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Leveraging Your Library Program to Create 21 st Century Learners

Leveraging Your Library Program to Create 21 st Century Learners. CITE: Chesterfield’s Informational Technology Expo August 14, 2008. Dr. Audrey Church Longwood University, Farmville, VA. Quotes from Two CCPS Elementary School Web Pages….

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Leveraging Your Library Program to Create 21 st Century Learners

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  1. Leveraging Your Library Program to Create 21st Century Learners CITE: Chesterfield’s Informational Technology Expo August 14, 2008 Dr. Audrey ChurchLongwood University, Farmville, VA

  2. Quotes from Two CCPS Elementary School Web Pages… • “…children are challenged academically to reach their full potential as we prepare them to be successful 21st century citizens and lifelong, self-directed learners.” –Principal’s Welcome, Crenshaw Elementary • Welcome to Ettrick ElementaryHome of the Trojans21st Century Learning Center--from Ettrick Elementary home page

  3. What do we mean by 21st Century Learners? And what contributions can we expect from the library media program?

  4. 21st Century Learners…

  5. Beloit College Mindset List 2009 They don’t remember when “cut and paste” involved scissors. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible. Researchers have always been looking for stem cells. Pay-per-view television has always been an option. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesmen. Digital cameras have always existed. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3. They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib. … Beloit College Mindset List 2009 http://www.beloit.edu/publicaffairs/mindset/2009.php

  6. Beloit College Mindset List 2010 They are wireless, yet always connected. A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake. DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court. They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication. "Google" has always been a verb. Text messaging is their email. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items. They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.… Beloit College Mindset List 2010 http://www.beloit.edu/publicaffairs/mindset/2010.php

  7. Students of Today…

  8. According to the “Workforce Readiness Report Card”…must have skills • A combination of basic knowledge and applied skills • Professionalism/work ethic, teamwork/collaboration, and oral communications • Knowledge of foreign languages • Creativity and innovation • Applied skills hold greater value than basic skills… McLester, S., & McIntire, T. (2006). The workforce readiness crisis. Technology and Learning 27(4): 22-24, 26, 28-29.

  9. Partnership for 21st Century SkillsFramework for 21st Century Learning: 21st Century Outcomes and Support Systems Partnership for 21st Century Learning. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

  10. Outcomes: Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes

  11. Outcomes: Learning and Innovation Skills

  12. Outcomes: Information, Media and Technology Skills

  13. Outcomes: Life and Career Skills

  14. 21st Century Support System

  15. Characteristics of 21st Century Learners… • Information literate • Collaborative, team players • Good communicators • Critical thinkers • Problem solvers

  16. Leveraging Your Library Program ..capitalizing on the tremendous potential that exists! Leverage [verb] to use for gain

  17. Virginia Standards of Accreditation 8 VAC 20-131-190 • Each school shall maintain an organized library media center as the resource center of the school and provide a unified program of media services and activities for students and teachers…to support the instructional program.

  18. Roles of the Library Media Specialist • Program administrator • Information specialist • Teacher • Instructional partner

  19. AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner The Standards describe how learners use skills, resources, and tools to • inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge; • draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge; • share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society; • pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

  20. In what areas can we expect contributions from the library media program? • Reading • Information technology • Information literacy • Collaboration

  21. Reading Thomas Dale High School Library

  22. Reading Midlothian Middle School Library

  23. Reading Hening Elementary School Library

  24. Information Technology: Access to the online catalog

  25. Information Technology: Access to subscription databases

  26. Information Technology: Access to subscription databases James River High School Library

  27. Information Technology: Access to subscription databases Cosby High School Library

  28. Information Technology: Access to subscription databases Midlothian Middle School Library

  29. Information Technology: Internet safety • From acceptable use and ethical use… • To keeping personal information confidential… • To being sensible about how we present ourselves… • To intelligent consumerism…

  30. Information Technology: Internet safety • From serving as a resource for our teachers...

  31. Information Technology: Internet safety • To instructing our students… ILA Netsafe, http://www.ila.org/netsafe/ILA_Blogging_Bookmarks.pdf

  32. Information Technology: Internet safety Thomas Dale High School Library

  33. Information Literacy: Supporting research and inquiry Thomas Dale High School Library

  34. Information Literacy: Effective searching on the Web • Using search tools effectively

  35. Information Literacy: Effective searching on the Web

  36. Information Literacy: Evaluation of Web sites • Accuracy • Authority • Objectivity • Currency • Content/Coverage

  37. Site Used to Teach Web Evaluation

  38. Another Site Used to Teach Web Evaluation

  39. Information Literacy: Recommended resources Midlothian High School Library

  40. Information Literacy: Recommended resources Swift Creek Middle School Library

  41. Information Literacy: Recommended resources Swift Creek Elementary School Library

  42. Information Literacy: Pathfinders Manchester High School Library

  43. Information Literacy: Pathfinders Thomas Dale High School Library

  44. Information Literacy: Citation of sources L.C. Bird High School Library

  45. Information Literacy: Citation of sources Robious Middle School Library

  46. Information Literacy: Citation of sources Nauset Public Schools Research and Style Manual, http://nausetschools.org/research/works2.htm

  47. Information Literacy: Citation of sources

  48. Collaboration Thomas Dale High School Library

  49. Collaboration L.C. Bird High School Library

  50. Your Library Media Specialist as an Instructional Partner… Facilitating 21st Century Learning

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