In the connected, media rich school environment, librarians play a vital role. As true media specialists, they become experts in electronic resources, and catalysts to facilitate and promote the effective utilization of those resources in the classroom and at home, and across the curricula and grade levels.
Librarians of the 21st Century support the campus administrator(s) and teachers in promoting and modeling the selection, organization, and use of quality electronic resources to enhance the curriculum and supplement traditional teaching resources. In addition, librarians help students with the evaluation, synthesis, and analysis of information, as well as the discovery of new knowledge. This is what information literacy is all about.
In order to support this effort, Instructional Tehnology offers a variety of online resources and professional development opportunities for librarians through Digital Knowledge Central and the Educational Resources Cooperative.
Online resources for the library, classroom,
and home
Professional resources
National and state organizations, online forums, conferences, and research
articles
Professional Development
Launched at the Library Resource Roundup, Connecting Library, Curriculum
andTtechnology is the theme for the professional development series
offered throughout the 2005-2006 school
year. Please check the iLearning page on a regular basis for titles,
descriptions, locations and fees.