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Expanding Literacies Through School Libraries A Panel Presentation for The National Council of Teachers of English 2010 Annual Conference Orlando, Florida

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Page 1: Expanding Literacies Through School Libraries

Expanding Literacies Through School Libraries

A Panel Presentation for

The National Council of Teachers of English

2010 Annual Conference

Orlando, Florida

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Why do libraries matter in literacy learning?

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“Connecting literacy and libraries is not always as intuitive as we would like”

-Loertscher, 2009

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Kristin FontichiaroSchool of InformationUniversity of [email protected]@activelearningblog.schoollibrarymonthly.com

The School Libraryas a Space for Innovative Thinking

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That Was Then

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This is Now

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ThisIs Now

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2 months later – during summer vacation!

Last week of school (June)

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Notteaching aboutresources

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Butteaching THROUGHresources!

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Some Findings

“When children have access to more books at home, at school, or at the public library, they read more.”

“Children from higher-income families have access to reading material they like, but children from lower-income families do not”

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What hit me . . .

• “ . . . the ability to read well is the single best indicator of future economic success—regardless of background.”

• “An extra 15 minutes of reading per day can lead to three months of additional growth.”

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2008

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Questions• What multicultural

resources did my library offer?

• What did the students want to read?

• How could I provide more access to the materials students wanted?

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The Results• Added interest in all types

of books

• Increased library circulation

• More staff participation in literacy projects

• A culture of reading

• Increased test scores

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Libraries Increase Learning Potential

Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

Prediction

Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

PredictionStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ModelingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ModelingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ModelingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ModelingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ExperimentationStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

ExperimentationStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Conceptual Processes

EvaluationStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Analytic Processes

PlanningStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Analytic Processes

PlanningStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Analytic Processes

PlanningStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Analytic Processes

JudgmentStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

TeamworkStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

TeamworkStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

TeamworkStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

InfluenceStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

InfluenceStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

InfluenceStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

InfluenceStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

NegotiationStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

DescribingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

DescribingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Social Processes

DescribingStephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Student Circulation, 2003 to date

Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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Teens Served, 2003 to 2009

Stephens NCTE 11/20/10

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An Updated Vision: Libraries and Literacies

Beth Friese - University of Georgia

[email protected] - @librarybeth

NCTE, 2010

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Research Process:What about the product?

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Multigenre Research

• Follows inquiry principles• Familiar research process• Main difference is in research products• Examples from my students and our

Inquiry into Diversity Projects

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Journals

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Poetry

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Concrete Poetry

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Wordles

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Brochures& News

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Comics

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Glogster

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Books

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Commercials& Songs

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Annotated Maps& Passports

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Examples from Buffy Hamilton’s Unquiet Library

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Partner with New Teachers

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Libraries as Literacy Laboratories

• Raw Materials (Mentor Texts, Primary Sources, Other Resources)

• Procedures (Research)• Tools (Technologies, 2.0)• Experimentation (Curiosity, Inquiry, Failure,

Mess)• Ideas, Collaboration, Celebration• Publication of New Discoveries (At all Levels)

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Changing from Nouns to Verbs

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Libraries continue transforming from

places to get stuff into places to do stuff

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Create!

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Your Questions, Comments, and Contributions

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References

Allen, C. A., & Swistak, L. (2004). Multigenre research: The power of choice and interpretation. Language Arts, 81(3), 223-232.

Hamilton, B. (2009). Students creating content with multigenre learning artifacts. The Unquiet Librarian [blog] http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/students-creating-content-with-multigenre-learning-artifacts/

Loertscher, D. V. (2009). Connections with people and ideas and the Learning Commons. In D. V. Loertscher (Ed.), Connections: Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat (pp. 9-32). Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research

& Publishing.