Re: [LM_NET] Interview, technology and bragging

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

It is incorrect to assume that ed grads have technology skills that allow for 
instruction integration.  Often they do NOT have the necessary skills.  Still and 
all, though, even the ones who do have such skills are going to teach students to 
begin research with a basic search engine on the Internet.
Librarians have the skills to teach students and teachers and any others who need 
to know all about info access.  Every year I find teachers in my building that are 
just AMAZED at the teaching skills I possess allowing me to effectively teach 
students to use information to gain new knowledge.  They are amazed that I have 
little tricks that make digital and traditional print information really work for 
students.
I believe that librarians will continue to amaze educators with our array of skills.

 
Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
School Library Media Specialist
Apple Creek Elementary
Moore, OK
lisa3moon@yahoo.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Gail Smith <gssmith.ergc@GMAIL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:20:05 AM
Subject: Re: Interview, technology and bragging

While I agree that Librarians will be around in the future, I wish I could
agree that Colleges teach the students about technology as part of education
courses.  In my experience, student teachers often have difficulty using the
technology themselves, let alone integrating it into their teaching
practice.  It has surprised and disturbed me that the so called technology
literate young people know so little beyond using their cell phones and
often have no idea how to plan lessons that integrate technology in such a
way that students benefit from the interactions.  Sad....

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Fourie, Danville <dfourie@cityschools.com>
wrote:

>
> >SNIP<
>
> Do not be discouraged, as they lost an excellent Librarian.  I always
> maintain that the term and position LIBRARIAN stood the test of time,
> and that Tech Integration specialists will be no more in 10 years as the
> Colleges now teach the students all the technology as part of the
> education courses.
>
> Danville Fourie
>
>
>
-- 
Gail Smith, NBCT
Librarian & Technology Facilitator
Edison Regional Gifted Center, Chicago
gssmith. ergc at gmail. com

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