Last week, along with many other loyal organizers, I
assisted Dr. David Loerstcher to organize and facilitate the last U.S. TreasureMountain. It was held in Columbus Ohio and hosted by the famous INFOhio group. This
symposium has provided voice and leadership opportunities to hundreds of school
librarians over the last 26 years. It was during the 2007 event in Reno Nevada
that Liz Kerr, Sandi Zwaan and I made a pact to create a similar opportunity
for Canadian school library professionals. The success of our own TMC over the
past 8 years has long surpassed our hopes and dreams and we look forward to
TMC4 just a few months away.
The theme this year in Ohio was, Start a Revolution in the Learning Commons and sparked great papers
and passionate speakers and table talks. We started with engaging participants
as leaders of innovation in their schools and districts and kept building the
spirit of disruptive change and innovation throughout the two days we had
together.
Some key messages:
“Learning Commons is an ideal disruptive environment to
breed innovation” David Loertscher
“It’s the attitude of the maker we are building not the
makerspace.” Bill Derry
“Use your camera, use your camera.” Joyce Valenza on
Engaging Tools for Evidence Based Practice
“We want our learning commons to be a breeding ground for
intellectual discourse.” Ross Todd
Commitment to leading the learning commons revolution was
sealed with a BIG THINK activity that truly demonstrated the collaborative
genius of the room! This last TM event also paid tribute to David Loertscher
and his work over the years to support and enrich school libraries everywhere.
You will find some awesome tributes here on this collaborative presentation.
Thank you David.
Created by Ross Todd
We owe a lot to Dr. Loertscher, and of course we're so glad of the "pact" to take inspiration from his Treasure Mountain model to create TM Canada!
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