this is for anyone who thinks…. reading literature and information literacy is important
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This is For
Anyone who thinks…
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Reading
Literature
And
Information Literacy
Is important
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This is for you
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Who needs a…
School Library Media Specialist?
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Scenarios
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Looked for information….
But never found
Frustration
Wasted time and effort
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I finally found it!!
….apply scanning tunneling microscopy to laterally nanostructured materials obtained by using SPM-based nanofabrication based on strong mechanical electronical interaction between probe tip and..
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So what?
I don’t understand it
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!!*&^%$ computer
Presentation
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Isn’t there anyone
who can
help me?
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Hey mom….hey dad…
“I need a book on purple dinosaurs..”
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Why didn’t you get a book
at school?
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Public libraries
Closed – due to budget cuts
Collections– General Public –– broad
– School – tailored to specific curriculum needs of students
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Ever lose a position due to budget cuts?
Where does the ‘extra’ work go?
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Full plate….
teachers have the time and energy
ensure collections
contain ….
latest and
best resources?
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Teahers will remove outdated material from the library
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Surf Internet
0 or 10,000 search results
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Teachers & Parents
180 hours
University of Hawaii
to effectively teach
basic database searching
Cost $600/person
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Take turns..
• Man the library• 7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
Recess Lunch
After school
• Temporary
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The other option…
Library closed
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Who will select what your child reads?
volunteer…..
different agenda
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Volunteer….
beliefs….
religion….
lifestyle
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Intellectual freedomAmerican Library Association
seek and receive information from all points of view
all expressions of ideas
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Would you shop at a store…
• That has no sales clerks?
• Business
• no people
• Hospital
• No doctors
• Library
• no librarians
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a classroom…
that has
no teacher
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A library is …
A classroom
A librarian is a teacher
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So why send you child
To an empty library?
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Back to our single question.
Should we have a
Librarian Media Specialist?
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Beyond Technology Questioning, Research and the Information
Literate School
By Jamie McKenzie, Ed.D.
Copyright:2000
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Essential ?
How do we cope …with a shrinking budget?
What does it mean to be ….a school with no librarian?
What kind of people …. shall our children be?
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Subsidiary ?
Take essential questions
break down into small questions
provide insight
2
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- Essential question –
Do we have a school where our children have no access to a school librarian media specialist?
-Subsidiary ?.-Potential benefits
-Obstacles to overcome
-Available resources?
-Who is involved?
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Potential Benefits
Savings pennies
But at the cost of losing ….
Our children’s literacy?
Subsidiary ?
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• Neil K. Duke
Mean of 3.6 minutes per day spent reading in 1st grade class room
– Reading Research Quarterly 35 (2000)
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Anne McGill-Franzon
“Simply providing teachers with a generous supply of children’s books had little effect on the educational outcomes of students”
“Putting Books in the Classroom Seems Necessary But not Sufficient.” The Journal of Educaiton Research 1993 (2) 67-74
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Stephen Krashen (5):
Literacy is a problem to throw money at
…pour money into library books
…Make sure they get read
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Potential Benefits
100 years of research
Free voluntary reading - lots of it
Best predictor of 7 essential achievement basics:• Comprehension, spelling, grammar, vocabulary
• Writing style, verbal fluency, general knowledge
Subsidiary ?
National Assessment of Educational Progress 2000US Federal Government
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Hypothetical ?
Suppose….What if…
What’s the worst / best that might happen?
3
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Worst that could happen..
Children go to the library less
read less
Children’s books = 50% more rare words than adult prime-time TVLoertscher, David. Reinventing Your School’s Library in the Age of Technology 2002
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Best that could happenKeeping a Librarian Media Specialist:
– Avid readers
– Strong research skills
– Positive impact on raising students’ achievements
– Teachers have a collaboration partner
Ontario School Library Association 2002
Hypothetical
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Best that could happen
Children – can read
Students - Information literate
Employees - Problem-solve and propose solutions
Hypothetical
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Telling ?
