Judith Comfort has delivered workshops within the District for teacher-librarians and teachers; at provincial conferences (CUEBC, BCTLA, BCSST (Riverside 2008), at UBC, SFU T-Lite, Richmond Teacher-librarians. There is growing interest for workshops within our District and the potential for a Virtual #43.
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Virtual 43?
We have the potential to deliver workshops online, face-to-face , and with print support - for profit.
They could contribute to the financial sustainability of our library using Reading 44 as a model.
Virtual 43
WHAT EVERY EDUCATOR NEEDS TO KNOW ONLINE
- BEST ONLINE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES IN TEACHING SUBJECTS
- DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN PRINT AND/OR DIGITAL
- HOW TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR STUDENTS
- HOW TO SIMPLIFY / ADAPT INFORMATION
- HOW TO TEACH ONLINE SKILLS INTEGRATED INTO LESSONS
- INCORPORATING ONLINE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
- ONLINE SELF-PUBLISHING
- EFFECTIVE SEARCH SKILLS
- UNDERSTANDING ONLINE STUDENT BEHAVIOURS
SKILLS & THEMES
* ACCESSING DATABASES
* EFFECTIVE SEARCHING
* USING ONLINE NEWS
* USING PRIMARY SOURCES
*INTEGRATING MEDIA & INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS INTO LESSONS
HOW TO PUBLISH
* INTERACTIVE LESSONS
* SCHOOL VIEWS
* SHARED COURSES
* SPECIAL EVENTS
* TEACHERS' SITES
* VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
FOR TEACHER-LIBRARIANS
* DIGITAL HEART OF THE SCHOOL
* PROVIDING DIGITAL REFERENCE SOURCES
* LIBRARY HOME PAGES
* ONLINE READING PROMOTION
* PUBLISHING WHAT, WHY, HOW
