Googleable vs Non-Googleable Questions. When we're working with schools on our Design Thinking School programme, one of the easiest ways to explain what we're looking for in the way a project is set, is whether the statement or questions being asked can be Googled easily: is this a Googleable or Not Googleable topic?
The Why Every topic, every bit of learning has content that can be Googled, and we don't want teachers wasting precious enquiry time lecturing that content. We want students, instead, to be using class time to collaborate and debate around the questions that are Not Googleable, the rich higher order thinking to which neither the textbook nor the teacher know the answers. And, where we do have "Googleable facts" for students to learn, the snap-decision shouldn't always be to 'teach' it. Conference Materials from Preconference on Professional Development. Hop over to the NoodleTools site, where Debbie Abilock, Vi Harada, and I have posted our conference materials – and a post-conference follow-up document — from our ALA/AASL preconference on professional development.
We’re also curious to know whether you’d be interested in an ongoing conversation about librarians as professional developers. If so, we’d love to hear from you via this survey. Picture Book Month. Splash. Lesson Plan Resources for Teacher Librarians.