The following is a record of the comments written on the course evaluation forms at the end of the three day course. 1. The sessions(s) you found to have the greatest impact on you,and which was therefore most helpful. ================================================================================ > a. It is always good to watch other teachers at work - the primary lesson! b. Curriculum mapping sessions. > The introduction/Monday a.m. > All helpful but the synthesis lesson with the pictures & demonstration lessons were very useful. > Mon. P.M. - the future of technology > The sessions concentrating on technology development and the actual teaching sessions. > The idea that the library and I.T. should be joined to have all reference information centrally located. > Day 1, Big 6 in Action 1 + 2: The big 6 approach --> Implementation in all areas for all levels (super 3 / Big 6/12) --> for all problem solving situations. > Day 3. > Sessions regarding devising a strategy on provision a resources for teachers - curriculum material etc. > Actual teaching with students. > The 'observed' lessons - very illuminating. All the activities in the workbook. > On the whole, inspiring a total effect. Very positive. > Both class lessons with children. Matrix work up maths with Secondary kids. > Day 1. > Information problem-solving techniques. > The information & technology. > The initial clarification of the Big 6 system. > The secondary teaching group - it has changed the way I will approach teaching this part of the course. > RECAP + SESSION with students because it provided good introduction for me. > Interacting within the model. > The 2 classes target (particularly Year 13). A lot of day 1 and day 3. > The 2 "classroom" sessions were though provoking - to see the Big6 in action. > - demonstrations with students in use of Big6 for practical projects, assignments. > - work in colleagues on exercises in workbook, group planning. > I did not attend everyday. Found the lesson on Wed. morning interesting. Practical application always appeals to me. Day 3 morning session & afternoon session was most enjoyable. > Tuesday - curriculum planning. > First session - sharing big 6. > The session with South Island School - in particular the use of the "Use of Information Map". > Lesson plans and how to teach the Big 6 in own classes. Particularly the sample lessons Yr 13 class etc. > KGV students' lesson & curriculum mapping for resources. > Information explosion presentation. BIG6 workshop. Primary class demo. > The 'Internet' session clarified many ideas for the present & the future. The BIG6 is implanted!! > Day 1. > Those dealing with more practical aspects - what we can actually do in classroom. > The teaching session is realistic and practical. > The greatest impact was to realize that everywhere we have the same problems to teach an efficient, quick and clear method to do research. > Curriculum planning. > Working with children. Planning across the curriculum. 2. The session(s) you found to have the least impact on you. ============================================================== > The teaching sessions, although enjoyable. > Curriculum Mapping. > Planning a unit to teach - too artificial. > Work times. > As I have very little input into the curriculum and planning, I found this area using B6 a little irrelevant. > Curriculum planning. > None > Those directly related to teaching. > Lesson planning - which is more teacher oriented. > All relevant. > Any that revolved around teaching! > Teaching skills. > Curriculum mapping. > A lot on day 2 I was struggling with due to my limited professional training & experience (as a librarian). > Information on technology was interesting but didn't mean much to me. > Curriculum mapping for whole school. Individually useful but as a teacher from my school it is less relevant although certainly a worthwhile task. > Monday - Explanation of technical terms used in conjunction with computing and the internet - I knew them all anyway. > The one which repeated use of big 6 on a third exercise basically same as 1, 2. > Technology in context. > Planning sessions. > Possibly the Kowloon School session. Sorry! > None. > None to stood out. > The filling in of the curriculum chart. > But your method is not new. With other words we are doing the same things for years*. (A lot a repetitions). > The Internet stuff as I already knew it. 3. What professional support do you feel you now need ======================================================= > To know more about I.T. in the classroom. > To improve computer skills. > Support from classroom teachers. > More conferencing within the school. > Co-operation between teachers/librarians to be able to implement the big 6 program and expand library skills. I.T. practical skills training. > Staff. > Much more integration between teaching & non teaching staff. > Better communication/integration with subjects teachers/Dept. Heads. > I.T. training. > More I.T. Training. > The support of senior management to implement content. > The support then the Head Teachers. > More information for the library technology & skill. > More support to integrate the library/media function within the school framework. 3. What professional support do you feel you now need (cont) ================================================================ > Continued dialogue/advice on implementation of Information Skills as a whole school policy - Need for I.T. support. a. Integration into ESF curriculum strategy for KS3/4+5. Workshops on ICT techniques. b. Provider for continual support! > Adm. support to implement. > Support by teachers. Support by administrators. > Lots! Need to become far more involved in decision-making processes and become accepted as a colleague before any of this can be achieved. > Computer studies teacher, director of school, I.T. person, ESF resource people - I'm from a Canadian School. > The I.T. and manager have attended and between the 3 we should be able to cope. > None really - my manager attended the course and between the two of us we have it pretty much nailed. > IT skills - search tools. > Continued discussions about school implementation - perhaps links with other schools. > INSET in school. > More access to IT software. More info. about info. needs of individual classes. > None that would be available in the near future I fear. > Time. > Cooperating with colleagues to home, improve info skills teaching. > The support of the teachers to hand in the curriculum outside. > To know more about Internet, how to use it properly to help students in that jungle of information. > Help to present to my school whether worksheets or human. > Approval from management. Co-operation within classes. 