My Conversation with Mrs. Baccomo
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Emily Baccomo about the shared foundation of engage. This foundation is centered on the safe, legal, and ethical use and creation and sharing of information. Throughout our conversation, I was able to see how she structures her middle school library and the thoughtfulness that she puts into creating materials to use with students and teachers alike. I learned that in everything that she creates and promotes that she is modeling this domain. For example, she annually trains the faculty on copyright as the law states. The last three years I have been in a classroom and never have been trained on the copyright laws. I appreciated that she makes it a point to do this with her teachers and shows them resources to use that are free to use. I learned about a new website to use called Copyright and Creativity. Something that we both related on is that we should all be modeling to students ou...