At www.fno.org, I found an article in the educational technology journal that discusses why we still need libraries and librarians. According to the article, libraries and librarians are needed now more than ever due to the literacy challenges facing schools today. Many reports have declared a national crisis in reading comprehension. Unfortunately, many schools have diverted from working on comprehension and thinking skills to focus on laptops, whiteboards, and social networking which the article refers to as “edutainment”. Due to the new information landscape and technology, teacher librarians need to embrace these new challenges. Since many schools are pressured to go digital, a librarian can help balance that by collecting and displaying resources that appeal to the students, such as historical artifacts. During this decade of NCLB, librarians can help teachers with student performance on comprehension questions that rely on inference and synthesis. As a result of reading this article, I am interested in investigating the current status of librarians in Valley schools.
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