4. Any other points you wish to make about the course would be valued. ======================================================================== > Hands on I.T. would have been useful. It was a pity that the daily programme was changed. I thought that the course was more useful to teachers than librarians. A pity that the evening session was a repeat of Monday morning, although it was enjoyable. > Mike's a vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic presenter. A wonderful opportunity! > This course would have been great for classroom teachers. It has helped me feel better about the role of the Internet & the management of I.T. in primary schools. Mike has a very realistic outlook! > That the librarian should be treated as worthy as teaching staff. > I feel as a librarian there was too much bias towards teaching skills - in schools. > More 'managers' needed to be there to support the staff who felt threatened by 'spreading the word'. But overall, the style, delivery and effectiveness of the course was superb and energising. > More Heads of Faculty should have been presented. > Teachers should have been allowed to attend too! Otherwise no 'Coaching' effect. > The course was conceived by & for librarians, but seems to have been high-jacked by teachers! > Support of staff & SMT essential. > a. Terrific interact: However, has to be integrated as part of ESF development plan. b. How to "Expose" all colleagues. > Exciting concepts & vision but demoralising/depressing in terms of reality i.e. how much needs to be achieved both for school and personal abilities. Where do we/I start? Information overload & anxiety! > This was a very enjoyable, valuable course. However the Big6 cannot be implemented successfully unless it becomes whole school policy; and in many cases the people on the course have very little influence on curriculums development in their schools. Perhaps this is cultural - in the U.S. most school librarians are also teachers and actually teach children - in most H.K. schools that is not part of their job descriptions. It will be interesting to see if the Big6 is taken on fully in any school. > I enjoyed the course, felt a bit overwhelmed by all the information and my evident lack of knowledge on the technology side. I felt overall that I can take away idea and implement them at a micro level and here to share my new gained knowledge with colleague in a P.D. session. Also rewarded with several teachers which I hope will prove fruitful in learning more about I.T. > I would appreciate it if technology skills could have been more practical. Not just mentioned. > As a classroom teacher and "I.C.T. specialist" (does such a thing exist?) I feel that the cause was more pertinent to myself as opposed to Librarians. (Have now learned that you consider librarians as teachers - still they do not have an overall curriculum view, nor are they able to impact on every curriculum area - unlike I.T.) > It was a tall order to try to cater to needs of SMT and librarians and IT teachers. > Enjoyable, useful when is Mike coming again?? > Need to have all staff on course. > Valuable personally as an impetus to become more than a "support" person in the library. Thank you very much. > I think classroom teachers would have benefited from this session. > Hands-on IT would have been useful! > Great course! > Genuineness enthusiasm of M.E. factor in course success. > I hope that it could be more relevant to the librarians. It's inspiring and gives us more concrete knowledge about information skills, but these are too many sessions related to teaching which we librarians don't do much in schools. > To see students in a library and not in a classroom. *in France librarians are teachers, and we use to teach students as you showed us during these sessions - we use to work with teachers. > Good stuff Chris, I've enjoyed and benefited (I hope) enormously. Sorry I have missed sessions. > Here, unlike U.S. - librarians are generally an "team apart" there is basically very little liaison with teaching staff - plus our influence on teachers is non-existent, so whilst it has been most interesting on a personal basis I feel I would have benefited more if it had been made a mandatory decision to have both teaching & library staff from each school attend together. > I was a little disappointed. I felt the content of the course was very biased towards teaching - librarians are not all teacher/librarians and frequently (in H.K.) work somewhat in isolation. Very few teachers, especially on secondary level, share their lesson plans in anything but the request terms. (Therefore one of the most critical Big6 skills for librarians can be Task Definition!) More help geared towards specific library/media centre options would have been good. Overall, however, a useful 3 days. > 2 x 5s - because I was involved in Day 3 only - so I had to 'catch up' with work accomplished on Day 1 and 2. Therefor, pace a little fast for me! Overall they are excellent and I enjoyed it very much. I just do want it to "go away"! > I do believe that this course is of more value to the managers and I.T. teachers. > Information skills are taught at most libraries, especially at secondary level. Primary more support to teachers and introducing children to books. Language skills are important and by encoring reading at primary level. Hopefully this barrier will not exist anymore and the little 3 is more appropriate at this level, but do not despair, you have inspired me and I will attend my First meeting tomorrow with the new management team. - Room temperature did create a little bit of a problem. - Some confusion arose - but only due to differences in vocabulary usage. - Content was relevant to myself as a curriculum planner. But for my school librarian I am unsure as to the relevance. I only score this at a lower level because the course was targeted at librarians. - To a greater or lesser extent. - It is also useful to work with "colleagues" from other schools. > A lot of this was not really applicable because of the differences in Brit & American perception of "Librarian" & "Teacher-Librarian" END ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net 25Nov98