Why I Chose it Becoming a 21st Century School or District: Use the 4Cs to Support Teachers Welcome back to our series on becoming a 21st century school or district. For the earlier installments of this series, please scroll to the bottom of this page. We have covered a lot of ground since we started this 7 step series. We have talked about embracing the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) and embedding them in professional development (step 4), and curriculum and assessment (step 5). But, the goals of your initiative can't be accomplished if your teachers aren't supported in making them happen in the classroom for each and every student. Engage Your Teachers Your 21st century education initiative rests upon your ability to engage and support every teacher in their practice around the 4Cs. Give them a copy of "Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century: An Educator's Guide to the Four Cs" from the National Education Association. Help teachers visualize 21st century classroom practice by showing them videos of 21st century classrooms. Conclusion
Taming Information Chaos with the Power of 2.0 We Asked for 2.0 Libraries and We Got 2.0 Librarians « The Other Librarian We are closing in on a year after the September 1st article in Library Journal proposing a “new model of library service” called “Library 2.0.” Unless you have been asleep in your library duties, you ought to know that Library 2.0 calls for things like user-centered change, reduced institutional boundaries, and a heightened awareness of social software and related technologies. My sense is that the prominence of the Library 2.0 moniker has plateaued and we are about to see put it in with nostalgia-inducing sayings such as “groovy” and “smashing.” I see the obsolescence of the phrase as an indicator of success. Sure, it was hype. No Guff, it was all Hype The success of library 2.0, as is to be expected, has been mixed. Examples of Librarian 2.0 changing Librarians As I’ve said, while we called for changes in libraries we actually got changes in librarians. There’s no doubt that Library 2.0 got librarians to learn about themselves and the world of information they live in. The ILS Gaming
TPACK iPad Project In Schools (TIPS) | Dr Jenny Lane – Edith Cowan University Why I Chose it What exactly does a 21st century teacher librarian do? A list of curated topics in Scoop.it « Melbourne High School Library On the topic of the teacher librarians’ role and exactly what it is we TLs do in our jobs, I wanted to share this article in The Guardian: Beyond books: what it takes to be a 21st century librarian. We all know that there’s more to being a librarian than stamping books, as the subtitle of the article states. How bothered are we by the fact that a large proportion of our school communities have little idea what we do? If we stopped the next person walking by on the street and asked them what our jobs as librarians involve, we’d be willing to bet that their first answer would be stamping books. This is because many people’s experience of librarians is of the frontline, customer service staff. I think the same can be said of school libraries although it varies greatly depending on the interaction between teacher librarians and teaching staff. Of course, in the digital age, in fact, in the global digital culture in particular, teacher librarians play a vital role in schools. Like this:
The Next Big Thing is Web 3.0. Catch It If You Can The Reading Warehouse is America's #1 book source for Teachers and Schools.