Success is for all kinds of brains
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Well first, what is a library? Claire Amos wrote a brilliant blog post about the advent of the modern library environment. And I wish to follow on from it with some thoughts of my own. The scariest thing about becoming a librarian and… Continue reading Musings on the Library of the Future
The importance of relationships is something that is taken for granted. Many people assume that if they say the statutory "Hello" in the morning to their colleagues and remember their children's names, they have a relationship. These types of friendship only ever touch the surface of who a person truly is. They also do not… Continue reading Sharing Aspects of Self
Mobiles are considered an essential element of the teenage lifestyle (Twiss, 2009). Barrett (as in Text to M Learn, 2010) even goes as far to suggest that students are far more attached to this little piece of technology that they carry in their pocket than they are to their teacher (APN Educational Media, 2010). Attwell… Continue reading The 🙂 and 😦 of M-Learning
Through conversations this week around future focussed pedagogy and the re-examination of the NZC by our LOLs and SLLs, the idea of "future focus" continues to pop up. So what exactly does future focus look like? Really what starts to emerge as you take apart the curriculum and re-examine it, is that subjects should never… Continue reading What is this concept known as Future Focus and what does it mean?
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Some people might query the move of a primary trained teacher into a role as a librarian. But if you don't look… Continue reading Starting out
Georgi de Stigter 