Priming Activity 2: Media and Information Literacy

Priming Activity 1: Media and Information Literacy

Media and Information Literacy Templates for Lesson Plan and Instructional Program

MIL Lesson Plan Template

MIL Matrix for Instructional Program Template

Media and Information Literacy Matrix of Topics

A Media and Information Literacy (MIL) matrix of topics I put together as product of my practice and research when preparing for training workshops on MIL for school librarians.

Please properly attribute and appropriate my work as source when you use the matrix. I would also appreciate an email or a message informing me that you used the matrix.

Thank you!

Mil k 12-library_instructionalprogram from Zarah Gagatiga

Convo on Makerspaces 3 of 3

Here is the last installment of my convo with Micaela Ramos of Big Pond Enterprises on Makerspaces.

MR: Kung may time po ako baka pwede po ako bumisita sa library niyo ma'am para makita ko yung Makerspace niyo in action  kasi kadalasan po iniisip 3d printers agad or complicated tech pag gagawa ng makerspace sainyo po simple lang, replicable, doable  kaya po ako na-attract.

ZG: Sure pero, vacation na namin.

MR: Will you continue it po sa next school year?

ZG: Yes. Mga STEM practitioners kase ang nag start ng makerspace

MR: Totoo po.

ZG: Public Librarians adapted it in their services and programs to help promote STEM and make the library a hub for learning. School librarians adapted it also. Kase, makerspace is perfect instructional tool for K-12 learners.

MR: Bakit po siya naging perfect ma'am dahil po sa skill set na na-dedevelop? Or as a "practice-ground?" for students?

ZG: Yes. As well as independence and ownership of one's learning. It is also a form of play. We learn a lot thru play, especially for students learning STEM concepts.

MR: True po.

ZG: I also believe in contextualization (of learning).

MR: Ano po ang ibig sabihin niyo sa contextualization Ma'am?

ZG: Context ng learner.

MR: I see po.

ZG: Contextualize learning activities and experiences based on learners needs and modalities

MR: Parang ang Makerspace po ang venue para po doon? tama po ba?

ZG: Yes. It's not the Makerspace that's the bida. It's the learner.

MR: Very good point po.

ZG: So the design of the Makerspace must be contextual to the learner's exeperiences. That's how I see it. That's how I do it.

MR: Nabago po ang understanding ko sa Makerspace thanks to you Ma'am. Very good points po. Siguro po kasi masaydo po akong nakafocus sa Makerspace itself rather than the real purpose of the space. Ma'am thank you very much po for engaging in a conversation with practically a stranger. Salamat po for entertaining my questions and for your invaluable insights. I hope we could collaborate in the future! Now I have another way of looking at Makerspaces.

ZG: Small thing. Welcome!

To follow is a write up on the Makerspaces I set up in our school library.

Convo on Makerspace 2 of 3

Here is Part 2 of the Makerspace convo I had with Micaela Ramos of Big Pond Enterprises.

MR:I see Ma'am. Napakaganda po ng efforts po ninyo. I would like to help encourage po sana other libarians to follow your example. Kailan niyo po nalaman yung concept ng "makerspace"?

ZG: Maganda ang layon mo. I am so busy that all I can do is blog about my activities, projects and programs. 2013 ko pa nalaman (ang tungkol sa Makerspace). Actually, ang Makerspace is not a new concept. It is similar to Learning Centers Approach to teaching and learning.

MR: Wow, i-research ko po iyan.

ZG: Knowledge is not contained in one discipline. If we look at a Makerspace as a new innovation, we are constructing our way of knowing and understanding the concept of learning and experiential teaching.

MR: Tama po kayo ma'am. I am trying to understand the concept more.

ZG: You look at the principles and philosophy behind a Makerspace. Then you can be more creative in setting up Makerspaces. The hardcore practitioners of Makerspaces may not approach its planning and implementation the way I do. I am weird hahah. And sometimes, unorthodox

MR: You make perfect sense to me ma'am. It means you truly understand the basics.

ZG: Simple lang ang buhay. Besides, it's short too.

MR: I agree po!

ZG: Keep it simple and short! But look at connections and patterns.

