ICTGuy-TL

  Who is my website for? Our school communities include a combination of learners, and everyone should be seen as a potential learner. Parents, teachers ... represent learners who are potentially seeking guidance and support. (Miller and Bass p. 20) Initially, my intent was to develop a website oriented just toward the teachers. While I understand that students and parents would benefit from access to resources, I was particularly focused on teachers, as this is a constituent that is often left to their own devices when it comes to finding and curating usable learning and teaching resources on-line. As I continued to reflect on who my audience would be, I thought of the support students receive through their teachers individual web presences. I also thought of the very limited support given to parents, as parents are often the ones given short shrift in digital supports at schools. Of the three groups, students generally get the most support in schools, followed by teachers and the...

 Future Vision Project - Design Modern librarians are curators of information, tools, and strategies... (Miller & Bass p.1) Over my years as a technology specialist I very much came to see myself as a curator of information, tools, and strategies related to the use and integration / infusion of technology into the pedagogy of myself and my peers. Because of this, the first thing I thought of for my final vision digital product is a website. I have seen a number of library website, and honestly I find them rather chaotic. My Vision Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning. (ISTE Educator Standard 2.2.c) There are a lot of "old" and new tools out there for educators to consider for their lessons. By acting as a curator of resources, I can help my peers save time looking for tools and guides for those tools. And while some people only see the new and shiny digital resources as wort...

A picture from my parents dock Reflections on Blogging Reflecting is something I do all the time - but rarely "out loud". I reflect on all sort of things, but I don't often share those reflections. My favourite place to reflect was at the lake. I could sit, look out at the water and think "what will change here if I don't accomplish ______ (fill in blank)". The answer was usually the same - not much. It gave me peace and helped me "get my head on straight". So blogging is not something I was keen to do. I find getting started to be hard and often procrastinate - like I have been with this one. I often feel that I don't have much to share, or that no one will be interested. Who would read it anyway? I am not a TL, and I am currently not in a school, so I figured I wouldn't have much to add. I forgot that the skill set and experience I do have is not as common as I sometimes think it is. One of the most important adult relationships that libr...