Split between BEING a CT and WANTING to be a TL

Ive just finished reading the Todd article " The dynamics of classroom teacher and teacher librarian instructional collaborations" ( Scan Vol27 No2 May 2008) and can't believe I'm actually compelled to BLOG something on a Friday evening  at 9:30pm!!
My understanding from reading the summary of the ILILE program ( trying to be clever - it actually stands for Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education) reasearch in Ohio 2002 -2005 is that the DIFFERENCES between CTs and TLs with regards to the benefit of collaboration for THEMSELVES as Professionals is somewhat different.
Let me just clarify at this stage that I am a CT but want to be a TL so forgive me if I upset anyone!

INquiry Learning

Found a fantastic site QuEST written by Trevor Bond a New Zealander who created the SAUCE IL model.
Locate from http://ictnz.com/Inquiry%20Learning/inquirydefinition.htm

Bond (n.d.) defines inquiry learning as "an apporach that provides learners opportunities to develop skills  that enable them to locate, gather, analyse, critique and apply inofrmation in a wide range of contexts as they develop understanding."

Assignment Blues

Which Models do I choose? What standards should I select? Do I really have anything useful to say in my Blog?

Collaboration in Action

Term Two already! My TL and I have spent time organising a Web Quest to link in with the HSIE Unit Australia You're Standing In It (Stage 2). She has very kindly (and might I say selflessly) rescheduled her Admin time  so that it coincides with my Computer Lab time. The class will be divided into two grps. She will take half and go through the various print and video resources we have available in the library, and my grp will scroll through websites that we have selected to decide which ones are most suitable. We are starting with brainstorming of ideas using the bubbleus.com mind mapping tool and going from there.

Some New Thoughts

I had a surreal experience the other day. A friend of mine (and fellow tchr) has a son in Yr Nine who had to complete an assignment for School. She was telling me that not only didn't they understand the question, they had no idea how they would go about tackling it. I know this sounds really strange, but I actually suggested that we look at using an Info Lit Model(I'm really not looking for brownie points, but we attempted to use the PLUS Model). We were able to break the question down into parts to ascertain WHAT exactly he was being asked to do. We then followed the PLUS process to create a scaffold for him to follow in order to complete the assignment. God knows whether we were entirely successful, but he felt more confident with the result so that has to mean something!!

QUEST - Quality Education Support and Training

While scrolling through stuff online about Information Literacy Models (because let's face it that's all I seem to be doing lately) I found a site called QUEST - Quality Education Support and Training - written by Trevor Bond from New Zealand.
It had some great info re: different Models, ICT and Info Literacy as well as what I thought was easy to read and informative ideas about THINKING itself. There were links to various sites that further explained some of the models.
Trevor Bond is the creator of the  SAUCE process which is an Info Literacy Skills Model that facilitates pupils into inquiry learning, thinking and information literacy.
To read more info about SAUCE see:
http://ictnz.com/sauce-resources/SAUCEDiagram.htm