Online Video

I watched a video on 21st Century School Libraries. It was very good and would be a great way to introduce to a faculty what exactly Library teachers can do for a school. In the video a high school, junior high, and elementary school librarian all talk about the different ways they are involved in their schools. As expected each librarian regardless of the grade talked about collaborating with teachers, implementing technology, and helping kids find books to read. One of the things I really liked that the middle school librarian said was that she often times helped the kids with technology. I think a lot of the time when I think about providing technology support in a school I think of the teachers when in reality the kids will also need help using certain technologies. It was nice to be alerted to that. Another thing that I really liked that they said was the emphasis that the library was no longer a quiet zone. All of them talked about how much activity went on in their libraries and how there were always kids doing things there, that is what a library should be! The elementary school librarian talked about reinforcing what is going on in the classroom with activities in the library. We talked about this a little bit in Jadene's class and I think it is such a great way to support the teachers. This video, although not terribly informative, was fun to watch and interesting.