Reading Review Blog Post #3

Learning Commons exploration

One of the places I looked at for information on Learning Commons was T.E. Scott's webpage. http://tescott.org/category/t-e-scott-learns/ I found this website relevant to my topic as it is an example of a learning commons from a school in the district in which I work. There wasn't a lot of information detailing the before and after transformation, but I liked the collection of images from the finished learning commons, the humorous video of teachers taking on new technology and get rid of the old, and the fact that it is a local example for me.

Learning Commons at T.E. Scott Elementary. Image courtesy of T.E. Scott Elementary.

The other two sources of information for learning commons I found were from http://www.coyotecreeklibrary.blogspot.ca and 
http://commonsconnections.edublogs.org. I found coyotecreek blogspot helpful in that the presentation of the blog was interactive and interesting and provided good ideas for making a library blog.

Image courtesy of Coyote Creek Library

The common connections blog is another local example with great ideas including grade 2's tweeting about their learning on the iPads.

Image Courtesy of Commons Connections

Most of the information I collected about Learning Commons was from School Blogs and websites. To continue my exploration of this topic, I will need to find other sources of information about learning commons besides school blogs for variety.