BEING A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN IN FRANCE : HOW TO USE PEER

BEING A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
IN FRANCE : HOW TO USE
PEER NETWORKING TO
PROFESSIONAL
DEVLOPMENT
Valérie GLASS
Teacher-librarian
[email protected]
PLAN
1. Institutional program : district meetings
2. The role of professional associations :
professional days
3. Development of school library skills
through social networks : Twitter
1. Institutional program : district
meetings (1)
• The French public school system and local
authorities : the Academies.
• « 3D » initiative : « Developing
Documentation in the District »
• « 3D » initiative : purpose and
organization, objectives of meetings
1. Institutional program : district
meetings (2)
Example : 3D meetings in 2013/2014
• Main topic for the year : « Practices and
didactics of digital cultures »
• 5 subtopics : online collaboration, digital
citizenship, critical reading and information
production, serious games, learning and
use of digital reading and writing
1. Institutional program : district
meetings (3)
• Topic chosen by the district : « digital
citizenship »
• Objective : writing lesson plans about
digital citizenship (levels chosen : middle
high school and high school)
• http://pointdoc.accreteil.fr/spip.php?article273
2.
The
role
of
professional
associations : professional days
(1)
• Held by the FADBEN (Federation of
French Teacher Librarians)
• Professional
days
:
purpose,
organization and objectives
2. The role of professional associations
professional
days
(2)
• Example of a professional day organized
by the ADBEN of Versailles on 2nd April
2014
• Theme : « Media and information literacy
: a new challenge for teacher librarian »
http://adben-versailles.fr/spip.php?article15
2. The role of professional associations
professional
days
(3)
• Organization
:
presentations
and
discussions, lecture and panel debates,
round table discussions
• Objective : renew theoretical knowledge
and practices in school librarianship, time
discussion between peers
3. Development of school library
skills through social networks :
Twitter
• Use of a personal Twitter account :
principle, purpose and objectives
• Steps : 1) subscription to professional and
institution accounts 2) subscription to
teacher-librarians accounts
• www.twitter.com
CONCLUSION
• Meetings, professional days and social
networks : means to share information
between peers.
• Professional development on sharing
experiences on tools, practices and
theoretical knowledge.
REFERENCES
•
POINT.DOC. Le site des professeurs documentalistes de l’académie de Créteil.
Point.Doc - Productions des districts 2013-2014. Disponible sur : http://pointdoc.accreteil.fr/spip.php?article273 , accessed 14 june 2015.
•
ADBEN Versailles. Journée professionnelle interacadémique. Disponible sur :
http://adben-versailles.fr/spip.php?article15, accessed 14 june 2015.
•
LE CROSNIER, Hervé (dir.). Culturenum : jeunesse, culture & éducation dans la
vague numérique. C&F ed., 2013, 207 p.
•
JEHEL, Sophie. Parents ou médias, qui éduque les preadolescents? : enquête sur
leurs pratiques, TV, jeux vidéo, radio, Internet. CEMEA, 2011, 246 p.
•
CORDIER Anne. Imaginaires, représentations, pratiques formelles et non formelles
de la recherche d’information sur Internet : le cas d’élèves de 6e et de professeurs
documentalistes. Université Charles de Gaulle – Lille-III. 2011. Disponible sur :
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/73/76/37/PDF/THESE_Volume_1.pdf,
accessed 14 june 2015.