Teacher Librarian

To all my fellow new TL’s or Teachers interested in what a learning commons is. When I first signed up to take my Librarianship program at UBC I was not sure what to think or expect. I sure was aware that I would be learning a lot since I work in another province, a province that is behind when it comes to TL’s. I have been able to grow a great network on likeminded teachers who have the same passion and drive I do when it comes to educating children to be literate. One area I know I was very weak in was technology, I come from a generation where technology was not prominent and it never really peaked my interest. So to take a course that’s entire focus was on technology I was slightly intimidated to say the least. So why not fight my intimidating to the fullest strength?? Sure I will build a website, so that is just what I did. The  Library to Learning Commons website    I designed was mostly for myself to really focus on the first stepping-stones from transition from a traditio

It is very overwhelming when you are the only professional in your school knowledgeable on what is a learning commons and how to implement it into a school. This is even more challenging when your school district and Provience does not have established learning commons as other districts in Canada. So I decided to take on a huge project and design a website for educational profressional. This website will have information on what is a learning commons and how to transition from a typical library. Now I have never made a website before, and I do actually know profressional website designers but I thought this medium would be the most effiective and streamline to navigate around for profressionals.   (screenshot of website builder) There are going to be many pitfalls with my vision, as I stated in previous posts my school district does not have online catalogues, there are very few Teacher Librarians and not to mention I am not very savvy in the technology realm.   So far the

Transition from Library to Learning Commons for Professionals My vision plan is very complex and cumbersome for one single teacher to take on. As I mentioned before, I plan on developing a workable reference for the Calgary School Board employees, beginning Teacher Librarians and possibly any educational professional who would like more insight on transitioning from a traditional library to a Learning Commons and what it looks like in Canada.   The best to the point explanation of what a Learning Commons is would be mentioned in Leading Learning that a “library learning commons is the physical and virtual collaborative learning hub of the school (pg5).” Back in 2014 the Calgary School Board participated in a pilot program of 11 schools transitioning from a traditional library to a learning commons. Douglasdale Elementary School provides a great video of the success of their transition. The needs I believe professionals in the CBE (Calgary School B