BEING A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN IN FRANCE : HOW TO USE

PEER NETWORKING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVLOPMENT

Valérie GLASSTeacher-librarian

valerie.glass@yahoo.fr

PLAN

1. Institutional program : district meetings2. The role of professional associations :

professional days3. Development of school library skills

through social networks : Twitter

1. Institutional program : district meetings (1)

• The French public school system and localauthorities : the Academies.

• « 3D » initiative : « DevelopingDocumentation in the District »

• « 3D » initiative : purpose andorganization, objectives of meetings

1. Institutional program : district meetings (2)

Example : 3D meetings in 2013/2014• Main topic for the year : « Practices and

didactics of digital cultures »• 5 subtopics : online collaboration, digital

citizenship, critical reading and informationproduction, serious games, learning anduse of digital reading and writing

1. Institutional program : district meetings (3)

• Topic chosen by the district : « digitalcitizenship »

• Objective : writing lesson plans aboutdigital citizenship (levels chosen : middlehigh school and high school)

• http://pointdoc.ac-creteil.fr/spip.php?article273

2. The role of professionalassociations : professional days(1)

• Held by the FADBEN (Federation ofFrench Teacher Librarians)

• Professional days : purpose,organization and objectives

2. The role of professional associationsprofessional days(2)• Example of a professional day organized

by the ADBEN of Versailles on 2nd April2014

• Theme : « Media and information literacy: a new challenge for teacher librarian »

http://adben-versailles.fr/spip.php?article15

2. The role of professional associationsprofessional days(3)• Organization : presentations and

discussions, lecture and panel debates,round table discussions

• Objective : renew theoretical knowledgeand practices in school librarianship, timediscussion between peers

3. Development of school libraryskills through social networks :Twitter

• Use of a personal Twitter account :principle, purpose and objectives

• Steps : 1) subscription to professional andinstitution accounts 2) subscription toteacher-librarians accounts

• www.twitter.com

CONCLUSION

• Meetings, professional days and socialnetworks : means to share informationbetween peers.

• Professional development on sharingexperiences on tools, practices andtheoretical knowledge.

REFERENCES• POINT.DOC. Le site des professeurs documentalistes de l’académie de Créteil.

Point.Doc - Productions des districts 2013-2014. Disponible sur : http://pointdoc.ac-creteil.fr/spip.php?article273 , accessed 14 june 2015.

• ADBEN Versailles. Journée professionnelle interacadémique. Disponible sur :http://adben-versailles.fr/spip.php?article15, accessed 14 june 2015.

• LE CROSNIER, Hervé (dir.). Culturenum : jeunesse, culture & éducation dans lavague numérique. C&F ed., 2013, 207 p.

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• CORDIER Anne. Imaginaires, représentations, pratiques formelles et non formellesde la recherche d’information sur Internet : le cas d’élèves de 6e et de professeursdocumentalistes. Université Charles de Gaulle – Lille-III. 2011. Disponible sur :http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/73/76/37/PDF/THESE_Volume_1.pdf,accessed 14 june 2015.