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Something that I really enjoyed from our readings this week was the lessons for technology integration from Amy Overbay, Melinda Mollette, and Ellen S. Vasu (2011). I appreciated the inclusion that tech shouldn’t be about technology but about people and relationships. How individuals can work together about the technology and how they interact with the technology has a large influence on how it is used. In our district, where I currently teach, we are going on our second year of Canvas - our new learning management system (LMS). When it was announced that we would be using Canvas, I went to every professional development I could find and, when I’d attended all local in person training, went to YouTube and Facebook groups for additional support. Preparing a new platform for learning on the heels of an international school shutdown was a nightmare. I am grateful to my district and technology instruction specialists for the work they did to help us make the transition. However, there are ...

While not part of our assigned reading, I did want to include that the definition of information literacy according to the American Library Association (ALA) is “skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information” (2006). The Association of College and Research Libraries provides a framework for information literacy that the ALA described as: “Students must demonstrate competencies in formulating research questions and in their ability to use information as well as an understanding of ethical and legal issues surrounding information. This requires a campus culture of collaboration and focus on student learning” (ALA, 2006). This point was interesting to include because of the Big6 being included in our references for this week and both the P21 Framework for 21st Century Learning and the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. My interpretation of the two frameworks was that the P21 worked better for listing skills while the ACRL listed better abilities....