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Engaging and empowering school libraries is a podcast that aims to raise the profile of school libraries by talking about topics that are current across education and teaching. We talk about issues that impact school libraries and invite guests to come along and speak on selected topics keeping our chats lively, engaging and current. We hope you enjoy listening. Find more CPD for school librarians and teachers here https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/
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Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Today we revisited our discussion around ChatGPT and AI. As this new technology unfolds it is important for us to continue talking about our new learning and the impact these new tools will have on education, especially for school libraries. We were joined today by my co-host school librarian Sabrina Cox and our guests were Darryl Toerien, Head of Inquiry Learning and Jenny Toerien, School Librarian and EPQ Co-ordinator both at Blanchelande College in Guernsey and Dr Kay Oddone Course Director and Lecturer, Master of Education: Teacher Librarianship, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
IFLA School Library Guidelines https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/assets/school-libraries-resource-centers/publications/ifla-school-library-guidelines.pdf
The Golden Threads of Your School Library https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5ir4s-1416762
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
In this episode, we talk about the role that senior leaders play in not only creating a good school library but helping ensure that it is used across the curriculum too. As always I am joined by my co-host Sabrina Cox and we are delighted to welcome back Peter Middleton, headmaster of Oswestry School alongside his school librarian Claire Livsey. They were joined by School librarian Ruth Maloney who some of you may recognise as my other co-host but is wearing a different hat this evening alongside her deputy head Joe Jardine-Viner.
Great School Libraries campaign https://www.greatschoollibraries.org.uk/
Engaging and Empowering School Libraries membership https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/aboutmembership
As always if you would like to comment on anything you have heard this evening we would love to hear your thoughts.
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Tonight I was joined by my friend and colleague Stony Evans. We have been working collaboratively for nearly 7 years, starting when we were both ready to open the doors of our school libraries internationally for the benefit of our teachers and students. Tonight we are going to share our journey of international collaboration, highlighting the benefits as well as giving some ideas that you may want to try yourselves.
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
This week we are discussing how school librarians can empower themselves and the profession by focusing on the organisations and schools they work in. We also covered the importance of building support networks within and beyond school libraries.
I was joined by my co-hosts and school librarians Sabrina Cox and Ruth Maloney and our guests were Sue Wills MBE Assistant director: Arts, Culture, Heritage at Surrey County Council, Sue Williamson MBE Vice President of CILIP and Luke Burton Director of Libraries at Arts Council England
More information about my membership can be found here https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/aboutmembership
ASCEL - https://www.ascel.org.uk/
CILIP - https://www.cilip.org.uk/
SLA - https://www.sla.org.uk/
Libraries Connected - http://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/
Steam up your library -https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/sites/default/files/STEAM%20Up%20Your%20Library%20Guide.pdf
If you have any comments on this podcast we would love to hear your thoughts.
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
This week we are returning to the topic of online resources for school libraries. Back in November we chatted to school librarians about how school libraries could provide online resources on a budget. This time however we are looking more closely at 2 resources that bring something else to teaching and learning. The first is Bedrock learning, the second is Massolit, and for those with very little budget we are including some free ones for you to consider too.
In this session I am joined by my co-hosts and school librarians Sabrina Cox and Ruth Maloney and our guests are also school librarians Gareth Evans and Clare Brumpton.
More information about my membership can be found here https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/aboutmembership
Resources spoken about during podcast discussion and some extra ones from Gareth
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Abbeyfield School Bedrock Learning Help Zone: https://sites.google.com/view/abbeyfieldlrc/bedrock-learning-help-zone
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Bedrock Learning: bedrocklearning.org
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Britannica Magazine: https://britannicamagazine.co.uk/
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IDL Literacy and Numeracy : idlsgroup.com
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Into Film +: www.intofilm.org
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Issues Online: https://www.issuesonline.co.uk/
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Newspaper for Schools “News Library”: https://www.nlamediaaccess.com/newspapers-for-schools/
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Open Access Research Databases: https://sites.google.com/view/abbeyfieldlrc/open-access-research-databases
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The National Theatre Collection via Drama online: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/schools/national-theatre-collection/#uk-state-secondary-fe
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VLeBooks: VLeBooks (brownsbfs.co.uk)
- QFiles: https://www.q-files.com/
We would also recommend that you use your local public library to gain access to free online resources
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
This week we are talking about campaigning for school libraries and why it is important. The Great School Libraries Campaign was set up 4 years ago as a joint venture between the School Library Association, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and CILIP SLG (School Library Group).
Tonight I am joined by my co-host and school librarian Sabrina Cox and our guests this evening are the joint Chairs of the campaign, Alison Tarrant, CEO of the School Library Association and Mary-Rose Grieves, a school librarian working at the Hartland International School of Dubai.
We talk campaigning, misconceptions, Ofsted, AI and the future of school libraries. The future is bright...
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
This podcast is about ChatGPT and AI within education and the role that the school librarian can play in helping students and teachers engage with with it. After initially deciding that I needed to know more about all of this back in December the AI world has exploded and it is virtually impossible to keep up to date with everything new that is now available. We felt that another conversation about what the school librarian can and should be aware of going forward.
Tonight I was joined by my co-host school librarian Sabrina Cox as well as John Royce a freelance consultant and trainer, Susan Merrick a teacher-librarian who is at an international school in Surrey and Jeri Hurd is a teacher-librarian based in Korea. We are very grateful that she has got up at 4am to be with us.
Resources spoken about during podcast discussion
Other podcasts
If you want to listen to previous podcast about ChatGPT you will find them here. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tz753-1361bb0 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ki5s3-138719d
My membership information https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/aboutmembership
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
This podcast was recorded on Twitter Spaces in May 2022. Ruth Maloney and Elizabeth Hutchinson chatted to author, Ann Bryant about the role the school librarian plays in making an author visit something memorable for both the visiting author and the students.
We had a wonderful conversation about how to make sure the questions your students ask are of value to everyone. Some great ideas to ensure this happens.
Ann Bryant. https://www.annbryant.co.uk/
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