Precise, quantifiable
Percentages %
Statistics
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Improve student achievement
Achieve standardized test scores
15% – 20% higher than schools
without a library media specialist(1)
• Ontario School Library Association
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National Education Association
Task force on Reading
2000
14 states can’t be wrong
Scholastic Research & Results. School Libraries WorkAccessed
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Consistant results (6)
• Full time certified Library Media specialist• High Reading Test scores
– Iowa (2002) Missouri (2003)– Colorado (2000) New Mexico (2002)– Massachusetts (2002) North Carolina (2003)– Michigan (2003) Oregon (2001)– Florida (2002) Pennsylvania (2000)– Texas (2001) Alaska (1999)– Minnesota (2003)
Scholastic Research & Results. School Libraries WorkAccessed
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Also discovered…
large collection of reading material in the school library ….
is NOT enough to generate high academic achievement by students
increase reading scores…Staffed with qualified school librarians
Scholastic Research & Results. School Libraries WorkAccessed
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Planning ?
Which medium will provide:
• the most reliable and relevant information
• A speedy discovery process
• with optimal efficiency?
5
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Internet
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Clarification ?
Mountain of information
block
rather than promote understanding
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Internet Quality Control
cesspool of waste
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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Info-glut and data smog
Pertinent and useful
Opinions vs facts
Reliable from the unreliable
Beyond Technology – Jamie McKenzie
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Internet Quality Control
Doesn’t Exist
Race relations from Klan sites
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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Who’s going to help your child
Recognize
propaganda,
bias
distortion
Beyond Technology – Jamie McKenzie
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Why the Internet is no substitute for a librarian
1) Not Everything Is on the Internet
over one billion Web pages
only about 8% of all journals are on the Web, and an even smaller fraction of books are there
very few substantive materials on the Internet are free..
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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Internet vs Librarian
• Internet searches limited
– Here are 10 articles on Native Americans. We have 40 others but we’re not going to let you see them
– Need to go through several search engines
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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States Can Now Buy One Book and Distribute to Every Library on the
WebVendors delivering e-books allow only one
digitized copy per library.
If you check out an e-book over the Web, I can’t have it until you return it.
if you’re late getting the book back, it’s charged to your credit card automatically
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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Virtual electronic library
• California Polytechnic State University
• World’s highest concentration of engineers and computer geeks,
• explored the possibility for two years.
• Their solution?
• traditional library with a strong digital Media Librarian
Strategic ?
American Library Association
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Only need what’s written in the past 15 years?
Vendors offering magazine access routinely add a new year while dropping an earlier one.
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Internet
It is not a librarian teacher
tool
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Clarification ?
• What does ‘temporary’ mean?
• How was the case developed for eliminating a position?
• Who made this suggestion?
• Based on what data?
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• What have other’s tried before?
• What worked and didn’t work?
Strategic Questions
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Why are charter Schools Lagging?
• ... "Almost no charter school employs librarians or media specialists,“
Howard Nelson, senior associate director of the American Federation of Teachers
10/1/2004 -- School Library Journal
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Is this good enough?
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Probing ?
never satisfied - enough to get by
never stop investigating
Desmond Morris
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Deep thinkers
Translate
infer
apply what is learned
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Student
Questions& wonders
Consumes& absorbs
Think& create
Summarize& conclude
communicate
Reflect Find &sort
Reinventing Your School’s Library (3)
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Sorting and sifting ?
What’s worth keeping?
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Strategic Questions
What do you do next?
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Perfect opportunity
Fight to keep librarian media specialist for your children in our schools
Work together to help raise funds
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Unanswerable
How would life be different if…
How will you be remembered?
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Whatever the cost of our libraries,
the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."
-- Walter Cronkite, broadcaster
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Bibliography
1) Ontario School Library Association, www.accessola.com/osla/osla_home.htm 2002
2) McKenzie, Jamie, Ed.D. Beyond Technology: questioning, Research and the Information Literate School FNO Press, Bellingham, WA, 2002
3) Loertscher, David. Reinventing Your School’s Library in the Age of Technology Hi Willo Research and Publishing c 2002
4) U.S. Federal Government, National Assessment of Educational Progress, c 2000 Accessed on the Internet at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ on Nov. 19, 2004
5) Krashen, Stephen. The Power of Reading Libraries Unlimited, 19936) Scholastic Research & Results. School Libraries WorkAccessed on the
Internet at: http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/slp_rfp_804.pdf on 19 Nov. 2004
7) Clip Art from MicroSoft Power Point