Vision of the Teacher-Librarian in the 21st Century

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This final assignment was interesting. It gave me the opportunity to go back and read my contributions to this course. I even went back and posted my discussion posts to the blog and added some after thoughts to them. Certain points that I thought about at the time have now changed, others have intensified. I fell in love with Flipboard and Pinterest. Diigo became less interesting with all the other ways of tracking. Twitter is now less intrusive.

From my posts, I noticed that I really wanted to learn how to use the Windows Movie Maker so that I could make the most of it in the school library since we have converted to PCs.

So, as a result, I decided to make a movie using that tool for my Vision. Unlike the first time, I watched more YouTube videos and learned some simple tricks to make my life easier while editing. I feel that I still need some work in refining it and trying to figure out how to manage the sound a bit better but overall I think the video turned out pretty good. It turns out that Windows Movie Maker isn't so bad!

For my vision, I wanted to include my students in the process. I interviewed them about how they felt about the library, the teacher-librarian and technology in the library. From them, I got some thoughtful responses and what they said complemented what my vision for teacher-librarianship in the 21st Century is like. I learned quite a bit from them and it seems that I am on the right track.

I revisited the question from Kist about the classroom becoming as big as the world. I don't know if I answered it any better but I do feel that it's a question that really made me think about where I want to be with the library as a teacher and a T-L. And after exploring all the different web tools out there, I feel that it is even more important to use those resources to ensure that I remain current and knowledgeable. The internet is overwhelming and without the help of a guide (T-L), it could  be more stressful than helpful. This course showed me that there is a wealth of treasure out there, I just have to sift through them and try them out for myself. I'm glad that I got that opportunity to do it with this course because I probably would not have otherwise.