And+Now+Some+Good+News

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[|Jefferson County Public Schools]

April 6, 2010. This just in from my instructional technology boss. On one hand, it's just an announcement about a site visit to a school district in Colorado. But if you look closely, you'll note a few things. First, one of the highlights is that the visit will show how JCPS "Extend(s) classrooms by restructuring __libraries__ to lead the work of technology and information literacy for all students and staff." Secondly, and most importantly, this is a site visit by the National School Boards Association. This is just the kind of thing that needs to be out in front of educational leaders. It's perfectly aligned with some of the best thinking by the nascent projectLIT group in the Pacific Northwest--leveraging teacher librarians as technology leaders.

[|Vancouver Public Schools]

April 6, 2010. Yes, this is from my own district. But like the above post, it speaks to school boards and administrators engaging with the idea of 21st century teacher librarianship. This is not a librarian speaking...this is an IT administrator. "The role of the media specialist is changing. This person is being seen as the information and technology leader in the school." I couldn't have said it better myself.