Digital Storytelling Project for High School Students

By |2017-02-23T11:21:39-05:00September 6th, 2016|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, School Libraries, teens|

https://theuniverseismadeoftinystoriesblog.wordpress.com/   This might be something to share with your high school librarians so that they can share it with their English teachers.  It began with European teachers of English, but they are looking for North American high school students to participate to make it more global. Quotes from the website: When "The project will

Sawyerville Elementary School Library Moving Ahead – New QSLiN Hangout

By |2017-11-13T12:30:40-05:00June 23rd, 2016|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, Videos|

In May, we shared a hangout with Sawyerville Elementary School’s principal, Norma Humphrey in which she shared her vision for her school’s library.  In this subsequent film that was made eight months later, Principal Humphrey and library volunteer, Linda Mills talk about the progress that they have made this year in cleaning out old posters

New QSLiN Hangout: Macdonald High School Library: Working Together for a Great Library Learning Commons

By |2016-11-07T10:57:32-05:00May 26th, 2016|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, School Libraries|

In this film, Maria Cavaiuolo, Documentation Technician, Macdonald High School in Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec (Lester B. Pearson School Board) talks about using student and teacher input in transforming the school library to a library learning commons.  Students particularly wanted more comfortable places to sit and more technology available to them. Teachers also echoed the need for

Principal Jad Deegan and Macdonald High School’s Library Learning Commons – New QSLiN Hangout

By |2016-11-07T10:57:32-05:00May 24th, 2016|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, School Libraries, Videos|

Principal Jad Deegan (Macdonald High School, Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Lester B. Pearson School Board) enthusiastically points out the advantages of the newly refurbished library learning commons in supporting pedagogy at Macdonald High School. He highlights the advantages of having spaces for collaboration as well as student-friendly computer stations, and laptop or mobile device counters that facilitate

Edwardian Era Library to 21st Century Library Learning Commons

By |2016-11-07T10:57:33-05:00May 19th, 2016|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, School Libraries, Videos|

Converting a space to a library learning commons presents many challenges. Most schools were built at a time when the card catalogue and the encyclopedia were the primary means by which students tracked down the information that they needed or found the books that they wanted to read. Many school libraries may still be arranged

A Principal’s Vision for a Rural School Library – New QSLiN Hangout

By |2016-11-07T10:57:36-05:00May 17th, 2016|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, School Libraries, Videos|

In this new QSLiN hangout, we leave the city and go to Sawyerville, a small village in the Eastern Townships of Quebec where we meet Norma Humphrey, the principal of Sawyerville Elementary School and Pope Memorial Elementary School that are within the Eastern Townships School Board. At the time of this filming, Sawyerville Elementary School

New QSLiN Film: Quebec Principals on the Importance of School Libraries

By |2016-11-07T10:57:36-05:00April 28th, 2016|Blog Posts, School Libraries, Videos|

The QSLiN team has been filming great features of school libraries in Quebec for close to two years.  Over time, members of the team have spoken with principals who are very eloquent in expressing the importance of the libraries in their schools to students, teachers, and to all in the learning community. Some of these

Resources from the 2016 Library Symposium Sessions

By |2017-11-13T12:24:01-05:00April 19th, 2016|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates|

Hello, Are you looking for the presentations or list of resources from the various sessions at the 2016 Library Symposium? Well, here is the full list of links to help you out! Gwyneth Jones    The links for all three of the presentations by Gwyneth Jones's can be found on her site. http://thedaringlibrarianpresents.wikispaces.com/QSLiN_Montreal LEARN Makerspaces:

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