Collaboration in the Library Padlet

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I chose to do a learning curation about Week 7's module as it meshed so well with my essential question for this course. This week's theme was "The teacher-librarian as educational leader: Supporting networks and partnerships in the library" and my essential question is all about developing relationships. I have used Padlet once before to collect links for a unit and this time I created multiple posts that were a mix of notes (with images to add interest and help make a connection to the topic), links to articles, and links to videos.

I linked to readings from the course and then searched for some additional resources that were relevant to this module's topics such as the collaborative planning sheet from the BCTLA, the blog post about an Ontario TL finding ways to collaborate in the LLC, and a BCTF article on the benefits of collaborating with your TL.

My notes from the readings built on the ideas I had expressed in my "Building Relationships" Powtoon at the beginning of the course, so I linked to that video as well. This module has further solidified some ideas about the importance of being welcoming, helpful, available, and flexible. I think if a teacher librarian keeps this in mind, they will find themselves working with colleagues and the opportunities for collaboration may just snowball as teachers find out how much easier life can be with the support of a teacher librarian.

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