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  WHO IS THIS VISION FOR, AND WHY? LIBE 477 // November 2020 (courtesy of free-photos, pixabay.com) Audience, explained: Choosing my target audience for my Future Vision project has been a journey. At first I thought just my district TL community because, as mentioned in my last blog, other TLs have been tasked with showcasing their LLCs through Sway this way and I've been feeling like I should step up. However, my new vision for my audience has expanded greatly.  Here's a little background:   Due to Covid-19, my LLC budgets have been cut by over 40% from our last school year. Our entire public system is suffering from a current lack of funding. This is the first time in my three years as Teacher Librarian at my school that I have had to seriously pinch my pennies. Beyond our yearly program costs and supplies, my LT and I have barely any money left for book purchasing. We have been brainstorming ways to continue to update our outdated catalogue in thrifty ways. One of our...

  Planning for the Future Vision Project 1 November 14 // LIBE 477 (Courtesy of Pexel by Pixabay) As I plan for my Future Vision Project this week I tackled a brief outline that answers the questions “What” and “How”. HOW will I display my work? I have seen some examples of a Microsoft Sway, but have never created one myself. Every LIBE or LLED course has pushed me to try new technologies and presentations styles. I’ve enjoyed exploring different programs and have often reflected afterwards of how I could integrate that presentation style into the classroom. As I have mentioned a few times during these blog posts, it is my joy to be part of a TL community within my district that is supportive and very collaborative. I few lead TLs within this community have showcased their LLCs to us through a Sway presentation. (I cannot embed an example because the link is private). I like how Sway reads like a blog, but is part of the MS suite. I like how it allows for creativity and integ...

  Reflection: Two steps forward, one step back // LIBE 477 // November 2020 //  It's important to look back on the learning that has taken place so far as sometimes having some time to mull things over produces clarity. I have seen some growth this fall as for personal learning and have some key takeaways- some from my personal inquiries and some from classmates'.  Areas of Personal Inquiry Takeaway 1: Recreating a Reading Culture     The research and fact-finding I did when comprising the Reading Culture blog post has been important to me. It has shaped my thinking now to have gone through and analyzed that year (2018-2019) of targeted reading interventions. I am able to see now in 2020 that when all of us teachers worked as a team with one goal in mind, we truly could create a culture and common mentality to everything we did in our isolated classrooms. Don Vu's Pillars of Reading Culture reminded me so well that the Celebration of books is key. (See belo...

Connecting to the World  LIBE 477 // November 1st // JKroeker “ By learning to read and write, children can succeed not only in school but  throughout their lives. ”   (CODE website: https://code.ngo/understanding-literacy/) When looking to provide aid to developing countries, many NGOs focus on delivering support to fulfill the bottom tier of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to the population. Physiological needs of food, water, shelter, clothing, air, and sleep are vital for life. Without these needs met, growth cannot be made to better one’s life because focus is entirely on surviving. NGOs are able to pull at the heart strings of North Americans sitting at home because the idea of these basic needs not being met brings on feelings of empathy and sadness. I remember my dad, who worked for World Vision for my early childhood, holding a small child in his arms describing his or her story to the cameras and into the homes of viewers. As donators we focus on our money bein...