ecis librarians and mfl teachers

Beyond Books – Collaboration between MFL Teachers and Librarians in International Schools

Stuart Crouch Head of Senior School Libraries

International School of Düsseldorf

Stuart Crouch

• crouchs@isdedu.de

• www.isdseniorlibraries.com

• Faculty Member at the IB Online Curriculum Centre

• http://goo.gl/4E4NL

Today’s Discussion

• Examples from ISD

• Floor discussion and sharing of ideas and experiences

• Email me at: crouchs@isdedu.de and I’ll mail you the finished product http://goo.gl/4E4NL

Website Links

Central Library Website.Links to internal and external e-Resources.OPAC – with multiple language interfaces.DP – in-house resources to support the curriculum.Mind maps and other graphic tools.Reading lists in variety of languagesRequest form for new materials.

Resources

Books – in 6-8 languagesNewspapers in various languagesPeriodicals

DVDs and audiobooks

Online newspapers and periodicalsE-Resources

Graphic novels

Enter the virtual world

• Aurasma

Create a videoAdd it to an Aurasma pictureDownload the app and share your channel

Many uses in schools and libraries

Events

The Hunger Games in all the school’s official languages.

Visit from Japanese author, video placed on Library website.

Banned books – display with original and translated copies.

World Book Day – free books given away. Initiative of German department.

Welttag des Buches

German teacher organised the distribution of free books to staff and students.

Organised by Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

Favourite Books (on display in various languages)

• Ms. Bortz Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

• Ms. Korec-Radloff El candidato melancólico by José Antonio Millán

• Mr. Layman IT /The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

• Mrs. Raider Wahlverwandschaften by J.W. Goethe, Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann

The sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway

• Ms. Ceberio La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca

• Ms. Manning Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)

ISD Senior School Short Story Writing CompetitionSee the Library Website for details:http://www.isdseniorlibraries.com/short-story-competition.htmlWrite a great story and win a prize. Ask Mr. Crouch, Dr. Mertin or Ms. Janning for details

DisplaysKorean – parents were informed and came to Library to view the work of their own children.

English department trip to Delft – resources from Library.

German department/Library – two authors

Banned Book Week – teachers bring their classes to view the resources, background information, etc.

Curriculum

Other Mother Tongues

What the future bringscrouchs@isdedu.de

Time to Sharecrouchs@isdedu.de

• http://exuc.wordpress.com/category/comics using animation in class - Victor Gonzalez (with permission)

The Rationale

The mission of Librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. Knowledge is created by conversation…

(Lankes, R. David. The Atlas of New Librarianship. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2011)

This presentation is available:

• URL: http://goo.gl/4E4NL

• crouchs@isdedu.de

• OCC Librarians

• http://www.isdseniorlibraries.com

• http://stuartcrouchwriting.weebly.com