Making Us Believers
Words matter to Amanda Williams, which is why she calls herself a Glitterarian who works in a Learning Commons, rather than a Librarian who works in a Library. She isn’t happy with compliant students who learn passively. Her interests lie in engaging students so that they can be empowered by their own learning. The "Loose Parts" area ready to be used How does she do this? Well, we’re not sure if Amanda is an expert in Feng Shui or not, be we immediately felt comfortable and welcome when we walked into the Learning Commons at John T. Tuck Public School. Amanda is a passionate advocate for Maker Education and she has transformed the school library into a Makerspace ( just don’t call it a Library, it’s a Learning Commons ). It was quiet in the space, so we had a chance to sit down and chat about what Maker Education could offer to students. Amanda spoke with passion about how grade 3 students were asked to construct models of shelters that ...