Comments on: How do we respond? http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/how-do-we-respond/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Farren http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/how-do-we-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Bill Farren Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:47:26 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/?p=795#comment-2097 Yeah. It can be frustrating. As a "tech-integration facilitator", (I hate that title.) I've noticed that if the school is very procedural (which most are), then things become even harder. Forms need to be filled out, plans set, meetings attended...and in the end, all this time spent doesn't necessarily make for a better lesson. (It often prevents good lessons from happening in the first place.) Often, quick planning, based on things that matter to students and that are worthwhile, end up creating great lessons. This isn't underplanning--it's simply not complexifying unnecessarily and staying focused on things that will affect students' lives. Yeah. It can be frustrating. As a “tech-integration facilitator”, (I hate that title.) I’ve noticed that if the school is very procedural (which most are), then things become even harder. Forms need to be filled out, plans set, meetings attended…and in the end, all this time spent doesn’t necessarily make for a better lesson. (It often prevents good lessons from happening in the first place.) Often, quick planning, based on things that matter to students and that are worthwhile, end up creating great lessons. This isn’t underplanning–it’s simply not complexifying unnecessarily and staying focused on things that will affect students’ lives.

]]> By: Megan http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/how-do-we-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Megan Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:46:51 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/?p=795#comment-2096 Carolyn, We've been addressing this at our school too. It's a difficult one. I think part of the solution is getting the faculty heads on board and building resources for their specific curriculum, such as building pathfinders for research we know every class will be doing. And being as visible as possible, too, at meetings and in committees. But it's frustrating when you make your "services" (or willingness to collaborate)clear, and people aren't responsive. But I don't know. Although staff change, I think that the presence of a "library culture" in a school does stick around, if it's there. Creating it is the hard bit. Megan (Doing the TIB project with you) Carolyn,

We’ve been addressing this at our school too. It’s a difficult one. I think part of the solution is getting the faculty heads on board and building resources for their specific curriculum, such as building pathfinders for research we know every class will be doing. And being as visible as possible, too, at meetings and in committees. But it’s frustrating when you make your “services” (or willingness to collaborate)clear, and people aren’t responsive.

But I don’t know. Although staff change, I think that the presence of a “library culture” in a school does stick around, if it’s there. Creating it is the hard bit.

Megan (Doing the TIB project with you)

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