Transforming Collaboration

Keith, E.K.

CO-Collaboration
CO-Collaboration Strategies
CO-Collaboration Tools


Jones, S., & Green, L. (2012). Transforming Collaboration. Teacher Librarian, 40(2), 26-31.

The benefits of collaboration between teacher librarians and classroom teachers is examined and how the use of Web 2.0 tools facilitates collaboration and impacts student learning. The teacher librarian's ability to develop collaborative online learning opportunities takes learning outside of the school walls so that learning can occur anytime and anywhere.

This article will be inspirational to teacher librarians who value collaboration with classroom teachers. It outlines several ways to press your thinking about collaboration in new directions. In addition, it includes a handy list of collaborative tools at the end of the article.