinking as far south from North Vancouver as Scottsdale, Arizona. 60 teachers and students from both Chaparral High School and Carson Graham agreed to participate in “1984 Wiki- A Student Centred Online Learning [...]

One of the jobs I enjoy as a teacher/librarian is creating booklists for teachers and students. I love the challenge of coming up with the perfect titles for an assignment. You often have to find books with a particular theme or plot line, so it makes for interesting searching. I always seem to find a [...]

Getting teenagers to return the books they have borrowed can sometimes be a daunting task that can eat away huge chunks of a librarian’s time.  Here at Seycove we compile weekly overdue lists and send them out to classrooms, but even with an automated system this can take up to a day.  We make phone [...]

by Maureen Stuart
One of the English 10 teachers wanted her students to select a novel for an independent reading assignment, not limited to a particular genre, and I suggested combination Book Pass and media- created assignment.
I began by explaining to the students that they would be choosing a book for their English assignment, and that [...]