Teacherlibrarians and ICT

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• Teacher-librarians and ICT

Carolyn Carver-Gibson and Danielle DuvalBendigo
Senior Secondary College
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Our Learning Environment

• 1800 students
• 150 staff
• 16-18 Year Olds

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Curriculum at BSSCis structured around

• Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• Victorian certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL)
  
• Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

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Curriculum Design

• Is structured around
• Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS)
• VELS will require teachers and students to
  use different learning and teaching practices in
  the way they organise materials, information and
  resources. Some of these approaches will include
  digital multi-literacies. (Parsons, 2006)

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Principles of Learning and Teaching PoLT

• The learning environment is supportive and
  productive
• The learning environment promotes independence,
  interdependence and self-motivation
• Students needs, backgrounds, perspectives and
  interests are reflected in the learning program
• Students are challenged and supported to develop
  deep levels of thinking and application
• Assessment practices are an integral part of
  teaching and learning
• Learning connects strongly with communities and
  practice beyond the classroom

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Focus for today

• Teacher Librarians working in partnership with
  classroom teachers to develop
• Learning and teaching strategies based around
  ICT
• Imagination
• Creativity
• Technology

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In the BSSC context using

• Researching Together is
• A learning and teaching resource which guides
  teachers through theoretical knowledge and
  practical examples to support ICT and promote a
  knowledge sharing culture, where the whole school
  community can work together as learning partners.

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A move away from increased content towards-

• A student-centred approach
• Developing the learner who can apply their
  knowledge beyond the classroom to new and
  different situations
• Autonomous learners

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ICT Teachers Embrace Change

• Y Generation
• e-learning and m-learning
• Multiliteracies

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Research Formats

• Six formats
• Pathfinder
• Information Processing Skills
• wwwLinks
• Research Inquiry
• Real World Focus
• Thinking and Researching

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Comparisons

• Food Technology Example one
• Food Technology Example two

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Less content

• Less content - maintained the scaffolding
• Manipulating DNA

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Addition of technology

• PDAs
• Blogs
• Podcasting

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Addition of technology

• Desktop Author
• ZulupadPhotostory
• Clickview

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Assessment

• Teacher librarian
• meets with the teacher(s)
• discusses TL evidence results of student survey,
  observations, formative assessment data
  (formative) and CT SAC results (summative)
• leads discussion
• -What are the teachers observations and
  evidence of problems and successes?
• -What do we want to change?
• Makes changes on the online research format page
  to be used the following year during the planning
  process

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The Future

• Learning and teaching strategies based around ICT
  will continue to engage motivate and lead to
  continuing initiatives in
• Imagination
• Creativity
• Technology

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Contacts

• Danielle Duval
• Duval.dani_at_bssc.edu.au
• Carolyn Carver-Gibson
• Carvergibson.carolyn_at_bssc.edu.au
• Jennifer Hall
• Hall.jennifer_at_bssc.edu.au