Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Learning

     Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Learning is a video that portrays what the 21^st school library should be focusing on to be the heart of the school with the teacher librarian being a necessary and important part in education of the school community.  The library is a place where the students feel welcome and everyone has a voice, is participating, and is actively engaged.  One librarian stated that getting the things for the library is not the problem, but rather what the student is going to do with it, and what knowledge are they going to produce with it is the underlying challenge.  Kids need to know how to utilize the information they come across.  Better skills need to be taught so that the student can embrace technology and use it.  Information literacy needs to be promoted through technology.  One professor stated that technology can be locked down, or instead we can help students learn to internalize what it is to be a digital citizen, and the library is a good place to learn this.

     A teacher librarian is also an advocate for reading.  Books should be off the shelves and into the hands of the students.  A teacher librarian needs to have a passion for books and reading so that she can help others develop this same passion.  One way to excite students about books with technology is through book trailers. 

     I really like how one librarian demonstrated how she is able to help her teachers.  She constantly asks her teachers what they are teaching in class.  And then she follows up with a question such as, “What do you need to help your kids be successful learners in school and in life?”  Then she does what she can to make it happen.  I thought this was a simple, yet effective way to actively use her resources and knowledge to be of service to those within her area of influence.