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The Gift of School Libraries and Librarians Learning in the Curriculum LIB 601 Libraries and Learning Fall 2014

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Page 1: The Gift of Libraries and Librarians:  Learing in the Curriculum

The Gift of School Libraries and

Librarians

Learning in the

Curriculum

LIB 601 Libraries and Learning

Fall 2014

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School libraries give . . . • Room (virtual and real) for learning

–Today we need a learning commons, a learning

laboratory that is the foundation of all learning in the

school rather than a warehouse of information and

technologies. The new learning commons focuses on

client-centered programs pushing world-class excellence

throughout the school. Teacher-librarians in

partnerships with teacher technologists (the former tech

directors) and other learning specialists must look For

ways to capitalize on the rich resources, technologies,

spaces, and expertise available in the school library to

advance best-practice pedagogy and energize teaching

and learning for today's students and teachers. • Koechlin, C et al. (2008). The time is now: transform your

school library into a learning commons

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School Libraries give . . . • An opportunity to grow

– Our library is more libratory than

library. It is the center of our school.

It is often a little noisy. You can hear

the sounds of podcasters and video

production and storytelling and presentation.

– Library is not merely a place to get stuff. It is

a place to invent, to create, to make stuff, to

collaborate on stuff, and to share stuff. It is

more kitchen that grocery store. More

transformational than transactional.• Joyce Valenza, What librarians make. (Or Why Should I be

More than a Librarian?)

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School libraries and school librarians give . . .

• Places for pedagogy

– Connecting

• Students and librarians

• Students and teachers

• Teachers and teachers

• Teachers and librarians

• Students and teachers and information

http://www.njasl.info/wp-content/NJ_study/Phase2_ExecSum.pdf

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School librarians give . . . • Digital citizenship

– I teach kids to be solid and proud digital citizens. I teach

them to be kind bloggers and tweeters and networkers. I

help them understand their digital footprints, to build

academic digital footprints.

– When my kids build media, when they remix, they know

how to respect the intellectual property of others.

– They know about the Creative Commons movement.

They are beginning to attribute Creative Commons

licensing to their own work.

– They know the rights and the limits of Fair Use. They

know how to attribute credit, how to cite, how and when

to quote.• Valenza, What librarians make

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Gifts for Kentucky School Librarians?

• The Kentucky Department of Education

recommends the following resources for use in

guiding school media librarians, school

administrators and other school leaders in

improving the library programs at their schools:

– Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and

Learning in the Library

– School Library Media Program Rubric

– School Media Librarian Evaluation Instrument

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These gifts truly keep on giving!