 The past two days were informative and inspirational. I listened and learned from Kiwi library staff from public and school libraries. During this time, I got to peek through a small window of what is important to the local library staff. Everyone is in agreement that students (and even adults) need support in digital literacy and digital citizenship.  Chart created by: ​Sally Pewhairangi @sallyheroes Sally Pewhairangi @sallyheroes developed a free assessment tool so that library staff can self-evaluate and figure out where their digital competencies are and what needs to be strengthened. For those who wish to grow in this area, a self paced course is offered for a small fee. Just click the hot link above to see whatś offered!  Sally Pewhairangi @sallyheroes talking about digital competencies for all library staff For students, Library Manager Saskia Hill teaches a curriculum that she developed through a trial and error process. She now has a digital citizenship curriculum that she rolls out to specific grade levels. She went into great detail about what the students learn in each lesson, which everyone found extremely helpful. Saskia also mentioned that all of the feeder schools are teaching the students digital citizenship as well, for continuity. Therefore, she knows what her students should know when they come to her High School. Itś nice to hear that students will be coming to high school with some background knowledge.  Saskia Hill, Library Manager is passionate about teaching students what it means to have a digital footprint! Other Conference Highlights- PIctures with Captions Due to Limited Time  Nathan Mikaere Wallis (back) explained the importance of the first 1000 days of the brain development of a baby! @corinh (front) was the most amazing MC!  This is Bob Docherty. He does great booktalks, mainly of NZ titles.  Bob Docherty is a very dramatic storyteller and so when he does his booktalks he really gets into character!  Meet award winning author Brian Falkner! One day I will find the right word to describe Brian. In the meantime ****** http://www.brianfalkner.co.nz/  Lunch time with awesome ladies and Bob Docherty  This is the Timaru team. Do you see the green scarves? That means they are important!  These two are spunky! Adrienne is an army combat medic (and Wellington librarian)-- Fiona has endless energy for reinventing her library in Oamaru  This was a great panel discussing the future of libraries.
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Sue LevineSue is a teacher and school librarian living in Atlanta, GA, USA. She was in NZ as a Fulbright Distinguished Teacher from Feb-June 2016. Archives
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