Makerspaces in Libraries. Ten Things Your Administrator Needs to Know as the School Year Begins. 10.
That you are a teacher who teaches not content but process. You teach children to be information literate, digitally literate, media literate, and visually literate. The skills that you teach, the dispositions that you help children to develop, the responsibilities that you foster, and the self-assessment strategies that you instill will serve children not only in school but also in life. You are, first and foremost, a teacher! 9. 8. 7. Why Have a Technology Policy in Your School or Library? There are many benefits to using the Internet in elementary and intermediate education, but it is important for you to harness this powerful tool so that it is effective and safe for student use.
For every great educational site, there are several more that feature unacceptable content for children. One of the best ways to keep the internet safe is to teach responsible use, which is why developing and implementing your Appropriate Use Policy (AUP) is so imperative. Make sure that students understand that agreeing to the terms of your AUP is their “ticket” or “pass” for going online in the library. We recommend that you put your AUP in writing and print it out in the form of a contract. Have students, parents, and your principal commit to these rules by signing the contract. 4 important spaces every modern library should have.
There is a promising potential in making use of the library’s services in new ways.
This is why libraries are more valued now for their spaces and the opportunities that they create for the community, such as support for education, access to recent technologies and help for local businesses and much more. As Kathryn Zickuhr from the Pew Research Center points out there’s no one thing people want their libraries to be. They want their libraries to be lots of things, a place where they can study and meet with friends and attend meetings — and more.
In the last post of our series we’ve explored the various services users want from a library (haven’t read it? You can find it here). 1. A recent report from Pew Research Center data on US library attendance interestingly shows that millennials are the most frequent visitors to a public library, with 53% of survey respondents ages 18-35 visiting a public library or bookmobile in 2016.
What is a Learning Commons? Sustaining Momentum for School Transformation — Inquiry Schools. Cross Posted with the AWSA Update Bulletin ahead of Executive Director, Diana Laufenberg, keynoting the School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education (SLATE) convention in Wisconsin.
If you’ve been listening to any conversation about education over the past few years, you’ve heard the buzzwords – change, innovation, and reform. “They” tell you to be innovative, to shift/change your normal and rethink how you do everything. What is old is bad, what is new is good. The rate at which these messages hit your inbox, scroll through social media and populate the pages of publications is dizzying. I know because I’ve been messaging, posting, and writing about these ideas for the past 5 years The entire time, I’ve had one immense concern - sustainability.
Through my work with Inquiry Schools, I observe many districts, schools and teachers having incredibly thoughtful and difficult conversations about moving in new directions. Permission Support Accountability Community Engagement Discipline. Librarian Philosopher - Hiring a great School Librarian. It is that time of year to interview and hire great School Librarians.
I hesitated a long time creating this post fearing that some candidate might find it and give my answers to my interview questions (below) back to me just to get the job. I have decided that if a Librarian fabricates their answers not in line with their own philosophy just to get a job, then if they get hired, they will be miserable as I put pressure on them to follow the philosophy indicated in the interview. Here is a list of the characteristics I think a great School Librarian has (in priority order): First, a School Librarian must be able to build quality relationships with the staff. All the collaboration, the delivery of staff development, and the general running of an active School Library depend on successful relationships with each member of the staff including the administrators.
All decisions must be made based on what is best for the student. The student comes to the Library motivated to learn something. Manifesto for 21st Century Teacher Librarians. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published as a Tag Team Tech column on www.voyamagazine.com.
It has been reprinted and reproduced numerous times and in many places. We are making it available here to ensure that all of our readers have seen it. Manifesto for 21st Century Teacher Librarians By Joyce Kasman Valenza October 2010 A couple of summers back a young school librarian, fresh out of library school, asked a very honest question at one of our state retreats: We’re all doing different stuff. Well into the 21st century, it is clear that the concept of modern teacher librarian practice is not clear. Why a Makerspace in the Library. Makerspace for Education - Home. 21st Century Learning/Teaching: Learning Commons Transformation - Ten Steps. Many Schools and Boards are creating plans to become 21st Century Learning/Teaching Districts.
Most would agree that 21st Century Teaching and Learning focuses on some key skills including: 1. Creative Problem Solving 2. Critical Thinking 3. Communication 4. Collaboration These skills are highlighted at many sites including the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. So where does the library fit in? This is where the Learning Commons comes into play.
The Ontario Library Association has produced an excellent resource "Together for Learning - School Libraries and the Emergence of the Learning Commons" as a resource for re-inventing the school library for the 21st Century. What is a Learning Commons? Transitioning a High School Library to a Learning Commons.