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Me, writing blogs

 Yes, this is actual footage of me preparing to write another blog for SLIS 761.  

So the immediate answer to the question "What is your biggest takeaway from this semester" is that I will not be becoming the next big thing in the blogosphere.  I appreciated the introduction to blogging but by blog #5, I was ready to be excused from the blog-table.  

Upon reflection, though, this semester I learned that librarians have a responsibility to do the research into what is new and innovative in education, AND a responsibility to share it -- hence the blogs.  That feels slightly different from a teacher-view of new ideas.  As a teacher, I might find a groovy, new tool, and share it with my hall-mates.  A librarian is rightly included in a school's leadership team because s/he should be leading.  That leadership should incorporate getting the word out about new technologies, new pedagogy, new ideas.  If I am not going to be blogging about innovation, I need to find a communication method that I am comfortable with so that my faculty has the chance to learn.  Teachers may not have the time to learn about the applications of VR and AR, or learn the necessity of information literacy skills.  As a librarian, learning and then getting that news out is part of my job description!

 




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  1. Kelly MoranDecember 6, 2020 at 12:13 PM

    HAHAHA! Anna you are so funny! I struggle with blog posts too. I am always way to wordy and coming up with new ideas or rather learning new concepts and then creatively writing about them was tough.

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