21st Century Information Fluency

Collaboration

Johnson, Doug. Teacher Web Pages That Build Parent Partnerships in Multimedia Schools, [Article]. : September 2000 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/sep00/johnson.htm>.

Doug Johnson. Why Do We Need Libraries When We Have the Internet? in Writing, Speaking and Consulting on School Technology and Library Issues, [Column]. Vol #2 no. 1. Minnesota: 21 March 2002 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/internet.html>.

Johnson, Doug. The Why, What, How and WHO of Staff Development in Technology - The Growing Importance of Teacher-Librarian’s Role in Helping Create Technology-Savvy Educators in ISIS2000 Online Conference , [Article]. Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia: 19 July 2000 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/ISISjohnson.htm>.

McKenzie, Jamie . Reaching the Reluctant Teacher in FNO From Now On, [Article]. : May 1999 [cited 21 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.fno.org/sum99/reluctant.html>.

McKenzie offers insight and practical tips that will help you understand and approach those members of your faculty who are ‘reluctant’ to adopt new technologies. Anyone with staff training responsibilities should read this classic article.

Small, Ruth. Collaboration: Where does it begin? in Teacher Librarian, [Article]. Volume 29, Number 5. : June 2002 [cited 21 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web:<http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_29/v_29_5_feature.html>.

Ruth Small offers case histories describing successful collaborations between teachers and librarians. She asks the question, 'Why is it often so difficult for teacher-librarians to initiate and carry out collaborative efforts?' Small also offers insight and possible solutions. The focus of this article is on pre-service training, and on the training of media specialists.