[CASL-L] Blocked sites/using digital tools - great article from NPR's KQED (California) featuring our esteemed colleague Michelle Luhtala

[Lynn Rappaport]

Why Trust Is A Crucial Ingredient in Shaping Independent Learners
<http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/11/why-trust-is-a-crucial-ingredient-to-shaping-independent-learners/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202508>

“When you try to use a computer in a school, it’s shocking what is
blocked,” saidMichelle Luhtala <https://twitter.com/mluhtala>, head
librarian at New Caanan High School in Connecticut during an edWeb
<http://home.edweb.net/> webinar. *“That is not 21st century learning.”*
Luhtala doesn’t believe schools can make good on their promise to prepare
kids for the world that awaits them outside school walls if they don’t
first prepare them to use the tools to operate online in safe ways. She
acknowledges that letting students direct their own learning in virtual
spaces can be scary and that it takes a lot of trust.

P.S. Congrats Michelle

Lynn A. Rappaport, MLS
School Librarian
John C. Clark School
Hartford, CT
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