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Research Skills     In her article How to Teach Online Research skills to Students in 5 Steps  Kathleen Morris states the following " All of the skills involved in online research can be said to come under the term of   information literacy,   which tends to fall under a broader umbrella term of   digital literacy.  Being literate in this way is an essential life skill."  (2018).  How to Evaluate Websites by Kathleen Morris  From: http://www.kathleenamorris.com/2018/02/23/research-filter/      One of the most important takeaways students will learn in school is how to find information. Our job as teacher librarians is to guide students through this process, help them think critically about sources and not only find answers to their questions but be able to question resources and information. For a lot of students and myself included our first stop when we begin research is on Google, the easily accessible and qui...

  Using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is used to address change implementation on a systems level. This model can help supervisors or change leaders to understand: ·       The process of change ·         How individuals respond to change ·         How to insure that the correct actions are followed to help ensure the success of the change initiative (Central Rivers AEA) Through this model we are accepting that all change and learning takes time which is something we as teachers believe to be best practice for the learners in our classrooms. However, it is just as important to allow teachers to have time as they implement new approaches, technologies and resources into their own practice. Susan Loucks-Horsley reminds us that “People need suitable help along to way if they’re going to fully implement a new idea, and they’ll require different kinds of help as their needs...