1. Where/What will you visit? Why did you choose to go there?
- For my Inquiry 1 investigation, I have chosen to go to the West Bloomfield Township Public Library located at 4600 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. I have chosen to explore and observe this location because I know many of my students live in the area and enjoy spending time reading at the library. As always, I want to find more ways to experience what my students are interested in.
2. What do you expect to see, hear, learn?
- When I take time to visit the library, I expect to see people of all different ages enjoying the books and using the technology. Furthermore, I expect to see a variety of book shelves with sections for every genre. I also expect to see a designated area for children to explore resources, as well as an adult section where most sophisticated resources will be located. I expect to hear mostly whispers and quiet conversations. The library should be a place to concentrate and focus, while still having various opportunities to explore and learn. While visiting the library, I expect to learn a lot about the community and how other cultures within the community use the library, refer to resources within the library, as well as what sorts of programs the library uses. I hope to see differentiation at the library in that there are many valuable resources for all cultures within the community, considering that West Bloomfield is a very diverse city. I hope to see a resources which cater to ELLs, programs for children and teens, and sections where adults can research and explore more sophisticated texts/materials.
3. How do your visits confirm or disconfirm your expectations?
-My visits to the West Bloomfield Township Public Library both confirm and disconfirm my original expectations. Each time I visited, I went after school, around 5 p.m., which may have affected how many overall people were present at the library (my visits were around dinner time). As expected, however, I saw people partaking in using the computers (technology) and reading various genres of text. I also found areas within the library which catered to ELLs (translation texts/materials), programs for children and teens, and sections where adults can research and explore more sophisticated texts/materials. For both kids and teens, and adults, there were calendars with all of the different programs for the months of September and October. The library also has a website, http://www.wblib.org, which is an excellent resource for community members to research books and upcoming events.
4. Relate 1,2, and 3 about specifically to literacy.
- At the library, I expect to see all types of literacies, including reading, writing, listening, and communicating. I also expect to see some new literacies, such as visual and digital throughout the library. I expect to see the community using the computers to blog use, use the internet, and use various sites of public communication (such as Facebook). I expect to see all types of writing while at the library; there will be a variety of texts categorized by genres which contain writing. I also expect to see computers which will provide opportunities for the community to write using a keyboard.
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