I am Head of Library and Teacher Librarian in a 1-12 international school in Hong Kong working with the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Our library has 2 teacher librarians and 3 assistants working to help the library be the information hub of the school.
I enjoy being challenged in my thinking and ways of doing things,
I am a doer, a thinker, a risk taker and I am creative in my problem solving.
This blog
Nominated for the Salem Press Library Blog awards 2010
Nominated for Best Library Blog - Edublog Awards 2010 & 2011.
Nominated for Best Library Blog - Edublog Awards 2010 & 2011.
Presentations / Publishings:
2013
April - Published in SCIS Connections, The annual report : Your ticket to greater advocacy
January - facilitated 3 day IB workshop "Inquiry and the School Librarian" category 3. Singapore
2012
November - Facilitated 3 day IB workshop - "IB Librarians Continuum Category 3", Hong Kong
October - Facilitated 3 day IBMYP workshop "From Library to MYP Media Hub". Detroit, MI, USA.
April - 2 day onsite workshop at Seoul Foreign School on understanding copyright, creative commons and fair use. Worked with teachers, librarians students and parents.
February - 21CLHK - Facilitated Workshops on Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons and Fair Use AND Managing ebooks in the library. I was also on a panel " How will the cloud change affect education"
2013
April - Published in SCIS Connections, The annual report : Your ticket to greater advocacy
January - facilitated 3 day IB workshop "Inquiry and the School Librarian" category 3. Singapore
2012
November - Facilitated 3 day IB workshop - "IB Librarians Continuum Category 3", Hong Kong
October - Facilitated 3 day IBMYP workshop "From Library to MYP Media Hub". Detroit, MI, USA.
April - 2 day onsite workshop at Seoul Foreign School on understanding copyright, creative commons and fair use. Worked with teachers, librarians students and parents.
February - 21CLHK - Facilitated Workshops on Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons and Fair Use AND Managing ebooks in the library. I was also on a panel " How will the cloud change affect education"
2011
November " Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons and Fair Use" Shanghai Librarians Symposium, China, November 2011.
May : "Curriculum mapping : a Stratagem for collaboration." ECIS Librarians Conference. Istanbul, Turkey.
February : Panelist with Joe Butler and Stephen Heppell on the "Challenges facing school libraries in the move toward digital resourcing." 21st Century Learning HK conference. 17-19 February.
February : Presented "Creating your own PLN" workshop on setting up Twitter, Diigo and Google reader to help with professional development. 21st Century Learning HK conference. 17-19
January : Published "Digital Resourcing and access in the School Library : A pandora's box of problems, ponderings, and potential" Library media Connections. January 2011 p.56-57
2010
November : "Curriculum mapping : a Stratagem for collaboration." ECIS Conference, Nice.
June : “Do author visits make a difference?” Screencast presentation for “Your school library” online conference.
February : Published “Moving as fast as I can” Media Coach - The Netherlands. An education professional periodical.
2009
September : Attended and was an invited panel member at HK 21st Century IT in Education symposium 19 September - Virtual worlds in Education, and The 21st Century School Library.
June : Moderator of two asynchronous discussions for "Your School Library - Information Literacy with Web 2.0" . Mike Eisenberg - Information Literacy, The most basic of basics and Daniel Churchill - New Literacy in the web 2.0 world
May : Organised and facilitated "IB and the School library" workshop for ALESS.
February : Presented at "Your School library- Transforming School Libraries" online conference - "The evolution of a library" and "Second Life - A game or an exceptional opportunity for professional growth and development?"
2008
May : Attended and presented at HK 21st Century IT in Education Symposium Exploring Second Life
2007
Attended and presented at the ALESS professional development day in October, "Using Zoomerang in the Library"
2005
Attended, helped organise, presented a paper and chaired online sessions at the International Association of School Librarians (IASL) Conference Hong Kong July. "Catching Slippery Eels - managing websites as resources"
2004 Served on the (IASL) 2005 International Conference Planning Committee,
2003 Attended and presented a paper at the IASL conference in Durban, Sth Africa
"Don't Buck it - bend it. Using your school system to increase your influence, to create the working environment you desire".
"Don't Buck it - bend it. Using your school system to increase your influence, to create the working environment you desire".
2002
Attended and presented a workshop at the IASL conference in Kuala Lumpur"Fast and Furious Cataloguing for the overworked School Librarian"
2001
International author visits to Hong Kong in conjunction with a literary festival based at AISHK featuring Morris Gleitzman and Mem Fox
Professional Learning
2 day in school workshop - International Mindedness February 2013
21Century Learning HK Conference January 2013
The power of Reading - Stephen Krashen Sept 2012 HKIS. Hong Kong
EdcampHK - Beacon Hill School April 2012
Professional Learning
