Blog Post 3 LLED 463

Again and again throughout my courses in teacher-librarianship I am seeing the issue of 'access" and how it affects student learning. Students need, as Kopak states, access to quality and up to date information (Kopak 46). In our class discussions we were able to share a wealth of resources for students to find information (Factmonster, Awesome Library, ThinkWriteRead.org, etc.) as well as discuss the benefits of using and reading blogs and following colleagues on Twitter. Guiding students away from Google, Wikipedia and "copy and paste" is an important part of making students embrace new technologies and finding better sources of information. To this end teacher-librarians need to guide or facilitate student's access to the web in always showing them the best possible path(s).

Works Cited

Kopak, Rick. "Open Assess and Open Journal Systems: Making Sense All Over." School Libraries Worldwide 14.2 (2008): 45-54. Web. <http://asselindoiron.pbworks.com/f/14_2kopak.pdf>.