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"We all can agree that one of the most rewarding experiences in teaching is helping that one student find their voice and take a commanding role to contribute to the classroom learning experience. Allowing students the opportunity to engage in discourse that involves externalizing, elaborating on their thinking, and receiving feedback will lead to construction of their knowledge and understanding of a topic. However, these discussions require students to have authority and command over their own thinking to reconstruct ideas and concepts based on their previous knowledge and existing schemas."

"Digital citizenship refers to using the internet and technology regularly and responsibly. With digital usage expanding into multiple roles of our daily lives, children are also online more than ever, whether for school or social reasons. This makes it essential to prepare students early on about navigating our increasingly digital world effectively. To help you introduce digital citizenship into your curriculum, we will cover the six principles of digital citizenship to teach in elementary schools and their importance."

Our information environment is constantly changing. How will we access, use and benefit from information in an increasingly hyper-connected world? The IFLA Trend Report identifies five top level trends which will play a key role in shaping our future information ecosystem

Video by Joyce Valenza that captures the many facets of the TL role with simple graphics and text.

"Read alouds also give children experience with decontextualized language-requiring students to make sense of ideas beyond the classroom and the here and now (see Beck & McKeown, 2001). A key aspect of this sense-making is the role of dialogue. Students need to engage in discussion with their teacher and classmates to make sense of the text. This emphasis on talk highlights the importance of careful planning of think alouds and questions. To be truly powerful and magical, the practice of reading aloud is actually quite complex. The following steps are crucial to enacting a powerful classroom read aloud."

Slide share presentation by Buffy J Hamilton, presented April 2014. Focus on the role of the T in nurturing and communities of learners within and beyond the library through learning programs, embedded technololgy access and use and leadership

hat do Alan Moore's Watchmen, Frank Miller's Sin City, and Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series have in common? Yes, they're all graphic novels, but that's not all. They've also been found to enhance reading comprehension-maybe even more than traditional novels and picture books. You may be wondering how this is possible, but a better question might be, "How have we been ignoring this for so long?" Let's take a look at how the role of comics in education has evolved in recent years.

IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto: The School Library in Teaching and Learning for All

IASL policy statement on school libraries. Includes statements on: functions, materials, facilities, personnel, lifelong education, skills, literacy development, government and public support.

Purpose of this policy is to emphasise the importance of qualifications for a teacher librarian and to ensure the high standard of personnel engaged in information provision and foster their professional interests and aspirations.