ReInventing+the+Media+Center

Session Description:
Working as a Teacher-Librarian has always had it challenges, but today, maybe more than ever, there is a need to respond to the changing nature of the world we are living in. Communication mediums have changed; this represents opportunities for Teacher-Librarians to rethink their role in their school and rethink the traditional Library, both the space and delivery of information.

This is a half day workshop exploring what you need to to do for yourself, and for your school, to ensure you are at the forefront of current thinking about the role of the Teacher-Librarian in today's schools.

Topics to be covered: Forming a Personal Learning Network for Professional Learning How do you become a change agent in your school? Library Spaces - how are they changing? How can we deliver information using new tools? What is the future of books in a digital age?

Presenter Bio: Jenny Luca, Melbourne, Australia
I’m Head of Information Services at Toorak College in Mt.Eliza. This is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. I’m fascinated by Web 2.0 applications and their potential in educational settings. I launched myself headfirst into this world in 2008 and have found the experience to be transformative.

I was involved in the International cohort of Powerful Learning Practice, a job embedded professional development initiative begun by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson. I assisted them in the formation of the Australian arm of this cohort and Toorak College was the host school for face to face meetings.

I’m presenting at the ACEC Digital Diversity conference in April and at the ISTE conference in Denver, Colorado in June. I’m currently working in a Reference Group informing the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) as they work towards setting up the Digital Education Research Network (DERN). I’ve also been invited to join a Leading Edge-ucators project with the AISV in 2010.