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Destiny Discover Basics - Future Vision Project Post #3 Reflection and posting of final Vision Artifact

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Transcript of screencast Introduction My final vision project for LIBE 477 is a Destiny Discover Basics screencast that is aimed at students and staff in the Vancouver School Board who are not familiar with this search interface. This 4:28-minute-long video introduces Destiny Discover, shows how to access it, and demonstrates how to search for books. I have created a transcript of the screencast and embedded it in the video description box on YouTube for increased accessibility. After attending a Follett Destiny Discover training session facilitated by  Camille Sullivan , I wanted to solidify my learning by teaching others about what I had been taught. I had colleagues who weren't able to attend the workshop and I wanted to share my tips with them. I thought a screencast would be an efficient way of sharing my knowledge with a wide audience who could watch at a time convenient to them. I used tips from the workshop and information from the Follett Training Manual to write a
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My Audience - Future Vision Project Post #2 Learner Considerations

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Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of Free-Photos on Pixabay, *my actual audience for this project may not be as large as the audience in this photo I have decided to create a brief screencast giving basic tips on how to use Destiny Discover to search our school's catalogue as my future vision project for LIBE 477. Now that I have settled on a project, I have started to consider a few specifics in relation to the final product. Who is my audience? I feel that my project is suited to a broad range of audience members. I would like students of all ages at my elementary school to view the video and I think it will also be useful for their teachers. I have been in touch with a colleague who is a TL at a different school in the district who would like to view my screencast as she wasn't able to attend the Destiny Discover training session. Tweet from @kambctl, VSB Curriculum and Assessment Mentor and Teacher Librarian After tweeting my intention to create a Dest
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Brainstorming - Future Vision Project Post #1 Design Considerations

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Mindmap Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of TeroVesalainen on Pixabay Brainstorming and Goal Setting It's a little overwhelming to have so many options for my future vision project, which makes it hard to narrow down my focus. When considering a topic, I want to be sure to integrate my learning from this course and to produce something that will be helpful to me and others. In terms of a product, I would like to challenge myself and try presenting it using a new-to-me technology such as a podcast or an infographic. SAMR Model, Image Modified from Original by Lefflerd on Wikimedia Commons In the process of designing my project, I will endeavour to remember the SAMR model of using technology, and not simply use technology for technology's sake. I would like the technology I choose to use to be beneficial to the delivery of the end product. Narrowing down my Topic My library already has a  comprehensive website , so that's not an area of need at this ti
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Connecting and Learning - Inquiry Blog Post #5

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Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of geralt on Pixabay Relationships are Essential The importance of building relationships with students, staff, and other teacher librarians has been a theme of my coursework throughout this diploma. My research and reflections in Phase 2 of this course reinforced the essential nature of working on connections with others as a librarian. When you have strong relationships with the school community, it is easier to build a reading culture and collaborate. If you reach out to others, you will learn more and develop your ITC skills. When you have good connections with teachers at your school, they'll be more interested in coming to your lunch and learns or other pro d opportunities. Finally, when you reach out to global librarians, you will learn about how libraries function around the world. It all comes back to relationships. Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of Foundry on Pixabay The Learning Never Stops As a new teacher lib
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Libraries around the world - Inquiry Blog Post #4

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Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of GDJ on Pixabay In researching global libraries, I came across the Beyond Access  Bangladesh program, sponsored by IREX and Save the Children , and read about their work in libraries in Bangladesh. This program started by working with twenty libraries to develop library programs for children. Before this program started encouraging children to come to the library, the library had no activities for children and very few of the visitors were children . The pilot program libraries were given supplies for a children's area in the library as well as four Samsung tablets loaded with books and games. Librarians received training and worked with children to encourage them to visit the library. I found an evaluation of the Beyond Access Libraries Program in Bangladesh and it included infographics stating that children used tablets 60,000 times between November 2015 and June 2017 and the monthly average number of children visiting the library
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Teacher Librarians as Explorers - Inquiry Blog Post #3

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Creative Commons licensed image courtesy of aitoff on Pixabay While watching this week's course update video, I was captivated by our professor, Aaron Mueller's image of teacher librarians as explorers, going out to learn about the newest technologies and trends in education to bring them back to the staff. I aspire to being one of these explorers and I'm confident it will happen, over time. As a brand-new teacher librarian, I feel like I'm learning so much myself that I haven't had time to think about how I might share my knowledge with my colleagues. It seems intimidating to think of giving workshops on topics that I've just learned myself, although it would likely be a good way to cement my learning. However, I am fairly technologically savvy (despite my ignorance about the term ICT skills) and I have previously had a job as a technology coach. I have a Smart Board at my disposal in the library and could easily give talks about using Destiny, our new li
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Never Not Learning - Inquiry Blog Post #2

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Free image by Robfoto on Pixabay, text added by Holly Broadland As a new teacher librarian, I feel like a sponge, absorbing information and skills from many sources. In addition to my coursework, I learn through meeting with people in real life, through online interactions with people I know, through attending workshops and conferences, and through social media.  In Person Interactions The life of a teacher librarian can be isolating, due to the fact that we are often the only person in our role at a school. However, I've been lucky enough to work with other teacher librarians several times and I've learned something from each of them. While I was a primary teacher at my former school, the teacher librarian saw my interest in librarianship and asked me to come along on a book buying trip. What fun! In the past six months, I have attended two meetings of the Vancouver Teacher Librarians' Association (VTLA), my local chapter of the BCTLA and I find it inspiring a
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