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Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners: A Look at the CLA’s Leading Learning
Originally posted on LB's Learning Blog: As a teacher who has unreservedly and loudly argued that literacy instruction is the responsibility of ALL teachers, I chose “Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners” to explore in the Canadian Library Association’s Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada (2014). The framework…
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Remote and responsive teaching: Distilling the essence
I have a garden and last summer I had a bumper crop of black currants last summer. There are often times at harvest when I have too much to handle and so I’m learning strategies to save that summer taste for use all winter long. I like to approach any sort of abundance with the…
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The Dime Box by Karen Grose
The Dime Box by Karen Grose My rating: 5 of 5 stars For a debut novel, this is an author to watch. Karen Grose carefully weaves the present with the past in the story of Greta….neglected, abused and isolated with her parents in the woods of Muskoka. In the present, she is the prime suspect…
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Social Media Distancing with students
So as cool as I am, and as much as I am on social media, I don’t want to hotbox with my students in their social media spaces.
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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars Masterful. If I could write like anyone in the world, it would be Margaret Atwood. Make time to read The Handmaid’s Tale, binge watch the series, and read this book. We finally get to understand the Gilead system inside and out. We find out…
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The Impressions of Walquiria: Buenos Aires comes to Canada
This article was originally published in Canadian School Libraries Journal Spring 2020. It is the third part of 3 articles on my relationship with the school libraries in Buenos Aires including 1) Donde esta Alanna King? At the Jornada de Bibliotecas Escolares and 2) Getting on the Train: A Decade of Shifting Culture in the…
Buenos Aires, Canadian School Libraries, Canadian School Libraries Journal, culturally responsive pedagogy, digital fluency, digital literacy, International Federation of Libraries Association, OLA Superconference, school library, Treasure Mountain Canada, UNESCO, University of Guelph, Upper Grand District School Board, Walquiria Salinas
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