About me

I am currently on maternity leave from New Westminster School district where I work as a teacher-librarian at New Westminster Secondary School. I am very interested in the use of technology in librarianship and education.  I started my journey into Web 2.0 developing the  library web site , but have since learned that Web 2.0 is much more complex than a web site - this blog is a journey about the collaborative potential of Web 2.0 tools. 

Although as I librarian it is pretty easy to guess that  I love to read,  my secret is that I struggle with writing. Perhaps that is because I am originally from Chile and so I think in both Spanish and English.  Depending on the context, I think in either English or Spanish but usually (unless I'm with other "Spanglish" speakers),  I have to translate at least some of my ideas into another language. aaak !  I wrote my Master's thesis on hybrid identities and how bicultural authors struggle to express themselves when limited to only one language. I chose this area of specialization not only to understand myself better, but also to get an idea of "identity" in this multicultural and globalized world.  I am also an avid French student and wish very much that one day I could write a blog "en français."  


This blog has been the result of a course I took at UBC, LIBE 477,  discussing the relevance of Web 2.0 to literacy.  I am really enjoying the ideas in Will Richardson's book for ideas on how to use Web 2.0 in education. My favourite is the Unquiet Library: Creekview High School

Introduction

This blog is intended to become my tool box for exploring Web 2.0 and its relevance to a school library. I am interested in discovering elegant applications that will improve my school library in the following ways:

1. Increase interest in reading for pleasure

2. Evaluate instructional tools that enhance literacy and research skills.

3. Promote digital tools that complement existing learning strategies and assignments, thus meeting the needs of individual students and teachers.