Teacher-librarians are teachers - spontaneous teachers.
In our daily practise, we rarely give a child a book without showing them "how" to find that book; in the OPAC, using a spine label, searching in the index.
When students need answers, we look together online, and we teach them how find effective search words, narrow the choices, figure out what the site designer was thinking.
Giving students and teachers lists of resources is rarely effective. WHY?
Online is an in-your-face medium. Take advantage of the opportunity to communicate online with warmth and humour, just like you do - in person.
Examples:
TRUTH SERUM OR ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF WIKIPEDIA?
DATABASES AND LIBRARIES CREATE ORDER OUT OF INFORMATION CHAOS.
CITIZENSHIP JOURNALISM ....."harnessing the wisdom of crowds" ; or a "cult of the amateur, killing our culture?" ..... what do you think?
BIG BROTHER LIVES AND HE IS US
THE PERFECT BOOK FOR YOU ?
