Chapter 2: The School Library as a Makerspace
Posted May 13, 2017 by Alice Robinson, West Babylon Teachers Association
In addition to the usual book talks, orientation lessons, project-based research and work on Internet safety and best practices, a junior high school librarian shares two different learning modalities she has incorporated with her students. These results-based activities have motivated students to read more, improved their literacy skills, increased their time on task and fostered more collaboration in and outside the Library Media Center.
Alice Robinson has been the librarian at West Babylon Junior High School for the past 15 years. Before this assignment, she was a school librarian in the New York City metropolitan area. She also worked as a children’s librarian at Queens Library. Robinson, a member of the West Babylon Teachers Association, has master’s degrees from Queens College and City College, and a Ph.D. from Fordham University.