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Comment by Becky Schaller on July 25, 2009 at 10:09pm

Elisabeth, I agree with you that we seem to have lost some momentum and I like your idea of looking at the rest of the modules and seeing what applies to us. Perhaps I was just getting stuck on trying to understand the appeal factors. What do others think of moving on and focusing on what applies to k-12 school librarians?

Comment by Elisabeth LeBris on July 22, 2009 at 8:16pm

Well, I get the feeling we lost some momentum here. I sort of kept going with the reading of each module anyway. A lot of what is there is aimed at public library adult work but there is plenty for us school types as well. Maybe everyone should read through the rest of the units and we could reconvene and share some general thoughts on the information i.e. best ideas, what applies to us, how do you transfer this to K-12 etc. What do you think?

Comment by Becky Schaller on July 11, 2009 at 4:03pm

Maybe I'm just projecting, but it seems to me like we're stuck. If that is the case, I was wondering if it might help if we chose a book or two and then discussed the various elements of that particular book or those books. Any opinions about this idea? Or other ideas as to how to progress? Or do you think everything is moving along just fine for you?

Comment by Elisabeth LeBris on July 3, 2009 at 4:16pm

Thanks Becky. I'm with you about feeling our way along here a bit. I think those of us who have been in the field for awhile have been doing our own version of RA with our particular student bodies. I think each us can probably bring some form of knowledge or lens to the process as we proceed and learn.

Comment by Becky Schaller on July 2, 2009 at 11:08pm

Elisabeth, I've been thinking about that question also. I don't have a clear answer in my head. I have found Lesson 1 to be far more difficult than I had anticipated. I'm realizing that I didn't put out discussions for all the exercises in Lesson 1. So I will do that tonight. Part of what we're supposed to do during the first lesson is decide a baseline book for each appeal factor. I'm not sure how important that is, but I suspect it is fairly important. So I am going to suggest that we continue working on Lesson 1 while also advancing to Lesson 2. This may not be ideal, but this is all really new for me and I am just beginning to get a feel for what RA is. I am hoping that this will help us all advance in our understanding. If others have other ideas, please speak up.
Becky

Comment by Elisabeth LeBris on July 2, 2009 at 9:07pm

Hi Becky, Should we go on to the next lesson in the series? Elisabeth

Comment by judibea on June 21, 2009 at 11:38pm

Comment by Becky Schaller on June 20, 2009 at 4:10pm

I was asked to post the url for NoveList so people can access it easily. NoveList is a subscription based data base so I'm not sure this can be accessed without signing in. But you could give this url a try. It is a popular database and I think many school and public libraries subscribe so you can also check the libraries where you have access to their databases.
http://quickproxy4.chipublib.org/GawHM176/url=http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/detail?vid=1&hid=102&sid=d5dad9e9-05a3-410c-a0b1-a0ca18e7f9ef%40sessionmgr108&bdata=JnNpdGU9bm92ZWxpc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d
If you're not able to find access, let me know and I'll see if there is a way I can help.
Becky

Comment by Becky Schaller on June 19, 2009 at 6:41pm

I noticed that I did not find the RA training on the NoveList k-8 homepage, only on the NoveList homepage. If anyone has trouble finding it, please let me know. I started a discussion for the first exercise listed in lesson 1. It looks like one that I'll need some time to think about and work on. As others join, they can also respond as they see appropriate.
Becky

Comment by Elisabeth LeBris on June 18, 2009 at 11:30am

Hi all,
Just invited 3 more people who posted their emails. Looking good!

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