This week has required a lot of discussion with my administration regarding my final vision project. I was also thankful for the Google hangout on Tuesday to continue to formulate the audience and rationale.
As a school district we already have a school web page. On this school web page, each teacher has a section called an e-teacher page. This is a spot where teachers communicate with parents, share events, etc. From last week’s post, I have been playing with the idea of creating a web page for the Library Learning Commons. Since we already have an e-teacher section on the school website, I thought about possibly using this instead of creating an entirely new webpage. However, after speaking with teachers and administration this may not be the best approach since it does not allow all the functions I would like to include on the website as I continue to expand the Library Learning Commons site. So instead, we have decided that we will put the link on the e-teacher page as well as on the school website to connect the audience to the resource I create.
The website idea came about because the Teacher Librarian position is new at my school. The students, teachers and parents are excited as to the potential of having a Teacher Librarian but they do not know all the supports I can actually provide. My hope is a library website will be a new and positive avenue to help clarify the services and opportunities that a Library Learning Commons and Teacher Librarian can provide. In addition, I hope this website will be a form of promotion of the fantastic resources and materials available in our Library Learning Commons. We have already made several changes to our Library Learning Commons this year and we know communication is essential more than ever at this time to support this new direction. As I am thinking of what this website will look like I have to remind myself it is a working document and it will always be undergoing continuous change and revisions based on the feedback I receive from all stakeholders.
My final vision for this project is a website with three different pages. One page for students, one page for teachers and even possibly one page for parents. Since a Learning Commons website is completely new in my district, I feel the possibilities are actually endless. I am feeling very overwhelmed as I want it to look very polished but I have to remind myself it is just in the infant stages. As we evolve as a district in this area I look forward to receiving feedback from my colleagues as to how my web page can improve. Below are my beginning brainstorming ideas using Popplet about what each page may contain. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please share in the comment section.
2 comments:
Looking forward too see what your library offers to our school community.
A good brainstorm and discussion of the evolution of your final vision project, with clearly described needs, goals and realities of the platforms we need to work within. Because this is a new role, a new program and a bit of an experiment for your school community, frequent check ins and ongoing feedback will be essential to making it work for everyone. Good visual brainstorming of your structure and layout for your site as well as description of audience and usage.
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