March 7th 8:30-11:00 Elementary Team Plan Day (at TAC in library services) Bring a charged device & a book with a cultural connection.
April 11th 8:300-10:30 Elementary Para Training (at TAC in library services)
April 24th 12:00-3:00 Secondary Team Plan (at TAC in library services)
Your PLN: Source of Inspiration or Thief of Joy? by Margaret Sullivan for Knowledge Quest Online
Long before Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” The more recent phrase that expresses this idea, especially as it relates to social media, is “Compare and Despair.” When we see pictures of our friends’ fabulous vacations or beautiful new homes, we feel despondent because we don’t travel as much and our perfectly nice homes are smaller and less beautifully decorated.
If you have a personal learning network (PLN) — as many educators do — you might occasionally suffer from professional “compare and despair.” Perhaps you follow one or more rock star librarians (RSLs) on social media. These RSLs might be nationally known names or they might be librarians in your district or region you know and admire. Your goal in following them is to get new ideas for your school library, and you do because these RSLs and their ideas are sources of inspiration. But sometimes, instead of feeling inspired by members of your PLN, you feel downright depressed because it seems like they are doing creative, wonderful, and exciting things in their libraries while you feel you are barely able to juggle your job responsibilities.
It happens to all of us...
Don’t let your PLN lead you to feelings of “compare and despair.” If you remember that even RSLs aren’t successful 100% of the time, if you spend a few moments at the end of every day reflecting on your professional successes, and if you approach the ideas shared through your PLN as an array of options, you might realize that you’re a rock star librarian, too.
This new book features a wide range of resources for educators to use when working with students and staff members.
One of the resources provided is a list of self-assessments that could easily be worked into inquiry instruction.
Check the OPS School Libraries (2018) Notebook and look for the Fact VS Fiction tab for these resources.
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