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 […]
From Theory to Praxis – Library Educators Course 2020
Written by Nivedita V. Bedadur, LEC 2020 I was waiting to sign up for LEC, Bookworm, Goa for almost more than a decade. I had heard about it when a Hindi version opened up. I remember friends telling me about it. I remember me wanting to be there because in my imagination it was all […]
The Magic Weavers of Bookworm
Written by Prerna Agarwal, LEC 2020 ‘Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life’s greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.’ This quote by Taylor Caldwell overlooked my senior school corridor and always made me wonder, ‘How can that be?’ For my […]
Library Educators Unite Online
Written by Dwithiya Raghavan, LEC 2020 How do you move a course that has so far run in the wonderous haven for readers that is the Bookworm library in Goa into tiny Zoom windows without losing its soul? Ask the Bookworm team and they will tell you how! Thanks to the pandemic, they were pushed […]
The Underworld of our Virtual Work Life
The clock reads 17 minutes to scheduled zoom session My heart reads […]
A Journey to Remember
Written by Nayan Mehrotra, LEC 2019 The journey of experiencing the library educators course was enriching and exciting on many levels. Before doing the course, I had a small open library which I was running out of my passion for library work. I did not know much of the practices and approaches which I got […]
In Community, we trust
Written by Sowmya Ravindranath, Library Educator, Valley school, Bangalore “A course in Goa?! What fun!”, said a friend. I would’ve certainly said the same thing if someone told me they were off to Goa for a course contact-week. That’s the thing about Goa. Then again, that’s also the thing about the course. LEC makes you […]
So many ways to see, and so many more ways to relate …
Written by Swetha Nambiar, LEC 2019 Have you seen a cat ? Have you seen a child see a cat ? Have you seen a dog see a cat ? Have you seen a fish, a rat or a bee see a cat ? You can, if you pick up “They all saw a cat” […]
A Rush of Joy-My LEC Journey
Written by Surya Prakash, LEC 2019 I was introduced to Bookworm’s LEC Course way back in 2017 when one of my well wishers suggested me, “Surya, if you are working on libraries, you should attend this course”. And I found many excuses and made sure not to attend this until I got a glimpse of […]
An Opening Door towards Libraries and Children’s Literature
Written by Bhawna (Project Coordinator with ‘The Community Library Project’), LEC 2019 While attending the Library Educators Certificate Course (LEC), organized by Bookworm, I and most of the participants felt that the space was safe. It was as if we were by ourselves. The space was so connectable that we were able to even share […]