MR: Ma'am, thank you for your invaluable insights. If ever po, will you be willing to be interviewed for our company blog or perhaps conduct a seminar?  Continue po ma'am. Im' really interested in your POV.

Part 3 will be about the contextualization of Makerspaces in libraries.

Zarah

My 2016 In Retrospect: Engagements as Resource Speaker and Workshop Facilitator

My first appearance as workshop facilitator will be at the National Training - Workshop on Storytelling, Arts & Crafts and New Library Services on February 1-3, 2017 at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel, Sta. Cruz, Manila. I will be running a whole day workshop on Design Thinking for Librarians. More on this in future posts, so, do watch out for it. If you wish to know what it is all about, do attend the training workshop. See you there!

Getting the invitation last month made me look at the talks and workshops I did in 2016. Sharing this list with you, my dear readers! Do click the links for my PPT and some reflections on the sessions I ran with colleagues, friends and peers.

January

Let's Talk About Books! And Reading
UP FLIPP: New Professionals Series
Insights gained from the 2016 UP FLIPP New Professionals Series

February
 
Organizing LIbrary Resources for the Makati DepEd Library Hub
PPT, side stories and reflections from the Makati Library Hub Workshop
Bakit May Children's Books sa Isang High School Library
What I Forgot to Say in the PH Children's Lit Forum: Developing the Library Collection, Library Consortium in the Age of K-12 and Children's Literature

April

PPT on GLOCAL Trends and Challenges in Library Services
The Library Customer Journey Map
PASLI Conference: Work Life Balance PPT
PASLI Conference: Creating Professional Learning Network

 May

PPT for PNULISSA Annual Confernece: Stiking the Balance The Changing Landscape of Collection Development
Video of PPT for Striking the Balance Talk

July

Read and Take Flight Talk at the ABAP Book Fair
PPT Read and Take Flight: Reading as Survival Skill
Awaken the Force: Digital Library Services for Kids and Teens

September

Aklatan 2016: Reading as Tool for Lifelong Learning
Likha Pambata Workshop 2016

October

PPT: Be Heard! Be a Blogger!
Bibliotherapy 101 at the Quezon City Public Library
ASEAN School Library Workshop in Indonesia: PPT on PH Kids Lit (remote presentation)
Effective Librarianship @ Work: Reference Services
Online PPT: UtellStory My Author Talk in Brent International School Manila

November

Author Visit at Brent International School Manila
Insights and Tips for Librarians in Hosting Author Visits

So there! What a productive year it was! Looking forward to 2017!

Dear School Librarian in Action: Library Activities for Chidlren and Writing Community in Iloilo

Early of December last year, a friend referred me to Hazel Hagerty, a library volunteer in a private school in Iloilo. She is from the United Kingdom and will be in the Philippines for a while to help run a school library for grade school children. I received the following questions from her: 

As you are librarian, could I please ask for your advice... as to what I can do here in this children's library? I really want to plan an author visit too, do you know of any authors that are based in Iloilo or somewhere nearby? 

I sent Hazel my answers:

Here are the writers whom you can get in touch with for author visits and literacy events in your school:

I have rounded up friends from the local book industry and they have given me leads and names. Apparently, there is a book launching of Aklanon children's books on Dec 10, a children's book summit in Iloilo in February, and a growing number of children's book writers in the province. In fact, they have groups and a publishing house already.
 

Check these links:
 

Dungung Kinaraya
https://www.facebook.com/dungugkinaraya/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
Kasingkasing Press
https://www.facebook.com/KasingkasingPress/ 

Here are names of Ilonggo authors based in Iloilo, Aklan and neighboring areas:

Noel G. De Leon 

Melchor Cichon
Christian George Acevedo
Antonniette Cortez

Now, about the library activities for your children, here is a link to my blog where you will find reading and book activities appropriate for them and the community too.

On Books and Reading

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2013/02/dear-librarian-on-books-reading.html

Book Making and Information Literacy Lessons

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/information-literacy-skills-lesson.html

Book Spine Poetry

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-book-spine-poetry-contest-is-back.html

I have not heard from Hazel since last week, but here's hoping she's doing well in her bookish and reading endeavors