Top 10 Reasons to Collaborate

Top Ten Reasons to Collaborate:

10. Keeps you on your toes.

9. Ensures that your library is the center of attention.

8. Forces the techno-phob teachers to integrate technology into their lessons.

7. Refreshes stale teaching.

6. Lightens the heavy load of project based learning.

5. After all the practice playing SIMS, you get to create a real world perfect learning environment.

4. Demystify the notion that you are the wizard “behind the curtain” by empowering teachers with new skills.

3. Finally get the “modeling” career you’ve always dreamed of, but get to model successful real world practices instead of fashion clothing.

2. Get President Bush off your back by increasing test scores.

1. Use the most valuable resource in your library: YOU!

** Would not use this language while talking to my principal, but just use it as organizing my thoughts.

Nay-sayers might say:

Its hard to work with others.
It takes up too much time to plan a collaborative lesson.

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