digital literacy
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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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School libraries and eLearning: Answering the call for access and equity
Michelle Campbell and I presented at CONNECT 2018 in Niagara Falls this week. After some very encouraging conversations at Treasure Mountain Canada in October, we decided to take our ideas about the intersection of school libraries and eLearning success to the wider audience at this conference. CanConnect attracts some of the greatest education influencers in…
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#UGIGnite15: the UGDSB leadership conference on Innovation
The UGDSB hosts its educators and leadership team at a 30 hour conference filled with keynotes, colleague workshops and of course, networking! This year the theme is to ignite our innovation in education. Here is the full story told in the tweets of the conference. https://storify.com/banana29/ugignite15-starting-the-school-year-with-a-blast Here is my presentation in full: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H8h6NAig92OrXF8qXG2ADG74vVAh8aFVvXZ2Q3RShHU/edit?usp=sharing …and here…
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CanConnectEd2015: Transliteracy and the teacher-librarian
This week I’ve been attending the Connect conference in Niagara Falls for the first time and as a representative of the Ontario School Library Association Council. It also gives me a chance to speak about my M.Ed. capping paper on how teacher-librarians are in the ideal position to facilitate transliteracy. I mean, we really do…
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