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7 Organizations I would Recommend to a New Instructional Librarian
The following essay was part of my Prior Learning Assessment for my Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College, for the course ID3105.
Requirement: Prepare an annotated bibliography of six-eight organizations (web sites included where applicable) that you would recommend to someone who is interested in improving their work as an educator or trainer. In the [...]
My most challenging ethical concern as a young professional librarian
The following essay was part of my Prior Learning Assessment for my Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College, for the course ID3105.
Requirement: In a short essay, describe a problem that you have experienced (related to a student, colleague or administrator) that you would classify as an ethical dilemma. Explain how the dilemma was resolved [...]
Currently, what I think is the best article out there on information literacy instruction
The following essay was part of my Prior Learning Assessment for my Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College, for the course ID3105.
Requirement: Select a journal article from a professional journal on teaching or training. Include a copy of the article and in an accompanying essay explain the significance of the article with regard to [...]
Lap Quilt for Brad Christmas 2007
Check out the lap quilt I made for Brad over the weekend of December 15th and 16th. In case he tried peeking in the craft room while I was at work Dec. 17th, I brought it with me to work and Jerry was nice enough to take this great picture for me. So, [...]
Posted by Laurie on December 25th, 2007 under Crafts | 1 Comment »My Personal Teaching Philosophy
The following essay was part of my Prior Learning Assessment for my Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College, for the course ID3105.
Requirement: Provide an essay that articulates the values and beliefs that constitute your approach to the field of teaching and education. (philosophy may be too grand a term but it captures the essence [...]
You know your Christmas presents were shipped from a tiny village post office when…
Check out all the stamps on the Christmas boxes that arrived from my parents. Can you tell they live in a tiny village? LOL!! Looks like we’ve been blessed with the Canadian Music Icon collection!
Note: To maintain privacy, I’ve blacked out the addresses… at the risk of ruining the picture. [...]
FINALLY finished my Prior Learning Assessment for VCC’s Instructor Diploma
Have you ever done a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)? It’s hard, isn’t it? Last night I finally finished it and shipped it off. Sorry, that’s why I haven’t been posting much, I’ve been so focused on getting my PLA done!
Truly, I know that I did at least triple the work than what I would [...]
15 Ways to Become a Famous (or Infamous) Librarian
Disclaimer: This list is a tongue-in-cheek blog post and is inspired by MuchMoreMusic’s show Listed. I’m not actually saying that anyone should aspire to be a celebrity librarian… mainly because I don’t even know if there’s such a thing. I’m just having fun.
I was trying to aim for 20 but I could [...]
Facilitating a dialogue among Northern Researchers
Little bit of an announcement here…
Brad and I have set-up the online Northern Research Network. We have both found that it’s hard to find others in our fields so this is our way of solving this problem. Check it out!
http://northernresearchnetwork.electrified.ca/
Description from our homepage:
Welcome! The Northern Research Network facilitates dialogue among researchers conducting work [...]
Teaching materials in a DVD’s Special Features
On the weekend, we rented and watched Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffudd. Very good, but I’m not here to write a review. Instead, I just thought you’d find it interesting to know that in the Special Features, there were teaching materials to accompany the movie. And at the movie’s website, there are [...]
Posted by Laurie on December 12th, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Search:
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