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Our national and state standards place information literacy (IL) at the heart of what we do. If you're not teaching IL, what the heck ARE you doing? IL encompasses the traditional role and everything else, up to and including blogs, wikis, and podcasts. If you are waiting for others to teach the technology to kids before you do anything with it than you probably are, or soon will be, irrelevant in your school. The key to IL is "just in time" instruction. You teach what kids (and teachers) need to know when they need to know it. And that means that you don't know exactly what you will be teaching everyday. Yesterday I taught photo editing, subject vs. keyword searching, Dewey numbers, filling out online applications, ripping music, writing a purchase request, and how to access tech support by phone. Most of that was unplanned but all of it was urgent (to the patrons). That doesn't mean we teach every aspect of technology. How could we? Sometimes we just get people pointed in the right direction and let them go. Sometimes we provide a reality check for teachers regarding what kids really know and can do with technology. Many times we are the training wheels for a teacher trying something new. But we are always ready to jump in and improve the teaching and learning. We do need to actively define our roles in the school. We need to make ourselves not just resource managers, not just techies, and not just literature experts. We need to define ourselves as instructional leaders. We need to jump out front and show teachers how to integrate resources and engage students. We need to continually show teachers (and administrators) that we can help them be better teachers. Since most of our resources are electronic how could that not include technology? -------------------------------------------------- Tony Doyle, Library Media Teacher CSLA Northern Section PR Chair Livingston High School Livingston, CA tdoyle@MUHSD.K12.CA.US Http://www.lhswolves.org/library/index.htm Http://lhsblog.edublogs.org "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture; you just have to get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury ________________________________ -------Original post--------------------------- For those who question or oppose us teaching technology over our more traditional role of reading to students, does that then make you a teacher of reading? ... Shouldn't WE actively (re)define what we teach and why we do it? ... Any other thoughts on this? Laura -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------