Vision of a Learning Commons
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 f...