LIBE 477 Final Vision Post & Reflection
Final Vision Artifact For the Final Vision Project for LIBE 477 I knew that I wanted to create an artifact that would help teachers (and by extension students) utilize the e-resources that are already acquired and curated by the District Learning Commons (DLC). It has weighed on me for a little while that the excellent e-resources that are available are unknown to teachers, staff, and students. Additionally, I get many requests for quality sources of information that pertains to the curriculum all of the time. For example, at one of my two schools students do at least one in-depth country study per year. I promote and demonstrate the e-resource "CultureGrams" a couple of times a year to staff (as it requires students to access it through the DLC site and enter a password) so that they can use that for country research and yet it is still not being used. I feel that the barriers for use are: 1. Out of sight, out of mind 2. Going through the DLC page adds a...