A few months ago, our colleagues in the Digital Citizenship Initiative put together two videos aimed at elementary school students. The first one is on how to take notes and the second is on quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. These videos are available in both English and French. Hopefully, you and the rest of your
This site is worth keeping an eye on if you are looking for recent research on school libraries: Washington State School Library Impact Study: the full report Curated by Lyn Hay See the new study summarized by Carolyn Sun, in School Library Journal, May 26, 2015 “School library programs are positive predictors of student success that
Over the summer and at the beginning of the school year, many of us just can't walk away from the library world when we're on vacation. As we sit down to morning coffee, we might see websites, articles and blog posts that we think might be of interest to others. Here are a few from
In response to the changes that are happening in Quebec and around the country, some librarians are forming a support group on Facebook called S.O.S. Librarians. The group describes itself as "...an open and independent advocacy group for school libraries. School libraries need qualified library personnel. Children who have professionally trained librarians and strong school
Source: School Libraries Impact Studies « Library Research Service Looking for ways to show administrators the positive impact that strong library programs staffed by qualified librarians and/or library technicians has on students' academic success? This is a great source of studies and statistics: Library Research Service. Right at the top, it contains an
Inquiry Grade 5, Lindy Buckley, cc Attribution by 2.0 Librarians have been ahead of the trends when it comes to applying inquiry to education, and the recognition of this is what you might appreciate about this article: How Can Your Librarian Help Bolster Brain-Based Teaching Practices? Research has shown that children learn best
We librarians do a lot of searching online, so here's an occupational hazard that you may not be ready for: you are not as smart as you think you are...but, our students aren't either. This article,Internet Searches May Make You Think You're Smarter Than You Are, refers to a study that shows that when we
I just finished this how-to-use theinquiryprocess.ca video today. I hope that you can find the time to share this with teachers and library staff. I've also made a video on what inquiry based learning is involves. There are so many video out there on this, but I thought that after viewing quite a few, something
Students are using Google at a younger and younger age to get information for both school projects and personal interest. This infographic was designed to show them a few shortcuts to find information. The link to this infographic is: https://i1.wp.com/qslin.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Google-Shortcuts.png
There has been a lot of research published discussing how students are not developing the information literacy skills needed to function at either university or in the workforce. These are not easy skills to teach but it is important that we try to introduce them to these skills at a young age. It is also
