What kind of a teacher do I want to be?
Written by Jennifer Thomas, Sharon English High school Despite being a teacher for the last ten years I continue to be plagued by this question at different points in my professional life. I work with school students and with adults but I am not sure what kind of a teacher my students perceive me to […]
Being Flexible as Library Educators
All around us, we are hearing of practitioners seeking ideas for a rapid transfer to online modes. We sense that the library and practices with children, like other educational institutions with the same age group, feel that they have to rapidly transition to online and digital formats, adopting remote modes of teaching and learning since […]
LEC- Joyful Learning!
Written by R. Devabalan, LEC 2020 Having spent almost a quarter-century in development work, I had the privilege of participating in training, workshops, and multiple learning courses but the Library Educators Course organized by Bookworm Trust is unique. What makes LEC unique, are three things: the facilitators, the curriculum, and the mentoring support. The facilitators […]
My Library Dream
Written by Bhavna Faizullabhoy, LEC 2020 I still cannot believe that it has been a week since I returned from Goa, having completed a course in Library Education from Bookworm Trust Goa. Reading and books have always been an integral part of my existence and have shaped who I am. Sometime in 2019, I had […]
Learning from Stories and Stories of Learning
By Poonam Bhonsle, LEC 2020 I thrive on stories. As much as I love listening to stories I equally enjoy narrating them to others. This year the pandemic exposed me to different kinds of stories – of despair, of suffering, of anxiety and of grief. Amidst all this, I was worried whether I will be […]
LEC with Bookworm
My first year with the Library Educator Course (LEC) was an experience that threw open different doors and windows in my mind, and left me floating in the ideas that emerged. LEC is a seven month professional development course offered by Bookworm that consumes and excites. I stood on the fringes and let everything wash […]
The LEC Way
Written by Sonia Deshpande, LEC 2020 It was in a pre-pandemic February of 2020 that I eagerly applied to the Library Educators Course (LEC) offered by the Bookworm Trust, Goa. It was the title of the course that drew me to it, the bringing together of the library with education. The course was about to […]
Learnings from Displays
As a part of our mentoring support to a sister organisation, Prayog in Bihar, Nayan, Anandita and I found ourselves in Gopalganj Dt. of Bihar on a pleasant week in December 2020. The world of the pandemic and social distancing was cast aside to keep the glow of library possibilities alive. One of the requests […]
LEC 2020 – A unique lived experience
Written by Kuheli Sarkar, LEC 2020 Imagine you are planning a road trip, you have heard from people who have taken the trip earlier how exciting it is, and now you are looking forward to experiencing it. Suddenly something awful unfolds and you are no longer sure whether you’ll be able to make it. How […]
From Blended to Virtual, holding onto LECness
Written by Megha Dharnidharka, LEC 2017 My journey with LEC began in 2017 as a participant of the very first batch of LEC English. I couldn’t have imagined the profoundness of the experience and the manner in which it would transform my life. From the very first moment, I was struck by the welcoming and […]